Favre on PR Friday

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PR FRIDAY – post all KINDS of personal records to the comments, yo.

I played football throughout high school like most guys (that’s American football for you Euro readers), and I played a year in college. The sport of football fits well with this whole attitude thing that 70’s Big has grown into. One player exudes this attitude into the way he plays, and that player is Brett Favre.

Favre is a tough quarterback, likes to compete, comes through in the clutch, and has fun doing it. He’s started over 300 games consecutively — an insane feat that is probably one of the most impressive sport statistics ever. Oh, and he’s coming back for a 20th year.

Favre seen here NOT wearing under armor



This isn’t news to anyone who casually follows football or the NFL. The sports “media” (code for “annoying bunch of pains in the asses”) have been talking non-stop about whether or not he was going to retire or not because of his surgically repaired ankle. Without any evidence of whether or not he would retire, that maintained priority over most sport networks. I remember seeing the dorky guy with the mustache on ESPN talking to Favre as he sat in his giant diesel truck. The guy was all, “This humidity is making my makeup smear. Do you think there are any scones left in the media van?” and Brett was all, “I’m gonna go edge my lawn and drink a few beers.”

Three weeks ago I predicted that Favre would play this season and he was essentially skipping training camp on purpose. And you know what? I don’t give a damn. He should skip training camp. Why would you want a 40 year old guy having multiple practices a day, stressing his body (that can’t accept the same stress it did five, ten, fifteen, or twenty years ago), adding to his year’s work load when you want him to still make an impact in late January? It’s physiology, folks.

Too much stress would weaken Favre throughout the season. Take into account the ankle surgery — that is another structure in his body that shouldn’t be stressed more than necessary. Guys who have been in the league for 12 or 15 years shouldn’t have to worry about training camp so that they can actually be effective during the season instead of burning out. And don’t try and pull that shit that he “plays quarterback” and the QB doesn’t go through a whole lot of physical trauma. Favre gets his ass kicked on a regular basis, but he gets back up and continues slinging the ball down field. That’s 70’s Big.

I’m rooting for Favre and the Vikings this season. I’m a Browns fan, but we all know how that is gonna end. We’ll be talking about football more, probably about once a week when the season gets underway. It’s a sport that is pretty relevant for us since it involves above average strength, power, speed, and conditioning. Irregardlessly, (a term that is used specifically to troll you) most of us will be talking about it anyway.
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Workshop Update

This weekend there is a workshop in Ft. Myers, FL. Next week there is one near Atlanta, GA. Here is the info:

10:00 AM, Saturday August 21st, 2010 in Fort Myers, FL
REGISTER HERE
CrossFit Fort Myers LLC
10970 S. Cleveland Ave. #103
Fort Myers, FL 33907
crossfitfortmyers@gmail.com | 239-634-9898

Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Body Pros, Alpharetta Location
To register, E-MAIL JUSTIN.
1750 Founders Parkway
Suite 130
Alpharetta, GA 30004-7600

Late edit:

As long as we’re talking football, you may as well watch this. I have to hate Brandon Jacobs because he plays for the Giants, but I have to admire him because he’s…Brandon Jacobs.
-Gant

WATCH

75 thoughts on “Favre on PR Friday”

  8. All Hail Favre! King of the gridiron! His glory is second to no man! His praises echo throughout the halls of Valhalla!

    BTW, not clutch? He made it to the NFC championship game last year and played like a goddamn viking warrior! Ask the 49ers if he’s still clutch!

  11. Squatted 365×5 easy. This is 15lbs more than I’ve ever squatted. I had at least 10lbs more in me, and that’s a BIG at least…385 might have happened had I gone for it.

    Bench 220x5x5, 5lb PR on my 5×5. I need a new bench, mine is way too narrow.

  12. I have been doing SS for 3-4 weeks now. Attempted a 205×5 back squat on Thursday. I only succeeded with 3 reps. I was really upset by the fail, but it is still a new PR for me, I have never hit 200+ before in the squat.

    I’m a 22 year old female weighing in at 135.8lbs as of Aug 19.

  13. Brent YOU WILL DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  14. Nice lifting Maxine. Maybe you’ll get it next time.

    Lifting PRs:
    Weighted Pullups
    100×3,110×3 (58%BW)
    Front Squat
    325×3, 330×3
    Clean & Jerk
    137kg
    TOTAL
    109+137=246
    Non-Lifting PRs:
    At the genghis grill I went to tonight to try the double bowl meat compacting strategy in gant’s videos. (No PRs here.)

    An automatic hand dryer 2.5 feet away on the adjacent wall would start blowing from my shoulders as I stood using the sink.

  15. bench 81x5x3
    squat 175x5x1 (supposed to be a 3×5. this was my third attempt at this weight. only a two pound jump. can’t explain this one.)
    power clean 115x3x5
    squat clean 122 (pressed out the jerk)
    snatch 99 (twice!)(and that’s up 3lbs)

    oh, and antigen thinks i look fat and have gained excess weight this week. that must be PR of some sort.

  18. I always thought of Jared Allen as the football player most embodying the 70’s big attitude.

    I hope Brett Favre gets foot-and-mouth disease and dies.

  21. brent kim Says:
    August 20th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
    i think that football isn’t a sport

    god dangit brent you made me laugh/choke on my milk hahaha

  22. @Maxine-

    Nice numbers, but you may want to reset about 15-20% on your 3×5 weights and start over. Having a failed set 3-4 weeks into SS probably means you started too high on your work sets and your body didn’t have time to fully adapt to the stress of the workouts. Starting a little lower will allow you to maintain your gains much longer without stalling out.

  23. Justin,

    What kind of olympic programing do you follow? I’m looking to start but I’m having a hard time getting into a good program. Lately I’ve just been “lifting”. Fun but I”m not really progressing. Thx.

    I haven’t really been on a program. Before August I was having trouble actually getting to lift heavy in the Oly lifts (neighbors complained when I dropped the bumpers), and the entire month of August has been full of traveling. I’ve only trained once in 2.5 weeks. I will probably have a strength training program with Oly lifting once a week once September starts. Here is a program that I have had novices use to great sucess: http://www.70sbig.com/?m=20091225

    I’d need to know more about you if I were to point you in a more specific direction.

    –Justin

  24. Eric,

    This is actually the second time for me to do SS. I had done it in November of last year, progressed until early January (stalling at ~190lbs), then switched over to the Tx Method but stopped very suddenly after due to injury- falling six feet from a wall onto your ankle is never good for lifting.

    I started SS knowing that I would stall sooner the second time around, but I had hoped for better progress as my BW is 7-10 lbs more than it was several months ago.

  25. HT: 5’10”
    BW: 215lbs
    SQT: 1×5@375lbs
    BP: 1×5@305lbs
    DL: 1×5@405lbs

    Just got my new Nike Romaleos and love them! My feet really feel stable and locked in from the wide, strong sole and the 2 straps.
    @AC and Justin, I am actually going to follow the Texas method to the T and not “Scott” the program. 2 weeks in, so far so good.

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