Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. Dante wrote that as the inscription for the gates of Hell in The Divine Comedy but, as America gets fatter and our health care costs rise higher, maybe that’s what it should say over the Statue of Liberty. Because what the majority of Americans are doing for fitness is obviously not working. The machine dominance, isolation moves, and cardio hell prescribed by the Fitness Mafia of America is, quite simply, profit-driven garbage that fails to take people where they want to go.

In case you haven’t noticed, our magazines and TV shows and movies are full of skinny people, diets, and exercise tips. And most of it doesn’t work. Each year, each month, each day, America gets fatter and fatter. And the health care implications are staggering.

How did we get here?

To read the full article go to: http://crossfitwatertown.typepad.com/index/2008/05/someone-needs-w.html

WOD

“Tabata This!”

Tabata Row
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Squat
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Pull-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Push-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Sit-up

The Tabata interval is 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals.
Tabata score is the least number of reps performed in any of the eight intervals. Unit for the row is “calories”.

Out of town workout!

REST!