Fitness in 100 words

And mapping out the lifting stones

Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat.

Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast.

Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense.

Regularly learn and play new sports.

- Greg Glassman

This is about perfect.  I might have switched out “pirouettes” and “flips” which both seem a bit random for “or alcohol” after “no sugar”.  Meanwhile, making progress on my speed & strength expedition to Scotland.  If we can make both the Dinnie lift and Ben Nevis race work, there’s another element that we can squeeze in between.  Between Banchory and Ft. William, we pass right through Cairngorms National Park (above) which is home to a number of famous lifting stones that we can lift en route.  They include the 265 lb Iver stone (below) and nearby Glen Quoich and Glen of the little calf. 

The northern part of the park has the 280 lb Clachneart Glenlivet and the western end has the 223 lb Newtonmore Stone and 225 lb Dalwhinnie Stone (below).

As we leave the park but before we arrive at Ben Nevis, we can attempt the Glen Roy Stones – Big Red is 302 lbs and Sister Grey is 293.  Then after Ben Nevis, when we return to Inverness we can lift one final stone, the Berevan (below), which sits at the Barevan Church ruins next to a stone coffin.

Time to get ready.  I have been using the Rogue rubber atlas stones at home and am upping my non-CrossFit strength training from once a week to twice and adding a stone lifting session on the weekends. Everything seems to be coming together…