Winter 2022
You know what tomorrow is? SOTU! Mission Accomplished, the pandemic will be over.
It’s almost like I know what I was talking about in May of last year when we decided to shut down the gym, here’s what I said. Maybe we could trust the professional modelers from the start next time (you’d be surprised how deep into the intuitions I am with the reversal of the mandates, you’ve definitely heard or seen the results of my analyses):
Our lease was up in May, and right now it does not make financial sense to be locked into a new long-term lease. My models show that we'll have 18-24 months of recurring lock-downs of some kind. Even if there are no official lock downs, it's still not a good idea to be working out inside with a group of people - a 10 foot box is not an acceptable compromise. Working out indoors is a bad idea right now, no matter how "safe" you make it.
The namesake for the gym is based on being antifragile to black swan events, and that's exactly what we're doing. The best choice for all of us is to be able to work with the high variance in the world, not try to stick to the same old way of doing things. It is not the time to be levered up with debt and magnifying the effects of the pandemic by bringing groups together inside. It is time to pivot to more antifragile solutions.
Tuesday - Heavy Swings and Heavy Presses - I like staying with a single bell that is your 1RM. We’ll do 12-15 rounds of 5 swings immediately followed by a 1 press on each arm.
Wednesday - Snatches and Push-ups - Keep it light, snatch test weight is good. Sets of 5 each arm immediately followed by 10 pushups. 10-12 rounds.
Thursday - Squats and Presses - 5 prying goblet squats going into 1 press each arm. 12-15 rounds.
Friday - the usual “Strength Aerobics” complex Clean, Squat, Press (+ a pullup if the bar isn’t icy) for 20-ish minutes.