SPARTAN PERFORMANCE                                 CROSSFIT SUFFOLK

Five rounds for time of:
12 Wallball shots, 20 pound ball
12 Toes-to-bar

 WOD Demo with CrossFit Montgomery County – video [wmv] [mov](Courtesy of CrossFit.com)

The Problem With Boot Camp Training   "The take away lesson here is that soldiers were ALREADY LEAN AND HEALTHY before they ever started Basic Training. And it wasn’t Basic Training that made them lean and athletic. For most soldiers it was youth."—Michael Allen Smith, Critical MAS  (Thanks to Mark Sisson of Mark's Daily Apple for this and the next item!)

Couch Potato Or Elite Athlete?  A Happy Medium Keeps Colds At Bay   "While we are constantly exposed to these viruses, it is the status of our immune system that determines whether we succumb to infection or not. Exercise can have both a positive and negative effect on immune function, combined with genetics and other external factors like stress, poor nutrition and lack of sleep. Collectively these factors determine an individual's susceptibility to infection."—Science Daily, Jan. 5th 2012