Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Wednesday Form: Instant Pudding

“It does not happen all at once. There is no instant pudding.” - W.E. Deming
(Last pudding post of the week!)

Actually, there is instant pudding...but it's nothing like real pudding! Watch this video of Axl demo-ing B&Ts...notice, there's no contest between the real B&T and the B&Ts (Clip #1) when he's "makin' instant pudding."




Why shouldn't you "make instant pudding" at CF?
1) Injury: Over time, if you "make enough instant pudding" you're asking for an injury.
2) Comparison: Whether competing against yourself or others, bastardizing movements by "making instant pudding" renders the entire purpose...well, purposeless. Have high standards (are there any other kind?) for the "pudding" you make at the gym.
3) Mastery: the road to Self-Actualization is not coated with "instant pudding."

ALL the WAY UP....ALL the WAY DOWN! B&T, Pull Up, Push Up, Squat, Dip, Lunge, Press...even High Knee, Toe Touch, Jumping Jack and Combo Crunch. Real Pudding, sure it takes a bit longer, and may be a bit slower, a tad bit more focus...but...yum!

You will be rewarded (with RESULTS or even better, maybe with some real pudding from the Awesomes!) by doing the exercises fully and exactly as they are to be performed at high intensity.

8 comments:

Jan said...

Another great form demo - thanks Axl! My back hurts just watching the bad form!!

Who knew pudding analogies could make such emphatic points about form & fitness?! One to add: real pudding requires constant attention & stirring so it doesn't burn....just like your form and working out in general. Don't take a back seat, don't walk away mentally from what you're doing....be in the moment, really think about what / how you're doing so you can make adjustments as needed so your pudding sets-up just so. (Gross yet?)

Melissa H. said...

So, hey, is there an Axl/Dish baby yet???

James A said...

Matt must really be having a sweets craving this week!

erock said...

# 137. how to tell that you had super work out at corps. You drive home cover in sticky sweat and are compelled to jump in the pool with all your clothes on to cool down as fast a possible.

popped my tuesday night cherry!

DanO said...

Another reason to strive for perfect form: You don't want to "pull your pudding"!

Wakinyan4 said...

This blog is getting erotic...we got cherry-popping and pud-pulling going ON up in here!!! Yikes!! I go away for a few days and the f'in wheels come off the place....WTF DID I MISS???? You bunch of phoolish phreaks!!!

Jan said...

ew.

Unknown said...

that's just WRONG!

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