45sec Treadmill run (10mph with 1% incline)
10 Handstand pushups
10 Kettlebell snatches (45lbs, each hand)
X3

1.5min Treadmill run (10mph with 1% incline)
20 Overhead press (45lbs bar)
20 Knees to elbows
X3

Time to beat 13:00
Middle of the pack 15:00
Last man 20:20

As I was finishing up my last workout of the day craving carbs, and salt I couldn’t help contemplating how I could make some traditional Italian recipes spicier and add more alcohol (two things I brood on almost as much as wishing the zombie apocalypse would begin). Just the fact that two of the ingredients are vodka, and prosciutto should be reason enough to try this.

Not everyone can put away 6000 calories in a day, and its even more challenging to make those 6k actually taste decent. I have been searching for a purpose to my life for years… The higher calling of creating recipes, punching people in the face, and shooting things have at last brought peace and tranquility to my life. Stay angry my friends.

Ingredients

1 cup vodka
1 tablespoon crushed red pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
3/4 pound prosciutto, chopped
1 large clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
salt and pepper to taste
1 (16 ounce) can chopped tomatoes, with juice
1 (16 ounce) cans tomato sauce
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Method

In a small bowl, combine vodka and red pepper flakes. Set aside for 1 hour.

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sautee prosciutto, garlic, parsley, basil, salt and pepper until prosciutto and garlic are evenly brown.

Pour in vodka mixture, and simmer 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, and stir in with can of tomato sauce. Simmer 15 minutes. Stir in 1 cup heavy cream, and cook 4 minutes.

I put the sauce over gnocchi and sautéed chicken.

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15 reps each:
Burpees
Dumbell Snatch (45lbs)
Plyo Push Up
Pull Ups

1 min run at 9.5mph

20 reps each:
Box Jump
Dumbell Press (45lbs)
Medicine Ball Sit Up Toss
Burpees

25 reps each:
Hanging Leg Raises
Kettlebell Floor Press (45lbs)
Scissor Jump

Run 1:30 at 8.5mph

30 reps each:
Push ups
Supine Rows
Get Ups

35 reps each:
Burpees
Medicine Ball Situp toss
Wall Ball
Dips

2min run at 8 mph

40 reps each:
Squat
Bench press (45lbs)
Bent over row (45lbs)

Just one time through.

Time to beat 21:48
Middle of the pack 25:30
Last man 29:51

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2 minutes stationary row (for distance)
10 Handstand pushups
10 Knees to elbows
10 Burpees
Full recovery

Repeat once

If you don’t get 500m within those 2 minutes of the rower you have to double the reps on the rest of the exercises.

Round 1
250m Row (or 40 sec treadmill sprint max speed max elevation)
12 Pull-ups
12ea hand Dumbbell Snatches (55lbs)
X3

Round 2
250m Row (or 40 sec treadmill sprint max speed max elevation)
12 BB Bench press (185lbs)
12 BB Bent over rows
X3

Round 3
250m Row (or 40 sec treadmill sprint max speed max elevation)
12 KB swings (65lbs)
12 BB shrugs (225lbs)
X3

Time to beat 19:34
Middle of the pack 24:14
Last man 28:09

“Hey Crigger…can you film some of this for posterity sake?” Nick asked.

“Did you just use posterity in a sentence?” the Curmudgeon answered.

“Can you?”

Curmudgeon rolled his eyes. “Yes.”

What happened next none of us saw coming. RU’s Kelly Crigger spent the next three days running around Fort Hood filming everything and everyone with visions of Hollywood and dreams of accepting an Oscar for Best Documentary Film dancing in his head. He was bitten by the Spielberg bug and had more fun than any of us thought he would.

The result? You decide.

Click here for the video.

For time:

100m Row
10 Medicine Ball slams
200M Row
10ea Medicine Ball Rotational toss
300m Row
10ea Medicine Ball shot puts
400 Row
10 Medicine Ball Chest pass
500m Row
10 Medicine Ball Overhead throws

Time to beat 11:10
Middle of the pack 14:02
Last man 16:53

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It’s just impossible to comprehend Tim Kennedy’s fascination with cooking combined with his propensity to kill other people with military-issued weapons. When he was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group, Kennedy was a sniper, sniper instructor and the principal combatives instructor for the C Company, 3rd Battalion. Therefore it puzzles me that he chose Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare over Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to dispense his sniping expertise. If you’re into the equivalent of a ‘pop’ experience devoid of any substance, go with Modern Warfare. It’s the Britney Spears of military simulations. Sorry Activision, you can’t fool us with your elaborate special-edition game packages (despite how cool it really is). One day we’ll convince him to go with Battlefield: Bad Company 2, but in the meantime we’ll just ogle over Tim Kennedy’s conditioning workout in this video.

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