Steve's Club Camden

Tues 10-30-07

"666 Devil's Poison"

6 Rounds for time:

6 Pushups
6 DB Swings
6 Dips
6 Situps

Camden, NJ

"According to the report, Camden has more than 200 members each in the Bloods, Latin Kings and a gang called Neta. The Crips and Five Percenters had between 50 and 100 members in Camden, according to the report."

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"We don't have a great war in our generation, or a great depression, but we do, we have a great war of the spirit.  We have a great revolution against the culture.  The great depression is our lives.  We have a spiritual depression." ~Chuck Palahniuk,

Thurs 10-25-07

"Run away from it all"

Run 800 M
50 sit ups
50 supermans
Run 800 M

Drugs fuel Camden crime

"There will be a moment in time when you have this world of possibilities, all these expectations, and you don't know who it is you're supposed to be.  And you choose this one path, and it turns out to be bleak, but it's part of your initiation, your trial by fire.  And then, by choosing the right path, you finally realize you have a world of possibilities sitting on your lap waiting for you to do something. From this point on, you can no longer imagine your life any other way." 

Wed 10-24-07

Tabata Squats
Tabata Dips
Tabata Pushups

What is a Tabata?

For twenty seconds do as many reps of the assigned exercise as you can - then rest 10 seconds. Repeat this seven more times for a total of 8 intervals, 4 minutes total exercise. The score is the least number of reps for any of the eight intervals.

Tues 10-23-07

"Strength Day"  (ME - Max Effort)

Squats, 1 rep
Deadlifts, 1 rep
Shoulder Press, 1 rep

"Squat below parallel"

"You aren't alive anywhere like you're alive at Steve's Club.... Steve's Club isn't about winning or losing.  Steve's club isn't about words.  You see a guy come to Steve's club for the first time, and his ass is a loaf of bread.  You see this same guy here six months later, and he looks carved out of wood.  This guy trusts himself to handle anything.  There's grunting and noise at Steve's like at a boxing match, but Steve's Club isn't about looking good.  There's hysterical shouting in tongues like at church, and when you wake up Sunday afternoon you feel saved."

Do you know what movie this line is from?

10-22-07

400 Walking Lunges in the Park.

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place. And I don't care how tough you are. It will beat you to your knees and keep you permanently there if you let it" "You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done" "Now if you know what you are worth, go out and get what you are worth, but you gotta be willing to take the hits and not pointing fingers, saying you ain't where you want to be because of him or her or anybody. Cowards do that, and that ain't you. You're better than that."

--Rocky Balboa

Thurs 10-18-07

As many rounds as possible in 15 minutes of:

5 Broad jumps
5 Power snatches, 20-30#
5 Push ups

Paleo Kits for Sale.

Starting today, we are selling "paleo kits" online to raise funds for our club. All of the proceeds are used to directly benefit our athletes (note: we refer to all of our members as athletes). For every kit that you purchase (8 is the mininum order), a member of Steve's Club receives one in return.   

We started making these kits for our club members several months back after teaching the kids about the Paleo Diet and ways to achieve optimal performance and health through proper nutrition and physical fitness. Half of them laughed at the mere thought of giving up the chemically enhanced, proceesed crap foods they've grown to love, while several others reluctantly accepted the challenge. The rules are simple: You can only eat meats, fruit, veggies, nut and seeds. Everything else is off limits. That means no dairy, grains, sugar, wheat, candy, or basically anything with a bar code or that comes in a box, cartoon or can.

While whole, natural foods are the foundation of a good healthy diet, many of the kids complained about the inconvenience of following the diet when not at home. The school cafeteria offered few choices in the way of healthy eating, not to mention the standard fare available at most corner and convenient stores. It is no wonder childhood obesity has reached epic numbers in recent years. 

Determined to find a viable solution, we wanted to create a meal that was packed with nutrition, did not require refrigeration nor risk going stale, free of chemicals and nasty sweetners like high fructose corn syrup, nitrates, soy and other proceesed foods that have become staples in the Western diet. But more importantly, a meal that tasted exceptionally good as in the best jerky you have ever eaten.

"Paleo Kits" are born. We're proud to offer a product that shares all of these qualities while meeting the demands of proper nutrition to achieve ideal body weight, peak athletic performance and optimal health.

Try some today. We promise you won't be disappointed.

"The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine."
- Hippocrates

Tues 10-16-07

100 Box Jumps

Followed by Partner Squats. Sit on the floor back to back and then try to pull off the floor together.

PS   Caution: Today's workout is harder than it looks!

Mon 10-15-07

20-15-10
Front Squats, 15-20#
Overhead Squats, 15-20#
Back Squats, 15-20#

"As a physical educator, my goal is to promote sustainable habits of movement that last a lifetime. The key to health and weight management lies, not in a competitive victory, but in frequent, vigorous movement that extends across the lifespan. This sustainability is best achieved through diversity, pleasure and joyful experience. The whole point of childhood physical education should be to get kids to fall in love with movement. Today’s hyper-competitive youth sports culture fails to deliver this fundamental quality."

-Frank Forencich