Feliz cumpleaños 💥🎉🥳.

Have a wonderful day

Snowblower? Meat smoker? Quadcopter drone? Giant aquarium kit?

Outstanding. #proofofwork

When you're busy turning glucose into heat, water, and power output you miss a lot of arguments.

You had me at "sweet taters". Great googley moogley that looks spectacular!

Muy bien Pam. Poco a poco, si?

Amazing ❤️

I'm the dog with a dangerous half guard. Lockdown to Electric Chair coming right up. I believe every serious man should take 100 bjj classes, 100 crossfit classes, and 100 Arthur Murray dance classes before they decide on a career path.

Sometimes you eat the bear. Sometimes the bear eats you. Back at it tomorrow.

20/20

Today's Workout. For time: 300 cals echo bike.

26:12.

Tuesday. 7:14 am. Sweat is dripping off my nose after the warmup. Coach is writing the WOD on the whiteboard.

6 ROUNDS FOR TIME. 60 double unders. 30 Russian kettlebell swings (53/35). 15 burpees. 25 minute cap.

I grab a well worn 35 pound kettlebell. Thick handle, black and rust. Perfect.

I lay my skipping rope on the mat in front of me. I haven’t done double-unders in 3 months. Do I remember how?

It’s a small class. The lady is fit. She’ll finish under the cap. My buddy Rocco is the third. He’s 2 age groups below me, late forties. Super fit. He swears he’s a software engineer, but he gives off a special forces vibe. He grabbed the green 53 lb kettlebell. What a savage!

I do a little mental math. 4 minutes per round, 6 rounds, 24 minutes. A minute for the skipping, a minute for the swings, and 90 seconds for the burpees. And even some rest. Good.

3-2-1…GO! I go unbroken on the dubs, unbroken on the swings, and unbroken on the burpees. I glance at the clock. 2:47.

I went out hot on purpose. I know Rocco is watching and pacing off me. Maybe I can drag him into deep water?

Round 2. 6:45. A more sensible pace. Moving well. 3 deep breaths on transitions. Round 3 gets real in a hurry. I can hear Rocco cussing as his dubs fall apart. But mine are starting to struggle, and I’m breathing fire on the burpees.

Round 4. I need to gear down on the burpees and start sneaking extra breaths in between reps. And Rocco goes unbroken. He gets 3 deep breaths as I finish up, stand up and walk to my rope. Neck and neck going into round 5.

Round 6. I’m on burpee 7 as he finishes ahead of me. I crawl to a floor fan after the final burpee. 23:27.

Got sweaty, had fun, and high-fived my friends.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

Buenas días!

Hola from Mexico 🌞

Great point. I did a 90 day strength cycle. Olympic lifting, squats, etc 4 times a week with 2-3 metabolic conditioning segments per week. Every week we ran simulations of the team events in November. January I restart with Open prep.

Once upon a time after a competition I would completely unplug for 2-3 weeks. You come out of 6-8 weeks of prep sore, tired, and drained.

I always used to underestimate how much metabolic waste my systems accumulated leading up to an event. What was the impact?

I would sit on the couch watching TV, and tell my brain stories about how much I deserved a break, how tired I was, and how overtraining was the devil. The couch is 5 feet from the fridge. Guess what would happen?

I’d go back into the gym 3 weeks later and literally start from zero.

Again.

That’s the curse of being a Masters athlete.

This month I’m trying something new. Maintaining fitness is the goal for December.

No crazy Christmas parties doing tequila shots. No eating half a cake because you don’t want it to go to waste.

Just showing up to class every day and scaling appropriately to maintain the work stimulus. Let me give you an example.

Today’s WOD was 10 rounds for time. 6 double dumbbell thrusters at 50/35. 8 hand release pushups. And 10 double dumbbell deadlifts at 50/35.

I haven’t done 50 pound dumbbell thrusters in 6 years. It’s no longer reality for my shoulders. At age 57, my RX weight is 35. So today I did 25s.

Pushups aggravate the AC joint in my shoulder. So I modified it to an “up-down” which is like the top half of a burpee to a tape line on the floor.

I did 35s on the deadlifts. 3-2-1-go!

The first round was 1:04. I came out too hot. What else is new? Breathe. Recover. Picked up the 25s at 1:14.

Today’s goal was simply to move well. No wandering off to look for chalk or water, or to tie my shoelaces. Never more than 3 breaths on transitions. The occasional extra breath mid-set if necessary.

Suave es rapido! Smooth is fast.

14.47. Mission accomplished.

It’s 8:43 am. I’m 50 g of protein into my day. Second cup of black coffee. Daily disciplines done daily create freedom.

The 2026 CrossFit Open is 60 days away.

Keep changing the future.

Action cures fear.

https://primal.net/davidledoux/how-i-accidentally-became-the-6th-fittest-baby-boomer-in-mexico

Have a spectacular day Sunflower

Carbs can create happiness.

Spectacular. Winter has arrived, again.

Did you ever send a fax?

My first...

email: 1984

Compuserve: 1993

AoL: 1994

Domain name: 1996

Want a Top 10 must-read book?

ADVENTURE CAPITALIST by Jimmy Rogers.

He was George Soros partner.

Book is incredible time capsule.

Pure signal.

I joined NOSTR ironically… now I’ve discovered some great new friends! 😜

"Fix the fiat, fix the Froot Loops!"

If they follow the e-naira playbook they'll cancel the paper euro and create an incentive to swap. The outcome is predictable and disastrous.

I'm a toxic maxi Craig.

I mostly coach stackers nowadays.

GM!

Barbell class at 6am. Nostr til noon.

Swim, siesta, snacks.

"Perception"

I have absolutely no words.

Flawless.

This would make a brilliant Nostr Read.

Bravo sir, bravo.

Welcome aboard!

It's been down twice in 3.5 years for 20 minutes. The best internet I've ever had. Hola from the jungles of Mexico 🌞

Why did I help a Mexican grandmother to pick up cans and bottles this morning?

#vlog #nostr #health

https://blossom.primal.net/b1c18946ec0d6edaffb36b9160952917754d488b5b5470d0c599dcc378c32532.mp4

Did you use an Instapot?

We make yoghurt weekly in Mexico.

Long time preference thinking makes dreams a reality.

Effort over time is unbeatable.

Great vlog Mr. Song.

Unfortunately here in Mexico...

Big Sugar reigns supreme.

Inferno Doritos and soda for lunch.

Schools are fighting back.

Great job! Sweat and soreness is Proof of Work.

How many breakfasts and lunches?

Life changed for me at 150g of protein.

Again tomorrow.

Craziest Orange Piller I've seen so far?

High school kid messages vendors on FB Marketplace.

"Is the couch still for sale?"

Cool! Do you accept sats?

He does that 10 times a day, every...single...day.

I didn't get it at first.

I get it now.

He's on a mission.

I had to break-up with Twitter.

She was taking me for granted.

I found someone full of life.

With less bots and thots.

She gets me.

Purple feathers and all.

I found a new sport!

It combines hitting people with dull swords, and mixed martial arts.

Behold ARMOURED MMA!

Would you try it? #mma

Want to see today's workout? DO NOT attempt if you're not in shape. I can rewrite and modify it for you, just ask.

#nostr #vlog #fitstr #fitafter40

https://blossom.primal.net/4c0e7fdfa4140c78204680efc99f242c5c535097880bfbc9c1fd45bddbc9dca5

Walking in the rain, vlogging. Like a savage. ZAPPED.