Your weekly CrossFit Open update is here: Workout 18.3 2 rounds for time (14 min cap) 100 double Unders (DUs) 20 Overhead Squats (115#) 100 DUs 12 Ring Muscle-Ups 100 DUs 20 Dumbbel Snatches (50#) 100 DUs 12 Bar Muscle-Ups 472 reps completed on my first attempt. 461 reps complete on my second…that’s not the way it’s supposed to work. As…
Week In Review Articles: Wall Street Journal: U.S. Stocks Rally On Jobs Report Wall Street Journal: U.S. Allies Jockey For Tariff Exemptions New York Times: Gray Cohen Says He Will Resign As Trump’s Top Economic Advisor Wall Street Journal: Mortgage Rates At A Four-Year High Threaten To Roil Housing (That’s a bit aggressive!) Mixtape Brendan Mullooly: Fooled By Optimism “Healthy debate and pushback…
If you tuned into last week’s Week In Review you might remember me using the terms “hawkish” and “dovish” when discussing Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell’s testimony before Congress. While these terms are not new to anyone working in finance or closely follow the Federal Reserve (not sure how many people fall into this category), they are probably new to…
Week In Review Articles: Wall Street Journal: If You Didn’t Sell Stocks This Month, You’ve Probably Got FOMO Wall Street Journal: Fed’s Powell Says His Economic Outlook Has Improved Reuters: “Trade Wars Are Good Trump Says, Defying Global Concern Over Tariff Mixtape Morgan Housel via Collaborative Fund: Obvious Things That Easily Escape Attention “Obvious things escape attention because attention is drawn…
Your weekly CrossFit Open update is here: Workout 18.2 and 18.2A For time (12-minute time cap): 18.2 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Dumbbell squats (2 50# dumbells) Bar-Facing burpees Complete 1 dumbbell squat, then 1 bar-facing burpee, 2 and 2, and so on…. 18.2A 1-rep max clean With Silas under the weather, I delayed my first attempt at 18.2 and 18.2A until this morning.…