WOD in the morning... WOD in the evening... WOD at supper time....

Training has been going very well! After work I have been doing a Tabata Run to get my blood flowing and my running down. Things are looking good and I will start to slow down after this weekend. Check out MaxFitUSA on tapering. Sleep and Eat Well! I have also been doing double WOD's to see what it feels like and let me tell you it sucks! After work today I did the Burpee/Deadlift WOD from last years games. I just got home and said, "Shit... here we go" (constantly varied!) or maybe (constantly CRAZY!)? Here is my Tuesday. I hope you enjoy.
Peace

Tuesday WOD:
400m run
21 Muscle Snatch (75lbs)
21 Pull Ups

400m run
15 Muscle Snatch
15 Pull Ups

400m run
9 Muscle Snatch
9 Pull Ups
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Danny= 9:48

Tuesday Afternoon WOD:
5 Rounds for Time
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5 Deadlifts (275#)
10 Burpees
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Time: 5:35 (You are not allowed let go at the end of the DL's. You have to set it down)

Love you guys!

Wife and Coach!

Today Jordan coached me in the split jerk. She wanted me to take a deep breath, set my back, have my feet hip width apart, dip and drive the weight and then get underneath it as fast as I can with locked and active shoulders. I did a good job until I failed at 228lbs.
135-178-198-208-218-228(Fail) ---- Jordan is a great coach and really knows her movements!

Then I did a quick MetCon-
3 rounds for time:
250m Row
230lb Deadlift
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d-mo=3:48

Jordan did a "Burpee" Fran:
21-15-9
Burpees
Pull Ups
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j-mo=5:30

Garage Gym - Morchat Style

So for the past year or less I have been trying to accumulate a small garage gym... Well, I think we are really close!

We have two 20" Plyo Boxes, a squat rack, Olympic rings, kettle bells, an Olympic Bumper set, lifting shoes, a women's and men's Olympic bar , a lifting platform, a 20lb and 15lb med ball, some olympic iron weights and a small garage! Every thing is set!We are ready to do it right! I spent the past two nights building the lifting platform and plyo boxes and they turned out great! Our bumper plates get here on Thursday and we can't wait!!!!

WOD:

For time:
10 GHD Sit-ups
10 Hip & Back Extensions
95 pound Thrusters, 30 reps
50 Pull-ups

30 GHD Sit-ups
30 Hip & Back Extensions
95 pound Thrusters, 20 reps
35 Pull-ups

50 GHD Sit-ups
50 Hip & Back Extensions
95 pound Thrusters, 10 reps
20 Pull-ups

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Jonny: 16:25

Danny: 19:19

100 Burpees For Time:

Jordan: 7:25

Google... have you lost something?

For now my computer time is limited because I haven't set up DSL at the new house yet, but Jordan's house has great Internet... and every now and then I Google myself. No reason other than making sure there are no other Danny Morchats out there being un-cool! This go round I found this....

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(Caption)
Recycled grub

Danny Morchat spoons seeds from a honeydew melon into a recycle bucket at the Fruit Bowl food booth at the Douglas County Fair Thursday.

Yes... they have found me... once upon a time (I always remember this) Taylor Tehan and I drove to the land of peace and love and hippies. Yes, to Oregon! We lived with our family/friends Mike and Lisa Buck for 3 months. We slept in a two man tent and made 8 huge raised bed gardens for Mike's business. (Organic Plants and Vegetables) We laughed and drove up and down the Oregon and Washington coast and even into Canada! (free health care) Built a bridge out of a huge tree and worked in the "Inner Space Family Fruit Bowl" food booth at the Douglas County Fair. This is where they took this picture... they is the local newspaper. (Full Article Here) It was a time of life changing conversation with God and family and my best man Taylor Tehan! I grew a huge beard and had really long blonde hair! I will always remember those days and if you want to see more pictures come by the house because I can't put them on the Internet!

SO... www.google.com thank you for finding me and reminding me that if I ever lose something... I can always search for it on Google!

WOD: Snatch Max - 148 lbs !! 20 away from bodyweight!!!
5 pull ups
10 burpees
15 jumping jacks
For 10 min finish each round in 1 min if you can't, stop at the min and start over. Count your rounds finished.
= 6 rounds

Zone: 10 blocks + La Bodega = ?

Northgate Vintage, Surfboards, and parties!!!

This week I am working at Northgate Vintage/ Material for Kelly. I always get updated on music and style when I work and love the atmosphere of the shop. Jordan and I did a crazy WOD today...
4 Tabata's = 32 rounds total of 20 sec of work 10 sec of rest


Burpees + DB Push Press (20lbs) + Sit Ups + Box Jumps

We took only the lowest round total for each set

Jordan = 5-12-11-6
Danny = 7-13-8-12

CFE: Intervals = 2 rounds of : 1min on, 1min off, 2 min on, 2 min off, 3 min on 3min off
Round 1 Distance - 1750 meters
Round 2 Distance - 1620 meters

SURFBOARDS:
This past week I made a surfboard for Amy Ballard. I tried to capture the smooth lines of the early 1960's with a single fin log (no leash plug). The board was driven up to Idaho on Friday morning and I can't wait to see what she thinks!




















Happy 26th Birthday Dale Smith!!!
Saturday night Jordan and I had the pleasure of celebrating Dale's 26 birthday. We had pizza rolls and coke and cake and frisbee and fun!

Week Four - Day 4 & 5

Day 4 was a Rest Day. Jordan and I drove to Liberty City to spend the holiday with my folks and friends.

Sleep: 7 hrs

WOD: Rest Day

Zone: Total Blocks = 19


Day 5 has been good! I got some sleep and being home with Dad and Mom and Jordan really has allowed me to relax. I've been keeping up the the CrossFit Games (http://games.crossfit.com/)
and can't wait to see how Dutch and Johnny do!! Good Luck guys!@! Jordan and I had a good workout and Texas is HOT!!! 97 degrees today!!!

Sleep: 8 hrs

Zone: Total Blocks = 18

WOD: 3 Rounds for Time
5 KB Swings (55lbs-M/35lbs-W)
10 Burpees
20 Half Moon Ball Slams (20lbs-M/ 8lbs-W)
30 Sit ups

Jordan = 7:57
Danny = 7:06

CFE: Tabata Run - 2o sec on/ 10 sec off
Distance - Jordan = 7oom
Danny = 875 m

Week Four - Day 2

Today was my last day as a CSISD Summer School Teacher. Our kids took the third round of TAKS testing and either moved on to 9th grade... or will repeat the 8th grade. I read the entire July issue of Texas Monthly and loved it!!! God Bless This Great State!!!My lunch was a bit large and greasy, but it was free and I had no choice in the matter. I had 6 slices of Little Ceaser's Hot'n Ready which is about 8 Zone Blocks plus 5 fat blocks. oooops. That will not feel good tonight ;).
Jordan and I are eating dinner with Kelly Lewis ( Material, inc. ) tonight and can't wait to see her. The house is pretty empty and really hot, but that is my doing because I'm trying to save a little cash until school starts up in August. I have Judo tonight and I've been chomp'n at the bit to get over there and get slammed!

Sleep: 7 hrs

Zone: Total Blocks = 19
Breakfast 3
Lunch 8
Snack 3
Dinner 3
Snack 2

WOD:
12-9-7-3
Heavy squat clean to front squat
Sprint 200m
Kipping pull ups

Time: Danny = 11:46 w/ 176 lbs
Jordan = 11:19 w/ 52 lbs

Judo: 1.5 hrs of training ( throws, ground work, grips, burpees!)

Week Two - Day 4 -Judo

Today I went to my first Judo class! I've been trying to get into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and today talked with a Judo instructor who said he would train me in both!!! I went to the Academy of Modern Martial Arts for a free class and discovered that they teach both Jiu Jitsu and Judo along with 5 other martial art styles. I was there from 6pm to 7:30pm getting thrown and falling (they taught me how to fall, as if that didn't come naturally) and throwing my partner who is from Kazakhstan ;) and having a great time learning. It has been some time since my mind has been stimulated in such a way that makes me feel like a kindergartener. I plan to start training at the AMMA as much as I can and hope to learn much along the way! Check out the web site www.ammacs.com for info and schedules.
Tonight Jordan and I walked to the HEB with Greta and got grocery's. I love talking to my fiancee about life and relationships and everything!!! I love you Jordan!!!

Sleep: 7 hrs

Zone: Total = 18 Blocks
Breakfast 4P,5C,3F
Lunch 5P,5C,5F
Snack 2P,2C,2F
Dinner 5P,5C,5F
Snack 2P,2C,2F - 2 cups of Milk before Bed.
WOD: Time 3:50
21-15-9
Burpees
Pull Ups

CFE: Tabata Run 20/10 , Distance=970m
Judo: 1.5 hrs

Thoughts on Blogs, Information, Whisky and Community

For the past three weeks I have been writing and sharing my thoughts, workouts and ideas on this blog. "Fights will go on as long as they have to" was started as a workout log/information giver/interesting ideas/news ticker... also because I had finished teaching for the semester and had a lot of time to kill! This being said... I have been "called out" on my blogging by some people in my community. They feel my Monday post titled, "Brazilian Jiu Jitsu- A History of the Gentle Art" misled them to believe that my writing skills and pronoun use far exceeded that of a middle school math teacher. When they finished reading the blog the bomb hit as they read the words,

Taken from- www.ibjjf.org "International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation"

They said, "that it was great, but if it had been cited at the top of the post they would not have read it."

This "call out" gives me the perfect opportunity to say that YES! I took that article from www.ibjjf.org and put it on my blog because I think it did a much better job of summing up the history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu than I ever could.

So... if you continue to read my blog which I really really want all 4 of you to do~ know that sometimes I will paste articles from the web that you may never see anywhere else! Again, Kathryn and Drew, thank you for giving me something to write about today!

-Taken from "Danny's Brain- A History of Danny's Brain"

WOD
2 rounds for time:
20 calorie row
20 wall ball (16 lbs)
20 KB swings (52.8 lbs)
20 burpees
20 DB thrusters(25 lbs)
20 slam ball(20 lbs)

This WOD killed me!! Time- 16:00

(can't wait for the Scrubs soccer game tonight)