HoH factor, Just watch…

Those of you that know me know that I am a reality TV junkie.  Knowing this you would assume when I mention the HoH factor I would be talking about the Head of Household in Big Brother (which we are watching btw). You would be wrong though.  In this case HoH stands for “Hands on Hips” and refers to the only allowable resting position in today’s 300 workout. 

Awhile back I read some article about an off season training program that many elite NFL players attend.  It is a grueling physical work out where the players are put through a series of brutal exercises with minimal rest in between.  One of the things they mentioned in the article was the trainers do not allow the players to use anything other than their hands on their hips during the brief rest periods.  No hands on the knees with the head down, no taking a knee and most certainly no sitting or laying down.  The thought process is maintaining your upright position even after hard physical exertion amplifies the exercise, making your heart continue to work to get blood to the top of your upright head. 

I have used the HoH principal now and then but for the most part I normally will find myself leaning on my knees or up against something as I get deeper into the 300.  By the time I finish the 50 one handed clean and presses I am gasping for air.  Well today I stuck to HoH only.  It was tough as a few times I felt light headed and dizzy.  I just kept walking it off, keeping myself upright despite the urge to bend down to lower elevations.  The reason I am trying to tweak myself is I want to start working towards multiple 300 sessions with the goal of hitting a 1500 sometime.  If I want to be able to work towards that, I need to be able to get through sessions using the HoH method.

I had to laugh as I noticed the gas prices starting to creep downward a little bit.  It’s so predictable .  If you remember back to 2006 when we THOUGHT gas prices were high at $3 a gallon, they magically started to recede as we approached the November election.  Republicans were hoping the lower gas prices would translate into votes.  It didn’t work.  Like clock work, by January the gas prices shot right back up to their prior levels.

Now the prices have continued to spiral out of control rapidly.  Once again I totally expect the Republicans to call in favors to the big oil companies that own them, asking for them to skim a little from their billions and billions in profit to make it appear that things aren’t really all that horrible.  Just watch, by the time the elections hit I bet gas will be at least 50 cents a gallon less and the Republicans will ring the bells claiming this as some great accomplishment.  Only the truly stupid would not be able to see through such manipulation.  The Elephant Party is counting exactly on that.  They know America’s greatest natural resource is ignorance.