From Fryer to Fuel

10 months ago I was in the hospital recovering for a ruptured appendix and was given a Special Edition of Maclean’s magazine titled ‘100 Ideas, Inventions & Discoveries that will Change the World’.

The Food section of the magazine was pretty scary as there were articles with a positive tone on genetically modified salmon, chemical fertilizers and in-vitro meat.  The chapter on transportation on the other hand was pretty cool.  I was especially intrigued by the article on Cooking-Oil-Powered Planes.

In 2009, KLM airlines completed the first passenger flight that was powered by 25% cooking oil.  The refined cooking oil comes from restaurants in Louisiana (famous for its fried chicken) and in its new state the fuel is indistinguishable, on the molecular level, from regular jet fuel.  In 2012 and funded by the Canada’s National Research Council, the first civilian jet powered by 100% unblended biofuel (made from an oilseed crop) flew over Ottawa.  Next year KLM aims to have 1% of its flights powered by sustainable biofuel!  Ah, science…you are cool!

-CFP

Warm-up:

10/10 KB arm bars
Go over single-armed KB complex movements with a light KB (2 rounds of the workout with a light KB)
6/6 Light Turkish Get-ups

Strength: Turkish Get-ups (2, 2, 2, 2) – Two PER side

Workout: Part 1 is immediately followed by Part 2

Part 1: KB Complex

5 rounds per side: One KB each!

10 1-armed Russian KB swings (each arm) (24 kg/16 kg)
5 squats with KB racked (each side)
3 KB push press (each side)

See this video for KB push press tips:

Part 2: Swings and Snaps

5 Rounds:

10 Russian Swings (2 arms like normal)
10 V-snaps

Time Cap: 16 minutes