The Fertility Fountain

If you google one of these, you’ll find a fountain at the Tivoli Villa D’Este near Rome.

If you look a little closer to home, I suggest it might look a little more like this:

Did you know that we have 11 Babies due between now and early January? ELEVEN.

Put the Due Date with the expectant MadLabbers:

Sheppy & Shelley
Squad & Patty
Daryll & Danae
BK & Jess
Hallie & Charlie
Stacey & Rob
Bradleah & Mike (Lumber)
Jeff Almon & Eve
Lina & Andrew
Dexter & Bess
D-Cline & Colleen

June 23
June 28
July 30
Sept 25
Oct 1
Nov 10
Dec 2
Dec 6
Dec 27
Jan 2
Jan 5

For those of you wondering, “Should I drink that water?” or even, “What the heck is with all of the fertility around here?”, I have some research for you. There’s all kinds of info on fitness and fertility, detailing how being fit and staying fit throughout your pregnancy can help with the physical and emotional strain of growing a human. (Askbaby.com post HERE)

But what is different about what we do at MadLab? Well, I give you the CF Journal article, ‘Foundations’ (full article downloadable HERE) in which Greg Glassman states, “Among the hormonal responses vital to athletic development are substantial increases in testosterone, insulin- like growth factor, and human growth hormone.”

Ok…

If you look a little deeper into fertility treatments, you’ll find that human growth hormone (HGH) is used regularly–and yet we manage to produce more of it naturally with our athletic training protocols. The Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism states that, “Growth hormone (GH) is involved in the regulation of male and female infertility and has been used in the management of both male and female infertility.” (Full article HERE)

Interesting right?!

If you’re more interested in the athletic side of HGH, Breaking Muscle has several articles, one of which is HERE.

Whatever your family goals right now, it is pretty amazing to have so many MadLab babies on the way. I’d also like to congratulate our recent births: Darren & Sarah with Forrest, Amielle & Damien with Odette, and Lars & Anna with Lex.

SUPER BABIES!
~Squad

Wednesday Lesson Plan

Warm Up: Coach Choice

Include Barbell Flow:

1×20 Alternating Elbow Reaches
1×10 Slow Tall Cleans
1×10 Slow Hang Cleans
1×10 Tall Cleans
1×10 Hang Cleans

Strength/Skill:

A) 4×3 Power Clean from Blocks

Pair up with individuals of similar ability. Use stations that align “above knee” position.
Emphasis is on speed as acceleration is key.

B) 4×30-60 second Ring Flexed Arm Hang

Elevated Row (Feet on box)
Ground Row (As horizontal as possible)

Conditioning: CrossFit

150 Wallballs

Every time you drop medicine ball, or rest for longer than 5 seconds:

25 Double Unders