Alamo CF Torture

Frog Jump warm up

6 rounds of:
30-sec ring rows
30-sec Kb push ups

3 rounds of:
30"/30" DB push press (30#)
30/30 Kb swing (45#)
30/30 box jump (24")

"Scaled" workout for time:
42 push press
41 Kb swing
45 box jump

(7:46)

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OMFG...kill me, please

Row 1000 meters
25 burpees
Row 750 meters
50 burpees
Row 500 meters
75 burpees

31:29

4:02-2:59-3:04-7:52-2:05-11:25

Holy $hit!!! kill me.  Starting to figure out what CrossFit is supposed to feel like.  I wonder when I'll damn the rest periods and just try to gut it out all the way through...???

Sweat Angels

MONDAY 080519

75 push ups
50 SDHP (95#)
50 ring dips (dips)
30 weighted pull ups (45#) NOT
25 HSPU (handstands)

25:42

Push ups - 3:36
SDHP - 5:46
dips - 7:35
pull ups - 4:31
handstands - 4:12

CF PT Competition

Test drove the upcoming CrossFit PT competition for the students
Monday. Glad I did, gonna have to modify that bastard.

800m run (3:20)
3-min Cindy (3 rounds + 11 squats)
Tabata Sit ups (66)
2-min Burpees (22)
100m Bear Crawl (1:36)
200m 14# Med Ball throw (1:25)
Tabata Push ups (62)

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800-50-50 (21:42)

Smoked after Wednesday's workout and Thursday's squats and little
sleep again last night. Was shooting for a 17 second improvement at
21:00 flat. Knew I wasn't going to make it after a 6:48 first round.
Still ran an 'easy' 3:36 first lap. Can't get push ups and sit ups
under 3:00. I think I'll just suffer through 5x10 every round.
Switching every 5 reps takes too much time. I'd still like to see
what my HR was throughout.

Runs: 3:36, 3:45, 4:15
Rounds: 6:48, 7:29, 7:25

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Squat 5-5-5-5-5 (175#)

Warmed up with some B-T-B Tabata Squats before combatives.  Just did four rounds or 2-min worth.  Much easier than the full 8 rounds.  Was able to get at least 12 in every round, I think I could do better on the full one...maybe.

 

Warmed up on squats with 12 reps with the empty bar to reinforce form.  Then started off easy with 5 reps at 135#.  Took 2-min rest between each set.  Bumped it up to 155# for the second and then settled in at 175# for the last three.  I think 175# would be about right for all 5 sets of 5 but might be a challenge for 7 sets of 5.  Good start though.  Body defintely feels it, feels like I did hill sprints or something major today.  Good sign I hope.  Now I just need to get more sleep so my mus-kels will grow.  Woke up at 0130 again tonight and couldn't fall asleep.  Got to cruise the affiliates page though and started to put more stuff on my blog.  I think we'll just use blogger and get our own domain name through Google.  It was super easy and setting up and maintaining it in blogger format is really, really easy (and cheap).

CrazyHusband "500" Workout (39:12)

Screw the Spartans, 300 reps would be too easy...

Note to self: stop trying out new workouts on yourself. Try them out on someone you may or may not like.

Matt and I tried this one out because suffering is better when it's shared.

"500" Workout
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of:

Row (calories)
Push ups
Wall ball (14#)
Kb swings (16 kg)
Sit ups
OH Squats (45#)
Pull ups
Squats
Dips

Finish with five additional reps of your very last exercise to get to an even 500.

Bottom line is we were both dying by the time the "7s" rolled around. When the round of 10s takes 4-min you know you are in trouble...


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Tabata Push ups (60)

Tried to get 6 rounds of 12 push ups.  Got the first four rounds no problem.  Had to break up the last two sets into threes.  Lost track of reps for the last two and probably pushed through the whole rest period.  Not positive what I got but it was at least 60.  Did about 3 extra in the 5th round and did finished up with more reps after it was over to bring me to 101 total reps.  Air Assault!!!!
12-12-12-12-6-(3)-6-(9-4) [101]

100 Perfect Push ups (10:59)

Didn't keep track of my splits but I spent more time doing push ups and less time running.  I was on pace for 10:30 until the second to last set of push ups.  I was getting about 30-sec for 20 push ups and 2-min for each 400 meters (including time to catch breath before more push ups).  Got 25-20-20-18-18 push ups.  First two sets were great.  Last three were a struggle.  Last set I was doing two and three at a time with a quick pause between for a break.  I'm wondering if just trying to do 5 sets of 20 would make those any easier.  Then I might get to focus on my run time splits and really bring my time down....hmmmm....gotta love the way CrossFit messes with your head...LOL

4 x 800 meter run w/ 3-min rest (13:04)

 Woke up at 1:30 am again and couldn't sleep.  Started thinking about our CF affiliation and a website and insurance and etc...  Thought this might trash my performance but I was only 4 seconds slower that last month's attempt at 4 x 800.  Gonna start working up to 6 x 800 and once I get there, then start shaving back on the rest periods or finally break out the HR monitor and start the next 800 when the HR gets back down to 120.

 

3:14, 3:12, 3:22, 3:16

 

I'd like to get this one on video and see where my POSE form running is at.  Felt pretty ugly but I stayed off the heels as best as I could.

Diane (7:24*)

THURSDAY 080508

21-15-9 reps of:
225lb Deadlift
Handstand push ups
(135# DL/2:00-1:00-:30 Handstand hold)

WEDNESDAY 080507

Rest Day

TUESDAY 080506

Rest Day

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New Castle Swim WOD (24:41)

MONDAY 080505

20 push ups
20 sit ups
20 squats
100m swim

5 rounds for time:

4:09-5:02-5:10-5:16-5:00

CF Level I Cert (Alvin, TX)

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Pushy Helen* (8:44)

Workout #2 of day two of the cert. Good introduction to the
effectiveness of Kb swings.

Run about 400 meters
21 dumbbell swings (30#)
12 push ups

3 rounds for time.

Pretty good splits, 2:50, 2:51, 3:03.

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50 Medicine Ball Cleans

Workout #1 on day two of the cert. Not for time, much worse by-the-
numbers with the whole group. No better way to hammer away at proper
form.

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CrossFit Level I Certification

Gotta love those pull ups!!!

Fran (11:22)

SATURDAY 080503

Second WO of the cert was the scariest one there is. First time I've
done it as Rx'd...woot!!!

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B-T-B Tabata Squats (10)

SATURDAY 080503

First workout of the cert was my biggest fear. But it was somehow
easier to suffer through in a gym full of people..

16-14-12-10-10-10-10-11

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CF Baseball (16:01)

Laid out four bases. Run to first, 10 squats. Second, 10 push ups.
Third, 10 sit ups. Home plate, 10 burpees. Complete 10 times around
the bases for 10-9-8...3-2-1 reps at each base. Smoker.

Played with dip bars and slosh pipe. Fun.

THURSDAY 080501

Rest Day

Played with handstands.

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Rest Day (JBFC)

WEDNESDAY 080430

Rest day? today. Took my guys to the gym for some weightlifting.
Eventually worked towards 1RM. Good workout but not a great idea on
sticking some newbies with 1RM without first hammering form with empty
bar first. Damn I'm dumb! But they still went with it and did well
as usual.

Hitting the full CFWU for three sets of 10. Gonna start doing that
every night until 3x15 becomes easy. Would like to work that into a
weeknight timeslot that includes training actual clients.

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CFWU (4x5)

TUESDAY 080429

Did the CFWU at home with real GHD back extensions and sit ups and
real pull ups and dips. Broke it into 5 sets of 4 for the pull ups.
As rx'd becomes a smoking workout...kinda sad, I thought I was in okay
shape.

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Run Push Run (2.25 miles)

MONDAY 080428

Conplete a 20-min run, stopping every two minutes for 10 push ups with
a continuously running clock. Measure the total distance run. Ensure
perfect form on all 100 push ups. (2.25 miles)

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Alamo CF II

SUNDAY 080427

Another trip to Alamo CF with Matt and Kearson for some more torture.
Started out with basic squat clinic to solidify form. Finished with 4
rounds of Bottom-to-bottom Tabata squats. Ouch, since when did 20-
seconds of squats become a rest period? Spent a little time on DB
Push Press form with four more rounds of Tabatas resting in the locked
out overhead position.

Finished up with a game of "baseball". Teams of two, one person
starts by running to "first" base for 10 push ups, run to 2nd for 10
air-to-ground squats, to 3rd for 10 tuck jumps and home for 10
burpees. One teammate rests while the other is rounding the bases.
Complete AMRAP in 20 minutes.

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Alamo CrossFit

SATURDAY 080426

Rest Day

FRIDAY 080425

Went to Alamo CF with Kearson and Matt on our day off for Battle of
the Flowers. Battled it out against the other classes to see who
could hang.

In a group effort AMRAP in 20-min of:

9 Burpees
12 Ring Rows
15 25# Goblet squats
18 25# Push Press
21 Box Jumps

We averaged 4 rounds of everything in our group of five...

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Lot'a Tabata (6xPush ups - 60)

Used some Tabatas to get warmed up for Combatives today.  Thought it might tire my kids out so they wouldn't hurt each other.  No one knows how to go at 50% for some reason.  There's something about someone putting their hands on you that just gets the adrenaline flowing...lol.

 

Tabata Sit ups (69) 12-12-12-11-11-11

Tabata Push ups (60) 17-13-10-7-7-6

Tabata Squats (101) 15-18-18-18-16-16

 

10-min Warrior Challenge (450)

Perform as many exercises as possible in 10-min. Score 1 point for
each squat, 2 for each push up, 3 for each pull up, and 4 for each
burpee. Perform jumping jacks if you need to rest. If you rest for
more than 2 seconds you start over at zero.

I got 42 rounds of burpee, pull up, push up, squat at rounds of 10-8-6-4-2-4-4-4
. Finished with 10 squats and 10 push ups. Lost 37 points from last
time.

Too many burpees. Gonna stick with sets of 5 next time and stop the
burpees at round 6 or 300 points. Try to finish with 5-5-5 or (35
points per) for six more rounds for 210 or 510 total. We'll see...

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800-50-50 (21:17)

TUESDAY 080422

Rest Day


MONDAY 080421

Our mid-course benchmark to see if the CrossFit workouts are working.  I was planning on taking it easy this week since I'm feeling like I'm due for a break...however, my first lap was around 3:36 and after push ups and sit ups, I was right at 6:30 for the first round.  A quick calculation made that 19:30 for 3 rounds if I was to maintain my pace the rest of the way (probably not feasible) but definitely doable to getting under the 22:03 I got last time three weeks ago.  Tried to keep the last two 800s around 4-min and tried to keep the last two rounds of push ups and sit ups around 3-min.  Took a little longer on the last round of push ups and sit ups but I was really trying to keep the form perfect on those, knew I had time so I took liberties with the breaks.  Still pulled off a 21:17 to beat my last time by :46 seconds.  Woot!!!  This stuff really works and I know my form was really good because my pecs are burnt through Tuesday.

High Altitude Nancy (19:21)

SATURDAY 080419

Traveled home to Idaho for my Dad's 60th birthday party and got to
workout at CrossFit Nampa. Trainer Mike Jarvis had a sweet set up in
his shop behind his house and a boundless enthiusiasm for fitness. We
caught him before he had to go to a funeral (in an hour) and on his
wedding anniversary. Training should have been the last thing on his
mind but he was out there bright and early. He showed us the Bergener
warm up and introduced us to the snatch. Wow! What and explosive
exercise...!!! I can't wait to get to an Oly lifting cert and learn
those techniques. We finished off with a little Nancy.

5 rounds for time of:
400m run
15 overhead squats (65 lbs)
(19:21)

I tried this one last November and pulled off a 17:34 so I hope it was
the altitude slowing me down. I suppose taking a light week as a
break wouldn't hurt either. I guess my benchmark 800-50-50 workout on
Monday will tell me.

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Nurse "Jessica" (7:55)

Some innovative students have named the stairwell to the classrooms
"Jessica" in the spirit of the CrossFit WODs we've been inflicting on
them. There is nothing worse than 3 flights of stairs after sprints
and squats... We decided to get the stairs over with right away...

Dynamic Warm up

1-minute each of:
Bear Crawl
Sit ups
Push ups
Mountain climbers
Handstand holds

Nurse Jessica

5 rounds for time of:
5-4-3-2-1 Burpees
Run up 3 flights of stairs
10 push ups
Jog down 3 flights (hitting each step)

(7:55)

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100 Burpees for time (11:55)

Ouch...

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Hang Power Cleans (1-1-1-1-1-1-1) (155)

95-115-135-135-145-150-155

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Lil Runny Angie (17:11)

MONDAY 080414

Lil Runny Angie

Run 400m
50 pull ups
Run 400m
50 push ups
Run 400m
50 sit ups
Run 400m
50 squats

Did this one backwards and ended with the pull ups.  Big mistake.  Was 7 seconds slower than last month.  Going to do this one again Friday to redeem myself and start with the pull ups.  Too much rest kills a brother...

Jackie (13:03)

SATURDAY 080412

Jackie
1,000m Row
45-lb Thrusters (50 reps)
30 pull ups

Set damper to "6" and it was 'easier' for about the first minute, then
it really, really gassed me. Might try "4" next time. Thrusters were
brutal, need more strength work. Pull ups were 5-3-2-2-2...

CrazyWife's first movie...she's really going to juice up our sites now...

SUNDAY 080413

Rest Day

Also trying the first of my weekly(?) 36-hour fasts...

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CWCF Baseline (6:11*)

Tried to take it easy today so we tried a baseline workout similar to
the one used by Petranek Fitness.

800m run
40 squats
30 sit ups
20 push ups
10 pull ups* (used woody band)

Got 3:09 on the run and 3:02 for the rest. We'll use this one to
gauge our progress at the end of the course.

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Deadlift 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 (300lbs)

Deadlift 1-1-1-1-1  only went with 5 efforts so I wouldn't hurt myself.  Made my mini goal of 300 pounds so I was happy.

WU
10x135 (1:00 rest)
5x185 (1:00 rest)

1x225 (1:00 rest)
1x275 (2:00 rest)
1x295 (3:00 rest)
1x300 (1:00 rest) not sure about form on this one but can't get stronger without fudging a little bit at high intensity
1x275


Felt stronger all day going up stairs and walking around, can't wait til this starts making my run times faster...


WEDNESDAY 080409

Rest Day

Put the students through a pretty good circuit at 1-towel gym.  Probably need to put handstands into the warm up somehow...sorely lacking...

Press-Push Press-Push Jerk

Press 1-1-1-1-1
(95-105-115-105-105)
Push Press 3-3-3-3-3
(95-105-115-125-125)
Push Jerk 5-5-5-5-5
(95-105-105)

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APFT (61-77-14:04=280)

First APFT since starting to incorporate CrossFit into my routine.  2-min max push ups, 2-min max sit ups, 2-mile run.  10-min break in between each exercise.  I lost 4 push ups (but form was perfect) and gained 2 sit ups since last October.  But the biggest shocker was cutting 1:16 off my run time.  That's a huge improvement.  I'm going to incorporate as much CrossFit into each week as I can to get the rest of those numbers up.

 

OCTOBER APFT

65 push ups

75 sit ups

15:20 2-mile run

 

APRIL APFT (284)

61 push ups (88 points out of 100)

77 sit ups (101 points out of 100)

14:04 2-mile run (96 points out of 100)

 

Did not score 90 out of 100 in the push ups so I miss getting another PT Badge.  Look for nothing but 300s starting this October...

Knocked up Helen (15:57)

Helen
3 rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
21-1.5 pood Kettlebell swings
12 pull ups

4 x 800 meter run w/ 3-min rest (13:00)

3-min push ups (6 x Tabata intervals)

4-min sit ups (8 x Tabata intervals)

4 x 800 meter run with 3-min rest between laps

 

19.5-15-10.5-7-7-6.5  Not getting 'easier' but getting a little faster (recovering faster?)

12-11-10-10-11-10-9-9  Felt yesterdays sets without feet being held today

3:07-3:17-3:20(wanted to throw up)-3:16  OUCH!!!!  Thought lap three was WAAAAY slower than two, wanted to throw up the last quarter...thought I slowed waay down to keep from chucking...interesting.  Wish I had HR monitor to see output (maybe, can be very discouraging sometimes...)

 

Great workout, gonna see this one again for sure...

 

 

THURSDAY 080403

 

Rest Day (Combatives) warm up

 

Tabata Sit ups with Cooper (feet held)

15-15-15-15-15-16-16-15 (122)

100 Perfect Push ups (11:48)

Almost put my Students and myself through 100 burpees (150 for me) for time since we had so much fun last week. Luckily my sore knee reminded me that we have an Army PT Test next week and 150 burpees might kill us... Settled on 100 Perfect Push ups which I read about only yesterday. It was a great workout.

100 Perfect Push ups
Perform 100 perfect push ups without stopping. If you rest for more than 2 seconds or go to your knees, run 400 meters. I ended up getting 25-25-20-16-15 for a grand total of 101 push ups (Air Assault!!!) in 11:48 with four sprints that were 2:00 or under (third one was pretty fast but that really hinders the push ups). My students did either 50 push ups for females or their 2-min push up max for males depending on their age (around 70). We will revisit this one again... Finished off with another round of Tabata Sit ups for Cooper and set another PR (90) 12-11-11-12-11-11-11-11


TUESDAY 080401

Rest Day

Ran the 2-mile run with Lilly for her APFT. She passed with flying colors and left herself some room for improvement. Way to go babe!!!

Tabata yer butt off (Push ups - 63)

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Tabata Sit ups 12-11-10-11-11-10-11-11 (87) new PR!!!
Tabata Push ups 20-14-10-7-6-6 (63) new PR!!!
Tabata Sprints kept the 19-min 2-mile group honest today (they did great!!!)
Tabata Squats 19-17-16-17-17-17-17-17 (137) great to crush you after some sprints...

Hi, my name is Mike and I have a Tabata problem...I'm loving the Tabatas. They are BRUTAL but they are only 4 minutes!!!! "How hard could 4 minutes really be...???" HA-HAA-HA, famous last words!!! I'm going to focus on the Tabatas with my small group to see how effective they are in getting them prepared for a diagnostic APFT in about 5 weeks...

Rest Day???

Went on an easy(?) 18-mile bike ride with the lil' boy strapped on
back...when did he get so heavy...but we did find a great little
burger joint out in the middle of nowhere...just wish I'd crammed some
more cash up my bike shorts...

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Lil' Runny 10-9-8-7...3-2-1 (36:32)

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of each of the following for time:
   Burpees
   Pull ups
   Box Jumps (24")
   Pushups

Run down to bottom of hill and back between every set.  Ouch so good...

Lucy (14:51)

What a smoker! Thought I was going to take it easy today and let the
crud dislodge from my chest. Decided to try to keep the 5 push ups
and 10 burpee cycles at 1-min. Keeping the 400m run at 2:00 would get
me to 15:00 and a new PR. Just made it!!! 14:51 staying close to all
my goal splits. Got a 15:46 in November in one of my first CrossFit
workouts and the push ups and burpees were all about 1:15. I guess
I'm getting stronger??!?!!!

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Tabata Push ups (62)

20-13-10-7-6-6 (62)  Strict form, felt good, will definitely do these once or twice a week.  Loving the Tabatas more and more...

800-50-50 (22:03)

WEDNESDAY 080326

   800-50-50 (22:03) Only 7 seconds slower than last month and I feel like crap right now.  Still fighting off the "crud" that Lillian gave me and the boy.  Push ups seemed to be a little better despite the crap crawling up out of my chest.  Did 20-15-10-5 the first 50, might try to stick to 5 sets of 10 per set.  Might be enough rest between sit ups and will save time not switching back and forth so much...

TUESDAY 080325

   Rest Day

MONDAY 080324

   Rest Day

Pull up Bars Complete

SATURDAY 080322

2 separate trips to Home Depot. Mount four braces, tighten 16 lag
bolts; for time:

Fran (5:01)

Fran*
21-15-9 of:
Thrusters (45#)
Pull ups (bands)

Deadlift
3x3x3x3x3
205* had more in me

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Affiliation Application

 God I Love You!!!  I am pretty pumped about how much you have changed in the last two weeks.  I'm very excited to start this chapter in our lives and I think it will remarkable for both of us and our family.  I love you with all of my heart.  I hope my essay was good enough.  Email said two weeks to hear back on the affiliation due to the volume of applications.  Cleaned up the website and blog to reflect more CF influence.  Can't wait to see the new, improved you...

Here's what I sent in on our application to CrossFit:

First let me start by saying that it is an immense relief to finally realize what I want to be when I grow up.  I've spent 14 years in the military trying to answer that question so I would have something to look forward to after 20 good years of service.  I spent a year in Iraq bored out of my head (mostly), REALLY trying to figure out what I wanted to be.  It was there that I finally said, $hit or get off the pot and started up a fitness website to start dabbling in personal training as a hobby.  I had just read up on everything I could find from Matt Furey and his Combat Conditioning products and I thought that was going to be my future.  His bodyweight workouts were tons better than the crappy Army PT I'd been slogging through for years.  Then I ran across some kettlebell workouts and ended up with 5 bells for my birthday and a new addiction.  Did I mention I am madly in love with my wife?  She has helped me and supported me and motivated me to work on achieving any crazy goal I've come up with and she is the motivation for "Crazy Wife CrossFit".  Not sure if that would really be the name, she also likes "CrossFit Warriors" or "Warrior CrossFit".  Last choice would be "CrossFit Nomads" since we are both still active duty Army Officers that still have 6-8 years of moving around every 2-3 years in front of us so our "Gym" would end up spreading the word in many places around the world before we are done.  The only problem with the kettlebells and the Matt Furey workouts is that they let me down when it came time to take my bi-annual PT Tests.  There wasn't enough focus on running which is my kryptonite at 6'3" and 220 pounds.  This was September of last year and I was nearing yet another let down at the October PT test after spending a few really good months training with kettlebells.  I started an Army PT website on our internal AKO email websites that only we can view and someone posted the link to the CF site and I checked it out.  Immediately I was hooked, the Pregnancy Pull ups video sealed the deal for me.  I have always hated pull ups more than anything in this world because I was always terrible at them.  I was either 6'3" and 145 pounds in junior high and too weak to do them or 75 pounds heavier and still too weak to do them.  After reading the articles and watching all the videos, I was hooked.  As an Army Instructor, I've gotten my boss to buy off on incorporating CF principles in our PT sessions for our classes of 100+ students.  This JAN-MAR class had some very positive feedback for the variety and intensity in the workouts.  In my next small group of 15 students that starts next week, we are going to try to figure out a good rotation at the gym with dumbbells and barbell work to really show them something new and different.  Once I started CrossFitting as much as I could last OCT (after another crappy PT Test) I've acquired a C2 rower, a 24" "man" box, barbell, bumpers, the 5 Kbs, sandbags, a big a$$ tire, gonna get the sledgehammer set this weekend, rings, dynamax medicine balls (20/14) AND a GHD bench.  More than enough stuff to train probably 10 people at once if I really had to.  Wouldn't that be fun to try to figure out.  So all of this has led me slowly but surely towards finding my way into the CrossFit community but it wasn't until the wife got sent away to Tampa for a month for work that we (she) started to get serious about it.  She's been CrossFitting every day with CrossFit Sparta for the last two weeks and she is finally dropping the last of her baby weight and truly feeling good about herself.  We have worked out together in the past but I could never convince her that she could conquer anything she put her mind to.  It's been her experience at CrossFit Sparta that has shown her that she can do ANYTHING.  I love it, I love talking to her on the phone again, it's like when we first started dating and we thought we could do anything (like get married and stay 3,000 miles apart for the first three years and still make it work).  She signed me up for the Level I cert in May in Houston last week, is talking about Level II and Olympic Certs too, and this week she deadlifted for the first time in her life and pulled 225# and now she wants to go to the cert with me (if there is space) and she wants to open up an affiliate and get other people addicted to CrossFit just like we are.  Wow, not sure if any of this makes any sense so let me just say that we really, really, really want to affiliate with CrossFit so our kids can grow up and grow strong in our little garage/box.  Thanks for our attention.  Mike & Lillian

Love you babe,

mdp

10-min Warrior Challenge (487)

WEDNESDAY 080319

Perform the following exercise for ten minutes straight without resting.  Only jumping jacks are authorized as a rest period.  Keep track of the total number of points (from reps) from each exercise and record your max score after 10 minutes.

Squats (1 point each)
Push ups (2 points each)
Pull ups (3 points each)
Burpees (4 points each)


Performed 10 reps of each exercise the first set for 50 points.  Performed 5 reps of each after that and added 10 squats extra to get 60 points per round up to 450.  Added another 10 extra squats and almost 3 push ups at the end.  Next time I will start with burpees and work my way down to squats.  Will probably try a pyramid of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for 550 points.  Should be fun.


Added a round of Tabata Sprints to the end of this workout.  What a smoker!!! Loved it.  Not too much running but it's still a killer workout.  Going to use these at least once a week from now on.  What a great protocol.  I think I will track how far I get around the track and/or my HR from now on.  Should be fun.


TUESDAY 080318

Rest Day

Knee Rehab

MONDAY 080317

Worked the knee rehab with the blue band and more practice on pistols to get my quads stronger and get my knee back into "whack" cuz I guess it's outta whack now, some new-fangled medical term...damn doctors...LMAO...

Treadmill Fun

SUNDAY 080316

Ran downstairs to the treadmill in the tiny hotel gym because I know I won't want to workout after a day of running around with the 'fam.

Warmed up slow and easy for 5-min.  Spent 20 minutes actually working out, working my way up to 177 bpm on my HR monitor in the first five minutes and ratcheted down the intensity while maintaining 175 bpm for the last 15 minutes.  Seemed to be alot of work though, maybe too much volume and not enough intensity.  I'll probably stick to Tabata sprints if I'm ever stuck on a treadmill again.  More bang for the buck and more time to work on stretching or push ups or some other weakness in addition to a shot of running.

CrossFit Sparta (Round 2)

SATURDAY 080315

Evil Deck'o Cards (pinochle deck)
9-10-J(11)-Q(12)-K(13)-A(14)
Hearts - burpees
Diamonds - pull ups
Clubs - push ups
Spades - squats

45-minutes of sheer torture...loved every minute...

FRIDAY 080314

Rest Day
Soooooo...sore

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CrossFit Sparta (Tampa)

THURSDAY 080313

Round Robin of Torture (twice)
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Box jumps
Push ups
Squats
Dips
Lunges
(12:03, 11:36)

WEDNESDAY 080312

Rest Day

TUESDAY 080311

Rest Day

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Knee Rehab

MONDAY 080310

Knee rehab
Lunge stretch
Band lateral walks
Pistol practice
2x25 Hindu Squats

SUNDAY 080309

Rest Day

SATURDAY 080308

Rest Day

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Fran (5:58*)

Perform 3 rounds for time of:
(21-15-9)
45# Thrusters
Pull ups

THURSDAY 080306

Rest Day

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Row-Push-Pull (14:00)

3 rounds for time of:

   500m Row

   Pushups (26-14-10)

   Pull ups* (26-14-10)

   14:00

 

 

TUESDAY 080304

 

   Rest Day

 

   Ultimate Frisbee

 

 

MONDAY 080303

 

   Rest Day

Tabata Push ups (55)

SATURDAY 080301

6 20-second rounds with 10-seconds rest between:

14-12-11-6-6-6

SATURDAY 080301

Rest Day

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Lil Runny Angie (17:01)

FRIDAY 080229

Run 400m - 50 push ups
Run 400m - 50 pull ups
Run 400m - 50 sit ups
Run 400m - 50 squats
17:01,1:45,1:50,1:45,1:40

THURSDAY 080228

Rest Day

Ultimate Frisbee

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1-min Pullups (12)

WEDNESDAY 0802227

Perform 1 pull up the first minute, 2 pull ups the second minute, 3
pull ups the third...

1-12,5,6,7,5,6,7,5,9 (128)

TUESDAY 080226

Rest Day

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Push up - Sit up - Squat 10x10x10

Perform 10 repetitions of the following exercises every minute on the minute for 10 minutes:

   10 Push ups

   10 Sit ups

   10 Squats

 

Will do it for time next time, should take about 8:30 unless pushups give out early.

 

HooverBall

 

 

SUNDAY 080224

 

   Rest Day

 

 

SATURDAY 080223

 

   Rest Day

Tabata Somethin' Else

FRIDAY 080223

Tabata Somethin' Else
   Perform each exercise in sequence using the 20-sec work, 10-sec rest Tabata Intervals for a total of eight rounds of each exercise (16-min).

   Pull ups     (64) 8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8
   Push ups   (100) 15-15-13-12-10-10-12-13
   Sit ups      (81) 10-10-10-10-9-11-10-11
   Squats      (125) 15-17-15-15-15-15-15-18

THURSDAY 080222

   Rest Day

   Ultimate Frisbee vs. Woodlock's group

Row 5,000m (19:51)

500m WU
Row 5000m

SUNDAY 080217

Rest Day

SATURDAY 080216

Rest Day

FRIDAY 080215

Rest Day

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Kb Circuits

Perform 4 rounds Tabata intervals for 12 exercises.
20# Wall ball
Sit ups
Push ups
Kb swings (16kg)
Perfect push ups
Box jumps (24")
Push ups
Sit ups
Kb Thrusters (2x12kg)
Jump rope (green monster)
Kb swings
Handstand

24-min (10/20; 15/15; 2x20/10)

TUESDAY 080212

Rest Day

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Chad

4 rounds for time of:
Run 400m
25xThrusters (rock)
25xPush Press (water can)
25xDeadlifts (ammo can)
25xFront Squats (sand bag)
25xPush ups
10xBurpees

SUNDAY 080210

Rest Day

SATURDAY 080209

Rest Day

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Chelsea (9+3)

Perform one round every minute for 30 minutes of:
5 pull ups*
10 push ups
15 squats

Got to round 8 and the push ups gave out. Note to self, don't mention
"muscle failure" out loud if you wanna keep going...

THURSDAY 080207

Rest Day

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800-50-50 (21:50)

WEDNESDAY 080206

Three rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 push ups
50 sit ups

800s (3:40; 4:00; 4:10)
50-50 (3:10; 3:15; 3:35)

Ultimate frisbee

TUESDAY 080205

Rest Day

MONDAY 080204

Rest day
Ultimate frisbee

SUNDAY 080203

Rest Day

SATURDAY 080202

Judo Tournament (Dallas)

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ANGIE* (15:58)

Complete the following for time:

   100 pull ups

   100 push ups

   100 sit ups

   100 squats

 

Still using the bands although I think they are getting easier.  100 total pull ups is still a smoker any way you slice it.  Was on pace for 15 minutes for the first half then fell off from sets of 5 to sets of 3.  Great workout though.  PR by almost 3 minutes, got 18:41 last time.  Really helps when someone in front of you is smoking it.  CPT Brett ended up with like 14:30.  Could be an animal when he grows up...

 

THURSDAY 013108

 

Rest Day

 

   Played ultimate frisbee in the gym after Combatives.  Good workout.  Played 5-on-5 but kinda crowded.  Will try 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 next time.

 

WEDNESDAY 013008

 

Rest Day

 

   Cheered my guys through Operation Chad today.  That looks like a smoker.  Can't wait to try it myself.

 

TUESDAY 012908

 

Rest Day

 

   Played Hooverball at the gym on my "Off" Day.  That was a smoker.  Great workout with the 4-lb medicine ball.  Can't wait to try the 6 pounder.  Also played Ultimate Frisbee in the wind with my Small Group in the afternoon.  That game always hurts now.  I wonder if I was too young to feel the pain in the past?

5k Run (23:38)

Beat 5k from last month by 2-sec. (23:40). Splits: 7:09, 7:49, 7:39, :
51. First two laps felt great. Form broke down at two miles, fought
through it last two laps.

SUNDAY 080127

Rest Day

SATURDAY 080126

Rest Day

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Rest Day

Combatives instruction

Hooverball introduction (good)

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Triple Nickel (45 rounds) (UNCLASSIFIED)

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

THURSDAY 080124

Triple Nickel

As many rounds of the following in 20 minutes:
5 push ups
5 sit ups
5 squats

WEDNESDAY 080123

Pool Relays (6)

As many rounds of the following in 20 minutes:
50 meter kick board
50 meter bouy pulls
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

Lil' Runny Angie (17:54)

Complete the following for time:
Run 400 meters
50 pull ups
Run 400 m
50 push ups
Run 400 m
50 sit ups
Run 400 m
50 squats

Great workout for working exercises while waay out of breath. Good
for working on pacing yourself.

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Tabata Rodeo

Four of us did four exercises via Tabatas...C2 row, push ups, Kb
swings, and pull ups. Ouch. Smoked after 2nd or 3rd round on each
one. Only remember push ups and pull ups.
Push ups (12-11-10-10-5-5-5-7)
Pull ups (8-7-7-8-5-5-5-6)
I have been pacing myself on my Tabatas, I think I'll start smoking
myself to see if I can get better gains...

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4 x 500m Row

5-min EZ Row
1000m Row (4:10)
4 x 500m Row
1:51
1:52
1:51
1:51

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Rest Day

Cindy muscles were sore; Fight Gone Bad muscles are sore now...shoulda
rowed today...

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Fight Gone Bad

Three 5-min rounds of five exercises conducted for 1-min each with 1-min rest between rounds.  We took some time to transition since it was everyone's first time on the rower and first time with FGB.  It was a great workout!!!

Wall Ball (20#)
Sumo Deadlift High Pull (1-pood Kb)
Box Jumps (24")
Push Press (65#)
Row (calories)

31-30-25  WB
29-30-30  SDHP
20-26-24  BJ
27-27-20  PP
17-17-18  Row

371 Total


THURSDAY 080117

Rest Day

Double Double Tabata (UNCLASSIFIED)

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

Another workout that I "thought" wouldn't be that bad. Wrong-o
mooseface. Did I mention that I love CrossFit?!?!?!!

Double Double Tabata

Perform two exercises, alternating between the two for 8 rounds each
utilizing the Tabata interval of 20-sec of work and 10-sec of rest.

Pull ups 10-6-8-7-7-5-7-6 (56)
Sit ups 7-11-11-9-10-9-9-10 (76)

Push ups 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14 (98)
Squats 17-18-17-17-17-17-17-18 (138)

I was all over the place with pull ups as we "fought" over the Woody
Bands so I had at least two sets of jumping pull ups (ouch). Didn't
make it back to start some of the sit ups on time either (oops).

The pushups and squats went a little easier but that was a lot of work.
I'd like to try maxing out every set to see how much workload I end up
with. I'd bet it was a lot less. Felt pretty good though to be
exhausted and very out of breath after the last set of squats. If it
wasn't so chilly out this morning, I'm sure I would have made a "sweat
angel"...
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

3k Row

Decided no more "Rest Days", going to at least do CFWU and/or row to
finally get into shape. Also going to keep working on push ups.

Thought I'd row easy for 30 minutes. Ouch. Settled for 3,030 meters
in 15 minutes. 5-min easy pull; 3x500m hard (2:00); 1-min easy pull.
Legs and butt felt tired and sore AND strong today.

Played around with ring dips and GHD sit ups after.

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Cindy

MONDAY 080114
"Cindy"
5 pull ups
10 push ups
15 squats
Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes.
(16) Increased PR by at least one (15). Probably lost count at
17...

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Rest Day

Rest Day

Row 500m (2:02)

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Rest Day

Rest Day

Row 500m - 2:04

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800-50-50

3 rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 push ups
50 sit ups

(23:08)

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Rest Days

THURSDAY 011008
Rest Day

WEDNESDAY 010908
Rest Day (APFT)
Ultimate Frisbee (Farishon)

TUESDAY 010808
CFWU x 3
1.5 mile jog
Push up Pyramid (1-2-3-4-5)
1-5 x 5 (75)
1-3 x 6 (36)
(111 total)

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Fran

21-15-9 reps for time of:

   95# Thrusters  (65#)

   Pull-ups  (LG woody band)

 

(8:59)

 

WOW!!!  CrossFit never ceases to amaze me.  Every time I'm feeling the least bit confident, I'll bump up a scaled weight a little bit...and...I pay for it.  This one absolutely smoked my grip/forearms.  Need to figure out how to support the bar in my front squat with elbows up and still push the weight overhead with the wrists all back.  Gotta some transition piece I'm missing.  That and all those pullups (even with the woody band) torched the forearms.  I love it!!!!!!!!!

Back for more in 2008

After a nice long break for some Combatives-induced shoulder injury and a little Xmas pneumonia, I'm getting back on the CrossFit saddle.  Nothing like starting over from what feels like zero again.  Oh well, at least the gains are fast with CF.

SUNDAY 010608

"Tabata Something Else" (round robin)

   Complete 32 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest where the first 8 intervals are pull-ups, the second 8 are push-ups, the third 8 intervals are sit-ups, and finally, the last 8 intervals are squats.  There is no rest between exercises.  

(I did one interval of each exercise and rotated to a new exercise during every 10-second rest period-knowing that jumping into a full 8-round Tabata interval for any exercise would wreck me.)

Made it through 7 full rounds before HR spiked above 180 and form went to doo-doo.  Thought it was 8 but the GymBoss said only 28 intervals completed not 32 and I couldn't bring myself to start again...

Pull-ups 10-10-10-10-8-8-8

Push-ups 10-10-10-8-11-11-9 (smoked)

Sit-ups 10-10-10-10-10-10-10

Squats 15-15-15-15-15-15-18

SATURDAY 010508

Rest Day (Thighs and butt still smoked from squats and deadlifts on 

Back for more in 2008

After a nice long break for some Combatives-induced shoulder injury and a little Xmas pneumonia, I'm getting back on the CrossFit saddle.  Nothing like starting over from what feels like zero again.  Oh well, at least the gains are fast with CF.

SUNDAY 010608

"Tabata Something Else" (round robin)

   Complete 32 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest where the first 8 intervals are pull-ups, the second 8 are push-ups, the third 8 intervals are sit-ups, and finally, the last 8 intervals are squats.  There is no rest between exercises.  

(I did one interval of each exercise and rotated to a new exercise during every 10-second rest period-knowing that jumping into a full 8-round Tabata interval for any exercise would wreck me.)

Made it through 7 full rounds before HR spiked above 180 and form went to doo-doo.  Thought it was 8 but the GymBoss said only 28 intervals completed not 32 and I couldn't bring myself to start again...

Pull-ups 10-10-10-10-8-8-8

Push-ups 10-10-10-8-11-11-9 (smoked)

Sit-ups 10-10-10-10-10-10-10

Squats 15-15-15-15-15-15-18

SATURDAY 010508

Rest Day (Thighs and butt still smoked from squats and deadlifts on WED-neck still sore???)

FRIDAY 010408

Rest Day

(Butt and Thighs sore from squats and deadlifts on WED-tweaked my neck during THUR workout???)

THURSDAY 010308

CFWU

Treadmill work

1.5% grade - WU 7 min at 10-min mile pace - 7 min at 7:30-pace - 5 min at 12-min pace cool down (2 miles total)

WEDNESDAY 010208

Sorta' CrossFit Total

Squats Press Deadlift 5-5-5-5-5-5

Squats 135

Press   65

Deadlift 155

Going to do one of these exercises every MWF after PT to increase my strength via Starting Strength.  M-Squat, W-Press, F-Deadlift increasing by 5-10 pounds every week until I get near a 5RM...

Knocked up Lucy

Back in action after a month off with various injuries. Hurt my shoulder/back during Combatives training the first week of December and nursed that for almost three weeks. Came back to work right before Xmas break and tried one day of PT with a date with Lucy. Lasted four rounds before I was so winded I thought I'd visit pukie so I cut it short. Shoulder felt better but I didn't. This was just a few days after battling some pneumonia-like symptoms for a week during Pablo's wedding in Detroit. Made for a terrible visit with not being able to breathe and sleeping in the hotel room all day and night the last night we were in Detroit. The ten inches of snow the night before the wedding was very cool though. I kinda miss that stuff. So back to the here and now. Tried out a date with Nancy yesterday as a warm up for my New Year's Resolution of getting my butt in serious shape. Looking to complete the WODs as prescribed after one full year of hard work. Things are looking good as I get my butt back into shape. The April APFT is not far away. Trying to ease into the Zone this year as well. Just have to get rid of all the crap in our cupboards.

TUESDAY 080101
"Knocked up Lucy"
5 rounds for time of:
5 push ups
10 burpees
Run 400 meters (pushing one-year old in the jog stroller...)
Workout was good, push ups were good, shoulder was good, burpees were ugly and running with the boy in the jog stroller was rough but at least he wasn't standing around crying as we "tore up" the track. All in all, a good start to the new year. Man my butt cheeks are sore...I love squats...

MONDAY 071231
"Nancy"
5 rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
15 x OH Squat (95#)
This one was a good gauge to see where the shoulder is at. I think it will be okay. We'll see when we start throwing in Presses into the repertoire.

A week of Intro to CrossFit

THURSDAY 071129
   Tabata Pushups
   (6) 12-12-10-8-6-6-6-6 ouch, not fun one day after "Angie" on fifth day of Cf in a row...
   Run 5k
   (23:41) Held POSE running together for first two miles.  Not bad.  Would have liked to see HR monitor to see what kind of effort I was really putting out.  Can't wait to reel in MAJ Perkins.  Sorry bastard.  Mile splits were 7:48, 7:49 and 7:30.  Last 0.1 miles was probably 0.2?  5k is a loooonng way after nothing but 400s and 800s.  Great workout.  What are the chances that's the same workout I picked three weeks ago for my guys and it turns up on the CF main page the same day.  Maybe the Kool-Aid is strong in me (young Padawan...)

WEDNESDAY 071128
   "Angie"
   100 pullups - 100 pushups - 100 situps - 100 squats for time
   (18:31) Used woody bands for pullups, still smoked grip more than anything.  Five days of CF in a row is hell on this old man.

TUESDAY 071127
   "Lucy"
   5 pushups - 10 burpees - Run 400 meters
   5 rounds for time
   (crap) don't have my time on me, left it at work.  haven't been updating these posts as well as I should.  I know it was at least a minute faster than last time (13:41 - 29 OCT 07)  I think I got 12:30 this time???  (double crap)

"CINDY"

MONDAY 071126

   "Cindy"

   As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:

    5 pullups (woody band)

   10 pushups

   15 squats

   (15 rounds)

It will be interesting to see how well this workout goes.  I wasn't looking for Pukie today but I was giving it a pretty good effort while trying to pace myself (a little bit).  I probably need to find out what my time per round is and program in a mini-break so that the resting doesn't get out of hand.  I suspect I rested more than I should have.  It was a great workout though.  Somebody who missed it said he'd never be able to do the 100 pullups required in Angie, so I told them we did 105 today when he asked me if I could do 100.

 

Thanks CrossFit!!!  See you next time Cindy...b!tch...

Rest Day

SUNDAY 071125

   Rest Day

   CFWU x 3 (woody band pullups, jumping ring dips)

"NANCY"

SATURDAY 071124

   "Nancy"

   5 rounds for time of:

   Run 400 meters

   15 x 95-lb OH Squat (scaled to 65#)

   (17:27) ready for as Rx'd...???  (wink)

Gotta comment on this one, this was the first day back after the Thanksgiving blitz on my belly and liver and it was the first nasty day of the year in Central Texas.  It was rainy and cold and nasty and we loved every minute of it.  Except for the baby strapped into is stroller under a poncho.  He wanted to get out and run around and play in the wet grass.  :-(

Rest Day (again)

FRIDAY 071123

   Rest Day

800-50-50

WEDNESDAY 071121

   800-50-50

   3 rounds for time of:

   Run 800 meters

   50 pushups

   50 situps

   (20:31)

Rest Day

THURSDAY 071122

   Rest Day

Bringing CrossFit to the Masses...

TUESDAY 071120

   Rest Day

   Resting up for repeat of Sunday's workout.  Going to take it to the guys at work.  Should be interesting.  I wonder how much faster I'll go this time if I don't hold back as much???  Really wanted to lift something heavy today...

 

MONDAY 071119

   Rest Day

 

SUNDAY 071118

   3 rounds for time of:

   Run 800 meters

   50 pushups

   50 pushups

   (20:43)

 

SATURDAY 071117

   Rest Day

   Judo Practice

 

FRIDAY 071116

   "Fran"

   21-15-9 reps of:

   95# Thrusters (scaled to 65#)

   Pullups (using medium Woody band)

Bring on the Rest Day

Busy as heck this week because Monday was a holiday and I don't have a good excuse.  I've been keeping up with my log on the CrossFit site, just need to work more on this blog.  I probably don't have anything constructive to say about these workouts early in my CF career (devout Kool-Aid drinker since 1 OCT 07) but we'll see.

 

THURSDAY 071115

   Rest Day

Getting back on track with CF schedule after unscheduled break last Tuesday.  I'm learning that 1 rest day in a row doesn't hurt and usually helps with output in upcoming workouts.

 

WEDNESDAY 071114

   "Linda"

   10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of the triplet:

   Deadlift: 1-1/2 bodyweight (scaled to 155#)

   Bench press: body weight (scaled to 135#)

   Clean: 3/4 body weight (scaled to 65#) never done these before so I scaled it way back just to get a feel for them, more weight would be a bear.

   for time (18:43)

 

TUESDAY 071113

   Rest Day

Needed this one after yesterday's "Murph" attempt.  Beginning to see when I need to give my old bones a break...LOL.

 

MONDAY 071112

   "Murph"

   Run 1 mile

   100 pullups

   200 pushups

   300 squats

   Run 1 mile

   for time (44:31)

Did this one in observance of Veteran's Day since it is one of the hardest CF "Heroes" workouts, named after the badass Navy Seal (LT Murphy) who loved to do this workout with a 20-pound vest on.  My effort was severely scaled but it has been one of the hardest/longest CF workouts I've done so far.  It was good for showing me how to pace myself and "manage" my discomfort as I tried to work through all of this punishing workout.  I'm already looking forward to another attempt at it when my POSE running style is more natural and more efficient for me.  Just getting into POSE running very, very cautiously.

DOMS...DOM, DOM...DOMS

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness...the newest member of my family resides
in my thighs, hamstrings and butt after the last three days of
CrossFit. That stuff is the real deal. Woke up feeling a little sick
(from staying up late with the boy and playing video games) and my
whole body was sore, sore, sore (but in a good way, like muscle tissue
rebuilding stronger than before) and I woke up from a nap after
breakfast (crashed til noon) and checked the ole' resting heart
rate...52 BPM!!! That is pretty good. I'll bet I can get it down
around 45 BPM on a good day first thing in the morning. We'll see.

SUNDAY 071111
Rest Day

SATURDAY 071110
Row 1000 meters
25 Double-unders
Row 750 meters
50 Double-unders
Row 500 meters
100 Double-unders
Don't have a Concept2 Rower (yet) so I substituted SDHP (sumo deadlift
high pulls) with the 45# bar and fell for the ole' "well this
shouldn't be too bad, it's only 45 pounds". Wrongo mooseface. Since
a 1000m row is 100 SDHPs, I completed 100-75-50 SDHPs. Since I didn't
have a jump rope that I could pull off double unders with, I used my
Green Monster from LifelineUSA (1-1/4 weighted jump rope) and did four
times a many jumps (100-200-400). What a smoker!!!!! Another pool of
sweat under that little'ol 45# bar and I had to break up all of the
SDHPs into 25-rep blocks. OUCH!!! But didn't hurt anything like the
next day...

FRIDAY 071109
"Cindy"
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes of:
5 pullups
10 pushups
15 squats
(15 rounds)
I'm still on the jumping pullups (and will be for quite awhile until I
start "Greasing the Groove" to improve them faster). Pushups and
MetCon became the issues in this one. I thought I would just do it
like "Mary"(?) which is one round of those exercises every minute for
30-min. I figured, "it''s ONLY 20 minutes, no problem, I'll shoot for
20. Wrongo mooseface. I was into the second round when I realized
I'd have to pace myself and just do four rounds at a time and take a
one minute break between every four. That would still be 17 or so,
right? I'm realizing lots of higher math goes on in your head during
a CF workout when you are huffing and puffing and your muscles are
begging for just a little bit more oxygen... And I was only one round
into the second set of "four" when I realized I better get 4-3-2-1 and
see where I'm at from there. Seemed reasonable at the time. I'd
still have 6 minutes left and I'd have 10 rounds under my belt. Ended
up doing 2 more, taking a break and doing three more with about 20
seconds to spare, just didnt' feel like getting into any more pullups
or pushups... What a smoker!!! And I thought this would be one of
the "easier" ones...LMAO!!!! This was a good warmup for "Murph" on
Monday (that's my penance for Veteran's Day since I am not deployed
right now, that should be fun?

THURSDAY 071108
Deadlift 3-3-3-3-3 reps
185-185-205-225-255(PR)
I didn't know if I was going to get to this one, I was doing
Kettlebells with a group of Nutrition students but that went pretty
easy and served as a good warmup for the Deadlifts before my shower.
Set a PR of 255 pounds on the final set. If you'd have told me two
weeks ago that I'd pull 255 on anything, I'd have told you you've lost
your marbles. But the proof is in the pudding, I felt so good working
my way up that I just decided to go for it, it's only three reps
anyway. And I was right. I can't wait to try those again. I think
I'll shoot for 5x3 @ 225# (equivalent to my BW).

WEDNESDAY 071107
Rest Day

3 tough is enough...

3 days on of CrossFitting is a real challenge.  By the end of two days in a row of WODs, I am pretty worked depending on how challenging they were (usually very).  By the third day, I'm definately in need of a rest.  Gotta listen to the body.  But I do have Thursday "off" when I put some nutrition students through the paces with kettlebells.  That and I "missed" todays prescribed WOD of heavy back squats (1-1-1-1-1-1-1) in favor of double double tabatas with the boss.  We'll see what the bod decides.  No shame is taking that well deserved day off.  Might be easier to stick to this experiment with Zone/Paleo and Intermittent Fasting.  Not eating from 1:30pm until 4:30am is a little bit of a challenge.  Had to have a Zone Bar when I went to bed last night cuz I didn't want to bonk at PT today.  I think the power shakes before PT are helping though.  Dropping my favorite pre/post calories, chocolate soy milk to see if there is any truth to the "it increases estrogen production" rumors.  Pray for my stomach tonight...LOL.

 

TUE 6 NOV WOD

 

Double Double Tabata

   Double Tabata #1

   Pushups (15-15-13-13-11-10-11) skipped one, oops

   Squats (17-18-17-17-17-15-17)

 

   Double Tabata #2

   WallBalls (14#) - 8 per (64)

   Kb Swings(16kg) - 8 per (64)

 

MON 5 NOV WOD

 

4 rounds of:

400m run

2-min rest btw each round

(12:37) respectable time considering I was doing everything I could to stay with the POSE Method.  With 6 total minutes of rest, that's still a respectable 6:37 mile time which is exactly the pace I need for a 13:20 2-mile run.

 

Bring on the WODs (and WONs)

SUN 4 NOV WOD

  "Nasty Girls"

   50 squats

   7 muscle ups

   135# Hang Cleans - 10 reps

   3 rounds for time

Did 3 jumping pullups and 3 dips per muscle up (21/21) and pulled 95# for hang cleans (coulda done more maybe?).  After three days of WODs and two rest days, I feel great and the arms, upper body, and legs are turning into solid muscle...quickly.  This is amazing.  Hi my name is Mike and I'm addicted to CrossFit...  Oh yeah, and I've been doubling up on the WONs (Workout of the Night) with the wife all weekend.  It's been awhile since we did WONs during the day...without a rest day in between...LOL

 

SAT 3 NOV WOD

   Rest Day

 

FRI 2 NOV WOD

   Rest Day

Going to stop doing regular Army PT AND WODs.  Just going to focus on WODs whenever possible.

Bring on the WODs

Made it official, I'm going to faithfully follow the CrossFit WODs now. I have been lurking on the CF site for a month now (1 OCT) and my garage gym is finally stocked and I'm ready to go. Finally got smart enough to lower my pullup bars so I could do jumping pullups. Therefore, I did my first two complete rounds of the CFWU and it felt GREAT! I didn't realize how hard the dips were going to be. I used to be decent at them. I used to weigh under 200lbs too I guess. I will have to scale not only because my pullups, dips and overall strength are pretty attrocious (-sp?) but also because I have to workout at least 3 times a week in the Army. But starting in JAN, my students will be CrossFitting whether they like it or not so that will be good. We'll see how it goes. Right now I'm nursing some shoulder pain that started after trying out some Bench Press last week for the first time in years. I took it extra easy but those and a bunch of pushups the next day and wham-o, shoulder pain. But not "normal" somethings-wrong socket pain, this is higher up in the AC joint (acromio-clavicular???) from my A&P days if I remember right. And it doesn't bother range of motion or anything, just aches all day long. A real drag. Just like the left knee that has bothered me since that errant soccer shot (Left footed, what was I thinking?) in 2001. However, since starting to CF, the knee actually feels better, but the nagging left foot planter fascitis and heel pain won't go away. I'm starting to implement the POSE Method to fix that I hope (fingers crossed). Okay, on with our show.


THU 1 NOV WOD

Kb Round Robin (16kg)
Ran a group of students through every exercise I knew from top to bottom. Got a great sweat going but I still feel good, not worn out.

Tabata Squats (6 rounds ala the posted Tabata experiment)
I too am going to play around with these to improve the squats, pushups and pullups in rapid fashion
17-17-16-16-15-15 (at 6'3" that's alot of up and waay down so I'm okay with those numbers-last two sets were thigh smokers)

CFWU - 3 rounds of 10ea (jumping pullups)

CF WOD - "DIANE"
21-15-9 reps of:
225 Deadlift (135#)
Handstand pushups (Seated DB shoulder press - 2x30#)
(8:57 - pretty smoked, couple of breaks in each set of shoulder presses, DL was good.

WED 31 OCT WOD

Slept in til 0530 today, was planning on a rest day...DENIED

CFWU
2 rounds of 10 ea
(Jumping pullups and parallette bar dips with feet on a bench)

Front Squat 5-5-5-5-5 reps
115-115-115-115-115
Good first effort. Significant stretching in the wrists but once I figured out the just let go and raise your elbows it wasn't bad. Thought about adding weight on last one or two sets but the trick-or-treaters were starting to stair into the garage gym and I didn't want to have to dump anything and scare any kids...LMAO.