Am I sore from yesterday's workout!! All those pullups and situps and squats and pushups!! It's enough to make me want to go back to step aerobics class!!
This morning's workout was no easier. There is no name for it. Maybe I'll call it, "Near Death Experience, 9/25/08."
Warmup (same as yesterday):
10 Pullups
15 Pushups
20 Air squats
Row 500 meters
Workout of the day:
3 rounds for time of:
12 Pull-ups
20 Double KB clean and jerk
15 Double KB squats
20 KB snatch each arm
10 Knee to elbows
Used a 26# KB as I only had 4 hours of sleep and was still very sore from yesterday's workout.
Time: 25:48
Video: Knees to Elbow
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Another near death experience!! "Barbara" is such an innocent name to call such a killer workout. CrossFit is deceptive that way.
Surviving a CrossFit workout takes as much mental discipline as physical discipline. Several times during this workout - not to mention every other one as well - I feel like quitting because I'm so exhausted. I take each workout one rep at a a time. Pullups right now are particularly challenging because my arms and back are sore from last week's lifting.
But I keep pushing on. Why? Because of CrossFit, I am in the best physical shape of my life. CrossFit pushes both my physical and mental limits of what I think I can accomplish. And this crosses over into the rest of my life. If I can do CrossFit, what else can I do that maybe I thought I couldn't do before?
And now, on to Barbara!!
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This morning's workout was easier said than done, of course.
First, warmups:
21 Turkish getups
50 air squats
WOD:
21-15-9 reps of:
Double kettlebell push jerk (using two 35lb kettlebells)
Box jumps 24"
Pull-ups
My time:
10:21
Sounds easy, doesn't it? The pullups are always hard for me for some reason. My arms feel like they are about to fall off!!
You've got to see this one:
Jeff Martone - Turkish Get Up with Wife
Continue reading Workout of the Day – September 16, 2008
“Angie” is another CrossFit workout with a female name. don’t let this fool you, though! It looks simple, but it’s not easy.
Warmup:
100 Kettlebell swings (2-handed)
20 Turkish getups
Row 250 meters
“Angie”
For time:
100 pull-ups
100 push-ups
100 sit-ups
100 air squats
Time: 22:17
We did this in 10 sets of 10 reps. There was no way any of us could do 100 of anything [...]
Warmups:
20 Pushups
20 Halos
20 Tactical lunges
Row 250 meters
WOD:
3 rounds for time of:
50 air squats
7 muscle-ups (substitute 21 pullups and 21 ring dips)
10 hang power cleans 115#
Time: 24:21
Muscle ups are routine for male gymnasts. I could even do them in high school. But now–now way!! They are incredibly hard. For me, at least…
I need to work on my [...]
