WOD – May 30, 2008

Workout of the day:

Run 1 mile
Two minutes of each (no breaks between sets):

24kg (53lbs) kettlebell swings
12kg (26.5lbs) kettlebell thrusters(same movement as barbell thrusters, but hold one kettlebell in each hand)
20 pound Medicine ball cleans
Double-unders(for every skip, the rope swings 2x under your feet)
Pull-ups

Exercise demos:

Double Unders:
Windows
Quicktime

Kettbell Swing Basics:
Windows
Quicktime

Kipping Pullup Basic Concept:
Windows

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WOD – May 29, 2008

WORKOUT OF THE DAY:

8 Tabata intervals each of:
Thrusters 65#
Pull ups

Tabata interval:
For twenty seconds do as many reps of the assigned exercise as you can – then rest 10 seconds.

Total thrusters:

61 (65lb barbell)

Total jumping pullups (elbow again!):

81

Thrusters video demo (Windows only):
Videos courtesy of CrossFit.com

Jumping Pullup demo video (it’s harder than it looks!!):

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WOD – May 28, 2008

Warmup:

20 pushups

20 air squats
Video demo (courtesy of CrossFit.com) Windows Media Player only:

20 walking lunges

WOD:

21-18-15-12-9-6

That’s 21 reps, then 18 reps, and so on….of:

Push Jerk

Video demo (courtesy of CrossFit.com) Windows Media Player only:

65lb barbell

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30th Annual Bolder Boulder 10K

Today I ran the Bolder Boulder 10K, an annual Memorial Day event here. It’s the world’s largest largest 10K (according to the Rocky Mountain News article here), with 54,040 registered participants this year, and 48,955 who actually finished.

My time was 58:16, for a pace of 9:24 per mile on average. This is even with [...]

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WOD (Workout of the Day) – May 23, 2008

WOD for May 23, 2008

3 rounds for time of:
15 deadlifts 135#
25 Pull ups
35 wallball shots 20#

Time: 12:10

This went by quickly as I did jumping pullups instead of regular ones. My injured my left elbow and shoulder in previous workouts.

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Thoughts:

I’m 50 years old, and will be 51 on July 30th. Because of CrossFit, I’m in the best [...]

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