Monday, March 2, 2009

Lunge into hell

CFWUx2

Walking lunge 100 ft.
21 Pull-ups
21 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
18 Pull-ups
18 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
15 Pull-ups
15 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
12 Pull-ups
12 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
9 Pull-ups
9 Sit-ups
Walking Lunge 100 ft.
6 Pull-ups
6 Sit-ups

13:53

That sucked. I thought this one would be fairly easy, and that the lunges would offer at least a bit of time to catch my breath...wrong on both assumptions though. Still...it was kind of fun.

Yesterday...

I reached my overhead goal for the YEAR!

CFWUx2
Burgener WU

Push Jerk 1-1-1-1-1-1-1
115#/125/135/145/155/160/165

This shocked me. My last PR was 135#...though that was a while back, I didn't expect to see that much improvement. So I've changed my goal and now plan on getting 1.5x bodyweight overhead.

Last rep wouldn't have counted in a competition though, because I had to press it out at the top.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

It wasn't laziness this time...

But I still should have tried to make a bit more time for CF the last couple days. I'm way behind at this point, but it's better than skipping stuff to catch up. So today I did 'Joshie'

"Joshie" (Pack Scaling)
Complete three rounds for time of:
30 pound Dumbbell snatch, 21 reps, right arm
21 Tuck sit Pull-ups
30 pound Dumbbell snatch, 21 reps, left arm
21 Tuck sit Pull-ups

32:15

This. Was. Tough. I had to take a lot more LOC (lack-of-character) breaks than I usually do, and my pull-ups were a lot weaker than I thought they would be. I guess I need to work more on dead hang pull-ups...

In other news, I may have finally managed to convert someone to the kool-aid. I was talking to one of the guys I work with and he said he's thinking about trying CrossFit out. Better than nothing at this point. And I plan on converting one more when I go home to Cali in a week. And I can't wait to finally be able to work out with my brother and close friend again. I plan on trying to crush them both (though I have a feeling we'll all be fairly even with most things except the really bad metcons). Haha. At least I can be truly sadistic and noone will give me any odd looks or tell me I'm crazy.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Yesterday: Front Squats

CFWUx2
Burgener WU
And a little squat clean practice

Front Squat 3-3-3-3-3
115/135/165/175/180 (PR)

3 rounds max rep chin-up (strict, c2b):
15/12/8


Finally some squat progress! Even though I'm really more interested in getting my back squat up, I know progress in the front squat will help me work toward that goal. By the last set I was still feeling good, but I'm starting to incorporate some of the stuff from CFSB now, so it'll be easier to start this summer...namely, in this instance, walking away after I hit a new PR. I felt good and could have possibly done one extra set and gotten a bigger PR, but it wouldn't have meant much and I would have risked overdoing it. 5lbs is plenty good.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Yesterday...

My grip was shot because of the drills we did at work, so I'm having to set 'Joshie' aside for another day.

WOD 022309
CFWUx2

'Grace'
95# Clean and Jerk, 30 reps
(from floor, full squat clean)

11:24

Then...
Worked on L-sit pull-ups

Today:
Rest Day!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Blasted government computers...

...won't let me post. Oh well.

Yesterday:
CFWUx2

Bench Press 5-5-5
1. 175 2. 180 3. 185x4 (failed last rep)
Squat Clean 1-1-1-1-1-1-1
1. 115 2. 135. 3. 145 4. 150 5. 155 6. 160 7. 165
Weighted Pull-up 5-5-3-3-1
1. 35 2. 40 3. 45 4. 50 5. 75 (PR!)

Today:
CFWUx2
added HSPU, omitted Pull-up

"Death By Pull-ups"

With a continuously running clock do one pull-up the first minute, two pull-ups the second minute, three pull-ups the third minute... continuing as long as you are able.

Use as many sets each minute as needed.

Rounds: 13 + 8 pull-ups

...then...
3 rounds:
10 Kettlebell Swings, 1 pood
10 Ab Wheel Rollouts

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Meet my new future workout partner and camping buddy!


This, dear readers, is my new little girl, Waffles (don't ask about the name...long story)