It’s been a while since I last posted. Busy and fun and hot summer. I’ve got some tasty food posts lined up in the queue, but let’s get down to business first …
This was the last wod of the month, and suited my strengths, Burpees and erging. I don’t necessarily like these activities,i can just keep a good pace for both of them.
Earlier this week. I was in the “SSC” class, where we use telephone poles to measure distances and I was positive we were running to the 5th pole, not the 4th. But, if everyone is running to the 5th, what are you going to do, not do the same? Slow workout for me.
Karen is bad enough, but then she has to go and bring her mean friend Double Unders to (literally) whip my butt. I didn’t even meet the other one. As it turns out, though, I did Karen in the same amount of time as I did it without her friends waiting around for me.
I felt this one for days after, especially in the tush. Reverse lunges will always do it to me. Also, I messed up the counting so had to guesstimate the math at the end.
What’s missing in this photo is the 7 minute rest in between rounds (3 rounds). The goal is to maintain the highest intensity for all rounds, and strive to kee the same time throughout. I knew Round 1 was going to be faster as I didn’t pace myself well in the first 250m erg piece. Rounds 2 and 3 are more like it.
Slow and steady.
Toes to Bar have become a pain in the butt. Technically, a pain in the back. So I’ve stopped doing them. Knees to elbow (or, it’s hated alternative, V-Ups) are just fine by me. With T2B AND DUs, this was not a favorite.
We did this last summer. I can’t read my notes to see how I compare, though. Press and Push Press are among my favorite lifts, though.
Pretty sure I ran the first part and erged the second one. I was too tired to get my butt out the door, so I sat down at the erg instead.
My goal is always to stay at or under 4:00 for a 1,000-meter row. If you have the option of erging first or second (which we have to do due to lack of rowers for everyone) … choose the latter.
I like the ladders. I haven’t done much bench press since starting CrossFit (vs. the gym, where I did it all the time). It’s a nice change of pace. I miss it.