Earlier this year we had some pics taken of us at SoundCrossFit. I told my friend I would share a few. Here’s one:
Smile! You’re on Crossfit Camera
For the record, I don’t normally smile when doing Wall Balls. I’m usually mumbling. I’m counting, for sure. Like take our last wall ball workout, a rehash of 13.3: 12 minutes AMRAP: 150 Wall Balls, 90 Double Unders, 30 Muscle Ups (that 30 could be 3 it could be 300, doesn’t matter because I doubt I’ll be getting to one muscle up anytime soon). Let’s focus on the 150 WBs, also known as Karen. Go in with a strategy, and your strategy shouldn’t be “go all out at the start”. Instead, break the 150 down to groups of 25 first. If you have to, break the 25 down into 10 and 15. So, there’s definitely a lot of counting involved. So there I am, huffing and puffing away, I vividly recall mumbling to myself at about the 125 mark. I’m mumbling, “C’mon. 25 left. Just 25 more. You got this” And then I do it.
Mumbling, yes. Smiling, no.
My best guess about this smiling nonsense is a) this is a photo shoot and there’s this guy with a camera standing right next to me and it’s making me kinda nervous, so it’s a nervous smile or b) this is a staged camera shot and my coach, Danielle, has just handed me the lightest wall ball ever and I’m kinda excited thinking, “this is the lightest wall ball ever!”
More wall balls
I’ll share a few more pics in later posts. Stay tuned!
(Photo Credit: Chris Rosa)