Wendler continues. I feel some PRs coming soon. Comments listed below pic.

No time recorded. This is the third time I’ve done this one. It’s challenging, especially a counting challenge.

Ugh, doubleunders. I find I have a limited number of successful DUs I can do on any given morning. Once I pass that number I’m just flailing. This looked like a flailing opportunity, though to be honest I have zero memory of this day.

Wall Climbs were new (did them in NY but better instruction here). I like new.

Mega-lower body workout. Key here is to go strong and long in the row, don’t give it all away as you’ll need something for the wall balls and KBs

Cleans are not my cup of tea. Liked that this was just three at a time.

Bear complex, I think it was called. Coach’s favorite. Not mine. You get a “star” by your name if you hold the bar the entire time. I need more than a star to motivate me to do that.

I chose front squat. Hard on my wrists. Working on quicker burpees.

Cindy. Great body weight workout. 15+ something.

Doubleunders suck. I finished last.

I wore my running shoes, which is always weird as I’ve really gotten used to the NB Minimus shoes at CF. Good one. Cold but good.

I did a decent job taking a pic each day. Except today, probably my last day for the month. Today was 5 min AMRAP 10 chin-ups, 10 wall balls. Rest 3 min, the 5 min AMRAP 10 walking lunges w 15# plate overhead, 10 mountain climbers.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I thought I took more pics this month but didn’t see them on the phone. Let’s see what we’ve got here…
Tabata, so 8 rounds, one of each exercise was one round.

Liz shaved time off of my score because I found myself waiting for the erg.

Every minute on the minute, stop what you’re doing and do 4 burpees. This was thought because if you took too long with the burpees you can’t catch up with the lifts.

A fun Saturday workout that relied on body weight movements. I stopped going to CF on weekends, when team workouts are scheduled. This was a fun change of pace.

My first time at a 6:00 AM class, with Danielle. Gotta keep practicing my lifts.

This was this morning. New time, new trainer. Change is good. The burpees keep you out of breath. Even though I thought I did these pretty well, I got some tips for even more efficiency. I can dig This was this morning. New time, new trainer. Change is good. The burpees keep you out of breath. Even though I thought I did these pretty well, I got some tips for even more efficiency. I can dig it.

I wasn’t what you would call an athletic kid. I’m in much better shape, at 38, than I was at 18. Every now and then, usually when jump rope is involved, I find myself thinking back to grade school gym class and how dreadful it could be. On ‘special’ days we’d have to climb over some wall. Swing across this imaginary hole using a rope. For most kids, it’s a piece of cake. Not so for a self- conscious kid like me.
I’m saying all this because sometimes we get to rope climb at CF and I quite like it. This is when I like telling the husband, “Today? In gym class? We climbed a rope.” Woohoo.
Here’s a pic.

Via SoundCrossfit.

Here you go, some of the WODs from the month, in no particular order (well actually they mostly are in chronological order with most recent first, but I didn’t take a photo of every class).

Liz called this “Jumping Diane” as she threw in a lot of doubleunders. Pike Push ups instead of handstands. Doubleunders. Yuck.

7 rounds made this tough. And when you’re on the ground doing Turkish Get Ups, you kind of just want to stay on the floor and take a nap.

This was a Friday, I can tell by the handwriting. Old Jess (which is silly because she is not old at all. But there is a new trainer at the “box”, and she is also Jess). Round 1, I got to 15 of the first set of Wall Balls. Round 2, I got to the end of the last set of Box Jumps. I don’t know if we were meant to actually complete this workout.

Hmm. I did this one. I see my name up there, and it looks like I was the last one to finish. Must have been a good one.  Oh yeah, this was annoying. “You know it’s hard with the Toes to Bar is your rest” was what we said afterwards. That’s Zach. Funny when you recognize the handwriting. Danielle. Otherwise not very memorable. Is that good or bad? Ah, the return of the 500M sprints. Compare my times here with the last time we did this. I didn’t have a partner, so I did a 2-minute rest in between pieces. (I’ve brought my splits down. Excelente).

1. 152
2. 154.6
3. 157.8
4. 157.2

This was weeks ago but I clearly remember it better than all the other ones 😐

For Labor Day, we did the Filthy Fifty. For anyone keeping track, the was the first WOD I completed at Sound Crossfit, on the day I showed up for a trial class. I only had to do 15 reps per station.
One year later …

… 29:39 or around that.

Here was this morning:

Doubleunders have become my least favorite exercise. Flashbacks to grade school. Whip marks up and down your arms, legs, etc. They are difficult to master. To me they are like bowling. In the first round I look like a rock star, but then I get bored and start whipping myself left and right.

Two Doubleunder WODs in a row ain’t fun. I freak that I smell pee all day. Maybe it’s from sitting on the wrong seat on the bus. But more likely the case it is the smell of humiliation that I am 38 years old, a mom, wife and working professional, and I attend a gym class and do these exercises that I used to do in gym class, oh, and I pee a little bit while doing it.

It can be a sign of something worse, so ladies consult your doctor if have pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms. Though this video is kinda funny.