A month. A MONTH, since my last post. I AM A SLACKER!! Okay, here goes another round of WOD updates along with a few misses.
So my plan to run on Tuesdays and Thursdays hasn't exactly worked out. I still plan to do that, just gotta get my rear in gear! So if I miss a date that's more than likely why unless otherwise specified.
9/6/13's WOD:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 [My time was 13:34]
Deadlift (115/75) [Me: 40lbs]
Hang Power Snatch (115/75) [Me: 40lbs]
Front Squat (115/75) [Me: 40lbs]
I have totally forgotten this workout...lol. Sorry! It's been too long!
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9/11/13's WOD:
35 minute max: [My time 31:51]
11 Thrusters (95) [Me: 50lbs]
8 Wall Balls (14) [Me: 14lbs]
46 Sit Ups
175m Run
9 Front Squats (95) [Me: 50lbs]
200m Bear Crawl
77 Air Squats
9 Shoulder Press (95) [Me: 50lbs]
37 Push Ups
93 Double Unders
10 Overhead Squats (95) [Me: 50lbs]
7 Bar Facing Burpees
9 Goblet Squats (45) [Me: 25lb]
11 Push Press (95) [Me: 50lbs]
1 Turkish Get Up (45) [Me: 25lb]
This 9/11 workout was a tribute workout to those who lost their lives during the 9/11/01 attacks. Each number represented something about that day. Flight 11, hit at 8:46, Flight 175 hit at 9:03 (I forget how he turned the :03 into 200 meters, but it made sense), Flight 77 hit at 9:37, Flight 93 hit at 10:03 (again, I forget how that turned into 7 burpees), and finally the last three represent 9/11/01.
Now this was just a workout day like any other, but it was INTENSE. We had a moment of silence before the workout and David spoke about the days events. It brought back a lot of painful emotions from that day and somehow caused the entire workout to be super emotional. We were all very glad to have completed it because it was HARD.
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The previous workout was on a Wednesday. I didn't go on the following Thursday or Friday. Then on Sunday, I had a little four wheeler incident. I wasn't doing ANYTHING crazy at all, but due to certain events my four wheeler flipped completely upside down on top of me. The handlebar jammed into my hand and took me out of CrossFit for a while.
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9/25/13's WOD:
"Amrap 15"
25 d/u's or 75 singles, attempt d/u every 10th
10 thrusters 95/65 [Me: 55lbs]
10 toes to bar [Me: Knees to elbows]
-Positives about this workout: I felt extremely strong doing my thrusters. I am ALMOST at the prescribed weight!!
-Negatives about this workout: I HATE double unders. HATE. #2, my hands aren't strong enough yet to hold onto the bar long enough to keep my feet going to it! So I am going to have to do knees to elbows until I can build up some more strength...which frustrates me.
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9/30/13's WOD:
3 Rounds done in Fight Gone Bad Style. In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute. The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. On call of "rotate", the athletes must move to next station immediately for best score.
Air Squats
Dips
Pull Ups
Burpees
Sit Ups
I am always fooled by these workouts. They don't include any of the moves I don't like (double unders, bear crawls, etc.) nor do they include any weight. So at first glance I get all excited about it like it's gonna be easy. Why after this long I still think there may be an easy day, I have no idea. Because let me tell you something...WHOA...sweatastic! My score (total number of moves added up) was 262.
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10/2/13's WOD:
AMRAP 15 [Me: 3 2/3 reps with 50 jumps]
10 OHS 115/75 [Me: 55lbs]
10 dips [Me: Using small pvc dip bars]
50 Double unders or 150 singles with d/u attempt every 10th [Me: Yeah I did the 150.]
DOUBLE UNDERS ARE THE DEVIL!!! I will be so glad when I can actually successfully string those together. On a positive note, felt awesome doing the overhead squats. I'm starting to really love lifting!
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10/5/13's WOD:
WOD'n for Ta-Ta's!!
"3 Rounds done in Fight Gone Bad Style. In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute. The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. On call of "rotate", the athletes must move to next station immediately.
Dead Lift Partners
Med Ball Sit Ups
Burpees
Box Jumps
Kettle Bell Swing/Squats (One partner does kettlebell swings while other holds a squat)
This workout was a Saturday group workout where you workout with a partner. Ladies only today and they came from Moss Bluff, Lake Charles, Sulphur, Jennings, & Kinder; all from different CrossFit Boxes. It was $5 donation and all proceeds went to benefit breast cancer! This was my first Saturday workout and I was totally intimidated as I have been since day one. I find myself having an internal panic attack when I am told I must work with a partner. I don't know why that is! I guess I'm just always afraid that partner will be stronger or better than me and I will have trouble keeping up.
Well today they chose random partners for us and my partner has been doing CrossFit for FOUR YEARS!! We had to dead lift the 90lb weighted bar TOGETHER, then we had to face each other and do med ball sit ups while passing the med ball back and forth to each other, then burpees was one of us would do a burpee...then the other and so on, box jumps were the same...one would go then the other, the final station was one of us would do kettle bell swings while the other would hold a squat...then we'd switch.
I think I did extremely well having a partner who has been doing CrossFit for so long. She obviously had much more stamina than I did, but I still made it. The only slacking I did was the last round of box jumps I had to step up rather than jump up because I was WORN out. I definitely would've busted my butt had I continued trying to jump up.
The workout was fun and the atmosphere was extremely uplifting. We had one member speak about losing her mother when she was 16 to breast cancer, then another member talk about her own battle with stage 3 breast cancer that she has survived! I look forward to next year's WOD for Ta-Ta's :-)
