April Fool's Day WOD
After a rest day I think a good hard WOD is in order. I'm going to borrow this one from the CrossFit Journal and their recent video "Speal V. Khalipa" These two CF heavy-weights battled this one out.
For Time
1 Clean and Jerk (power cleans), 135lbs (they used 155....i'm not ready for that yet)
1 Round of Cindy
2 Clean and Jerk, 135lbs
1 Round of Cindy
3 Clean and Jerk, 135lbs
1 Round of Cindy
Continue until
10 Clean and Jerks
1 Round of Cindy
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Should be brutal....IMMUNOLOGY RULES!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
WOD 03/30/2010
1-10-1-20-1-30 Bench Press
Although I'm not a fan of bench press; My training partners and I are pretty busted up from yesterday's workout (which included a 350lb Deadlift, which is 2x bodyweight...score). Bench and pressing strength in general is somewhere where I'm pretty pretty weak so it won't hurt to get stronger.
Although I'm not a fan of bench press; My training partners and I are pretty busted up from yesterday's workout (which included a 350lb Deadlift, which is 2x bodyweight...score). Bench and pressing strength in general is somewhere where I'm pretty pretty weak so it won't hurt to get stronger.
Monday, March 29, 2010
WOD 03/29/2010
Work to 1RM deadlift
then
AMRAP in 20 min. of
3 Power Snatch, 115lbs
6 Dips
9 Knees to Elbows
then
AMRAP in 20 min. of
3 Power Snatch, 115lbs
6 Dips
9 Knees to Elbows
Inspiration, an Idea, a Goal
This past weekend I was able to witness my first CrossFit event. As a "longish-time" CrossFitter I decided it was time to find some way to contribute to the community; so I decided to volunteer at the DC/VA/WV sectionals competition and it was definitely worth it. The venue, although not the biggest, was loud, crazy, and by the time the competition was over, full of sweat, ripped callouses, and blood (literally). Needless to say, some of the performances were pretty amazing (read 23 rounds of "Cindy" with a 20lb vest on/kid weighing MAYBE 120 Clean and Jerking 185lbs 3x).
While watching all of this unfold I thought to myself, "why can't I do this?" I mean, I'm a somewhat decent athlete. By CrossFit skill level standards I fall somewhere on around a 2.6 (Skill Standards find the mean of what you can do). So why not? Since college and swimming, I haven't really had a training goal.
So here it is: Qualify for the CrossFit Regionals competition while continuing to succeed (relatively) in medical school. Along the way there will be help, and other posts, from my training partners in this goal, Matt McPeak (2LT, USAF, USUHS 2013) and Jeremy Holzmacher (GWU SoM 2013). There will be lots of programming, bullshit (about wods/school/life?), and probably a good bit of bitching.
For all intents and purposes we have 1 year to get stronger, faster, and fitter, all the while dealing with a heavy academic load and the military. Will these postings last an entire year? Probably not, but at least we can use them to hold each other accountable. That being said, enough talk, time to train.....3-2-1 Go!
While watching all of this unfold I thought to myself, "why can't I do this?" I mean, I'm a somewhat decent athlete. By CrossFit skill level standards I fall somewhere on around a 2.6 (Skill Standards find the mean of what you can do). So why not? Since college and swimming, I haven't really had a training goal.
So here it is: Qualify for the CrossFit Regionals competition while continuing to succeed (relatively) in medical school. Along the way there will be help, and other posts, from my training partners in this goal, Matt McPeak (2LT, USAF, USUHS 2013) and Jeremy Holzmacher (GWU SoM 2013). There will be lots of programming, bullshit (about wods/school/life?), and probably a good bit of bitching.
For all intents and purposes we have 1 year to get stronger, faster, and fitter, all the while dealing with a heavy academic load and the military. Will these postings last an entire year? Probably not, but at least we can use them to hold each other accountable. That being said, enough talk, time to train.....3-2-1 Go!
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