Category Archives: WODs

Crossfit Day 610 – Saturdays – 6/4/16

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Lately, I’ve been trying to endure more Saturday WODs than I used to, only because why not? I could use the cardio, and 2 days without working out has been stressful on my brain. So, I suck it up and go, knowing that I’ll just modify whatever I need to, if necessary.

18 min AMRAP, Partner WOD with Jamie!

Partner 1 runs 200m
Partner 2 does:
10 hang power cleans 95/65 (cake)
12 push jerks (easy peasy)
14 wall balls (pshhh)

I told Jamie I’d do all the partner 2 work if she just ran the whole time. 😀

Our final score was 7 rounds + 27 reps.

On another note: I’ve been attempting to keep fruit in the house in lieu of sweets, because if I crave something sweet and all I have are raspberries and strawberries, guess what? I’ll eat the raspberries and strawberries. Bonus if I clean them ahead of time and they’re ready to eat. It’s been working for the most part. 🙂

Fresh fruit as a better dessert choice
Fresh fruit as a better dessert choice

Crossfit Day 609 – 100 Z-Presses for Time – 6/3/16

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This workout had my name ALL over it.

Strict Press – 5-5-3-3-3-1-1

I got a cool PR of 130lbs on my strict press what??

THEN we went on to do 100 z-presses (seated strict press) for time. With a 35lb womens bar, I completed 100 reps in 3:07, which earned me the best time for RX girls in the gym that day. I take it when I can get it!

The final part of the WOD was burpees and ring dips, ME Alternating EMOM, yay. My final score was 105.

I happened to run out of time today, so I couldn’t braid my hair as I usually do. The result was messy. No excuses, though!

Long Hair and Burpees

Crossfit Day 608 – Squat Clean Ladder – 6/2/16

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After Murph, I felt like I had been hit with several semi trucks, consecutively. I am not sure it was really worth the recovery and down time, but at least I can officially say I completed a whole Murph. Not sure I want to do that again.

 

My first day back after Murph was a Squat Clean ladder, which is totally my thing. I finally reached my old PR weight of 185, and I did it pretty nicely too. It wasn’t an ugly squat clean, just a really heavy one!

The WOD:

1 rep every minute for 10 minutes

Then
1 rep every 2 minutes for 10 minutes
*increase weight as possible*

Then
5 minute AMRAP
Front squats at 80% bodyweight
No racks allowed

The front squats at the end were killer. I had put so much into the heavy squat cleans, that front squatting heavy weight was just ridiculous. Oh well! My final score was 18 reps. Works for me.

Crossfit Day 607 – Memorial Day Murph – 5/30/16

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My very first FULL Murph. This was a big day. I have been stressing and worrying and fretting over this day. A few months ago, I made a deal with Gina that I’d do a full Murph with her. It would be my first Full Murph, and I was determined to do it. The weeks and days leading up to it, I had been seriously sweating it. 100 pull ups? How am I going to do 100 pull ups? I can’t even get through 25 without taking a ton of breaks! 2 miles?? I haven’t run 2 miles, oh.. ever! Like literally ever. Except that one time I did a 5k, and that took me 43 minutes. Right. Exactly. I’ve never run 2 miles before.

So then I was like, fine, maybe I’ll do the whole reps, but half miles! And Dave was all like, what’s the big deal? Just run the two miles! And so then I stressed it, again. I finally found a rep scheme that I could tolerate. 2-4-6 pull ups, push ups, air squats. I CAN DO THAT. So I did.

Ladies and Gentlemen.. my very first full Murph. 2016. Finishing at 72 minutes and 35 seconds. 1 hour, 12 minutes, 35 seconds.

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Crossfit Day 606 – OHS for Fun – 5/27/16

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First we started out with a Snatch complex. Snatch then 2 OHS without putting the bar down. I comfortably snatched 125 and then squatted it twice. I more than likely could have gone up, but my wrists were bothering me and it wasn’t worth pushing. I will try it again on my own.

WOD:
100-80-60-40-20 Double Under
10-8-6-4-2 Overhead Squat, 115/75
5-4-3-2-1 Ring Muscle-ups OR 20-16-12-8-4 Push Ups

I finished in 9:24

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Crossfit Day 605 – All the Rope Climbs – 5/24/16

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Today was a tough one. It was a day that I couldn’t think about, or I would’ve stressed over it and probably just not have gone. It wasn’t until I got home and was getting dressed that I remembered there would be rope climbs. And handstand walks. I got dressed anyway and went, determined to do my best.

After our warm ups and whatnot, I was messing around with handstand walks, and just, on a whim, busted out a few attempts. I actually went further than I thought I would, by practicing my counter balance with my legs. (scorpion feet?) The fact that someone even commented on it was either a) them noticing that I did better than usual or b) they just felt bad that I could only get 3 feet across the floor on my hands but whichever.

This is also more than likely the most rope climbs I’ve ever done during a WOD. I usually give up and just scale them back, reps-wise, during WODs because they are so exhausting for me. I was pretty proud of myself here.

The WOD(s):
100′ HS Walk (8 Wall Walks)
5 Power Clean and Jerk, 225/155
3 Legless Rope Climbs

Rest 4 Minutes

2 Rounds
18 Calorie Row
3 Power Clean and Jerk, 225/155
2 Legless Rope Climbs
Rest 4 Minutes
3 Rounds
9 Calorie Row
2 Power Clean and Jerk, 225/155
1 Legless Rope Climb

I did all my rope climbs! Not legless, but still rope climbs! I did all my 155lb C&J, something I’m super proud of, and I did as much rowing as I could. It wasn’t RX because the rope climbs weren’t legless and I didn’t get my 100ft of HS walks in. (but I did do about 10-15ft? Yesss…)

My time ended up being 23 min or something. Yay.

all the rope climbs

Crossfit Day 603 – Saturday Team WOD – 5/20/16

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So my awesome neighbor Patty joined me on this fine Saturday! It was supposed to be Teams of 3, and we tried doing Teams of 4, but they split us up into Teams of 2 instead. Fine! I showed her how we do things!

The WOD:

Teams of 3
100 cal row
100 lateral bar burpees
100 power cleans (135/95)
100 T2B
100 push jerks
I did 75lb power cleans, I believe. And then 75lb push jerks. I was wrecked from the day before though, where I did 100s over at TFW, too. My traps were fried.. I tried to minimize my traps usage by powering through with my legs, and it helped considerably, but I’d be lying to myself and you all if I said I still wasn’t using my traps to get the bar overhead.

Patty and I ended up each doing around 33 reps, give or take. On some stuff, she’d do more, and vice versa, so it worked out well!

Crossfit Day 602 – More DUs than Ever – 5/19/16

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So I am not a double unders connoisseur. I would love to be good at them, but I’m not. I can do some, not a lot. I rarely RX WODs that have them, and today was no different HOWEVER. I did do more DUs than I’ve ever done, simultaneously, and throughout the class. Usually I’ll start out with a few and then say fuck it, I’ll just do singles.. and then go about my day. Nobody questions it, whatever. But today, something clicked and it was AWESOME. It wasn’t a big click, it was a tiny little shove through a doorway into a room where I kind of don’t belong, but everyone knows me.. yeah. Like, hey this is familiar, hey everyone!! Okay yeah hi!! And I stay for a few minutes, and then leave out of awkwardness.

Yes, that’s my relationship with Double Unders.

Well today I stayed a little bit longer. It was still awkward, but I left that room with a smile on my face instead of stomping out the door with sheer frustration.

Holy analogies. Jesus.

So the WOD, right.

12 Min Alternating EMOM

16/13 Calorie Row (pssshhhhhh more like 8 calorie row..)
60 DUs (DU attempts, mostly singles)
ME Front Squats 115/75 (this is my time to shine!!)

The score was total Front Squat reps, so you know, I kinda killed it. I tied with one other girl who did it with RX weight, and she’s amazing.(Kerrin, what’s up!)

Still smiling!

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Love my coaches to pieces!

Crossfit Day 601 – 5/17/16

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Day 601. I feel so good about this!! I went for the 7:30p class, and I made it happen. It was an amazing WOD, which is why I made time for it. It was..

For Time – 24-21-18-15-12

Push Press 95/65lbs

KB Swings 70/55lbs

40 DUs after each round

I did 65lbs, and 55lbs, and singles. I finished in 13:16 and it was awesome. Of course, my traps and neck are paying for it today, but it felt SO GOOD to get in and get it done.

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My pull ups are getting better!