CrossFit Day 62
Today’s workout was another benchmark workout dubbed “Angie.” I’m still not sure, at this point, if the “girl” workouts (that is, the ones named like girls) are named for specific namesakes, but I guess I’ll find out sooner or later. Here’s Angie:
For time:
- 100 pullups
- 100 pushups
- 100 situps
- 100 squats
Ooh, this looks kind of evil. About 9:15 this evening, I headed over to the nearby park to do the pullups (I’m doing assisted pullups, because I’m still building up my upper body strength). It was about 40°F outside when I started my work, but I was able to breeze through that set of assisted pullups fairly quickly. That round took me 6½ minutes. Not bad.
The pushups were a little tougher, because there are no assisted pushups. I must admit that after the first 25 or so, I wasn’t going down as far as I was when I started out. Eventually, I ended up subdividing the 100 pushups into sets of four as I got more and more tired. That round took me almost 8 minutes.
As soon as I rolled over to knock out my situps, my hip cramped. Thanks, yeah, good timing. Once I had my dumbbells (for weighing down my feet) and my butt all squared, I was able to do sets of 15 or 20. The situps went fairly quickly at 5½ minutes for the round.
The squats were the easiest for me, although sometimes my left leg creaks, depending on how my feet are positioned. I was able to bounce up and down for 20 or 25 reps before grabbing a quick drink of my water bottle. At just a shade over 5 minutes, the squats required the shortest amount of time.
This was a difficult workout that reminds me that I’m really weak in the upper body, something I need to continue to focus on. If I keep at it, I’ll get there.
My results: 26:46, 13:54 zone (hard); HR: 150 avg, 170 max; 316 cal
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