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CrossFit Day 51

Today’s workout was a “girl” named Elizabeth. Elizabeth wasn’t too evil, but I didn’t have the equipment to do the full prescription. Here’s my work.

Three rounds (of 21, 15, and 9 reps) of:

1. Clean 60 pounds (2×30# dumbbells)
2. Chair dips

I was really surprised at how fast I got through this workout. The first set took the longest, both because of the number of reps and the fact that I was doing a full squat clean. The chair dips were fun because I was facing a window that reflects my menacing face back at me. Rawr, I am evil man. Fear me. <grimace />

My results: 8:43, 4:06 zone (hard); HR: 158 avg, 179 max; 115 cal

[…] Today’s workout was “Elizabeth”, which I’ve done once before. Since I don’t have a barbell (yeah, broken record), I use dumbbells instead. Last time, I did the cleans with 30 pound dumbbells. Today, I did them with 35 pounders. To review: […]