Today’s workout was a deceptively difficult bunch of work that had me still panting half an hour after I finished. I decided to do a CrossFit warmup before the main event, just so I could make sure I was nice and loose (and to burn an extra bunch of calories). I’ve been lacking daily exercise […]
Today’s workout was “Grace”, a 30 rep set of clean & jerks. Since I don’t have a barbell setup, I decided to go ahead and attempt this one with dumbbells, after watching Annie, a CrossFit demonstrator, show how to do it with dumbbells in a video. After my trailing foot slipped out from under me […]
Today’s workout was “Cindy”, which I did two months ago. Last time, I finished 8 rounds, but the pullups were assisted pullups. This time, I wanted to do real pullups. Setting a goal for myself of five rounds, I headed out to the park in the freezing cold. As many rounds in 20 minutes as […]
Today’s workout was “Nasty Girls”, which I’d planned to do outside, but due to a suddent violent storm, I was indoors for this one. Last time, I did assisted pullups. This time, though, I decided to go for more of a challenge. I tossed a pair of 15 pound dumbbells into a backpack and decided […]
Today’s workout was my first workout in a week. Last Thursday, I was really sore from Filthy Fifty. Over the long weekend, there was a rainstorm and a whole bunch of Apollo making excuses. But, today, I decided to get busy with it again and stop being a little pansy. Today’s work was four rounds […]
Today’s workout was the return of the 5 km run. Officially, we had a choice between running 5 km and doing the same distance on a rower. I don’t have access to the rowing machine, so off to my favorite track I went. Last time, I was able to finish this distance in a drizzle […]
Today’s workout was the return of “Filthy Fifty”, which we got two months ago. Last time, I did the whole thing in just over an hour. Today’s goal was an hour flat. Let’s take another look at the assignment. For time: 50 box jumps (I used bleachers at the park)50 jumping pullups50 kettlebell swings (35 […]
This evening, Soulcamp and I went to Yoshi’s in Oakland to attend the early show of the Roy Hargrove Quintet. Possibly the best known jazz instrumentalist under the age of 40, Roy Hargrove has been recording since he was a teenager. His group has a mature, experienced sound that makes for a good evening of […]
Tonight was Consumating‘s formal party, largish, formal consumeeting in san fran (formerly known as promsumating). The first time I went, in July 2006, I manned a kissing booth, breakdanced in my tuxedo, and ended up in the flickr photos of a bunch of people. This time around, I wasn’t sure that I was going to […]
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: Three rounds for time (21, 15, and 9 reps) of: 70 pound dumbbell clean […]
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