Today’s workout was five sets of back squats. Since I’m using 35 pound dumbbells instead of a barbell, I’m not going for max load. I’m doing five 15 rep sets of the squat. I did this workout earlier this month, but I only did sets of 10 then. I pounded out the first set in […]
Today’s workout was a repeat of one I did before in November. Today, though, I’m adding a round of pushups to make it more of a challenge today. Let’s dance: Seven rounds for time: 10 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (53# kettlebell)10 pushups10 chair dips I was a little slower this time than last time, but […]
Today’s workout was a big milestone for me. This is my 100th CrossFit workout. I started on September 18, 2007 with a pair of ten pound dumbbells and the determination to give this program an honest attempt. On that day, I weighed 181 pounds and was still marginally overweight. I stopped attempting to lose weight […]
Today’s workout, after a three day laziness hiatus (FOCUS, APOLLO), called for upper body work. I really need to man up and do more upper body work, so I dreaded and looked forward to this one. The workout posted on the site called for 5 rounds of max load attempts, 1 reps for the shoulder […]
Today’s workout was very similar to one I did after I’d discovered CrossFit, but before I started actually doing it. Today, it was a little more work, but I doubt that I’ll be sore nearly as long as I was in August. Four rounds for time: 400 m run (actually, about 430 m)50 squats After […]
Today’s workout called for 7 rounds of 3 reps each of the hang squat clean. I’m working with dumbbells, as usual. I knew that this workout would take me about 5 minutes, so I changed it up a little bit. Three rounds for time: 7 hang squat cleans (70# – 2×35# DB)14 Sumo Deadlift High […]
Today’s workout was a barbell workout — ten rounds for max load of single rep max on the front squat. I don’t have a barbell setup, so I’m doing the CrossFit Warmup and 7 rounds of 10 front squats with a pair of 35 pound dumbbells. It didn’t take me very long to get through […]
Today’s workout was a new one to me, a “girl” workout named Annie. Annie was nice to me. Annie consisted of the following: For time: 100 rope jumps + 50 sit ups 80 rope jumps + 40 sit ups 60 rope jumps + 30 sit ups 40 rope jumps + 20 sit ups 20 rope […]
Today’s workout was another 5 km run. I still procrastinated long enough that I didn’t get on the track until after dark. It was not as warm as it was last weekend, so I bundled up and went for it anyway. I started out with a solid kick, but it slipped away from me. I […]
Today’s workout was the second new hero workout in a row. “Randy” is in tribute to Randy Simmons, an LAPD SWAT team member, who died this month in the line of duty. His workout is simple, but pretty tough: 75 reps of power snatches, for time. After watching the video several times to figure out […]
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