The Tough Mudder race in Pennsylvania just happened two weekends ago, so I figured I would share some of the highlights with you guys.
As time approaches for our Colorado Tough Mudder – June 25th and 26th, I am starting to get more and more excited!
Once the CrossFit Games Open are over, I’ll probably start throwing in some pretty crazy training methods. I’ll keep you guys posted. Who else is going to do this thing on Saturday, June 26th!? 🙂
Today’s workout was a good one. Jump some rope with small jumps, flip yourself upside down and then take some big jumps onto a box. Pretty simple, right? 🙂
Definitely one of Gregs best movements!
Workout of the Day:
5 Rounds for Time
30 Double Unders (mod= 90 Singles) / 20 Push-ups -or- 10 Hand Stand Push-ups / 15 Box jumps, 24″/20″
What did you guys like most about this workout? Personally, I feel like this is one of the few WODs I’ve done where the Box Jumps felt like the break.
Tonight’s workout was a good one, one that (depending on what the CrossFit Open workout is tonight) I might try myself this week!
First, we started off with some Squat Cleans for the strength portion on the day. For some people in the class, it was their first day ever performing this movement with weight. It was fun watching the gears click for them as they practiced more and more.
Since this took some time, we had very little rest between the Squat Cleans and the workout. Off we went!
Workout of the Day:
As Many Rounds As Possible in 10 Minutes
10 Dead Lifts / 10 Knees 2 Elbows
(A sub for the Knees to Elbows was either 20 Leg Lowers or 20 regular Sit-Ups)
Go, Class, Go!
You might recognize one of those faces as belonging to Kristin. She was back in town to run the Horsetooth Half Marathon (with Mel!) and stopped by for class tonight! It was her first time seeing the new space, too!
Many friends and athletes I know have read the book “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougall. It discusses the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s Copper Canyons, a tribe that is known to run hundreds of miles at a time. Often. Yeah… their “record” is some guy running over 430 miles STRAIGHT in just over two days.
I bought the book a while ago, but have not read it yet (since it’s a few back on my queue). It’s definitely on the list, though! This morning, the amazing Katie “Harry” Harris posted this video link on her facebook wall, and I took the 10 minutes to watch their story.
Pretty incredible! Enjoy. (Thanks, Harry!)
I don’t even need to preface this. (Thanks, Aush!)
I know what you’re thinking, though… how is he that professional all the time. Practice my friends… practice.
SUNDAY FUNDAY again! That’s officially what my Sunday class is called, and it makes me smile every time I hear one of you say it!
This week we had a few newbies join us, and they did an awesome job, too. Had all of our “Regulars” been there, wewould have pushed 10 people. Now THOSE will be some fun classes when summer time is here and we can spend more time outside!
The workout was a good* one… it was WOD #1 from the 2010 CrossFit Sectionals.
*By good, I mean I admitted to them that I literally wouldn’t touch a red kettlebell for 7 months after I had to this workout myself last year!
Workout of the Day:
3 Rounds for Time
500m Row / 21 KB Swings / 400m Run
Boom!
Athlete Results:
Nick (Green KB)- 18:01
Annie (Pink KB)- 18:08
Heather (Blue KB)- 19:39
Alon (Yellow KB)- 20:20
Kara (Blue KB)- 21:20
After that, I decided to pay a little tribute to my friends over at CrossFit Lodo and offer “Dessert” to the crew! What was for dessert? Well, today we did 2 “2-minute Drills” of as many reps as possible of a particular movement.
Max Reps in 2 Minutes: Push-Ups
Nick- 40
Annie- 35
Heather- 42
Alon- 39
Kara (Ab-Mat Sit-Ups)- 36
Max Reps in 2 Minutes: Air Squats
Nick- 61
Annie- 62
Heather- 61
Alon- 43
Kara- 53
Oh, snap. It happened! The day when I watched a talk with Greg Glassman (Founder of CrossFit) and thought to myself, “C’mon, man. Really?” has finally arrived!
Check out this quick 9-second clip where a guest at one of his talks asks about the benefit of lifting shoes. Glassman basically replies with, “Why?”
The discussion I’d like to start here is:
What are your thoughts on lifting shoes? Cheating? Unneccesary? Critical? I’m very curious as to what you all have to say about this.
My answer: Love ’em and the stability they provide in the appropriate setting – Lifting heavy weights on a platform, for example (but I don’t RELY on them). For multi-domain activities (a workout with a run) or in real-life, I have no dependence on them and can move safely and efficiently without them.
Your turn…
Happy My Friday.
I posted something on this Drive Time Post from a few days ago, and Jen Silva had some awesome feedback! Here is the information that she has shared with us. Thanks, Jen!
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Your post reminds me so much of this particular field in psychology called Positive Psych..it’s basically grounded in understanding what it means to live a meaningful life and focuses on helping people thrive by cultivating their strengths. There’s this pretty amazing website too where you can participate in these assessments that measure everything from character strengths to your current state of “happiness.” Since they’re still doing tons of research on this, the tests are free right now. Anyhow, I just think it’s cool. See ya later!
http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx
You can create an account and test away! An online record is kept, so you could take the tests again later and compare over time.
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Today, CrossFit Lakewood went after the 4th workout of the 2011 CrossFit Games Open. With a 10 minute cap on the workout, that means a lot of people out there wouldn’t even get close to completing one round. This one requires a LARGE amount of work to be done in not a lot of time, so the goal is basically to get through as much as you can.
Workout of the Day:
Strength
Learn the Zercher Squat
Work up to a good 3 Rep Max
Alon looking STRONG! (Bent bar, too!)
WOD
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 10 minutes of
60 Bar-facing burpees
30 Overhead squats (120lbs / 55kg)
10 Muscle-ups
The pace everyone kept throughout all 60 Burpees was really impressive!
As CrossFitters, we also tend to enjoy watching people suffer. Here is your chance to watch me struggle through my first attempt at this workout. The Overhead Squats just KILLED me. Hopefully I can get through 1 full round on Saturday. (Always open to critique of form / No-reps, etc)
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