The Unknown

“If your workout doesn’t scare you, it’s not hard enough”
“If it scares you into staying home, your not hard enough”
-Coach

WOD
7 Burpee pullups
7 Shoulder presses (75#)
7 rounds (12:25)

Wallballs

Skill
Handstands

Strength
800x Meter Run (6:17)

WOD
“Karen”
150x Wallballs
For Time (12:30, 14#)

Wow, ok, so I still suck at running. I had to stop a few times to walk. This was my first time doing Karen. I'm happy with the time and know that it will only get better.

"Ring My Kettle Bell"

Warm
>5 min Jump Rope every minute on the minute complete 10x Push Ups
Farmers Walk 400x meters drop the KB and run home (45# KBs)

Skill
Turkish Get Up

WOD
3x Turkish Get Ups x each side (7.5#)
21x KB Swings (30#)
15x Goblet Squats (30#)
3x Rounds

The Farmers Walk was honestly one of the hardest things I've done in CrossFit. My arms and shoulders were burning bad before I was even halfway there. However, watching the others doing it was motivating and I completed all 400m without dropping the KBs. After that, I felt gassed the entire workout and had a hard time catching my breath. I really need to pay more attention to my breathing when working out. While this was more of a strength workout, my metcon is what was holding me back from truely working with higher weights.

Paleo Challenge

So Saturday started a 6-week Paleo Challenge. The challenge is to only eat Paleo approved foods (meat, non-starchy veggies, low sugar fruits, seeds, nuts, no legumes, no sugar, no dairy, no processed foods). I've done this before, but only for about 2 weeks. In those 2 weeks I went from extremely tired to boundless energy. I'm hoping the transition is easy this time. So far I've been very lethargic, however I might be turning the corner. As of this morning, I can't sit still.

As part of the Challenge, we took beginning weights and measurements. I'll have to post them at the end, the only one I remember is a weight of 257. I'm hoping to break into the 230's during these 6 weeks. We also did a workout that we will compare our performance to 6 weeks later.

Cindy
5 pullups
10 pushups (1 round on toes)
15 squats

In all, I did 13 rounds in the 20 minute period.

"Dude... I can't feel my legs"

Warm up: Tabata squats, tabata push ups

Skill: Box jump

WOD: 35sec rotation of
Box Jumps (18")
Wall Ball (20#)
Row
Burpee

The class was huge last night and we changed the workout a little from the one that was originally scheduled. This was another great workout, I'm pretty sore today. However, I felt like puking after every round of wall balls and rows. My diet has sucked the past couple days and it felt like my lunch was about to come back up. I felt good on the box jumps. If not concerned about time, I can probably go higher. This was my first time doing the wall balls and they were honestly harder than I thought they would be. You really have to focus to be able to toss that 20# ball that high. Oh, and don't be lazy when the ball is falling back down and let it hit you in the face...that's not a pleasant feeling.