tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99658706092666102024-03-13T12:06:13.355-07:00Destination Rxmartha brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965870609266610.post-27493015846821455792015-04-26T15:46:00.000-07:002015-04-26T15:49:10.851-07:00I'm goin down...I'm yellin timber....<br />
Seriously -- I went down <br />
I hurt myself :(<br />
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On April 6, somehow, I damaged my back .<br />
the WOD was push presses, overhead squats, and russian twists. It could have been any of these movements, but the likely culprit was the Russian Twists.<br />
So now I have to take it easy. No jumping or weights for awhile.....<br />
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Certainly no line dancing, lol. I love working out to this song. But the video...yikes!<br />
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I'm working on mobility and upper body strength....<br />
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I miss the WODs.<br />
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OMG -- I'm addicted to CrossFit. They told me this would happen....martha brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965870609266610.post-91360271896166490642015-03-27T21:00:00.000-07:002015-04-26T10:20:17.152-07:00Rowing and Thrusters! Yay!Well, rowing, yay! Thrusters, not so much yay. My thruster max has been, like 35 lbs.....<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Workout 15.5</b></span><br />
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27-21-15-9 reps for time of:<br />
Row (calories)<br />
Thrusters</div>
<i><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Men use 95 lb.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Women use 65 lb.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Luckily, I can do the scaled workout!</span></span><i><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><b>Scaled</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">(Scaled
Men, Scaled Masters Men 40-44, Scaled Masters Men 45-49, Scaled Masters
Men 50-54, Scaled Women, Scaled Masters Women 40-44, Scaled Masters
Women 45-49, Scaled Masters Women 50-54)</span></span><br />
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27-21-15-9 reps for time of:<br />
Row (calories)<br />
Thrusters</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was really nervous about this one. But Alli talked me through the whole thing. Thanks Alli!! That's what so great about crossfit: the peer support :)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">My goal was finishing in under an hour. Mags told me that I'd better go fast, because he was cutting me off in 20 minutes, lol. So I did it. 16:57. </span></span><i><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I LOVE rowing. Seriously -- it's my favourite exercise! (not rowing on the water. Least favourite thing ever)</span></span><i><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anyway-- this ended up being my most successful workout (I know, don't compare...)</span></span></i></div>
<br />martha brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965870609266610.post-20255621354335253072015-03-20T20:30:00.000-07:002015-04-26T10:05:57.224-07:0015.4 -- Handstand Pushups -- I knew it :)<span class="field-content"></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">So 15.4 was handstand pushups and cleans. Hahahahaha. I'll work towards them for next year :)</span></span></h1>
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Workout 15.4</h1>
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Complete as many reps as possible in 8 minutes of:<br />
3 handstand push-ups<br />
3 cleans<br />
6 handstand push-ups<br />
3 cleans<br />
9 handstand push-ups<br />
3 cleans<br />
12 handstand push-ups<br />
6 cleans<br />
15 handstand push-ups<br />
6 cleans<br />
18 handstand push-ups<br />
6 cleans<br />
21 handstand push-ups<br />
9 cleans<br />
Etc., adding 3 reps to the handstand push-up each round, and 3 reps to the clean every 3 rounds.</div>
<em>Men clean 185 lb.<br />
Women clean 125 lb.</em><br />
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<span class="field-content"><em>This is what I did:</em><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span><strong>Scaled</strong></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">(Scaled
Men, Scaled Masters Men 40-44, Scaled Masters Men 45-49, Scaled Masters
Men 50-54, Scaled Women, Scaled Masters Women 40-44, Scaled Masters
Women 45-49, Scaled Masters Women 50-54)</span></span></em></div>
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Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 8 minutes of:<br />
10 push presses<br />
10 cleans</div>
<em><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Men push press 95 lb. and clean 115 lb.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Women push press 65 lb. and clean 75 lb.</span></em></em></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="field-content"></span></span><em><span class="field-content"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: large;">OMG - p</span><span style="font-size: large;">ush press and clean. It almost killed me -- but it didn't :) This has been my best result so far. </span></span></span> </em><br />
martha brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965870609266610.post-62318883076679399862015-03-15T14:56:00.000-07:002015-03-15T14:56:33.797-07:00Muscle Ups, seriously???So, 15.3. humph.<br />
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2 more Super Strong women in the announcement challenge. <br />
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Workout 15.3</h1>
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Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 14 minutes of:<br />
7 muscle-ups<br />
50 wall-ball shots<br />
100 double-unders</div>
Men use 20-lb. ball to 10 feet, Women use 14-lb. ball to 9 feet<br />
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Whew, no muscle ups in the scaled version..... but wait! <span style="font-size: large;">Where are the double unders???</span> I have practiced so hard and have finally mastered them. Singles don't feel "right". I really think that double unders are a basic skill and can be chipped through a few at a time :) Grrrrrr...... but I was very happy to see that the weight of the ball was 10 lb though. I've been practicing with an 8 lb ball and the jump to 14 was a bit much for me (I tried). But, dammit, I could have done the RX version had the muscle ups been at the end -- <span class="field-content"> like the over 55 masters!!!</span> (and just taken a 150 score) (oh well, something to look forward to for when I'm 55....). BUT we can't pick and choose our favourite parts in a workout, so lets move on.....<br />
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Scaled</h1>
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Complete as many rounds and <span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 20px;">reps</span> as possible in 14 minutes of:<br />
50 wall-ball shots<br />
200 single-unders</div>
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Men use 20-lb. ball to 9 feet, Women use 10-lb. ball to 9 feet</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, when I did the workout on Friday at the gym, I was judged by Tom, who I don't know. I got to the skipping and he counts 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10...1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,20... etc and I kept tripping. I had to stop and ask him to count straight through. He did it for me (even though it tired him out). But I stopped tripping. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Again, this was one that I wished to have a second go at (but I won't). I'm sure it will come up in one of our regular WOD's after the open. But, of course, then I'll do double unders :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anyway -- made it through 2 sets of 50 wallballs (with many breaks) and a full set of 200 singles and then 104 more. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">It is what it is. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">(special thanks to Mags who taught me how to do wallballs -- I still have difficulty catching, but the thrust and throw is going fine) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, what's coming up? Burpees, I'm sure, .... box jumps? thrusters? rowing? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">and more lifting, ugh. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span class="field-content"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would wish for handstands if they didn't include the push up part :)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span class="field-content"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">oh, and bye the way, I'm sore today in places I've never been sore before. My forearms. My wrists.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span class="field-content"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: small;">And my quads are killing me. But that's nothing new :) </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
martha brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965870609266610.post-44125897777664171072015-03-08T09:59:00.000-07:002015-03-08T09:59:06.725-07:0015.2So, this week's WOD for the Open was a repeat of last year's 14.2. Since I didn't do CrossFit last year, it's all new to me :).<br />
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Workout 15.2</h1>
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<strong>Every 3 minutes for as long as possible complete:</strong></div>
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<em>From 0:00-3:00</em></div>
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2 rounds of:</div>
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10 overhead squats <span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 20px;">(95 / 65 lb.)</span></div>
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10 chest-to-bar pull-ups</div>
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<em>From 3:00-6:00</em></div>
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2 rounds of:</div>
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12 overhead squats <span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 20px;">(95 / 65 lb.)</span></div>
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12 chest-to-bar <span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">pull-ups</span></div>
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<em>From 6:00-9:00</em></div>
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2 rounds of:</div>
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14 overhead squats <span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 20px;">(95 / 65 lb.)</span></div>
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14 chest-to-bar <span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">pull-ups</span></div>
<em>Etc., following same pattern until you fail to complete both rounds</em><br />
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Overhead Squats and Chest to Bar? Really?<br />
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Have a look at these 2 super strong women competing immediately after the announcement of the workout. (fast forward to the 9 minute mark if you want to skip the preamble)<br />
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This is what I'll be doing :)<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><span><strong>Scaled</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 10px;"><em><span style="line-height: 20px;">(Scaled
Men, Scaled Masters Men 40-44, Scaled Masters Men 45-49, Scaled Masters
Men 50-54, Scaled Women, Scaled Masters Women 40-44, Scaled Masters
Women 45-49, Scaled Masters Women 50-54)</span></em></span></em></div>
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Every 3 minutes for as long as possible complete:</div>
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<em>From 0:00-3:00</em></div>
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2 rounds of:</div>
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6 overhead squats <span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 20px;">(65 / 45 lb.)</span></div>
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6 chin-over-bar pull-ups</div>
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<em>From 3:00-6:00</em></div>
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2 rounds of:</div>
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8 overhead squats <span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 20px;">(65 / 45 lb.)</span></div>
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8 <span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 20px;">chin-over-bar</span> <span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">pull-ups</span></div>
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<em>From 6:00-9:00</em></div>
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2 rounds of:</div>
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10 overhead squats <span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 20px;">(65 / 45 lb.)</span></div>
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10 <span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 20px;">chin-over-bar</span> <span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">pull-ups</span></div>
<em>Etc., following same pattern until you fail to complete both rounds</em><br />
</em><em><span class="field-content"></span> </em>Overhead Squats at 45lbs.... maybe.... but Chin over Bar??? not yet!<br /><br />
<br />I did this workout on Friday night -- and almost keeled over during the 6 squats. I did banded Chin to bar pull ups -- so my pull ups didn't count. I think that I made it to 4 squats into the next round... so my workout was finished in 3 minutes. The fastest WOD I've ever done :) Unfortunately, fast time is a bad thing in this workout, lol. And thank you, once again, to Steph, who insisted that I could do those 45lb squats.... and I did :)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">So, 15.2 -- score of 6</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you check out the <a href="http://games.crossfit.com/leaderboard" target="_blank">Leaderboard</a>, you will see that I am in good company with my score of 6. Even many RX people scored 10! Those C2B's are hard! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">BUT, the upside? I've kind of got the rhythm of the pull up movement now, so I will practice them a lot from now to next years open!</span><br />
And really, for me this is all about the workout -- and doing my personal best. I am breaking all of my previous "records", so I'm very happy that I am doing something right!<br />
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p.s. The Lovely Miss L is competing as well. Her score for 15.2 was 132. Holey smokes she's strong :)<br />
martha brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965870609266610.post-26548654080059650862015-03-01T11:56:00.002-08:002015-03-01T11:56:11.338-08:00The OpenSo, I have been coerced into participating into the Open. Pressure from the homefront (Miss L) and from the Gym (Tidal).<br />
I just LOVE that I am competing in the Masters category :) I'm a master. hah! <br />
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Workout 15.1 and 15.1a were announced on Thursday night. I didn't sleep very well Thursday night. From worry. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">9-minute AMRAP:<br />
15 toes-to-bars<br />
10 deadlifts<br />
5 snatches</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12px;"><i> (M 115 lb. / F 75 lb.)</i></span></div>
<b><span style="font-size: 17px;">Workout 15.1a</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">1-rep-max clean and jerk</span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: 12px;"> 6-minute time cap</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(I look just like her when I'm competing)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had to perform the "scaled" version of the workout. I can't lift the Rx weight (yet) and I can only do 2 toes-to-bar in a row, lol. </span><br />
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See the explanations of the scaled workout <a href="http://games.crossfit.com/workouts/the-open" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 9 minutes of:</span><br /><span style="line-height: 20px;">15 hanging knee raises</span><br /><span style="line-height: 20px;">10 </span>deadlifts<span style="line-height: 20px;"> (85 / 55 lb.)</span><br /><span style="line-height: 20px;">5 snatches* (85 / 55 lb.)</span><br /><i><span style="line-height: 20px;">*ground-to-overhead allowed</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I was a <strike>bit</strike> lot worried. I can deadlift 55lb in a workout, no problem. But snatch? uh uh. My max snatch was 40lb :) But ground to overhead? maybe?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span style="line-height: 20px;">But on Friday I did it! Yay me!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span style="line-height: 20px;">But most impressive (to myself, don't burst my bubble)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I clean and jerked 80 lbs! My PR was 45! </span></span></span><br />
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My biggest surprise -- <span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Those hanging knee raises whipped my butt! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span style="line-height: 20px;">A <span style="font-size: large;">HUGE </span>thanks to Coach Stephanie who talked me through the whole workout. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span style="line-height: 20px;">So, I am totally pumped and even feel that I could have done better -- part of me wanted to try again right away :) (Yes, I know that I still could, but I won't). </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="field-content"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The reveal for 15.2 will come this Thursday night - 8pm EST (March 5). I really hope that it doesn't have box jumps. Because I'm just ready this week to move up to a higher box and I'm not even sure if it will be high enough to be the scaled version! But, I'll try :)</span></span></span><br />
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martha brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965870609266610.post-8747352297430140142015-02-16T18:52:00.000-08:002015-02-16T18:52:50.811-08:00You are far too smart to be the only thing standing in your way<div style="text-align: left;">
Today's lesson:</div>
Have confidence in yourself, and trust in your
coach.<br />
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Friday's WOD included thrusters. For you non-crossfitters -
that's squatting (my least favourite thing), while bringing the barbell to your
chest/shoulders, then as you stand, you push the bar up over your head. NOT my
favourite move. <br />
The WOD was 3 rounds 4 time -- of 10 burpee facing bar; 15
thrusters (Rx 55) ( me - empty 35 pound bar:); then 10 chest to bar pull ups ( I
scale it back with some bands).<br />
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So, I got to my 3rd (last) round of
overhead squats and I was pretty sure I was going to<strike> die</strike> <strike>faint</strike> collapse. I was
shaking. So I ran to switch out my heavy bar for a practice bar ( yes, I know -- in the middle of a workout) .<br />
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Mags stopped me " What are you
doing???"<br />
Me - " Uhhhh, switching my bar"<br />
Mags - " No you're not," " You're
finishing with this one " <br />
Me (scuttling sheepishly back to my bar) <br />
Mags
"3 at a stretch-- we're finishing this!!!". And he begins to count for me....<br />
Me ( I do 5, then 5 more, then 5
more), then skip off to do the pull-ups. And pretty much look sheepish, like someone who
has tried to get out of something (well, I tried).<br />
and Mags is giving me this smug, told you so, kind of look.... <br />
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So after the pull ups, I get a different
from Mags, the 'what the hell were you thinking?' look, then the lecture. <br />
Crap. I'm a teacher. I give that look and the
exact same lecture every day. But I like to feel free to thrown in the towel
myself, when life gets a little tough. <i>Yes, people, I am a quitter </i>:)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You
finish what you start. You don't scale back in the middle of a WOD ( unless the
coach tells you to). The coach ( or teacher ) will not ask you to do something
that he/she truly believes that you cannot do. You can do it ( and you will).
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Self confidence and trust. Sigh. <br />
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Okay, I need to begin practicing
what I preach :)martha brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965870609266610.post-77342561142311944372015-02-11T06:30:00.000-08:002015-02-11T06:30:00.753-08:00Shake it OffWell, I'm not a huge fan of Taylor Swift.<br />
But this song seems to come up often in our WODs.<br />
And I tell ya. Music does affect my results, lol. <br />
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I get lost in the song.<br />
The problem with the music in our workouts is that I lose count. Because not only do I have to count my reps, I have to count what round I'm on. I can't hold all of those numbers in my head :). When I work out at home, I put some jewels in a jar after every round. Some people use pennies. But for the gym, I just bought one of these:<br />
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What do you use? Do you just keep it all in your head? How do you do it when you are concentrating on the movements (and singing along to a catchy tune)? I need a personal trainer to do all of that counting for me, lol. <br />
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martha brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965870609266610.post-25018647538328953232015-02-08T13:21:00.000-08:002015-02-08T13:24:28.455-08:00When I get older I will be stronger..So.... many people have asked what drew me to CrossFit. Part of it was Miss L's <strike>nagging</strike> <strike> </strike><strike>begging</strike> encouragement. The other part went like this.<br />
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"Hi Ms. Brown!" (I'm a teacher)<br />
I waved Hi back. But, horror of horrors, the underpart of my arm kept waving (<i>just like a wavin' flag</i>). It was fascinatingly repulsive.<br />
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That, my friends, was my wake up call. I was 49, out of shape, and overweight.<br />
So the journey began.<br />
The funniest thing that I remember from the Foundations class what when Mags shooed me out the door and said that I'd be running 100 meters. Then he looked at me and said "you can run, right?". I said "uh, well, I run for the bus sometimes..." But I ran that killer 100 meters. And in a later workouts ran many many more of them.<br />
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So, I started CrossFit last May. And remember that wavin arm? Now it stops when I stop. <br />
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martha brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965870609266610.post-52296600257205153072015-01-12T20:30:00.000-08:002015-01-12T20:44:10.544-08:00Monday's adventure at CrossFit<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">So, I didn't do anything amusing or embarrassing at the gym today. Yay! </span><br><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">This was our workout (after a warmup and mobility) ( warmup was rowing, yay!)( plus other stuff like lunge with twist, goblet squats, wall walks, and broad jumps) </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Strength:</strong></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Back Squat - 2x10 . I did 25lbs. Squats are not my forte. At All. I'd rather do 100 burpees than 10 back squats. Or front squats. Or air squats. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Conditioning:</strong></div><div><em style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">5 Rounds of:</em></div><div><em style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2 min AMRAP of:</em></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">30 Double Unders (If cannot do 30 unbroken consistently, scale = 30 Lateral Jumps over bar)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">15 PowerSnatch (75/55) </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">*Rest 1 min bw Rounds</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Score is worst round total reps.</span></div></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">WooHoo! My score was 45. I did lateral jumps and my PowerSnatch was way under at 25. Seriously, 25. The baby bar and some 5 lb weights. Because I thought that 75 reps of the ten lb weights would kill me :) So, not close to Rx on this one. Yet. </span></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Oh, here's something amusing. Miss L has 'convinced' me to join in the<a href="http://games.crossfit.com/about-the-games/the-open"> Crossfit Open</a> this year. So glad that there is a scaled option. And an age class, I think. Cause I'm old.....</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div>martha brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9965870609266610.post-26956977245466334822015-01-11T15:21:00.000-08:002015-01-11T15:21:42.813-08:00A new year, a new blog :)<span style="font-size: large;">I've <a href="http://m-is-for-martha.blogspot.ca/2014/07/crossfit.html">blogged</a> about Crossfit before on my art blog -- and that post got so much traffic that I thought I'd start a blog about my adventures in Crossfit. And adventures they are.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those of you who don't know Crossfit , Rx is the prescribed weights etc, that one should be doing in a workout (WOD -- Workout Of the Day). I don't do Rx very often -- but I'm working on it! Hence the name -- Destination Rx. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you're here to get pointers in Crossfit -- look somewhere else :). Here I will talking about what is working and what is not -- for <u>me</u> :). It may provide you with some comic relief......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following is a copy of my Crossfit post from my mixed media blog in July, 2014:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In May, I succumbed to Ms L’s <strike>pestering</strike> influence, and began Crossfit. The
gym ("box") that I go to is right near my school ( Danforth and Coxwell). <a href="http://www.tidalcrossfit.com/" target="_blank">Tidal CrossFit</a>.
(There are also locations in York Mills and Burlington) Miss L
recommended it—she teaches at a few different Crossfit Gyms, but she
knew that I would only go if it was
convenient, and Tidal sure is, so she recommended going there. I started
with
the “ Foundations” class - because there would be only up to 4 people,
so there
would be more individualized instruction. Mine was taught ( mostly) by
Mags—the
co-owner - and I was the only one in the class, so I got personal
training. It
was $199 - for 6 classes ( 3x a week)(1 hour classes) and then unlimited
regular classes for the rest of the month. It was well worth it!!! Mags
and
Stephanie made me work HARD. When I gave
up, they made me keep going. They made me laugh... and didn’t make me
feel like
an idiot when I couldn’t remember things from one day to the next. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(I try really hard not to bore my friends to death with my enthusiasm)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had always thought Crossfit was too expensive, but it’s really not.
You really get
personalized instruction, and it is motivational. I used to go to
Goodlife, but
it wasn’t really friendly, and after the introductory hour, you’re on
your own,
unless you take classes, which I found too intimidating (seriously -- I
NEVER knew what was going on -- and the instructor was too busy to ask).
At Tidal -- ask away -- that's what the instructor is there for. So now
I’m totally a
Crossfit convert :) I started doing this to make Miss L happy—but I kept
going
because it made me feel good and it’s an investment in my health. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The classes start with a warm up, then go onto strength (often some form of
Olympic Weightlifting) and then the WOD ( Workout of the Day). I am there,
working out for over a full hour ( I get there early, because for some reason,
the warm up takes me 10 minutes longer than everyone else , lol) . I go 3 days a week -- Mon/Wed/Fri.<br />
I am getting WAY stronger—and lost 12 pounds in just over a month. Seriously. I
sweated it off, lol. Don’t worry, I’ll put it back on this summer with all of
those Privateers Bounty Ice cream cones. And also, in <i>my</i> Nova Scotia, chips are a valid vegetable :)<br />
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I am trying to continue on with the workouts here in Port Mouton. I ordered
equipment through Amazon and Walmart ( free shipping! ) Some dumbells, a
kettlebell ( OMG - so heavy) , pull up bar, rings and a skipping rope. I am
VERY DETERMINED to master double-under skipping this summer. I’m still doing
workouts on Monday/Wednesday/Friday, and I skip on my off days. <br />
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I’m even looking forward to September when I can go back to Tidal. -- Not just for
the exercise, but for the community. I miss everyone! They are all so
encouraging and inspiring! <br />
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If you live/ work in the East end of </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-CA">Toronto</span><span lang="EN-CA">, check out
Tidal. Your won’t regret it. Tell them Martha sent you :) !!<br />
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