Tag: Lunge

Carry the Medicine Ball

Got another solid night of sleep last night. It’s great to be home sleeping in my own bed again.

Warm-up

  • 600m Run
  • Power Skipping
  • Walking Zombie Kicks
  • But Kicks

WOD

A religious CrossFit box somewhere came up with this partner WOD. It’s supposed to be based on the 14 stations of the cross. I’ll hold off on any comments about the religious nature.

  • 400m Run (both partners)
  • 50 Pull-ups
  • 40 Burpees (both partners)
  • 80 KBS (Russian)
  • 60 MB Thrusters
  • 100 1-arm Push Presses
  • 100 Lunges (both partners)
  • 60 MB Cleans
  • 200 Sit-ups/Plank
  • 60 K2E
  • 50 Pull-ups
  • 100 Lateral Hops
  • 100 HR Push-ups
  • 800m Run (both partners)

One partner holds a medicine ball at all times except when doing burpees, lunges, and sit-ups/plank. I partnered up with Matt, the owner, since we had an odd number of people in class. We used a 20# MB for the workout. When performing burpees and lunges each partner completes the prescribed number of reps. During the runs, we handed off the MB at the half-way point. As an example, we split up the pull-ups into several sets, each doing a total of 25 pull-ups. Then we each performed 40 burpees on our own. For the push presses, each partner should end up doing 25 with each arm. When you get to 200 sit-ups/plank, one partner is doing sit-ups while the other is holding a plank.

It took us 42 or 44 minutes to finish, I don’t remember the time. The last half of the 800m run was straight into a strong wind. Absolutely brutal holding the MB. I highlight for me was getting kipping K2E for the first time. I wish I had figured this out a couple of weeks ago for all of the T2B.

Partner WODs are always fun on weekends. Now it’s time to enjoy Masters Sunday.

Double CrossFit Day

I’m sore in a lot of places from Monday and Tuesday WODs. I must be crazy, because I’m going to CrossFit twice today. It is a leap day, so might as well make the most of the extra day. Right? I could have skipped the morning class to rest up for the open workout, but I didn’t want to miss out on back squats since it’s been a couple of weeks since the last time we did them.

Warm-up

2 rounds

  • 45 Lateral Broadwalk steps with small band around ankles (each direction)
  • 15 Lateral Hip Extensions
  • 15s Lateral Hip Extension Holds
  • 15 Supermans

Those broadwalks really work the hip area. Surprises me every time we do them.

Strength

4 Sets

  • 6-8 Back Squats, 3-0-X-1 tempo
  • 90s Rest
  • 5 Scapular Wall Slide, 3-0-3-0 tempo
  • 90s Rest

For the back squats I did 115#, 135#, 165# and 185#. In the last set I could only get 4 reps. Taking 3 seconds to lower in the squat really wears you out.

WOD

12m AMRAP

  • 20 Walking Lunges
  • 10 Push-ups
  • 30 DUs

Fuck DUs! Who came up with this method of jumping rope? I still suck at them. I’m going to have to start practicing them every morning before class or something because doing them once or twice a week isn’t getting me any better. I spent at least 2-3 minutes of each round trying to get my DUs. Ideally it should take 30 seconds or so. While everyone else was getting 5, 6, 7 rounds in, I completed 3 plus 20 lunges, 10 push-ups, and 3 DUs. Terrible!

Check out the nice picture of my right elbow and arm. I’m literally whipping myself with the rope. I have similar whip marks on the top of both hands. I will master DUs before I head back to Michigan in April. New goal!

I’ll be back in the box later tonight to do Open workout 12.2. It was pretty rough last week doing 12.1 as the warm-up before class and since the owner/trainer Gayle (she’s tied for 55th woman in the world after 12.1!!) was looking for people to do it tonight with her, I figured I’ll try a new plan of attack. This also gives me zero time to think about the workout after it’s announced, which I think will be good. Get to the box, find out what the workout is, and get ‘er done!