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12.3 Revisited

While icing yesterday morning after the chiropractor’s office, I got a little frostbite. Ouch!

Warm-up

30-20-10

  • Star Jumps
  • PVC OHS

WOD

18:00 AMRAP

  • 15 Box Jumps (24″)
  • 12 Push Presses (115#)
  • 9 T2B

Look familiar? This was CrossFit Games Open WOD 12.3. It was March 9th when I did it for the Open. Back then I got 5 rounds plus 15 box jumps and 6 push presses. Five months later I improved by more than a round, getting 6 rounds plus 15 box jumps and 7 push presses.

My weakness was still the 115# weight for push presses. I did better on push presses because I was able to rebound off the ground on the majority of the box jumps and I split T2B up into sets of 5 and 4 most of the way.

Finisher

1 Mile Run

Didn’t take much of a rest and then went out for a mile run with a few other people. The run wasn’t going to break any speed records because we were pretty whooped from the WOD. We didn’t even keep track of time.

Sandbagging

I got home from San Francisco around 10:30pm last night after a my last flight was delayed about 40 minutes. Went in to the chiropractor this morning to see if he can’t get my back fixed up. I have to go back on Thursday to go over the x-rays he took. Went in to Survival Fitness tonight for the 7pm class. It’s good to be back after a few days of hotel WODs.

Warm-up

  • 150m Run
  • 150m Power Skip
  • 50m Zombie Kicks
  • 50m Butt Kicks
  • 150m Power Skip
  • 150m Run

I could tell I wasn’t feeling it during the warm-up. Pretty tired and slow.

WOD

  • 500m Sandbag Run
  • 50 Sandbag Cleans over the Shoulder
  • 500m Sandbag Run
  • 50 Sandbag Get-ups
  • 500m Sandbag Run

Just what I needed after seeing the chiropractor this morning. I flew threw the sandbag cleans unbroken. My runs were pretty slow, but the get-ups were the toughest. They really wear on your tailbone. I finished in 20:59.

Finisher

  • 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 V-ups
  • 20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 DUs

I forgot to look at the clock when I started, but I know this definitely took me less than 6 minutes.

Sunday Morning in San Francisco

Yesterday was an incredibly long day. I was up at 5:30am and volunteered all day at WordCamp San Francisco, spending most of the day on my feet. I got a pretty good night of sleep and headed in to the hotel workout center at around 9:30am.

Warm-up

800m Run on the treadmill

Strength

I used a couple of the machines again today, but went back and forth between the machines instead of doing all sets at one machine before switching.

Chest Press

  • 3x 115#
  • 3x 130#
  • 3x 145#
  • 3x 160#

Shoulder Press

  • 3x 80#
  • 3x 95#
  • 3x 110#
  • 3x 135#

WOD

3 rounds

  • 20 Chest-to-deck Push-ups
  • 30 Russian Twists (30# DB)
  • 30 Air Squats

I finished in 6:20 and probably should have upped it to 5 rounds.

Finisher

20 minutes on a stationary bike set to the hills program. According to the computer I went 5.44 miles.

WOD at the Westin

I was able to sleep longer than I expected with the 3 hour time difference and didn’t get out of bed until after 8am. Granted I didn’t go to bed until after midnight, so it was a long day yesterday. The workout center in the Westin was pretty busy today, but I was able to get in a pretty good workout. When traveling you have to make due with what you have. It’s better than doing nothing.

Warm-up

400m run on the treadmill at a 6 mph pace.

Strength

I used a couple of machines.

4 sets

  • 5 Chest Presses
  • 2m Rest

I set the weight to 115#, 115#, 130#, and 145# for my sets.

4 sets

  • 5 Lat Pulldowns
  • 2m Rest

I set the weight to 100#, 115#, 130#, and 145# for my sets.

WOD

5 rounds

  • 10 HR Push-ups
  • 10 Floor Wipers (45# DBs)
  • 5 Bent Rows (45# DBs)

Originally I was going to do 10 push-up renegade rows instead of the HR push-ups and the bent rows, but the DBs are round, so I was rolling all over the place. Sometimes you have to modify due to equipment. Not a bad little workout. I did it in 7:48.

Finisher

20:00 on a stationary bike. The computer said I went 7.14 miles, but I don’t believe it. I got a good sweat on though.

Treadmill Hills

After getting settled into my room, I headed down to the hotel gym. I jumped on the treadmill and set it for 30 minutes and selected the Hills program. This was my first time using a treadmill’s incline and it turned out to be a damn good workout. I started out with a speed of 7 mph, but quickly set it to 6.5 mph and by the end of the 30 minutes I was down to 6 mph. Some of the incline intervals were as much as 7.5% and it was always at least 1.5%. Once the 30 minutes were up it had me do a 5 minute cool-down. According to the display I ended up going 3.39 miles in total.

After a Couple Days on the Golf Course

My cousin Matt and I, all muddied up

On Saturday night I did the Warrior Dash for the first time. It was a lot of fun doing the obstacles. As I had expected, the run wasn’t bad at all. Now I need to step it up and try a Tough Mudder. Then on Sunday and Monday I went on a little golfing trip up to northern Michigan. It was nice to have a couple of rest days away from the WODs.

Warm-up

5 rounds

  • 1m AbMat Sit-ups
  • 1m Russian Twists (30# KB)
  • 1m Plank
  • 1m V-ups
  • 1m Table Top (30s each side)
  • 1m Rest

I could still feel the GHD work that I did on Friday night. This was the first time doing table tops and wow are they tough.

WOD

  • 1m Wall Balls
  • 3 rounds
    • 100m Run
    • 5 KB Snatches (L)
    • 5 OH KB Lunges (L)
    • 5 KB Snatches (R)
    • 5 OH KB Lunges (R)
    • 100m Run
  • 1m Wall Balls

Kind of a weird WOD with the minute of wall balls at the beginning and at the end of the WOD, especially when everyone had to keep track of their own minute at the end. I got 29 wall balls that first minute and 25 at the end in the last minute. Total time for the WOD was 8:40, using a 53# KB for all of the snatches and lunges.

Finisher

  • 100 HR Push-ups

My push-up endurance sucks. I think I started off with a set of 15 and then a set of 10, but after that it was 5s for a while and then whatever I could do. It took me 7:48 to finish off the 100.

Be a Warrior

Got to sleep late last night, but feeling pretty good today, other than my lower back of course.

Warm-up

  • 400m Run
  • 30 Air Squats
  • 20 PVC Pass-thrus
  • 30 PVC OHS
  • 4 rounds
    • 15s Jumping Jacks
    • 15s Air Squats
    • 15s Mountain Climbers
    • 15s Jump Squats
  • 4 rounds
    • 15s Plank
    • 15s Supermans
    • 15s Side Plank L
    • 15s Side Plank R

Long warm-up, but just what my body needed.

WOD

Cool partner WODs today. I was paired up with Laura. You keep alternating each part of the workout, so while one person is running, the other is doing the movement for reps inside.

10:00 AMRAP

  • 150m Run
  • Over the Box Jumps (24″)

We got 198 reps total. Great WOD that keeps up the intensity the entire 10 minutes. There is no place to rest here until you’re done.

We rested for 5 minutes before moving on to the second part.

10:00 AMRAP

  • 150m MB Run
  • Alternating one-arm DB Snatches (40#)

We got 175 reps in this one. MB runs are never easy. Another 10 minutes where there is no place to rest because snatches are such a full body move.

Now I’m off to run the Warrior Dash at 4:30 this afternoon. It’s only 3.25 miles and from what I’ve heard there is a lot of waiting at the obstacles, so I don’t expect it to be too hard on the body. I’ll use it as a recovery from this morning’s WOD. Then tomorrow I’m heading out-of-town for the weekend to golf with my Dad and a couple of buddies. Looking forward to the rest days.

One Card at a Time

Still a little sore today, but I’m finally on the tail end of it. Well, except for my lower back that is. I walked 18 holes of golf this morning and then headed in at 7pm tonight so I could stay after for the 8pm open gym time.

Warm-up

750m Run

WOD


Deck of Cards

Reps

  • 2-10 = Face value
  • Jack = 11
  • Queen = 12
  • King = 13
  • Ace = 14

Movements

  • Joker = Run 500m
  • Hearts = Burpees
  • Diamonds = 4 Mountain Climbers
  • Spades = Thrusters (60#)
  • Clubs = Ring Rows

I haven’t done a deck of cards in a really long time. We were allowed to substitute any movements out for something we are weak at or needed to work on. Originally clubs were one-arm snatches, which I like, but figured they are not a good idea with my back. So I put in the ring rows. I thought I was using 75# for the thrusters but after we got going I realized I had the women’s bar. Oh well, 50# was plenty with that many thrusters.

There was a 40:00 time limit. When time ran out I had just started on my first burpee of the King and then had 5 more cards to go.

Strength

  • Back Squats
  • 5 HSPU
  • Rest 2-3m

For the back squats I did:

  • 5x 135#
  • 3x 185#
  • 2x 205#
  • 1x 225#
  • 1x 235#

I was hoping to set a PR today, but when I did that rep at 235# I could really feel it in my back as I came out of the bottom. I had to shut it down after that. I was pretty fatigued from all of the Thrusters in the WOD too I guess. HSPU felt really good and I was able to do each set of 5 unbroken without resorting to using any AbMats.

Feels Good to be Back in the Box

I was still kind of sore this morning, but I was able to go in for the 9am class and I felt great after warming up.

Warm-up

5 rounds

  • 1m Bottom Squat Hold
  • 1m Jumping Jacks

WOD

“Helen”
3 rounds

  • 400m Run
  • 21 KBS (53#)
  • 12 Pull-ups

I felt really good in this one. All of the KBS were done unbroken and I broke each round of pull-ups into 2 sets. Finished in 9:30.

Finisher

EMOM 10:00

  • 100m Sprint (50m down and back)
  • 3 Burpees

This may have been tougher than the WOD. Felt good after, but the sprints started feeling slower and slower until the last one where I dug deep.

It sure feels good to be back in the box, especially after only doing one WOD last week leading up to the competition. Maybe all of the rest was really needed though since I had been pushing my body so hard the couple of weeks before.

So Sore

I don’t know how the athletes do so many events in the CrossFit Games. Yesterday and today have been a struggle. After sitting around most of the day yesterday I went out for a long walk of almost 5 miles. It felt good to get moving. I was thinking I’d be ready to get in a WOD today, but I attempted to do an air squat and it was difficult.

So I was thinking of doing a sprint workout tonight at one of the high school tracks, but our trainer Matt said he was up for doing something. So I picked him up and we went to the box to do a bit of work.

Warm-up

5 rounds

  • 500m Row
  • 500m Run

Took us over 23 minutes to do this. We kept a good pace and each had a bit of time to rest after the row because we waited for the other guy to get in from the run before starting our own run.

WOD

50 yard Prowler Sled Pulls

  • 120#
  • 165#
  • 190#
  • 215#
  • 240#
  • 240#
  • 240#

We weren’t doing this for time or anything. We took turns and some break time in between switches. Felt good and really loosened me up. Tomorrow I’ll be good to go.