Category: Crossfit

It has been a quiet Easter Monday.

I went to the gym this morning and did a workout called the Filthy Fifty and it consists of the following:

50 box jumps
50 jumping pull ups
50 kettle bell swings
50 knees to elbows
50 push press
50 back extensions
50 burpes
50 double unders

The work out took me 52:12- so it was a long workout and the first time I made it through all the exercises.

Richard went for a run after playing with Avery a bit then.

We met Denise at Waterfront for a well deserved breakfast.  I think my eyes were bigger than my stomach as I ordered the farmers breakfast- 3 eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, potatoes and toast.  I made it through the eggs, sausage and most of the potatoes- and that is about it.

Those are all of our plans… just a nice relaxing day.

Avery has been running around playing all day and finally crashed about 5 minus ago!

We were looking through some photos of Cambodia as Jo was heading off for her big adventure there and I was really shocked at what a difference CrossFit has made when I saw a photo of me just about a month before I joined the gym.

The Crossfit Games is still going on and we have one more working this week.  Last weeks workout was the following:

14 minute AMRAP:
60-calorie row 50 toes-to-bars40 wall-ball shots, 20 / 14 lb.30 cleans, 135 / 95 lb.20 muscle-ups

I tried it on Friday and got 114 points, so I finished the row, toes-to-bar and got 4 wall-ball shots.  I was really tired when I finished but I wasn’t quite happy with my score so on Monday Nathan and I talked about some strategies and I tried the workout again.  I am so glad I did as I got 150 points and had a chance to do one clean (but I just had nothing left in me).  In this workout I actually finished 16th in the gym- my best finish!  

Let’s hope this weeks workout goes as well!  

This morning the workout was tough and I didn’t want to go, but I went and I am glad I did.  It took me 25 minutes and I was the last to finish… but I finished!  It was a workout called Ryan.  He was a Missouri firefighter who was 22 years old when he stepped off the truck and was killed by a sniper in 2008.

As most of you know I entered the CrossFit open this year for the first time.  It is a worldwide competition to decide who will move onto the actual CrossFit Games.  Now I am not close to qualifying (actually just working to not be in last place)…. but I was talked into giving it a go just to see where I was at.