Category Archives: CrossFit

03022018 – CrossFit

18.2 and 18.2a!

As noted in the announcement this was a burner! I also really struggled with whether to try this Rx or not. I could have done the movements as written. Ultimately, I did it scaled and that was a good decision. I barely made it into 18.2a and would not have had I done it Rx. What was this 18.2 CrossFit Open workout?

In 12 minutes complete the following:

1 dumbbell squat (2 35# dumbbells)

1 barfacing burbee

2 of each

3 of each

4 of each

5 of each

6

7

8

9

10 of each…

Then with any time remaining get to a 1RM Clean – this is 18.2a.

The first 5 rounds moved along pretty quickly l, but after that things started to slowly fall apart. The burpees got really hard, if you need help with the math there were 55 of each movement and round 8 is when you hit the halfway mark on the reps. I started out doing strict burpees but started doing more stepbacks or stepovers in rounds 6 and 7. I finished the last round with less than a minute and was able to squeeze in 3 cleans in that time finishing with 120 on the bar. That last minute was intense with loading the bar and cleaning it.

02272018 – CrossFit

It felt like today hit all the sore muscle groups from yesterday! Just in a slightly different way!

A time oriented squat workout with the following setup:

0:00 10 reps

2:00 8 reps

4:00 6 reps

6:00 4 reps

8:00 2 reps

Scored on the 2 reps. I went up by 10lbs each set and finished at 145 which felt plenty heavy at the end!

The MetCon was a nice chipper style one. Due to space mine got a little out of order but this is what I did:

40 Russian Swings 35#

30 Push Press 80#

50 Cal Row

40 Russian Swings

50 Cal Row

I finished in 13:53. The push press was definitely on the heavy side more me, but I got it done with only a handful of push jerks accidently mixed in! Since I did the 50 Cal Row I completed it scaled plus!

02262018 – CrossFit

That was a doozy!

12 minutes to a heavy single Split Jerk. I got 135 up and attempted 145 but it wasn’t happening. 135 is a 25 pound PR. Quite pleased with that!

The MetCon was simple but brutal.

21-15-9

Squat Clean 95#

Pushups

16:08

I was able to do this which is scaled as written. It was quite the doozy. I had to break it up quite a bit and was doing one pushup at a time for the last 8, but I got it done. The whole class 11 other soles were all cheering me on which helped make it through!

02232018 – CrossFit

18.1 = Done.

My first CrossFit Open workout is complete. The Open is the annual chance for anyone around the world to compete against themselves and each other on some really hard workouts!

18.1 is the first of 5 workouts. You can find more info about 18.1 here.

I was able to complete it scaled as written:

20 Minute AMRAP:

8 Hanging Knee Raises

10 Dumbbell Hang Clean and Jerk (5 on each side) 35#

14 Calorie Row

I was able to complete 290 reps or 9 rounds plus 2 reps. The dumbbell was definitely the hardest part for me.

02202018 – CrossFit

I was pretty sore getting into this workout. I did a quick shovel before heading in.

For strength today was a 5×5 Push Press at a challenging weight in 12 minutes. I always struggle with Push Press because I like to rebend, but I did okay this time and did my 5×5 at 85 pounds.

Today’s MetCon was a bit of a doozy. It was two movements with a descending rep scheme. The movements were double unders and full snatches. I can occasionally put together some dubs, but not consistently. So I went for single unders on the jump rope. The snatches were to increase 10 pounds each round as the reps decreased by 2.

So I did

200 single unders

10 snatches at 45#

150 singles

8 snatches at 55#

100 singles

6 snatches at 65#

50 singles

4 snatches at 75#

in 10:49. This was in the super scaled category. That was a little disappointing after going Rx yesterday, but still shows that I have a ways to go.