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My CrossFit Journal (week 52)

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It’s my first anniversary at CrossFit!! I’ve been going for a whole YEAR. That seems like madness to me. Regular gym memberships hold my interest for 4 months tops, and to see myself still going frequently without much break to CrossFit excites me! What’ve got rounded up for this week? Not much gotta admit. I was feeling pretty lazy this week. So I didn’t go as often as I wanted to. Next week will be better!

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Week 52 Day 1.

21-15-9

Power Cleans; 115/80lbs
Thrusters; 115/80lbs

That’s 21 power cleans, then 21 thrusters, 15 power cleans, 15 thrusters, and so on. OH MY LORD.

I used 45lbs in total and finished the workout in 16:13. My shoulders are still pretty weak in comparison to the rest of my body. So the thrusters were taking their toll on me. Especially on my right wrist. Power through it! I had enough of it all when I had to start the thrusters again, but then I totally played with my mind. I pretended I was throwing my nephews up in the air and somehow, it made it easier. I wasn’t thinking about the weight at all. I was thinking about my nephews. Funny what your brain can trick you to do.

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My CrossFit Journal (week 51)

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I handed over my credit card back on February 24, 2011 to sign up on a monthly basis for CrossFit. I’m pretty sure I went to two or three classes the week prior making my titles on the CrossFit blog posts accurate. Which is good! I’m almost at my one year mark. What a feeling…

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Week 51 Day 1.

5 Rounds

150 Running Skips
21 Deadlifts; 185/135lbs – I did 105lbs

I couldn’t complete the five total rounds I was on my 10th deadlift. Everyone was finished. I think I lifted too heavy of a weight for 21 reps and 5 rounds. Hoo wee.

Sad I only made it in once this week.

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My CrossFit Journal (week 50)

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Week 50 Day 1.

30 HSPU (I did 30 dive bombers instead)
40 Pull Up
50 KB Swing (24/20)
60 Sit Up
70 Burpee
Finished right before the 24 minute mark.

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Week 50 Day 2.

Warmup #1
150 skips
Inch worms back and forth
10  Box jumps (20″ box)
10 Hollow rocks

Warmup #2
AMRAP 8 minutes
8 pushups (The proper way: elbows in)
9 box jumps (20″ box)
10 hollow rocks
I completed 5 full rounds and on my 6th round I got to 8 pushups and 1 box jump before the timer went off.
My CrossFit coach says I need to work on my shoulder strength. We’re now supposed to be doing pushups the ‘proper’ way. It’s SO much easier to do it the conventional way. However, I need to practice keeping my elbows into my body and not out. His request? 20 pushups three times a week.
However this was a light workout day. The workout itself was practicing levers. Basically the two of us that were in the class that day were channeling our inner child and had to do flips on those gymnast rings and try and curl up into a ball and then straighten yourself, upside down! It was neat. But it definitely worked the abs.

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