My CrossFit Journal (week 51)

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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#FitFluential Plank Challenge

I sometimes wish that I could be confident enough to bring in my point-and-shoot camera into the CrossFit gym to document some of the cool things we do. Instead of me feeling awkward and shy to ask the coaches if they could film me doing kipping pullups (my favorite move at CrossFit) or planks, I’ve decided to do it in the comfort of my own home.

Show me what you’re capable of! If you’re not too shy to go on video, that is.

I decided to film myself to see how long I could hold a plank for. Before you watch, how long do you think I can hold it?

Planking and Kipping are probably my most favorite exercises, besides climbing of course.

Be FitFluential, and get your plank on!

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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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