For time: 135 lb Thruster, 10 reps 50 Double-unders 135 lb Thruster, 8 reps 40 Double-unders 135 lb Thruster, 6 reps 30 Double-unders 135 lb Thruster, 4 reps 20 Double-unders 135 lb Thruster, 2 reps 10 Double-unders CFWU x 3 As rx’d: 9:13 All thrusters unbroken, and did pretty well on the double unders.  The [...]

Image via Wikipedia Back squat, 1 rep Shoulder Press, 1 rep Deadlift, 1 rep CFWU x 3 Squat: 415 Shoulder Press: 225 Deadlift: 435 Total: 1,075 (PR) Two things of note with this one: I barely got the 225 up after doing 5 sets of 3 reps shoulder press yesterday. Oh well, that’s the way [...]

Shoulder Press 3-3-3-3-3 reps CFWUx3, glute-ham situps 185 x 3 / 205 x 3 / 210 x 3 / 215 x 3 (PR) / 220 x 2 Wasn’t even close on the third rep at 220. Still, a PR while hacking up all sorts of nasty yellow phlegm and having a splitting headache doesn’t suck. [...]

Image by graciepoo via FlickrI’m a day behind, so working off this WOD: Run 1 mile Two minutes of each: Row 30 pound Dumbbell thrusters 20 pound Medicine ball cleans Double-unders Pull-ups CFWUx3, skipped pullups, subbed supermans for back extensions (hotel gym) Ran a mile on the treadmill, 7:48 was all I could manage with [...]

Between the stress of what happened with Tallulah yesterday, the fact that Cindy and I were up most of the night last night being paranoid about, comforting, and medicating Tallulah, and the fact that I had to travel to a customer site to prep for a mail migration, today was a miss. The preceding also [...]

Image via WikipediaToday started out as a glorious Memorial Day. Cindy and I woke up at about 5:45 AM to get dressed and have some coffee before Gina the babysistter arrived. We were leaving at 6:30 AM sharp to pick up the South Glastonbury Malz adults and then heading down to CrossFit Watertown to participate [...]

Image from FlickrThree rounds for time of: Run 800 meters 50 Pull-ups CFWUx3, skipped pullups Abs were very, very sore from yesterday’s workout.  My favorite tale of the soreness is that I sneezed this morning while cooking breakfast and nearly fell down. As rx’d: 31:31 The runs felt good, which was somewhat surprising to me, [...]

Five rounds for time of: 2 pood Kettlebell swings, 25 reps 25 GHD Sit-ups 25 Back Extensions 25 Knees to Elbows What started out as a “Sweet, we can do this one from the house!” Quickly deteriorated into my comment to Russ as I started my fourth round: Somewhere in the third set of the [...]

Image via WikipediaFive rounds of: Deadlift, 3 reps Handstand push-ups, max reps CFWUx3 / ring pullups / ring dips Another day, another workout at home, with the bumper plates. Deadlifts: 225×10 / 365×3 / 405×3 / 415×3 (PR) / 425×2 (F on 3rd) / 425×3 (PR) Handstand pushup (head to mat): 12 / 10 / [...]

Image via Wikipedia Row 1000 meters 25 Burpees Row 750 meters 50 Burpees Row 500 meters 75 Burpees CFWUx3, extra situps Also of note, I was doing some reading / video watching / thinking about kipping last night, and something just clicked for me. I went 14 (supinated) / 9 (pronated) / 10 (supinated) on [...]