WOD - 5.10.2011

It was a big debut for the blog, I increased my followers 6 fold. Yes that means I have 6 loyal readers (and hopefully some others who will check back in from time to time). I'm glad so many people are supporting my endeavor. As I mentioned, I'm hoping that this can serve as a motivational tool for others that are trying to get into shape. Also I'm hoping to score a book deal and become stupid wealthy, allowing me to retire.

I'm finally over being sore everyday, which is nice because my current schedule is M/T/Th. In June I think I'm going to bump it up to M/T/Th/F with some saturdays sprinkled in. It took me about a month to get over being sore EVERYDAY, so please don't let soreness derail your workout plans.

Todays warmup:

5 Wall climbs

12 Slamballs

12 Pushups

12 Sit ups on the back extension rack, basically sit ups with a lot more range of motion

12 Lunges with bar on back

Yes the warm up does get the blood moving, and the wall climbs proved difficult. Basically you're in pushup position with your feet against a wall, then proceed to walk up the wall and walk your hands back towards the wall maintaining your plank. Touch your stomach to the wall (essentially you're in a handstand now) and that drop down.

Main WOD:

"Nancy"

5 Rounds of:

400m Run

15 OHS (65/95lbs)

Some workouts in crossfit have official names, usually the names of girls. In this case the workout is named "Nancy", and she is a cruel mistress. There are certain exercises that really push the limits. Overhead Squats (OHS) are one of those exercises. My form is still such that I have to use extremely low weight, until I improve the strength in my core and legs, and also improve my flexibility. Today I only did a 25lb bar, which yes is less weight than any of the girls in my class (a funny joke I had with another guy who's only 4 months in (i'm only 3 weeks in) is that first we have to catch the girls before we can dream of catching the guys), and it still worked me.

I was proud that I was easily the fastest on the 400's, which is hilarious because I'm not fast at all (ask anyone I went to college with). I think because I was doing such a low weight on the squats I didn't tax myself as much as the other guys, plus my usual mindset right now is the running portions of workouts are where I can compete or make up time because my strength isn't much to blog about.

My official "Nancy" time: 14:22