Some (Knee) Highs and Some Lows

I'll keep this brief. Today for strength we did deadlifts (5-3-1+). The first five reps were to be at 75% of your one rep max; the set of three was to be at 87.5%; and the one-plus was to be your one rep max plus any additional reps. My numbers looked like this: 82.5 - 96 - 110.Now, I did not do additional reps of my one rep max. Instead, I climbed the weight up slightly. I did an additional...

A Pride Check with a Side of Redemption

I'm back in the blogosphere (at least for tonight) and decided that it was necessary for me to comment on my experience at sectionals this past weekend in St. Louis. I am just warning you: There were some highs, and there were some definite lows.Personally, I always like to start with the bad news first. (It's the whole rip-off-the-band-aid-quickly...

CrossFit Total

Yesterday we completed the following workout:CrossFit TotalBack squatsPressDeadliftYou are allowed three single attempts at each movement, in which you want to achieve your single rep max. In order for a rep to be deemed as successful, it must be in one fluid motion. Your total is the sum of each max rep. I had never done the CrossFit Total before and was excited to do it. I had watched...

"You can cry, but you can't quit..."

Monday, was awful. Although I wasn't necessarily that sore on Monday, I was definitely still feeling the effects of the three WOD competition on Saturday - that and I suck at all three of the movements scheduled for Monday: OH squats, pull ups and push ups.The workout looked a little like this:Strength: "Power Snatch"1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 130 - 35 - 40 - 41.6 - 42.6 PRNot that my snatch PR was...

Four Men & a Lady

This past Saturday Pete, Matt L., Garth, Tom and I (along with the coaches) all woke up a little earlier to compete in a three WOD extravaganza in order to help us prepare for sectionals. Bill took the three workouts for the day from a competition that had been done earlier in Utah. The workouts looked a little like this:WOD #1For time:500 m row440 m runTIME: 3:57WOD #2For total reps::90...

"We all go a little mad sometimes..."

I realize that I've been absent from the blogosphere for the past month or so. Oddly enough, one would assume that with school out that I would blog more frequently; however, I seemed to take a vacation from all things associated with writing over winter break and am now just returning to your regularly scheduled blogging.I could give you...

I Wish I Had Greek Blood...

Do you ever walk into the gym knowing that the workout is going to crush you? It's that slight mental tick that gets in the back of your mind, nagging and reminding you that you will probably regret the next five to ten minutes of your life and making you wish that it was your rest day. Today was one of those days.I was (un)fortunate to know what I was in for when I arrived at the Fort....