If there is one exercise I hate it is the dreaded toes to bar. Why do I hate them you may ask. Well simply for the fact that I suck at them. How do I get better to not suck? By doing them. It doesn't matter if you like an exercise or not, whatever is posted for the WOD is what you do. Sure you may have to scale but the point is don't skip on just because it is something you find difficult. In fact those are the WODs you really need to be there for. Attack your weaknesses. They will always be a weakness if you choose to not practice them. You know what? I'm glad I did go. Not only did I practice my weakness but I had a dramatic increase in my performance from the last time. The secret to that is I practiced! I worked on my technique and I honestly have to say I don't hate them as much after today. I felt a sense of accomplishment today and it feels awesome.
15 AMRAP
10 Wall ball 20#
10 Toes to bar
10 Box Jumps 24''
Total: 7 +5 wall ball
The first three sets I did unbroken which I just couldn't believe. I can tell you right now this same WOD a couple of months ago I would have been lucky to get 5 sets. PRACTICE MAKES BETTER.
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11 October, 2011
16 June, 2011
Week recap
Tuesday
Well sadly because we lost our hockey game last week we did not have a game. That's ok I still went out to support and met up with a friend who I don't get to see very often. Since I didn't have hockey and I was not going to the box, I went to Body Attack with the ever so fun instructor Kristin. This was a different release from the last time I went so it was fun to do something different.
Wednesday
Monica asked me to come to the 0500 class and I did! This was the first time for me. The second time I have been to Coach Nick's class. I don't get to see him very often since he does the morning classes. It's good to break up the norm. I actually enjoyed working out so much in the morning that I think I am going to start going to a morning class once every two weeks.
Pre Spartan Race WOD:
3 Rounds for Time
Run 50m
Lunge 50m
Run 100m
20 Pull Ups
Run 200m
15 Toe to Bar
Run 400m
10 HSPU
Time: 27:59
I was determined to not hit 28! I honestly wanted a quicker time but the one thing that killed me is the toes to bar. I really really need to work on not swinging and keeping active shoulders. Every time I try I keep swinging. Just like everything else, I need to practice on them until I get them. A perfect example of this is the butterfly pull-ups. I finally got them! This was the first WOD I was able to try them out on. It makes a big difference in terms of getting them done. The HSPU were actually not that bad. I did them like they did in the Regionals. With the runs I focused on POSE running but I need to do a 1-1 to make sure I am actually doing this correctly. I feel like I am but we will see.
Thursday
Today CrossFit.com posted a picture of dumbbells on their FB page with the caption "What's your favorite WOD with dumbbells?" A lot of people commented man makers. Hmmmm....what is this man maker people are referring to? Naturally I had to check it out.
Put another way:
starting from the top of press (not many people do this)
DB push up
renegade row, each arm
clean
press/push press/push jerk
Well that just sounds like fun I have to try that!
5 rounds for time of:
5 Man makers (35/25)
10 Pull-ups
20 Air Squats
40 Double Unders
Time: 16:17
I was looking to get 15 but as you can see I failed on that. The next time I do this will be improved. On the last two sets of man makers, I could tell that I was losing my form. I had a happy back but I really wasn't opening my hips to clean the weight which I know slowed me down.
Well sadly because we lost our hockey game last week we did not have a game. That's ok I still went out to support and met up with a friend who I don't get to see very often. Since I didn't have hockey and I was not going to the box, I went to Body Attack with the ever so fun instructor Kristin. This was a different release from the last time I went so it was fun to do something different.
Wednesday
Monica asked me to come to the 0500 class and I did! This was the first time for me. The second time I have been to Coach Nick's class. I don't get to see him very often since he does the morning classes. It's good to break up the norm. I actually enjoyed working out so much in the morning that I think I am going to start going to a morning class once every two weeks.
Pre Spartan Race WOD:
3 Rounds for Time
Run 50m
Lunge 50m
Run 100m
20 Pull Ups
Run 200m
15 Toe to Bar
Run 400m
10 HSPU
Time: 27:59
I was determined to not hit 28! I honestly wanted a quicker time but the one thing that killed me is the toes to bar. I really really need to work on not swinging and keeping active shoulders. Every time I try I keep swinging. Just like everything else, I need to practice on them until I get them. A perfect example of this is the butterfly pull-ups. I finally got them! This was the first WOD I was able to try them out on. It makes a big difference in terms of getting them done. The HSPU were actually not that bad. I did them like they did in the Regionals. With the runs I focused on POSE running but I need to do a 1-1 to make sure I am actually doing this correctly. I feel like I am but we will see.
Thursday
Today CrossFit.com posted a picture of dumbbells on their FB page with the caption "What's your favorite WOD with dumbbells?" A lot of people commented man makers. Hmmmm....what is this man maker people are referring to? Naturally I had to check it out.
Put another way:
starting from the top of press (not many people do this)
DB push up
renegade row, each arm
clean
press/push press/push jerk
Well that just sounds like fun I have to try that!
5 rounds for time of:
5 Man makers (35/25)
10 Pull-ups
20 Air Squats
40 Double Unders
Time: 16:17
I was looking to get 15 but as you can see I failed on that. The next time I do this will be improved. On the last two sets of man makers, I could tell that I was losing my form. I had a happy back but I really wasn't opening my hips to clean the weight which I know slowed me down.
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