Don’t forget to wear socks Thursday as we will be climbing ROPE and it seems that black and blue shins are NOT in season. Odd.
And now for something completely different. The Olympics are going on…just so you know. My roommates are all for the male swimming events for some reason and while the men’s gymnastics costumes (essentially a giant onesie) are entertaining, the weightlifting events are especially fun to watch for any crossfitter. Tuesday, Kazakhstan’s Maiya Maneza set an Olympic record in the 63-kg weight class. She snatched 110kg and completed a 135kg clean and jerk, beating the standing record by 3 kilograms.
The Olympics represent many different things. Maybe you watch to celebrate USA pride, to marvel at the spectacular athletes in every sport around the world, or because all your favorite shows are re-runs. To me, the Olympics represent hope. These are people that have devoted their lives to something that they love and are awarded the opportunity to showcase what they can do. It is nothing short of amazing to watch these men and women perform at their best with the whole world watching.
While we may not be olympians here at CrossFit Fenway, we come in and give it all we have anyway. Just like some of our friday workouts, these athletes are heroes as well. And if you ever need a reason to push it just a little further, remember that there is a 135-lb. woman in Kazakhstan snatching your deadlift.
August 2, 2012
Skill/Strength:
Rope Ascent Review
*3×3 minutes max rope ascents, rest 3 minutes between efforts
Compare to 120423
AMRAP 8:
8 Dumbbell Shoulder-to-Overhead (20%-25% bodyweight per hand)
50 Double-unders
8 Burpees
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Rope Climbs: 13,9,9 (31). One of the few things in CrossFit where being taller helps.
WOD: 3+19 Rx
Had a bit of a wardrobe malfunction in this one. While tri-shorts are really good for preventing rope burn, they’re not very good at keeping up your mesh shorts during doubles. Had to lose the mesh shorts in the first round, which slowed me a down a bit. Would have liked to hit four rounds.
MANDEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See what happens when you don’t show up to Fenway?
Goes with out saying, but the 6am kicked ass today.
I was a key witness to Shorty losing his shorts. Handled like a boss. PS, you did as many rope climbs as my age!
Mandy said there would be days like these. I felt very lethargic this morning.
Rope climbs – 7,6,6 (19) – these still need a lot of work
WOD – 4+28 Rx
Nice work 5:30
Rope climbs: I scaled since my already existing rope burn was still oozy (excuses, excuses…) I didin’t really understand how we were counting them, so I said 9, but I think it was more than that.
WOD: 3 + 108 (singles and 25# DB)
Rope Climbs: 12, 11, 8 (31)
WOD: 4+8 (singles)
15 consecutive dbl unders is my August goal.
Rope Climbs: 9…Shane was right, the second round was better than the first. Sometimes the body just does not want to cooperate. Get it together, body.
WOD: 4+38, 25 lb dumbbell and singles like a boss.
It was tough to wake up this morning! Great work 6am!
Rope: 7, 6, 5 = 18
Finally figured out the J hook.
WOD: 3 + 59 Rx @ 40# DB’s (24% BW)
Big time pukey feelings during this one. Had to stop a few times and concentrate on deep breathes.
Also, have we all seen the South Korean’s elbow blow up during his 162kg snatch attempt yet? It’s crazy! Warning: This is graphic.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/369552/20120802/south-korean-weightlifter-injury-2012-london-olympics.htm
I saw and animated .gif of that this morning and had to slap my laptop shut!
Ohh cringe, cringe, cringe …. ow … :(
http://msn.foxsports.com/video?videoid=e683a84b-9795-4006-aff5-7f525651d1e2
omg no.
Buh … what the heck kind of a stupid squat is that??
Rope Climbs: 26 (11,8,7)
WOD: 3 + 8 Rx (first time in a while i had trouble with DU’s)
Rope climbs: 24 (10+7+7)
WOD: 3+3 singles and 25#
Today was brutal! Glad I wore long pants today :-D
Ropes: 7, 5, 5. Much better than my 3, 2 last time. I’m doing S-grip, but J looks so much easier. May need to fool around with this.
WOD: 3 + 54 (35#, singles). Those 35# were VERY heavy after ropes.