tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32567273008605596382024-02-06T22:44:25.173-05:00Reformed Fatty!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-44158633919632161302012-07-26T10:13:00.002-04:002012-07-26T10:14:22.384-04:00Why I, and You, Work
"The end of labor is to gain leisure" - Aristotle
I think Aristotle would approve of crossfit, or any hard exercise. It gets to the core of why I crossfit. I work ridiculously hard so that I can enjoy the rest of my days.
I am well aware that I will not be at the crossfit games anytime soon, in fact I don't know if I want to be. The dedication involved Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-26231864932788793322012-07-24T12:20:00.001-04:002012-07-24T12:20:49.048-04:00Think "Light" thoughts....
“Everybody wants to be a “powerbuilder”, but don’t nobody want to lift no heavy-ass weights.” – Ronnie Coleman
That quote was going through my head, but replace "bodybuilder" with "crossfitter", while I was trying, and failing, to clean the 185 lbs so I could start more front squats. I also tried to use the force a bit, which also did not work.
This did not work for me.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-54636456681005811092012-07-20T16:30:00.001-04:002012-07-20T16:30:33.990-04:00What time is it?!?!GAME TIME!
It's time for yet another competition for me, this time in my own backyard...just about literally. Crossfit Advanced is holding the second annual "Test Your Metal" crossfit competition at the Lehigh Valley Sportsfest located at cedar beach..only about 1/4 mile from my house. I am really excited for this competition because it will be my first time doing a competition at Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-68301975479980414032012-07-17T23:24:00.001-04:002012-07-17T23:24:33.326-04:00Home...run and amazing supportI love them. I love watching, arguing about, and most importantly..I love playing them. Baseball has always been my first sport love. I understand the players are not as athletic as those in sports like basketball, soccer and even football, but do not try to tell me that hitting a baseball is easy. Hitting a round ball with a round bat squarely is the hardest Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-33215932008245932582012-07-14T17:49:00.002-04:002012-07-14T17:53:22.286-04:00Now This is Not The End.......
It is not even the beginning of
the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
-Winston Churchill
It has been a while my friends. A lot has happened in the past 2 months. Some very good things (set a few PR’s) and some
not so great things (loss of motivation).
But the biggest news has come just recently. Crossfit610 is closing.
Who would haveAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-54020943779814430002012-04-27T11:47:00.003-04:002012-04-27T11:52:44.270-04:00This is one of those highsLife is full of lows, and if you concentrate on them you will constantly be miserable, it is the highs that should be the focus of your mental energy. Well, life has given me one of those amazing highs that was well beyond anything I could have ever expected. My wife and I are now expecting our first child. Due in early November, we are just starting out on this journey of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-21534097031557232312012-04-24T11:24:00.002-04:002012-04-25T12:11:17.663-04:00When Life gives you lemons...So the past week has been a bit hectic for me. Had some pretty life changing things happen which makes some other even more life changing things a bit more difficult to handle.
Let's start with the bad news....I got laid off from my job. It was not completely unexpected. I worked in the solar power industry and it has been getting destroyed by some things Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-81204941481310055652012-04-16T15:52:00.001-04:002012-04-16T16:28:08.502-04:00Results from Mid Atlantic Affiliate ChallengeWow...what a weekend. The Mid Atlantic Affiliate Challenge was exactly that...a big challenge. Before getting into the results I need to thank everyone who came out for Crossfit 610, both the scaled and Rx teams, some on VERY short notice. There were also some fans in attendance, which added to the energy. Without much more talk...here is the weekend in a nutshell.
Crossfit Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-77388281650752905902012-04-12T12:37:00.002-04:002012-04-12T12:44:47.076-04:00WODS for the Mid-Atlantic Affiliate ChallengeThe WODS have been released for my first team competition and well...I'm only REALLY nervous about one of them. Here they are..followed by my thoughts and goals
WOD #1
2 guys and 2 girls as a team complete
120 Chest to bar pull-ups (regular pull-ups for scaled)
120 Overhead squats (115-85 for rx) ( I assume 95/65 for scaled)
120 over the bar burpees
600 meter prowler push (140/90 I think)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-87410128131922734892012-04-09T12:17:00.002-04:002012-04-09T12:17:48.692-04:00Go Team!“When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.”
- Paterno
When I started Crossfitting, I saw that Sunday's were always "team WOD's" and always wondered what the point was. You're still doing work, why does it matter if I am with a team?
As I went and did the team workouts, I quickly realized that I was pushing myself Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-6697876220975006532012-04-08T14:21:00.001-04:002012-04-08T22:22:52.172-04:00Time to Revamp the goalsIt's amazing to think, but the first quarter of 2012 is already over! Where does the time go? Now is as good a time as ever to check in on your fitness goals for the year. So let me start with a copy and paste from my post on January 2nd.
Here are my goals. I'll put in red where I'm at.
Back Squat: 300 (2x body weight) : Havn't done my 1rm in a while
Push Press: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-90481057908577040052012-04-03T14:28:00.000-04:002012-04-03T14:28:14.608-04:00Another Competition Coming up!
Please excuse the lack of posting. There has been a LOT going on in my life recently and there will be some big changes for me...but more on that in a later post.
A few months ago I saw that there was going to be, what I thought was, a large team competition in Maryland. The best part for me was that there would be a scaled division...which meant I could participate if IAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-56593010593906730672012-03-28T12:35:00.003-04:002012-03-28T12:35:31.162-04:00Vacation....from everythingLast week was my first ever "Guys Golf Vacation" in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. It was really a good time, except that a week was a bit long. During hte vacation I did everything I did before Crossfit. I ate HUGE meals, snacked on fried food, sat on the couch and did nothing, and most importantly...drank my weight in beer. I likely put on around 5lbs and definitely&Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-82200079285625744702012-03-17T14:54:00.002-04:002012-03-17T14:54:53.799-04:0012.4 Karen is PMS'ingEw. Yeah. This was a hard one. I feel like I say that a lot but this one I'm still hurting from. Here is what it entailed.
12 min amrap
150 Wall Balls - This is where you throw a 20lb medicine ball at a 10 foot target...oh and you have to do a full squat each time.
90 Double - Unders - The rope must pass under your feet twice
30 Muscle ups - yeah...didn't get Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-4343647246768237302012-03-14T12:42:00.002-04:002012-03-14T12:49:03.517-04:00Diet Diet Diet!Lost in all my posts recently has been my focus on my diet. I have been making extra effort to eat more "clean" and I think it has been paying off. I have felt better after workouts and have started to look better in the mirror. Below is a typical day for me (meaning 4 out of 5 work days).
Drive in to work - large protein shake, banana
10:30am &Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-21587827077973889102012-03-12T12:36:00.000-04:002012-03-12T12:36:22.993-04:00A little like a car accidentWhiplash from a WOD? yup. only me.
12.3 is now behind me, but it did its best to make sure I don't soon forget the torture. It was everything I thought it would be, but I persevered and got through it beating my goal by a good amount.
RECAP
As I mentioned in a previous post, I decided to go one and done on this WOD because of the length and the relative heavy weight. &Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-62587376496072510432012-03-09T13:17:00.003-05:002012-03-09T13:20:13.814-05:0012.3 Now we're getting into some real s**tThis is the type of stuff I was expecting when I signed up for the open. A triplet!
18 minute AMRAP (as many rounds as possible)
15 box jumps (24")
12 push press (115 lb)
9 Toes to bar
I do have a question for everyone..who is worse at inflicting pain. The folks at Crossfit HQ or the team from fear factor? I think it's a toss up.
In the previous two workouts, I wasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-9967100807330920982012-03-06T12:49:00.000-05:002012-03-06T12:49:46.795-05:00Closing Thoughts on 12.2Well it's over. Finally. That workout was terrible for me. I tried a redo at it on Sunday but just could not muster the strength to beat 35..I got 31. What's worse, for me at least, is that I finished dead last in my box (at least out of people who signed up for the open).
How do you deal with that kind of ego blow?
you shake it off that's how. But I do Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-43342437673449404442012-03-02T12:32:00.000-05:002012-03-02T12:32:56.836-05:00First Try at 12.2 "Satan's Snatches"
Pre-Anger. 75lbs over head
This is a perfect name for this workout, thank you reader Chris. I completed my first go at it last night and it certainly was a bit of hell. The 75 lb round was easy, was through it in about 2 minutes or so and did not rush at all. I knew it was the second round of 135 lb snatches that were going to get me…and for once, I was right.
It Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-76441718523517739222012-03-01T12:30:00.000-05:002012-03-01T12:30:10.665-05:00Thoughts on the second workout 12.2
Oh man. Crossfit HQ really wants us to hurt. The movement of choice is ……..THE SNATCH
WOD 12.2
10 min AMRAP
30 snatches (75/45)
30 snatches (135/75)
30 snatches (165/100)
Remaining time AMRAP 30 snatches (210/125)
Now, once you stop giggling from saying snatch so much you start to realize how insane this workout it. The good news is that you can do any form of snatch (Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-54675350295982167932012-02-27T12:18:00.001-05:002012-02-27T12:18:31.823-05:00Reflections on 12.1It's over. And by over I mean the first of 5 grueling workouts. In my previous post I mention that I was unsure of whether I was disappointed or not in my performance. Well...After more thought I decided that I was not happy and I thought I could do better....so I did.
I was visiting friends outside of Boston this weekend and was able to find a box near Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-61598078156665605322012-02-23T20:37:00.001-05:002012-02-23T20:37:26.015-05:00Disappointment or happiness?I completed the first workout of the Crossfit open. I finished it but I can't say I killed it. I went in with a goal of 100. I actually only got 93.
How do I take this? Did I fail? At first I felt a little okay with it since I know I did the best I could...but there is still this nagging "I could have done better" feeling in my gut.
1 extra burpee per minute and I'm atAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-85830635910520723472012-02-23T12:33:00.000-05:002012-02-23T13:08:45.548-05:00First WOD of the 2012 Crossfit Open aka 12.1It is upon us. The start of the 2012 Crossfit open. Myself and more than 50,000 other people eagerly waited for the announcement about the first workout at 8p.m. last night. Then it came....
7 min amrap (as many reps as possible) of Burpees.
I knew it was going to be something simple, that even people who just started crossfit could do, but I did not Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-42780345804225047842012-02-21T12:37:00.000-05:002012-02-21T12:37:17.431-05:00ROM and a PERFECT Crossfit VideoROM
I used to associate this with computers (CD-ROM). Now it means range of motion. It is important in many crossfit movements, especially anything that is squat based. To be counted as a rep, the squat must go below parallel. So your butt must go below your knee. See image below.
This is a constant struggle for me. As I've stated in prior posts, I have noAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256727300860559638.post-66163299674409419692012-02-16T10:09:00.000-05:002012-02-16T10:09:44.061-05:00#BEATBOBIn a little less than one week the first workout of the 2012 Crossfit Games Open will be released. I have no illusions of grandeur. I'm not making it to the regionals, but I do need a goal. After thinking about it, and doing a little research into his current abilities, I think my goal will be to be Bob Harper of the Biggest Loser.
Abs are for show. Put them away.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813402759778503512noreply@blogger.com1