Crossfit Erotica

Another reason I love going to the gym is some of the laughs you can have there.  Whether it be laughing at someones wardrobe...or busting someones chops it can always be a good time.  What can also be fun is some of the crossfit/ olympic lifting vocabulary.  There are several double  double entendre ( A figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first (more obvious) meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué or ironic.)


The most obvious dirty double entendre is the snatch. It can either be an Olympic lift..or a slang term for vagina.  

Here is the snatch that we do at crossfit (and olympic lifters do at the olympics)

In its most simple definition it is raising the bar from the ground to overhead in one movement.  Although saying that is like saying a golf swing is simply hitting a ball with a golf club.  It is very technical.  I equate it to the golf swing of crossfit.  There is so much going on and being out of line in one place can limit how successful you are at the snatch (and also the golf swing).


Lately I have been concentrating on this movement to try and increase my one rep max.  My snatch is a bit of a train wreck right now but slowly, with the help of my trainers and a some other crossfitters, I am learning the proper technique.  Of course, I had to post on Facebook about how I've been obsessed with snatching...this led to the most hilarious...and dirty...series of comments I've seen on Facebook.

It starts innocent enough with just a little dirty-ness thrown in there by me.  Then it just takes off!

I need to note here that these are females writing these comments!  (the first one was written in by my wife with her quick wit.

As these comments are streaming in I can't stop laughing.  It is hilarious.


I hope you all can have as much fun as we do with our workouts!




Saturday WOD


HERO WOD Abbate


1 mile run
21 C + J (135 lbs)
1/2 mile run
21 C + J (135 lbs)
1 mile run


time: 36:28


Then I practiced snatching for about 25 minutes.  I got 125lbs for the first time!  But only got it once.  :-(   Gotta keep working on it!

Eye of the Tiger...

I wish I could do a Rocky montage of me from the beginning of crossfit.  It would be epic.  I can picture some great music..me puking here and there.  Then a scene that starts with me only lifting a bar..then fades into a bar plus small weight...then a bar with more weight and so on til now.  We could even put an old skull cap on Mike or Molly and have them yelling at me "FASTER!  SPEED SPEED!" like Mickey.



That's it..I'm being Rocky for Halloween!  Karen..you can be Mickey.


On another note...I did 100 95lb thrusters!   That is a huge accomplishment for me as I usually shy away from those types of weights in long WODS.  I am getting better...and I'm getting better Faster than I thought I would!

WOD

Yesterday's workout was especially brutal.  It was another HERO WOD but not a "normal" hero WOD.  It was a Football Crossfit WOD named after Robert James Kalsu.  He was a professional football player who played for the Colts for a few years before joining the military and being deployed to Vietnam.  Sadly, he was killed in action by mortar fire.  he was an offensive lineman which is makes sense when you read the workout.  Note: this was in the top 5 hardest workouts I've ever done.  Absolutely brutal.

WOD (08/29/2011)

"Kalsu" (note..it was modified from the "actual" Kalsu)

100 Thursters
4 burpees on the minute, every minute until you complete your thrusters.

Time:  28:39  at 95 lbs

WOD (08/30/2011)

20 min amrap
10 HRPU
10 T2B
169 m run with 45 lb plate

7 full rounds and 17 reps into 8th

Diet

Pretty good yesterday.  Got to the grocery store and got some Nuts and fruits for the day.  Forgot lettuce so I'm without my normal salad .  

Pukie!

When I was in college, and for most of my twenties, the term "puke and rally" meant you drink til you puke...then you start drinking again.  Well, now it means that in the middle of a workout I puke..then I go back and finish the workout.  I have puked from 3 workouts now.  And rally'd in 2 of them.  The third I didn't puke until after the workout was over.

Pukie #1:  Very first day of crossfit.  Elements 1 made me vomit.  After I threw up I had to jump on the rower and do 1000m.

Pukie #2:  Running Filthy Fifty:  this was just disgusting.  Got done and puked my brains out.

Pukie #3:  Hammer.   Dry heaved during round 4.  Got back in it and finished the 4th and 5th rounds.

In some crossfit circles a pukie is a badge of honor and shows you brought yourself to your maximum.  I think it is one badge that I'd like to not have.  Regardless, it is good to know that I gave it everything I had and I know I could not give it any more.  Although, I think that today the reason I was puking was cause of Dehydration.

I should note here that although a lot of cross fitters will be impressed by your pukie, we all know it's not good to do it regularly.  If it happens a lot, there is an underlying cause and you need to find out what it is.  Whether sickness, dehydration, or something I don't know about.

WOD

Today was a HERO WOD

U.S. Army First Sergeant Michael "Hammer" Bordelon, 37, of Morgan City, Louisiana, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), based out of Fort Lewis, Washington, died on May 10, 2005, from injuries sustained when a car bomb exploded near him in Mosul, Iraq on April 23, 2005.

He is survived by his wife Mila; children Mike Jr., Jacob, and Johanna; mother Dolores; and sister Doreen Scioneaux.


Hammer - 


5 Power Cleans (115)
10 Front Squats (115)
5 Jerks(115)
20 Pull-ups


5 rounds with 90 seconds rest between rounds


My time:  28:02


Diet

IT was good for the most part.  Had a bbq to go too and had a few beers and some great food.  Otherwise, I was good with eggs, fruit, and nuts.

Hero WOD's

Press always covers the deaths of people who are waste's of talent who kill them selves (Amy Winehouse) or famous ditzes (Britney Murphy, Anna Nicole Smith) but the death of a soldier overseas seems to always be on page 2 if mentioned at all. The recognition for these hero's is left to their family or friends.  Well, Crossfit has a way that they use to memorialize some of the fallen soldiers, police officers, and firefighters and that is through naming a workout after them.  I will now make it a point to include the description of the workout when I do the workout.    Please take the time to read the info and give them a moment of respect and rememberence.

Today I completed McGhee.

Corporal Ryan C. McGhee, 21, was killed in action on May 13, 2009 by small arms fire during combat in central Iraq. He served with 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment of Fort Benning, GA. This was his fourth deployment, his first to Iraq. Ryan was engaged to Ashleigh Mitchell of Fredericksburg, VA. 

He is survived by his father Steven McGhee of Myrtle Beach SC, his mother Sherrie Battle McGhee, and his brother Zachary. 

WOD

Strength  Wed: 2 full snatches every minute on the minute for 10 minutes

Wed: 3 rounds of 50 air squats, 7 muscle ups, 10 Hang Cleans

Thurs: McGhee:  5 DL, 13 Push-ups, 9 Box jumps 30 MIN AMRAP

Wednesday:  I am continuing to learn the proper snatch motion (I really did just LOL to that sentence).  It feels like there are a million things that have to go right to have "perfect" form.  I am really trying ot stay on my heels which is hard for me since I have done everything on my toes.  Got some good tips from Johnny who watched as I completed a bunch of them, the tips were truly appreciated.    

WOD:  15:45 with 115 lb Hanging clean.  I did not think I could get through it, but luckily Trainer Mike hooked me up with great form and I was able to complete.

Thursday:  OUCH!  This hurt.  I was one box jump away from losing my breakfast.  I completed 15 rounds with a 195lb dead lift and 24" box.   But it was not easy, in fact I think this was the hardest I've gone on a WOD in a long time.  30 min AMRAPS suck!   the good news is that I did each station unbroken every single time (but once on the push-ups).  

Tonight I go back to the gym to work on some skills that I need to practice.  I think I am bringing my addiction to a whole new level.