2 Month of Crossfit

Time surely goes by fast! I can't believe I have been doing Crossfit for 2 months now! I expected I would be showing muscles and doing pull ups by now... lol jk It's been a great journey so far. But I'll write a post all about it soon. Here is what we had to do in today's workout:
Run 800
9 pull ups
9 Thrusters (30lb)
9 tricep dips
Run 600
15 pull ups
15 Thrusters (20lb)
15 tricep dips
Run 400
21 pull ups
21 Thrusters (20lb)
21 tricep dips
Run 200

After all that, we also did 4 minutes of abs.

Running in crossfit is always really hard, more than if I was just running... So having run over a mile, you can imagine how tiring that was. My arms also feel the pain.

Burpees and Heat: Deadly Combo

Okay, maybe not deadly, but definitely excruciating!

According to the The Weather Channel, it felt like 101°F around the time I was doing crossfit. 


I knew it was going to be bad, but it was, as always, worst than I thought. Here is what we had to do :


Strength: shoulder press 4×4 (35lb, 45lb, 40lb, 40lb)
Conditioning: 15 mins AMREP
5 burpees
7 tricep dips
9 push press (10lb dbs)


Luckily we spent most of the time inside. The only time I was out was when I was doing the 2 lap warm up jog. But it was still super hot, since it is an open warehouse and no a/c, only fans. 


I had drank lots of water, so I was fine in that department. It were my arms that suffered the most. My biceps, triceps, shoulders and back were a bit achy from Monday, and today we had to work on them again, so they were not happy. 


During the strengthening, I decided to start with a 15lb bar with 10lb plates on each side. My first round was fine. Then I added additional 5lb plates on each side, for a total of 45lbs. That made the second round much more difficult, where I had to bend my knees a little to get it up (which I know I'm not supposed to do). Then as I was doing the 3rd round and really struggling, the instructor told me it was too much for me and switched it to 2.5lb. So I did the remaining 3rd and 4th rounds with 40lbs and it was extremely difficult, but I did them. My arms however, were burning and very weak. 


So when I went into the conditioning, they were already tired from the strengthening. I had to stop several times, not only because my arms were feeling extremely weak, but because the heat was too much. It;s like I was breathing with no air. I wasn't counting my reps but I think I did about 6 or 7. 


So yeah, I didn't die, but felt like I was going to! 

Dips, Situps, Squats

After two days of resting after my last run, I went to the 9:30am Crossfit class today. Everything was fine, except my shins really hurt during the warm-up run :( I just hope this pain goes away eventually.

I did very well and was I finished the work out in 13:30 minutes. Here is what we did: 

Conditioning: 

21 dips, 21 situps, 30 squats

2x50 Shuttle

18 dips, 18 situps, 30 squats

2x50 Shuttle

15 dips, 15 situps, 30 squats

2x50 Shuttle

12 dips, 12 situps, 30 squats

2x50 Shuttle

Afterwards, I felt fine, and had burned about 600 calories already. We then had to do 3 minutes of kb swings with a 30sec rest after the 1st minute. These are the ones that killed me. Even though I only used a 15lb kb, my back hurt and so did my knees. It's probably my form. I'll have to remember to ask the instructor next time. 

Overall, I burned 750 calories. Not too shabby!

Feeling the Heat!

Holy cow! I'm so glad I got workout shorts recently, because today I had to wear them. I went to the 9:30am in class and it was definitely hot out. We were drenched in sweat by the end of warm up.

Here is what we did today: 

Strength: front squat 4×7 (35lbs)

Conditioning:

Run 200m

25-20-15-10-5*

Db thrusters, tricep dips, box jumps

Run 200m

Also run 200m in between each round

The heat did not help with all the running, but I finished it and didn't die :)

Plus I got a new shirt from our Gym :)

I love my box! :)