Racing the Clock
So I’ve fully embraced Crossfit as my training method of choice! Full body functional strength workouts are AWESOME! It’s really been an exciting challenge, and has me reinvigorated my training. It’s also taught me something……apparently I am VERY competitive! One of the tenents of Crossfit is maximum properly executed form over minimum time. For instance, today’s workout was a series of three exercises done for as many properly performed reps as possible in a 20 minute time period (Thrusters, Hanging Power Cleans, and Sumo Deadlift Highpulls). By about the 17 minute mark, I was WHIPPED…..forearms trembling, sweating like a big dog, and sucking wind….no way I could get another set in under three minutes…….22 seconds later, I had a revelation….that clock wasn’t going to stop ticking….ever…and it damm sure wasn’t going to beat me….not this time….I pumped out one last set in 2:26! Of course I collapsed to the floor gently sobbing when I finished…..but the clock didn’t laugh….cause I’d beaten it today! He’ll be there tomorrow, I know…..but today I had his number!
Good training to all……and remember that clock is ticking!
June 25, 2009 at 9:09 am
Way to go!!! Power up!!!!
June 27, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Crossfit is killer! Great job.
June 28, 2009 at 6:56 am
Nice job. That WOD looks like fun. I am doing that one tomorrow. Did you scale the weight or go RX?
June 28, 2009 at 9:27 pm
As Rx’d!