For time: (15 min cap)
50 Overhead lunges (45#/25#)
40 Pull ups
30 Thruster (95#/65# or 40-50% press)
20 Burpees
10 Squat clean (95#/65#)
The Tutu Part 2
-Woody aka METAGCGP
The Open is days away and soon the men will be separated from the boys. Open registration can only mean one thing. The Marginally Elite Tournament! The MET is making its return, with a couple improvements.
What is the MET you ask? It is a competition for those of us who know we have a better chance of taking a picture of Bigfoot swimming with the Loch Ness Monster than we do at making it to Regionals. It is for those of us who aren’t afraid of pink and know we could rock a tutu. “We are not proper regional material” JoeP
What started as a joke is bound to be an institution! Each week the MET “Athletes” will submit their scores to the Open site for validation like everyone else, what is different is that their scores are then compared against the other METAs (I am going to just keep adding letters and stop using any words) to rank a weekly “winner” and loser. The “winner” is given the “T-shirt” to wear while competing in the next week’s Open workout whereas the loser must wear the infamous tutu. It is that simple. The complete rules, yes we really did put that much thought into it, can be seen here.
http://musingsfromhamdenct.wordpress.com/
The improvements:
-JK is not eligible unless he buys-in by doing 13.1 in the tutu…this rule will forever be known as the JK Rule and will remain in effect for future METs, this to remind you that though you may have won, you are still just marginal.
-A new “winner’s” shirt. A picture if it can be seen at the above link.
-The ME March Madness…that is right boys and girls, this year you can all get involved! All “Athletes” must submit their Fran time and their Deadlift PR when they register. This will be used to compute seedings and generate brackets. Brackets will be made available to all you non-METAs so that you can pick your favorites and root them on of the final showdown.
-A Final Showdown where the bracket semifinalists will face off against the META with the highest point total through 13.4. 13.5 will be the grand champion showdown and we will crown the METAGC! I don’t think I can legally mention money or wagering; I don’t want to be cuffed and frisked by copper Bob the 12 o’clock bully…he smells like Icy Hot. There will be point$ (obvious exaggerated wink) awarded to the top 2 (80/20 split).
-CMET (Chic Marginal Elite Tournament) Still not enough ladies yet but there is time. The hens signed up to date are not that Marginal, most of them probably could place in the men’s division.
To register send an email with you name, Fran time, Deadlift PR, SSN, Mother’s maiden name and favorite One Direction song to METAGCLMNOP@gmail.com.
Best responses I have received to the METAGC application questions:
- I do not know who One Direction is, but I’m willing to use the google if this is essential to my participation.
- I don’t know my Fran. I wouldn’t be surprised if its around 55 min
- My favorite 1 Direction song is “What Makes you Beautiful”. I’m glad I got that out of the way.
- My DL PR is #365.5. I added an extra 0.5 to beat Jonny’s PR of #365. Sad, but those little things make me very happy.
- Fave 1 direction song the white noise made by the radio when they are playing and it cuts out.
- Please count me in for the event title with the longest acronym ever.
- Wow, this is a difficult question because it really depends on my mood. I guess I’ll go with “What Makes you Beautiful.”
- I googled One Direction thinking the name sounded like a great pop/electronica earlier 80s band and was disappointed to learn that none of those kids were even born in the 80s.
- Oh yeah, and I love the One Direction song “Kiss You.”
Molik actually answered all the questions mostly completely…he only gave me the last 4 of his SSN so there will be no renting a plane with his identity for me, but he gets cool points for following instructions, mostly.
6AM Glenn and JeremyS answered all of them! They really gave me a 9 digit codes, not sure it is legit; I hope he has Life Lock. Jeremy even gave me his First Pet’s Name, High School Mascot, Street Grew Up On and Color Of First Car. This information can be made available to the highest bidder.
It should also be noted than not one of the Chics even came close to signing up correctly and we still only have like 8. At this rate I am just going to buy 8 jocks and make you all wear them each week. Come on ladies! You need a least a dozen and a better “winner” and loser prize.
Marginally Elite Athlete doing today’s wod
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkeky-M2gDE&NR=1&feature=endscreen
If he works hard this kid could make the big leagues one day….
On another note wouldn’t it be cool to give some sort of award to the most average of the META’s? The guy/gal that finishes smack dab in the middle of the pack and proves themselves to be the mediocre of the marginal? Sure 1st & last get celebrated every time but maybe there could still be hope for those who separate the top and bottom of the bracket….
All Marginal Retards should be required to either do all the Open WOD’s shirtless or at the very minimum have to lose the shirt immediately after every WOD (like Froning!)
I vote for shirtless to start and finish every Open WOD!
@Alex – Brilliant! Consider it a rule, effective immediately.
@FAB – We almost bought Chippendale cuffs and tie for the “winner” to wear as he went shirtless each week, then we thought about how ugly that could really get.
@ METAGCGP
EXACTLY!
Make it a rule!
As many would show up to see Bryce shirtless for every open WOD (I would be there for sure!) not many or no one would show up to see our fat asses with no shirt on!
Win win!
Do it
Do it
Do it
I know I WILL be having those 13 vodka sodas that Joe P has mentioned previously every Friday night before our Open WOD disasters and a puking fat shirtless bastard I can guarantee no one wants to see!
@Alex – Rich F must have his own chalk guy, kind of like a caddy, watch right before he gets to the pull ups. @META – the winner of the “middle of the pack” should get to be Alex’s chalk guy for regionals.
Looks like the squat cleans in the video are at 135#.
YES!!! …and I thought I wasn’t ever going to be able to laugh at Rich doing DU’s again!
I like the average marginal champion idea. Seeing how I will probably not make 1st and hopefully not dead last. How about a plaque with his name on it in the ladies room?
Pre: 4×4 strict press @ 55# (previous 1rm, so obviously that has changed)
Was very tempted to go back to sleep when I saw what the wod was this morning, but thanks to the push from Bryce, I was pleasantly surprised with my abilities to do this workout this morning. I was planning to use a 15# plate and just the 33# bar and didn’t think there was any way I was going to finish under the cap, but I was wrong.
Wod: 50 oh lunges (25#, 30-10-10)
40 pull-ups (red and black bands, 10-10-10-5-5)
30 thrusters (42#, 10, 10, 7, 3)
20 burpees (slow, but unbroken)
10 squat cleans (42#, 5-5)
Post: 5 minutes of du work (very poor today)
3×10 ghd sit-ups and back extensions.
Great to see significant progress in my pull-ups thanks to the pull-up program and am only in week 2! Was messing around with practicing kipping pre-wod and was able to get pretty close to an unassisted pull-up, was near eye level to the bar, which is a vast improvement from where I was.
@Crossfit South Brooklyn (New York City, New York)
Working up to a max 8 rep set (235#)
WOD
21-15-9
KB Swings (1.5pood)
Ring Pushups
Squats
3:33
Being a member at Rich Fronning Jr’s Box is probably a lot like being Jimmy Olsen. You get to hang out with Superman but you’re still just a skrawny kid looking on in awe.
Deload Week – Day 3
1RM Snatch:
135-155-170-180-190
200(F)-200(F)-200(F)…x10…200(+#5 PR)
Power snatched up to #190. Got my 1 year goal of a #200 snatch a few months early. After watching the video could have held the bar for a bit longer at the top before slamming it down, but Bryce gave it the thumbs up. Weighing in a little lighter than Regionals last year.
Conditioning, 5 rounds:
500 m row
15 GHDs.
Ooops forgot to mention that 8 rep set was for Bench Press
JK the cleans are supposed to be 135#/95# you are right but when prgoramming this wod i figured that would be a logistical nightmare if we have a huge class with everyone trying to swap weights out on their bars when they get to cleans. for those truly wanting to go rx’d by all means do 135#/95# for the squat cleans if your coach allows you to given the class size
Missing all these workouts makes me sad and dull. I’ll try to feel proper by Thursday to make up today’s wod. Feeling crummy lately and now outa shape on top of it. Yeesh.
why do they let froning work out next to normal humans??? he was on burpees when half the crew was just getting through a few of the pull-ups! sick!
Alex….next to the MET tourney itself, this is one of the best ideas!
FAB- Shirtless…… we already have JK. If we all go shirtless, it would make sense that JK have to put his on….
That is a horrifying picture today!
@Adam- don’t worry, after a few more weeks my old habits are sure to return & you can laugh again in person. Anyways, if you currently need a good laugh just watch me do TTB.
I like the combo of the pink tutu and the red ‘Wizard of Oz’ shoes.
That’s my manly man…
@ The Ambassador – I still await your email regestration for the CMET.
@ Ke$ha and Val, begin the shaming until she does.
@ All Marginals
We are expanding the brackets, we need everyone’s info emailed to Woody by Friday say 5pm… this is a hard cutoff, if you apply after this you are too dumb or disinterested to follow time constraints and will be publicly mocked and hopefully humiliated.
We will place you in bracket as to not punish the top seeds and where you will meet some stiff resistance.
Final brackets will be made available in the gym, and filling out one along with 5 points is MANDATORY for all bracket members.
Once we have everyone’s info you can expect some additional emails, to see if there is a desire for t-shirts and other stuff, as well as daily musings from myself or Woody and probably Radis, and you will F*CKING LIKE IT.
Email Woody @ metagclmnop@gmail.com
Ahhh, there’s no place like home!
I’m with you, Grand Pooba. I’ve been telling her all along that she better get involved.
@METAWOODYORJOEP
Like the march madness tournament, can we fill out multiple brackets for extra points?
By “5 points” you mean doll hairs, right? Or put another way you might mean semolians? Can I just give you 5 smackers?
Ok, enough posting by me, back to work.
@ Bob the Bully
Multiple Brackets will be accepted, just be sure to put your name on all of them.
@ METADUDE (aka Woody, aka your acronym is way too long):
Bullying works. I’m in.
But honestly I’m in because Val killed it on the blog last week and made me laugh out loud. So… where she leads I follow, when she says jump I say how high. Sorry JoeP, Val is my #1 but don’t stop believin’.
Plus, I’m not afraid to wear a jock because I already wear a “Jill” for hockey. If you don’t know what that is, people, look it up.
We need to up the ante.
@ Ambassador
I’m more than cool with Val being #1, after all, she’s my favorite poster as well, total homerun hitter… I am more of singles and doubles kind of guy.
Woody or Joe I have absolutely no bloody idea what anyone is talking? brackets I understand, multiple brackets? brackets within brackets? E-mail me gardinerdj@hotmail.co.uk Shukran muckers !!!!
@ Dougie
Brackets (plural) = more than one
We’re not incepting brackets… and yes, I realize that incepting is not a word.
Oh yeah now I remember-
Pre- Stretching 7 rounds of 35 DU rest time is the completed time average 19-22 seconds, 5 rounds unbroken tripped last 2.
WOD HQ todays 5k run- 24:34 ergh bad, time for more CV.
@Joep
E-mail me = E-mail me
I gotta reiterate Alex’s idea on it being the “MEAT” instead of the “MET”. What a colossal fail, somewhat because I expect more out of our Grand Poopball, but mainly because the women’s bracket would be call the C-MEAT.
If you think Val is good on the blog, you should have seen her do weighted pullups last night!
@ Kacey – I’m sure you’re right. I’m SO wearing the tutu… or whatever it is we girls agree on.
I assume you are in too? Pressure…
Clearly I support everyone going shirtless ALL the time…the more the merrier. Especially if you’re gonna make me look good!
WOD with ole Sweet Cheeks coaching today. I got a high five but didn’t get the view of him bending over. Everytime he wanted to demonstrate something I got stuck in front of him. Seriously disappointing.
DNF for me at 15:35?
50 25#OHL–
40 red/black band for pull ups
30 thrusters @55# (this is where the mental f@ck started with no lube)
20 burpees
10 squat cleans@55# ( I sat in the bottom of my squat for a bit to contemplate life and reflect on “poor life choices” on the next to last one)
Leg and shouldie burner fo sho!
@ CMET participants, considering I have yet to get even any unassisted pull-ups (although I am working hard for them) or completed any workouts RX, I will be very surprised if I am not the loser every week and having to wear the jock strap. I think the rest of you will be safe, but I’m looking forward to the challenge!
P.S., I will not be participating in the workouts shirtless, no one wants to see that, trust me.
LOST!
Long, beautious black and gray scarf left at the box last week. Anybody happen to cross it’s path? I miss it…it’s cold outside :(
Metcon: 13:11
Rx.
Lol, just kidding:
15# plate, tried to get away with 10 but janelle and sue totally called me out
Grey band, should be moving to orange soon
Thrusters at 42, broken into sets of 5. This is where it starts to get rough.
Burpees, just broken
Cleans, two sets of 5
50 overhead lunges @ 45- unbroken
40 pull ups – 10, 8, 6, 4 and then all singles and doubles
30 thrusters @ 95 – 12, 10, 8
20 burpees – one or two 3-5 second breathers
10 squat cleans @ 95 – unbroken
time – 8:04
Off to a bachelor party in Vegas for 4 days. The perfect prep week for the open.
Miserable Wednesday WOD of pain RX except for a black band for the pullups 12:11
thrusters were really the hardest part. The burpees actually are getting better. The reverse curls were fine but why add a front squat to them Alex? WHY???
and Jon Lee feel free to drink and eat and smoke as much as you like before the open!!!
That should be a good matchup to watch. I know Gene is hoping for a Deadlift ladder or a 500m row for time for 13.1 If they throw pullups or burpees in there I know where the money is going.
50 Overhead lunges (45# – 25, 10, 5, 5, 5)
40 Pull ups (orange band – 10, 5, 5; orange & black bands – 10, 5, 5)
30 Thrusters (65# – 10, 10, 5, 5)
20 Burpees (5, 5, 6, 4)
10 Squat clean (65#, 10) unbroken due to Bryce encouraging me to go unbroken
13:46
Pull-ups continue to slow me down, I’m sure I spent around 4+ minutes on these alone. Overall, too many breaks on my part
Whoa, whoa… Gene are you discounting Jason Wade in Round 1?
This is proper Marginal blog post material… I expect more of the same from everyone else…
Alfredo… I am going to smoke you.
CMET Marginal blog post material:
“Don’t beat me too badly on this WOD please.”
“Are you kidding me! You’re SOOO much better at pullups then me!”
“Whatever! I can lift half of what you can lift.”
“Oh stop! You’re way more studlier than me!”
“Your husband is cuter than mine.”
@ Val
You forgot:
“You inspire me”
Disgusting, isn’t it?
Stop the madness! The open hasn’t even started and I hate you and your tutu.
Shirtless for all MER’s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that means Marginally Elite Retards!
No shirt or no go! Biotches!
Ugh still can’t figure out the id of Shirtless Sue. Driving me nuts but again i do love the mystery kind of like you love crossfit pain. Apparently came in 1 or 2 classes after her and hit up the nooner so i’m getting closer to you Sue, watch it.
50-40-30-20-10 wod of fun – 6:50
lunges & pullups unbroken
thrusters – 12+10+8
burpees continuous
cleans unbroken
The pivotal moment in the wod was rep 12 of the thrusters and i chickened out, dropped the bar instead of keeping it going. that can’t happen as i put a mental limitation of doing 12+10+8 on myself when i picked it up and i probably could’ve done something like 21+9 or who knows unbroken. at this point gotta just find my physical limit and mentally accept and enjoy the pain. used to be better than that so next wod we’ll get it done
Ha ha Alex!!!! And I heard you programmed that WOD?! Thanks A LOT for that!!!!!
I’m sorry Joe P what exactly are you going to smoke??
I miss your beard!
Big NEWS! The METAGC has a sponsor!
The Tournement will have a new name because the sponsor has naming rights, think the “Outback Bowl” or “The Capitol One Bowl”, and there will be legit prizes.
JoeP…I thought this was going to be a competition amongst gentlemen. But despite your cuddly exterior, you sir are not gentleman. Now I’m going to have to whip you and puke on your beard.
I made up Mondays WOD
A1. Power Clean & Squat Cleans 6×2 EMOM
#165×2, #175×2, #185×2 (first real cleans in a long time) wrists felt great!
B1. Back Squats 3×5 #185.
Metcon: Rx’d
21-15-9
#225 Deadlift
7-5-3
Wall walks
Time: 4:30
(Shoulders and wrist felt great, again)
Brian Clarke and I are going to take UFC style fight pictures to promote our battle. Shirts off in the pics of course.
Metcon: 11:35
Can’t consider it Rx because I used a red band for the first 5ish pull ups and then decided it would be faster/easier to use the low bar unbanded. I need some serious rest. My body is so sore.
Post: 3×5/leg single leg box jumps (12″)
3x30s handstand holds
Andrea – All I could think of when you said Rich is your manly man is DVDA’s song, “Now you’re a man, a manly, manly, man!” I think the marginally elite men should consider having that as their theme song. Or maybe I’ll make an MET photo montage at the end of the Open for them using that song!
Pre: 4×5 pullups red then orange band, 4×5 flexed arm hangs (I really suck at these)
Back Squat: 45(5), 135(5), 155(3), 185(5X3) I was supposed to do 10 sets but with lunges, thrusters and squat cleans looming I backed off…
Metcon w/ Orange band and 75# Thusters & Cleans: 14:38
Lunges were worse then expected, pull-ups and burpees were horrible as usually but the thrusters and squat cleans went better then I hoped…looking like the extra squat work might pay off afterall.
@FAB – while I appreciate some poetic license on the blog with respect to jokes and taunts, can you cool it with the “retard” talk? It’s crossing the line. Thanks.
Wow… this one was rough and broken up all over the place for me… but glad I did it.
25#oh lunges 35 then the rest
Red and black pu started with 10 then mostly 5′s
Thrusters. …. hate. 50# 10 then sets of 4
Burpees just slow
Squat cleans 50# 6 then 2&2 couldn’t keep it together at the end
13:04
@Erin O’ – courages and well said, thanks.
Did yesterday’s Volume
30 DU
12 TTB
6:22
Grip is better but still limiting factor on TTB
Quick update. Need 4 for bowling on monday nights, 5 for softball on wednesday nights, and at least 1 or 2 more ladies for flag football on monday nights.
Email medatzman@yahoo.com if interested.
@ Erin O’ and any others offended by my use of the word “retard”
I sincerely apologize and will not use that word any longer
I have been kinda sick and tired of the blog anyway.
I am going to take a break from posting on the blog and just become a lurker.
Erin O has retired me from blogging.
Im out.
We need more softball players for the Wednesday evening Co-ed league starting in April. Email Mathias at:
medatzman@yahoo.com
Don’t be freakin dramatic FAB!!!! Have a bottle of scotch, take your shirt off and pipe down!!!!
@ErinO: +1 for posting a respectful comment while still getting your point across.
@FAB: no need to retire! the blog wouldn’t be the same without you.
@ FAB: you’re sounding like a band wagon Hawks fan. (even though I know you’re not)
Did the jump rope clinic today with Kelly. It was AWESOME! Working with those heavier jump ropes was definitely challenging but very helpful. Had some flashbacks to elementary school gym. Learned a lot of new tips and excited to keep practicing! Anyone who is on the fence about taking this clinic just do it, you’ll be so glad you did. Kelly is such and awesome coach and I’m so grateful to learn from her! Thanks Kelly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
50 overhead lunges @ 25#
40 pullups no band!
30 thrusters @ 42#
20 burpees
10 squat cleans @42#
10:40
Post: v-ups 5*10
banded good mornings 5*10
Jump Rope Clinic!!! Loved it…well, not so much at first since I could not even jump with the beaded rope, but improved a ton at the end of the class! Definitely worth doing. Thanks so much Kelly!
@METAGC…I’m out of town for the first Open workout (may not even be able to complete the workout with lack of equipment unless they surprise us with another 7 min of burpees?!?!)…would I still be able to join the women in the tournament??
Metcon @Rx(135#) 10:34
Great mobility session leading up to this Metcon. A reminder to roll/stretch more often; its seems relatively important…new goal.
@ joe p,
Whats the spread on me and jon lee in the opening round? Betting people would like to know.
not discounting Jason Wade AT ALL!!! Just encouraging a great competitor to not eat right. I would also encourage you JoeP, yes you, to eat and drink all you want this week. It feels good. You know you wanna hit up the bar around happy hour and not go home until 2. Its only a measly 9 hours. Be my guest. Jason W is a serious competitor and I wonder how he is ranked so low. I suspect some BRACKETEERING. It wouldn’t be the first time it has happened in the city!!!
@Ke$ha
are there any other kind of Blackhawk fans other than bandwagon fans
@ Gene- During the Open and MEAT-fest I promise to eat like a goat (any and everything) drink like a poet on payday and still smoke ya!
How’s that Joe P.? Did I do it right?
My low rank is due to my crap Fran time, no doubt. I remember that day, because my Fran time sucked. Or maybe it was because my favorite One Direction (or as I call them, 1D) song is any of their public domain covers. “Row, Row, Row your Boat” being a particular favorite.
@Kelly, thanks for a great jump rope seminar.
I’ve been making slash marks since I let the
gym!
Metcon:
65# Thrusters/85# Squat Cleans
10:55
The squat cleans were a mental battle for me. I wanted to give up and put 65# back on to make it easier, but Randy and Val pulled me through. Val it was so awesome to have you encouraging me on each rep…made everything seem a little easier!
Do you need to do the open workouts every Saturday to be in the C-MEAT? I want to do it, but I will be on vacation for a week.
Chocolate Chipper
12:46 Rx’d plus
Pull-ups and thrusters were the limiting factor–broken up into sets of 5 with entirely too much rest in between
(95# was the weight on the squat cleans…hence the plus)
Great stretch/warmup to begin the class with Val.
Metcon Rx’d (#135 squat cleans)
10:45…. just around double Fronings time. Right where I wanna be.
Was in the 4pm with the recently retired blogger, and Randy.
Randy, that was the warm up from hell. Good, but from hell. Frankly, your evil little chuckles make all worth the while.
I hurt from it.
Did the 540, and was so easily convinced to do this one rx at games standard 135 on the squat clean.
11:29.
I am actually pleased with it after a week of body destruction on an island.
Lunges- good
Pull-ups- fast 10 at a time
Thrusters- suck city 10-5-5-5-5
Burpees- flat out miserable
SqCl@ 135- 3-2-2-1-1-1 not as bad as I thought.
Legs are fried, my eyeballs are sweating and I am going to be sore as hell tomorrow.
Good times
Made up yesterday’s, but had to do it all in sweatpants, because apparently I did not bring a pair of shorts to the gym today. Ain’t life grand?
MUs: 5 strict, then EMOM at 4 until things got crowded under the cage and I did some bar MUs instead. Just need to figure out how get my swing down and these will be much better.
BP at 135, PUs no weight because I wasn’t thinking.
WOD: Actually managed to make the cap Rx at 7:58, but my, was it a fiasco. a) doing DUs in rolled up sweatpants: not good, b) still having to single-double the DUs: not good, c) got a tip from Brett Raz after round 1 that my TTBs were not games standard, then had JK watch me in rounds 2 and 3, no-repping me maybe 7-8 times: not good. In all, I probably wound up doing 15 extra TTBs because apparently my legs don’t cross the plane of the bar. Good discussion afterward with JK, JoshB and JimF on getting these ironed out.
50 OHL 25#
40 PUs (orange/red)
30 thrusters 55#
20 burpees
10 squat cleans 55#
11:17
Slow and steady mid back is broken but I’m happy with today’s results.
@Gene: 16-0-3
For time: (15 min cap)
50 Overhead lunges (25#)
40 Pull ups (orange+black bands)
30 Thruster (55#)
20 Burpees
10 Squat clean (55#)
12:16
I paced this one my goal to control my breathing and not choke at the end, not too bad and definitely a muscle burner.
Strolled into the 8 pm class tonight, after being stranded in Amarillo, TX since Sunday night, and made up Tuesday’s. I really thought the world ended being stuck in the TX panhandle. On staff tonight, coaches KC and SP!
Strength
Mu work- kipped 1, 2, 1, 1
Mu work-false grip ring rows
Bench @ 120 3 x5
Pull ups @ BW 3 x 5
Metcon:5 rds
30 du’s
12 ttb @ 5:40
-had to break up ttb in rd 4 and all singles in rd 5.
Post: Turn the lights off in the box!
This was brutal! Debated using a band for pull ups but ended up saying f it- ill just push through it! And I did! I finished somewhere in the 13′s but I don’t know when. The entire class was cheering on this late finisher and quite honestly it was amazing (even if I did have a few tears fall when I was done!)
Anyway- did it rx except for 55# thrusters and squat cleans. Pull ups took me almost 6 minutes!! Great workout (I hate you Alex) and I seriously love crossfit Chicago and the amazing community we have.
4pm with Randy and Kelly:
Thanks Randy for pushing me to do 95# on the squat cleans. He told me he was throwing on the weight while I was doing burpees and my initial response was “no!” but immediately after, I said “ok”.
Thanks Randy for your tips on the butterfly pullups too! I’m getting better at them.
Metcon: Rx+ 7:58
Jump Rope clinic tonight had 11 people. Everyone did wonderfully!! Almost everyone PRd!! PR CITY on deload week! WOOT!!
Nice work team. Kelly and I appreciate all your hard work tonight.
The third of 3 jump clinics will be held this Saturday from 12-2pm. (There was one this afternoon with Kelly, one tonight with Kelly and I and Saturday will be with both Kelly and I again.) Hope to see some of you! Feel free to email Kelly (kelly@crossfitchicago.com) and/or me (val@crossfitchicago.com) if you have any questions.
Metcon Rx+ 9:15
Was hoping for sub 8. Messed up on taking my inhaler beforehand and had a crazy asthma attack during the thrusters and could get going on the burpees. Bah, I’ll get there.
Got to shadow Val and Kate tonight, so good to be back with my later night peeps. Then shadowed an intro class. Sara is awesome at these.
I am very afraid of this tomorrow ;/
Legs are still fried two hours later…
WOD: 10:56
50 lunges – 25# unbroken
40 PUs – orange 11-6-5-5-4-4-3-3
30 thrusters – 55# 10-8-5-5-2
20 burpees – 10-10
10 squat cleans – 55# 6-4
Metcon Rx 1148
50 lunges – 25# unbroken
40 PUs- these felt alright- want to practice some butterfly
30 thrusters – 65# 5-5-5-5-5-5 these kicked my ass- i was hoping to get in at least 1 round of 10
20 burpees – unbroken
10 squat cleans – 65# maybe could have done more weight bc at this point everything feels like shit so why not