Just for shits and giggles, I dug up all of my old CrossFit logbooks. Wow. What an eye-opener. I've come a long way since 7 Nov 2005. My first workout was something I didn't suck at, so I had forgotten that it was 7 singles of back squat. The second one was the crusher.
8 Nov 2005 - Workout of the Day
As Many Rounds as Possible (AMRAP) in 20 mins of:
95 lb push-jerk x 15
24" Box jump x 15
Back extensions x 15
I managed one full round, as prescribed (as rx'd). Then had to drop the weight to 65 lb (the women's weight). I managed another round. I couldn't put the bar over my head any more, so I just did the other two exercises for two more rounds, then quit at 10:04. Quit. Half way in. The next day I was crippled with lower back pain.
A few days later, 10 Nov 05, the WoD was 50-35-20 of handstand pushups and pullups. Ha! I cut the workout in half. And I couldn't do HSPUs, so I had to do a kind of inclined pushup. I managed to finish the half workout (so 52 HSPU and pullups) in 10:30.
Finally, as an indicator of how far I've come (and what CF has done for me), on 12 Nov 05, the WoD was "Linda," also known affectionately as the "Three Bars of Death." The workout calls for reps of 10-9-8-7...(down to 1) of three exercises: 1.5 x bodyweight Deadlift, 1.0 bodyweight bench press, and 3/4 bodyweight cleans. For me, this was 277.5 lb deads, 185 lb bench, and 135 lb cleans: 10 of each, then 9 of each, then 8 of each, etc., for a grand total of 55 of each exercise.
I had to scale the DLs to 155 lb. I did the bench at 185. And the cleans (a combo of power and full-squat cleans) at 95 lb. It took me 35:08. Yes, thirty-five minutes. Scaled. A lot.
By comparison, I did Linda almost 2 years to the day from when I first did it (Nov. 12, 2007) when I was at the Naval Justice School (It's here on youtube). I did it with all the weights as prescribed. I did every clean as a full-squat clean. And I did it in 26:58. And I'm pretty confident that my time would be under that today.
8 Nov 2005 - Workout of the Day
As Many Rounds as Possible (AMRAP) in 20 mins of:
95 lb push-jerk x 15
24" Box jump x 15
Back extensions x 15
I managed one full round, as prescribed (as rx'd). Then had to drop the weight to 65 lb (the women's weight). I managed another round. I couldn't put the bar over my head any more, so I just did the other two exercises for two more rounds, then quit at 10:04. Quit. Half way in. The next day I was crippled with lower back pain.
A few days later, 10 Nov 05, the WoD was 50-35-20 of handstand pushups and pullups. Ha! I cut the workout in half. And I couldn't do HSPUs, so I had to do a kind of inclined pushup. I managed to finish the half workout (so 52 HSPU and pullups) in 10:30.
Finally, as an indicator of how far I've come (and what CF has done for me), on 12 Nov 05, the WoD was "Linda," also known affectionately as the "Three Bars of Death." The workout calls for reps of 10-9-8-7...(down to 1) of three exercises: 1.5 x bodyweight Deadlift, 1.0 bodyweight bench press, and 3/4 bodyweight cleans. For me, this was 277.5 lb deads, 185 lb bench, and 135 lb cleans: 10 of each, then 9 of each, then 8 of each, etc., for a grand total of 55 of each exercise.
I had to scale the DLs to 155 lb. I did the bench at 185. And the cleans (a combo of power and full-squat cleans) at 95 lb. It took me 35:08. Yes, thirty-five minutes. Scaled. A lot.
By comparison, I did Linda almost 2 years to the day from when I first did it (Nov. 12, 2007) when I was at the Naval Justice School (It's here on youtube). I did it with all the weights as prescribed. I did every clean as a full-squat clean. And I did it in 26:58. And I'm pretty confident that my time would be under that today.
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