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CrossFit Day 10

Today’s workout called for seven sets of one deadlift, aiming to find out max lift. Unfortunately, I don’t have an Olympic weight set at my house, so I had to use this one as a supplemental to practice my form on the deadlift with dumbbells and kettlebells. Since I have seven sets of dumbbells and kettlebells, I used those. In about 8 minutes, I did 10 reps on each of them, totally 20 lb, 30 lb, 35 lb (kettlebell), 40 lb, 50 lb, 53 lb (kettlebell), 60 lb.

Someday, I shall have to go to a local CrossFit gym and see if I can do these for reals. I’ll work like this for a while, building myself up. I’ll definitely feel this in my back and legs, and that hike all over.

My results: 7:55; HR: 144 avg, 165 max; 95 cal

[…] Today’s workout, like Sunday’s deadlifts, was technically impossible without an Olympic barbell weight set. Lacking that, I decided to do something. So, I got my dumbbells and kettlebells out, put each pair up on my shoulders, and attempted the back squat with progressively increasing, albeit very very light weight. While the real workout called for 3 reps per set, I decided to do ten. Back squats with a 53 pound kettlebell require balance. […]