CrossFit Day 50
Today’s workout humbled me quite a bit. It was a fairly straight forward session, which I thought I’d get through with heavy weights and a good time. Yeah, I was quite mistaken about that one. Here’s what we’re up to this evening:
Five rounds for time:
- 400 m run
- Overhead squat – 15 reps
At first, I tried a couple of reps inside next to my dumbbell pile, just to make sure I could do the overhead squat with the pair of 30 pound dumbbells. Nope, that’s not going to happen. My form is shaky and I either topple the weight or lose the lockout on my arms. Let’s try with a pair of the 25 pounders. Again, not going to happen. Finally, I did three inside with the 20 pound dumbbells. That’s going to have to do.
I’m really gratified that I was able to keep my 400 m runs (more like 415 m per leg) under 2 minutes pretty easily, but those overhead squats humbled me, even at a light weight like 40 pounds. I better work on those more and get some good fundamental form practice. This workout should have taken me 20 minutes or less. Instead, I got it in half an hour.
My results: 30:09, 15:46 zone (hard); HR: 161 avg, 187 max; 412 cal
Also, this was my fiftieth CrossFit workout. I’m getting stronger and lighter. I can see the difference in my body in the mirror and my endurance is getting better. Let’s see what the scale has to say:
- Sep 18: 181.0# (82.10 kg) => 25.97 BMI
- Nov 24: 157.0# (71.21 kg) => 22.53 BMI
- Difference: -24.0# (-11.1 kg) => -3.44 BMI
Onward!
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