The not too serious get fit thread

[LMT]

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What is this "challenge" you speak of?? 

You're starting this 1/1/09, right?!

http://hundredpushups.com/   There is a challange on ADVrider.

[IZ]

http://hundredpushups.com/   There is a challange on ADVrider.

Simple!  I know you can do it LMT!!   

[Statler]

damn..... for chest hitting the floor good form pushups I'm in the sixties for one set and that's pushing it and very hard for me.  Forty something is easy.  Fifty something I have to pay attention.  Sixty something and at some point I faceplant.

great goal.

do it.

[bulldogs2k]

Ha,

I'm actually trying out for my college as a walk in, but I haven't played ball in 6 years.  If not, I thought about playing rugby just for the stamina point of things.  I will be using this summer to do some athletic training, so back to doing deads, squats and working on hill sprints. 

[Ducatista]

I discovered the joys of doing pull ups on rings last night.  It was SO much easier on my shoulders (recovering from tendinitis in both).  I was able to knock out 5 of them without completely killing myself.  Then my coach hopped on them and did a muscle up.  BASTID!  I guess that's why I pay him the big bucks, right?  As soon as I get comfortable with pull ups on the rings, I'll switch to a false grip and start working up to chest-high in the never ending quest for a muscle up.

I hit a new PR in back squats.  I was supposed to be doing 5x5, but it ended up only being 5x4 (123-128-133-138).  I was hoping for 143, but it just wasn't going to happen after nearly a week of rest.  In the WOD, my ring pushups are nearly horizontal now, but I don't quite have enough strength in the little stabilizer muscles to do ring dips, so I'll keep on working those.  The box jumps were easier than ever.  The WOD was:

Sumo dead lift high pulls (63 lbs)
Ring push ups
Box jumps (20" box)

21-15-9

11:56

[bulldogs2k]

I need to google muscle ups. 

['diction]

I need a massage.

[bulldogs2k]

hmmm....Looks like you can really damage your shoulders doing that over time.  Is this part of a cross fit program?

[Statler]

hmmm....Looks like you can really damage your shoulders doing that over time.  Is this part of a cross fit program?

we don't want to turn this thread into a debate about routines, but just looking through anecdotal evidence it appears the opposite might be the case...lots of people with better joints.  What gives you concern about it for the shoulders?

[Ducatista]

hmmm....Looks like you can really damage your shoulders doing that over time.  Is this part of a cross fit program?

My mother told me when I was little to avoid lifting anything over 20 lbs even as an adult because of the risk of back injury.  I blew her doors off when I told her I picked 173 lbs off the floor the other day... 5 times in a row.  Safety should be part of any fitness methodology, and it is certainly a part of the CrossFit methodology. 

[kopfjäger]

I discovered the joys of doing pull ups on rings last night.  It was SO much easier on my shoulders (recovering from tendinitis in both).  I was able to knock out 5 of them without completely killing myself.  Then my coach hopped on them and did a muscle up.  BASTID!  I guess that's why I pay him the big bucks, right?  As soon as I get comfortable with pull ups on the rings, I'll switch to a false grip and start working up to chest-high in the never ending quest for a muscle up.

I hit a new PR in back squats.  I was supposed to be doing 5x5, but it ended up only being 5x4 (123-128-133-138).  I was hoping for 143, but it just wasn't going to happen after nearly a week of rest.  In the WOD, my ring pushups are nearly horizontal now, but I don't quite have enough strength in the little stabilizer muscles to do ring dips, so I'll keep on working those.  The box jumps were easier than ever.  The WOD was:

Sumo dead lift high pulls (63 lbs)
Ring push ups
Box jumps (20" box)

21-15-9

11:56

Gett'n "Strong" girl.   

[kopfjäger]

WoD                                                                                                                                                 Me

"Fight Gone Bad!"

Three rounds of:
Wall-ball, 20 pound ball, 10 ft target (Reps)                                                                                      20lb Thrusters
Sumo deadlift high-pull, 75 pounds (Reps)                                                                                        65lb SDHP
Box Jump, 20" box (Reps)                                                                                                                14" Box jump                       Total: 276
Push-press, 75 pounds (Reps)                                                                                                          65lb PP
Row (Calories)                                                                                                                                Burpees

In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute.The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. On call of "rotate", the athletes must move to next station immediately for best score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point.

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_FGBSCDemoExplanation.wmv

[Ducatista]

I need a massage.

Ditto.  Badly!  After taking nearly a week off and then going in there and knocking everything out, I'm more sore than I've been in a couple of months!

[Ducatista]

WoD                                                                                                                                                 Me

"Fight Gone Bad!"

Three rounds of:
Wall-ball, 20 pound ball, 10 ft target (Reps)                                                                                      20lb Thrusters
Sumo deadlift high-pull, 75 pounds (Reps)                                                                                        65lb SDHP
Box Jump, 20" box (Reps)                                                                                                                14" Box jump                       Total: 276
Push-press, 75 pounds (Reps)                                                                                                          65lb PP
Row (Calories)                                                                                                                                Burpees

In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute.The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. On call of "rotate", the athletes must move to next station immediately for best score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point.

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_FGBSCDemoExplanation.wmv

This is where I die.  I did it as prescribed for women, with the exception of the wall ball weight (53 lbs on the sumos and push press, 20" box, and 8 lb ball), and only managed to eek out a 209.  My glycolitic energy pathway is so underused.  I've never worked in that part of energy expenditure, so it's really weak.  I go from phosphagenic to oxidative so quickly that my reps fall off quickly between rounds 1 and 2.  I'm working on it and I can see the changes in my log, but I just have so far to go. 

[kopfjäger]

He's back.