Today, as part of my new “contract” of “family first” with my husband, I played my first round of golf with him in 2 years. GOT MY FIRST PAR EVER! Yep, that’s right. I’m going on the tour!
Nice! Gotta do what’s important.
Recently attending a friend’s funeral has left us re evaluating things. If we say we’ll do that later, how do we know that later will ever come? It has definitely been an eye opener. It has even gotten my husband to finally buy into the dietary changes I’ve been working on for a long time. Wish me luck on that one. And if I golf like I did yesterday, this is gonna be fun! I really think the CrossFit has helped. I have never played that well, hit the ball that far. Sweeeet!
F/38/137ish/5’3”
Made it through 3 rounds. Had sincere pain in elbow +hands.
13:32. Quit counting sets after two, at 10. Used 5lbs.
Twice I haven’t made it through this workout, even scaled!
Today, as part of my new “contract” of “family first” with my husband, I played my first round of golf with him in 2 years. GOT MY FIRST PAR EVER! Yep, that’s right. I’m going on the tour!
Nice! Gotta do what’s important.
Recently attending a friend’s funeral has left us re evaluating things. If we say we’ll do that later, how do we know that later will ever come? It has definitely been an eye opener. It has even gotten my husband to finally buy into the dietary changes I’ve been working on for a long time. Wish me luck on that one. And if I golf like I did yesterday, this is gonna be fun! I really think the CrossFit has helped. I have never played that well, hit the ball that far. Sweeeet!
I went through the same kind of epiphany a few years ago. And it stuck with me, I’m glad. I’m sorry to hear of the loss of a friend.
did a scaled-up version of puppies—5 RFT of 5 dead-hang/10 kipping
15:00, 34 sets. still trying to really get the hang of kipping. i suck at linking them together still. i can push away from the bar but i tend to swing my feet back before reaching the bottom point of the swing (directly under the bar), which throws everything off. by the time i get to the front most position with my chest, my feet are starting to come forward again. i think the fact that i can’t find a bar high enough to keep my legs straight is probably a big part of the difficulty im having with this.
on the plus side, this is the first workout since i really committed to trying to get kipping down where i did almost no singles. did all the kips except a couple in the last round as sets of 2-4. although i had to reset to a dead hang and then start the swing again after each pullup on a number of sets. nonetheless, i am seeing improvement. it’s frustrating because i can still do large sets faster with dead hangs (i.e. could prob do 75 dead hang pullups in about 12 min, though with numerous singles), but i am trying to stick with kips because i really can see the potential. i think it’s largely just a matter of building shoulder flexibility and further getting the timing of linking them down. if anyone who has struggled with this like i have has any advice, it’s much appreciated, otherwise i will keep working on it slowly as i have been…...
did a scaled-up version of puppies—5 RFT of 5 dead-hang/10 kipping
15:00, 34 sets. still trying to really get the hang of kipping. i suck at linking them together still. i can push away from the bar but i tend to swing my feet back before reaching the bottom point of the swing (directly under the bar), which throws everything off. by the time i get to the front most position with my chest, my feet are starting to come forward again. i think the fact that i can’t find a bar high enough to keep my legs straight is probably a big part of the difficulty im having with this.
on the plus side, this is the first workout since i really committed to trying to get kipping down where i did almost no singles. did all the kips except a couple in the last round as sets of 2-4. although i had to reset to a dead hang and then start the swing again after each pullup on a number of sets. nonetheless, i am seeing improvement. it’s frustrating because i can still do large sets faster with dead hangs (i.e. could prob do 75 dead hang pullups in about 12 min, though with numerous singles), but i am trying to stick with kips because i really can see the potential. i think it’s largely just a matter of building shoulder flexibility and further getting the timing of linking them down. if anyone who has struggled with this like i have has any advice, it’s much appreciated, otherwise i will keep working on it slowly as i have been…...
Had a similar problem when learning to kip, what worked for me was as I pushed away I kind of kept my knees high and then concentrated on scooping the air with the back of my knees. Eventually this enabled me to come down into the swing correctly .I had to learn this twice because at one point I had to underhand lip while healing shoulder and this worked both ways. Good luck and keep me posted ” the cat”
Pull-up Variations
6 rounds For time
3 Weighted pull-ups 25#
5 Dead-hang pull-ups
7 kipping pull-ups
21 sets
T~24 min
At the end I could neither get a weighted nor a unweighted dead hang to start round seven.
This was better than the compare to date of 3/19, when I only got four rounds.
ETA:
I believe this is my least favorite WOD. It really exposes a weakness. Now, I realize I did 90 pull-ups, 21 of which were weighted. I really don’t care for this one at all.
So, I have to do it. At least I improved.
Round and Number of Sets per round.
1. 2 sets. (45#)
2. 3 sets. (45#)
3. 3 sets (Dropped to 35#)
4. 4 sets (35#)
5. 3 sets (Dropped to 25#)
6. 4 sets (25#)
7. 4 sets (20#)
8. 4 sets (20#)
9. 4 sets (20#)
10. 3 sets (20#)
After round three I did the three weighted pull-ups and then did 12 kipping pull-ups.
Time: 27:02
This…by far is my most dreaded WOD. I am terrible at it. I feel like I am pretty good at kipping, but my dead hang and weighted are lacking. I used to do nothing but dead hang and was pretty good at them, but since Crossfit I have done kipping almost exclusively. I may start doing some dead hang again just to improve strength.
Warm Up
3 rounds 10-15 reps
* Samson Stretch 20 sec
* Overhead Squat with Olympic Bar
* Sit-up 15/15/15
* Back Extension 15/15/15
* Dip - Assisted 10/10/10
Pull Up Variations - Puppy
5 rounds 5x
5 assisted, feet on bench
10 Practice Kips on Pull Up Bar Jumping 20/15/15/15/15 -
I don’t have a bar that allows kipping at all, my pull-up tower ‘rocks’ when I try to swing, not sure what I can do…uh oh - light bulb moment….I can strap it down to prevent the rocking….
And if I golf like I did yesterday, this is gonna be fun! I really think the CrossFit has helped. I have never played that well, hit the ball that far. Sweeeet!
