Form began to break down just a bit on the last one, so I stopped there. (I feel like I start bending forward and looking down near the bottom when the weight gets heavy) Still, this is the first time I’ve been able to do 5 reps with my bodyweight, so I’m not unhappy.
Thinking that I might not have sufficiently pushed myself, I went for the C2 to do a test piece to finish up the workout. Very quickly I discovered that my legs were dead, so mission accomplished, I guess.
I noticed my knees and legs “wobbling” from side to side at the bottom and on the way up from my squats. What’s going on with that? Can I stop it or is it an area of improvement for my form and strength?
You can stop it, but it’s a “one thing at a time” sort of thing.
Does it happen on every squat at every weight? Or just when you get to the higher weights?
I’d pick a low weight where it starts to happen, but is not very noticeable yet, then as you’re powering your hip drive up, concentrate hard on forcing your knees to the outside. As you practice, the add or abductors (never remember which) will strengthen allowing you to keep your knees stable and tracking over your toes/feet. A little wobble on a max effort last set is understandable. If it happens the whole time you need to work on the “knees out” issue.
Thinking that I might not have sufficiently pushed myself, I went for the C2 to do a test piece to finish up the workout. Very quickly I discovered that my legs were dead, so mission accomplished, I guess.
You’re right. Form first. So you done well. But you can go for it once in a while. Say every 4th time. But with your times, which are pretty darn quick, you’ll be able to do this pretty soon anyway.
I figured that would be the case. For me this one was probably “almost there” in regards to the Rx’d. First time with this WO so I guess its probably good to play a little safe. Cheers for the reply Patrick.
I tweaked the puppies a little… Did 10 swings w/ 8kg instead of 15 (my back has been bothering me), and went for 5 rounds instead of 3. Pretty much threw up, husband was proud, I was mortified :]
Puppies:
Three rounds for time of:
15-25# Kettlebell swing, 15 reps
15 Burpees (Squat thrusts okay)
15 sit-ups
Actual workout:
5 rounds for time
8kg kettlebell swings- 10 reps
15 burpess
15 sit-ups
Just using the bar and not getting parallel. At the end of each set I re-racked the weight and hung on to the bar for stability and went below parallel and slowly pulled myself up. I continue to be really weak in the quad area and have sharp pain in the knee when going more than a 1/4 of the way down. I also have a dull pain (throughout the day) on the right side of the right knee that wraps around to the top of the shin. I am determined to work through this since these issues caused me to give up on working out 10 years ago, which in turn led to 30 plus lbs of weight gain, weak thighs, and lower back trouble(herniated/bulging discs). Has anyone that came into Crossfit with similar issues overcome these type of problems? If so, do you have any suggestions?
Cash out:
3 sets: dumbbell press, resistance band ab twists
3 sets: arnold press, 4 position medicine ball ab holds
3 sets: cable flys, one had tricep pull downs
for a good pre-crossfit warm-up, it’s hard to beat chasing a seven-year-old around a set of playground equipment - where I did two full skin-the-cats as well (!) first time trying
