I know it is Saturday so you can do the WOD then if you want.
Here is my explanation for the exercise as I could find zero for the holiday or for "Patrick" under hero WODs. Irish River Dance. . . Double Unders. Burpees for cabbage. Situps for fighting a "beer" belly. Sumo Deadlift High Pulls for either rowing (it is an island nation) or for picking carrots. Med Ball Cleans or just cleans for "Keg lifts." 3 Rounds as March is the third month and 17 reps for the date.
I did see a WOD online that had the people eating sheperd's pie, drinking beer, eating a pot of cabbage and doing kettlebell swings, rowing and SDHP.
"Saint Patrick's Day"
3 Rounds for time
17 Double Unders
17 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls
17 Med Ball Cleans
17 Burpees
17 Situps
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ReplyDeleteTomorrow I do one of your workouts.
ReplyDeleteI went back to the local CF gym today. It was 'field day.' Competitions. Prizes. Shared food. I didn't win anything. But I did far better than I thought I would in the running. (A four minute TABATA sprint.) And long jumps. I did about as many situps in 2 minutes as I did when I was active duty. I tried hard at everything. I stunk at the squat, which would have been tough on fresh legs, but was impossible without support on my legs that did 300ish lunges from two days ago.
I love the workout. I don't think I love the crowd. I didn't find anyone who was one of 'my people.' Lots of cheerleaders and gymnasts. Nice enough. And a few snotty mean girls. (There always seem to be mean girls.)
But I will look at the schedule and see if I can make something work for me.
(Maybe I can find a place by my parents' for the 8 weeks I am there!)
PS - How is Johnny? It seems like I haven't seen much from him lately...
ReplyDeletePSS - Welcome to the new crew. :) I scale a lot. Don't be afraid of scaling.
G: Thanks! I am going to run the 5K here AND do this--I don't know if I'll do both in one day. I like it!
ReplyDeleteJenn: Good for you: "I tried hard at everything." That's hard to do at times. Darn it! Mean girls become mean women? Really? Ugh. I don't get it. Really. I don't understand how you can grow up and be wiser and still be mean. Curses. Maybe, maybe they aren't mean. Maybe they are just aloof--I've been accused of that. And then you get to know me! Not aloof.
I think that there are mean women. I think that there are men who are pricks too. Not everyone who grows up gains wisdom. Jonny and I call it "young soul syndrome." Some people just don't get it. I have met old people who don't get it. It happens.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it is just an impression thing. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt far longer than I should, but sometimes you need to in order to let them get comfortable with you. Sometimes they do, and sometimes they just suck. Ten years ago I thought everyone grew up. Life has proven to me that it isn't true. It is okay though, because as we get older we also realize that we don't have to talk to those people. We gain wisdom and the confidence to be ourselves and be comfortable in our own skin even if others might judge us. As a shaggy and bearded Marine Corps male spouse I have some experience with being judged. I love when I prove people wrong.
I totally buy the 'some people don't grow up' bit. I think it sucks more for them than for those of us who have to be around them at times. I mean, sure - they make moments in our lives miserable. But they must ALWAYS be miserable. How awful. Still, I choose to avoid them when I can. But I won't let them ruin any chance I get to CF. I really am going to try to figure something out with my schedule.
ReplyDeleteSaturday, 17 March 2012
ReplyDeleteToday has been an AWESOME day. Awesome, awesome, awesome!
Started out with a St Pat's 5K. 27:02. Not great--but not bad for not running very often.
Then on to the St Patrick's Day WOD! I completed it in 21:40. And I was spent, but not spent enough to work in some handstand pushups (3) and pullups (3-3-3-1-1) . . . with some help.
Great day, great day!
I am still reading, work has been insane as of late... 6 days in a row at 12 hours a shift is tough on being able to do anything else, and I was slated for 7 in a row into next week, but the schedule cracked and we are on a 7 day schedule for the time being. I am working Tue, wed, sat, sun this coming week and Mon, thu, fri the following week. I can finally get the workouts rolling again. Once I got home from san diego work was kind of hectic, but its settling down until memorial day at least. Pulled some muscles monkeying around at work along my spine, but its just about 100%. So that said, though I don't get all the workouts, I still get some sort of workout (pushups in my office, burpees sometimes as well) and I do what I can. Killing the dietary portion of it, and banging out 8 hours of sleep 90% of the time. I am still with it, just need to get the routine moving again.
ReplyDeleteAs far as mean people, well, Gary sums it up well with "young soul sydrome". I have sort of fallen in line with two living philosophies...
ReplyDelete1. Do no harm. Its simple and idealistic, but completely easy to do. Its kind of like those commercials where people see someone else doing the 'right' thing, and it becomes contagious. I believe to some degree that this commercial is based in reality. Doing good feels good, so it becomes sort of like a drug, fun and addictive.
2. "We're all in this together, walking the line through faith and fear..." Life is difficult, and I think the CF gym you went to may have had some people who want to feel like they belong to something exclusive. It is possible its the most disciplined thing they have done in life, and to have people infringing on this so called turf makes them lose a little bit of an already frail ego. Thats why they are 'mean'. Its more fear than meaness, and they aren't really sure how to process that emotion, or even how to build something good out of it. I guess I just try to be kind as possible to everyone, as it will at the very least improve 1 minute of there life, even if they dont know it.
Sunday, 18 March 2012
ReplyDeleteMy whole body hurts. . . .
15-10-5
Clean and jerk (L/Ca: 65#; Co: 45#)
Pushups: L-Handstand/Pike: 7/8; 4/6; 2/3; Ca/Co-Pike: All
I am wiped, but it feels so good. . . .
This workout killed me. Granted I had taken some days off for a sinus infection this week and I ate like crap the last couple days and drank 5 beers watching basketball yesterday, but still. . . it kicked my ass.
ReplyDelete75# on the SDHP
12# MBC
GHD situps in place of the situps
19:36 and lung burning, heart pounding, lung busting stumble around the house to find a glass of water intensity. I could have shaved a few seconds if I didn't keep tripping on the rope the last two rounds.
Lisa, I just looked at your time. I thought it was 20:10. I was hoping to do this WOD in 15-17 but it took longer than I thought due to the burpees and proper form on MBC. Toward the end I was cursing myself as I was worried I would be slower than 20:10. Thanks for the push even though I had the time wrong.
ReplyDeleteGary,
ReplyDelete1) You've got to add some new days!
2) Candis finished St Pat's Day WOD in like 18:00-ish--she is ridiculously intense. No joke.
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Burpees
KTE
Overhead squats:
We moved to the tents last night--no fun. I slept like shit on a ROTTEN mattress--I'm switching it out today; the temperature dropped like a rock last night and the wind kicked up like crazy--it is so freakin' LOUD in that tent.
But, BUT my ass got up and went to workout. Colleen was there, too. And she reminded me that we didn't do our burpees yesterday, so we had 41 today. Grrr. . . . So I worked it into the WOD.
I walked afterward, I did some yoga, I went back to my tent and got ready for the day. I'm glad I did. I KNEW I would feel better and I do.
Did you move into the tents because you are getting ready to go home???
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