Well I haven’t decided if I want to use the main crossfit’s WOD schedule or if I want to use crossfit Philly’s WOD. Today I decided to use an older WOD from crossfit Philly. Basically it was n+2 kettlebell snatches where n starts at 2 until I got to 20, and do n-1 pushups in between the snatches where n starts at 20. I was using a 16kg kettlebell and I had no problem doing the snatches. The pushups on the other hand… I started with 20 but had to drop to 10 after doing a set of 17. So all in all I did 110 snatches and 119 pushups in 16 minutes. Next time I think I’ll do this workout with pushups n-2 where n equals 20.
Well I’ve decided to take a stab at getting back in shape. This time I’d like to do things a little more scientifically. I figure blogging might help keep me more accountable. So before I start I thought I’d do a benchmark to see where I am now. So I thought I’d take random sample of various activities and see where I stand in 8 weeks.
- Resting Heart Rate = 61bpm
- 1km time trial on Concept 2 Dyno = 3″47s
- Hang Power Clean 1 rep max = 105 lbs (thats fairly wimpish)
- Dumbell Military Press 1 rep max = 90 lbs
- Pullups 1 set max = 7 (also fairly wimpish)
- 1km swim = 19″20s
- waist size = 33″
A couple of details. The swim was timed in 25m lap pool, and I didn’t do racing turns (can’t do’em without water in my nose). The dyno time trial, pullups, and power clean were done in the same workout. I didn’t put up my weight because I don’t think net weight gain or loss tell me anything useful. I’m going to try using the crossfit method for training. Their workouts are extremely difficult so I’m going to probably halve their recommendations for their workouts of the day. Wish me luck.