Power Cleans and L’s
This life changes in a moment.
One day, you’re 28 (or 32, or 40) and on top of the world. The next day, you’re diagnosed with Stage 4 liver cancer and you’ve got a year (or less) to live.
One day, you’re busy chauferring your kids and talking to your mom on the phone. The next day, Mom’s incoherent and incapacitated from a stroke, and there are decisions to be made.
One day, you’re working on your butterfly pull-ups and thinking about your next competition. The next day … well, there is no next day. You never made it home from the gym. You never saw that truck turning left in front of you. And you’ve left a couple of kids to figure out this crazy, confusing life without you.
As important as we think our time is in the gym, it isn’t. As important as we think the issues of programming or whiteboard times or membership fees are, well, they’re not such a big deal. As important as we think the CrossFit Games are … well, they don’t mean shit.
This life — this, right here — is important. What you do with it. How you act in it. How much kindness you give. How deep you dig inside of yourself to love, to live, to survive, to persist in the face of sadness that should rightly break you in two and leave you unable to walk, let alone run or work out, because your heart has been crushed into tiny pieces and lays shattered on the floor. You are not one piece anymore. You are shattered.
But … you get up again. You must. Not only for yourself, but for everyone in your life. They deserve your best. You must give it to them.
So, your time in the gym is important, in a way that you may not quite grasp. Do your workout today. Go hard, go heavy, go fast. But hug those you love, and keep your priorities in line. Because this life changes in a moment.
Strength
Power Clean 3-3-3-3-3
WOD
7 rounds:
7 Deadlifts (225#/155#)
7 L Pull Ups
One day you have use of your entire hand, the next day your pinky is broken and you can’t do any of the WOD moves. …good luck everyone – do WORK see ya’ll in 2 weeks
Bah. Broken finger? That’s no reason to miss 2 weeks.
I worked out for 6 weeks with a broken arm. We can modify the workouts for anyone who wants to try… hell, I’ve had people each missing a left leg and right hand, respectively, kick ass in WODs.
Kyle Maynard says: get back in here and do some WORK.
See below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwvfI-27lK0
ohmygawd. seriously.
i should stop complaining about always being injured. thanks for this reminder of how privileged i am every day.
maybe im showing my bad “all or none” habits – but when the doc told me to lay off the cf i laughed in her face. i started to come around when people suggested i just let the bone heal… shaun t has been keeping me busy with plyo though…
I am sorry about your poor finger!
power clean: 185#, 195×2 not feeling very explosive this morning…
wod: 10:53rx. lot’s-o-singles on the l-pull ups by round 5
Ben, that looked really painful, but you still killed it.
On a less painful note:
To any and all interested, I will be having a barbecue at my house (the Duck Village for those of you who’ve been initiated) tomorrow (Thursday) after the 6PM WOD. There will be many paleo (and probably some non-paleo) treats provided, but guests are encouraged to bring something to toss on the grill, which I will be manning all night.
My house is about a 10 minute walk from the gym (or 2 minute drive). The address is 38 Hanson St. #1, Somerville, MA. Come, eat, be merry and bring anyone you would like. There will probably be musicians there if anyone would like to partake in open jam type interactions as well. It will be quite casual (I’ll probably be in my workout clothes the whole night) and we’ll be hanging out in the tiki-lit back yard.
Any questions, let me know! Hope to see you there!
Power Clean: 85# PR
WOD: 85# Deadlift and Blue + Red bands for 7:25.
Awesome job everybody!
Renee, we are killing those kettlebells in today’s picture!!
Power Cleans: 175#, 185# for 2. The 10# jump turns my whole form to shit…need to work on moving my feet apart horizontally, instead of into a bastardized split clean.
WOD: 12:03 sorta-Rx. “L-pullups” turned very quickly into “single, sorta-jumping, under-hand grip, slightly piked legs pullups.”
I know exactly what you mean….
Power cleans: was working on form up to 95#. Got some good advice today about not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Yeah, I’m going to bend my knees a bit receiving the bar until my thoracic spine is happier. Beats being frustrated.
WOD: somewhere around 12:30 at 185#. The deadlifts were no problem, but i had one of those “oh, shit” moments when I could only get 3 L-pullups in a row in the first round. “Gonna be a long one…”