May Goals
As mentioned earlier, the Goals Board is no longer “Goals for 2012”. Reason being is due to many people choosing to wait to make their jump towards said accomplishment. A year to do something is a lot easier than 30 days. A month’s time will force you to make the extra effort. So the next time you are in class let’s make sure to check what we have by our names and either cross it off, or get after it! New goals are always encouraged as well! There are many newer faces joining our community, too. So don’t be afraid to get after them to share as well. I wanna see some check marks this month!
Strength: 2k Row
WOD:
15 burpees
4 rope climbs
15 burpees
3 rope climbs
15 burpees
2 rope climbs
15 burpees
1 rope climb
My goal for May is to get stronger, and to get a 10 second freestanding handstand… And to help *you* get to your goals. So let me know how I can help! You all have access to us, your coaches, and we’re eager to share advice and experience to get you moving forward.
My first goal for May (and has been on my list for a while but just haven’t gotten around to testing it) is a sub-7:00 2k row. Hope to knock that one out tomorrow morning.
2k Row: 7:04.1 Close but no cigar.
WOD: 5:40 Rx. Pretty fun one.
My other goals for the month of May:
2x BW Deadlift (330# – 1RM is pretty close, but not quite there)
BW C&J (165#)
10 full depth consecutive Hand Stand Pushups
100 Unbroken Double Unders
10 Butterfly Pullups strung together
There’s a lot here and I might not complete all of them in a month, but I’m aiming high.
you killed it this morning! well done…
Great work by everyone at Dude:30 this morning.
Seriously, Ladies. We need some Women at the 630 class; too much Dude. You can’t rely on Cal to represent your gender every day.
i’m doing a really bad job at that, too…major ditcher this week. i’ll be in on friday though for cal+dude:30.
so, no more Crossfit Deliverance?
Hmm…you guys can carry on however you’d like…I’ll stay out of the way…
sk row: 7.10.8, which a roughly 10 second pr
WOD: 6:28 (I think) Rx…burpees after the 2k row were fun.
Goal for May: solid 135# snatch. full squat, no press out.
OK, I’m publicly committing to making a May goal! I could improve in so many ways – how to pick one?
What’s the movement that makes you groan when you see it in a WOD?
If you use bands for pullups, a good goal could be to reduce the amount of band-assistance for pullups; something specific, like green+red band to just green band for example. A good strength based goal could be to add 10# to your current deadlift or squat. Or to become more comfortable/proficient in one of the more skill-based movements, like stringing together box jumps or double unders.
There are always many things to improve upon, but it’s important to quantify your goal in a way that can be measured/tested.
This is great guidance – certainly it is easy to find WOD moves that make me groan. I think the suggestion of stringing together double unders (10 to start?) may be a good one – there is just no reason why I shouldn’t be able to do that! look forward to entering that on the board tomorrow.
As in so many other contexts, it may not be so important what is picked, as that something is picked. 🙂
I’m with you on that one Hillary – I haven’t been able to do more than one double under at a time. Let’s go for 10 in a row by the end of May! I’ll try to work on them a little bit before each class….
that’s exactly what I was thinking! That I wanted to pick something I could try to work on regardless of the day’s workout, by spending a little time before class. Lara, we are on for 10! In June, we’ll do double dutch… 😛
Thank you to everyone in the 6 pm class for the encouragement and cheers–you were awesome!
Owwww. I arguably went too hard on the rowing… or, well, at least, my tank was sufficiently empty after the rowing that my WOD was embarrassingly suck-tastic. I was reasonably pleased with the rowing, though.