MetCon Monday
This weekend, February 11th, we have two exciting events going down. Brian, Jaimie, Nick, Lynn and Will, will all be competing in the NewFitter Throwdown, hosted by our friends at CommonWealth CrossFit. This will be there first competition, so if you are around please go show your support. This will be an awesome event and they are going to kick ass!
Also, happening on the same day, at Charles River CrossFit, I will be competing in a USAW/CrossFit Competition. This event is a mix of Olympic Lifts and a classic CrossFit WOD.
Both addresses are listed here:
NewFitter Throwdown @ Commonwealth CrossFit (literally right down the street)
630 Somerville Ave.,
Somerville, Ma 02143
START TIME: 10am
CRCF Classic @ Charles River CrossFit
145 Rosemary Street, Needham MA in Rosemary Office Park
Exit 19B (for Highland Ave) off of 95,
Continue straight on Highland Ave for just over a mile. You will see Needham Public Library on your right. Take a right onto Rosemary Street just after the library.(Rosemary runs between the library and Sudbury Farms).
Cross the railroad tracks and turn right into Rosemary Office park.
Entry C and F.
START TIME: 9am
STRENGTH: Weighted Pullups
WOD:
500m row
15 kb swings (2pd/1.5 pd)
25 burpees
15 kb swings
500m row
WEIGHTED PULL-UPS?!? That’s like the opposite of how I do pull-ups, which is with lots of bands to make them easier. Curious to see how this goes.
do we even have a 2 pd kettlebell?? i won’t be needing one, just curious! this looks like a fun workout 🙂
we do… woohoo….
I’m going to try to graduate to “not the smallest” kettlebell tomorrow (without flipping myself over backwards). I think that would be a swell victory to start the week off with!
depending on HOW I added the weight, I got a 20, 26 or 40 lb weighted pullup. 20# with the vest, 40# dumbell or 26# kettlebell with the belt. using the belt was much harder then the dumbell, probably because of the couple inch “head start” you get with the dumbell off the floor, but it also felt MUCH heavier then the 20 lb vest…maybe because the center of gravity is lower?
WOD: 7:30 rx
Worked on dead hangs. Apparently my form was not as good as I thought…
WOD: 13:29 Rx
Got off the rower and had NOTHING in my legs. Awfulness.
Don’t be hard on yourself. I nitpick everyone’s form…
Great work by you and all the morning folk!
This WOD is sneaky-mean, especially on the legs (and the back, if you’re not carefully attentive to rower and KB form).
10# with a dumbbell. Almost got 15, but I think my arms were starting to go at that point. 7:29 for the WOD, with a 1.5 pood KB. I think I made up time with rowing that I lost on the KB and burpees.
so this means you did a deadhang PLUS the weight?!?!? was it your first?
Not the first. I’ve been able to do 1 or 2 bw for the last couple weeks. Goal is 10.
I did graduate to the 1-pood KB today! I tried to use the bigger-than-that-one, but it wasn’t my time yet.
BUT! I *might* have done my first dead-hang-pullup! I didn’t think I was quite there (maybe I swung too much or jumped? I wasn’t really paying attention, I just grabbed the bar and then I was up in the air…), but witnesses say my chin was above the bar! I could not do it a second time to confirm this occurrence. But – I will be able to do 1 “with integrity” VERY soon! Yeah!
Nice job Lynn, you are a bodyweight prodigy!
Worked on dead hang pullups w/red band.
WOD: 9:59 rx – was time for me to graduate to the “big girl” kettlebell!
congrats on the big-girl-bell!!!!! I picked it up and tried to give it a good swing — but it just wasn’t going to end well, haha. Graduating is fun! 🙂
50 lb weighted pullups
WOD: 7:11 Rx
And great break tonight at the 6pm class.
Giants on 3…1, 2, 3 GIANTS!!!