Crossfit Total

December 30, 2007

Warmup:
1,000 meter row
4:50 (time didn't kill me.. it was pretty liesurely)

Workout:
Max Back Squat:
115x5, 135, 155, 165
Tried 170 and had to bail out of it, which was kind of scary. The weight had me leaning forward. The only option was to bend forward and keep the weight on my neck until the bar hit the catches in the rack, which was about a 10 inche drop. I didn't try it again after that. I may have been able to do more if I had had someone spotting me.

Strict Press:
45x5, 65, 70, 75
I was happy with this since I haven't been working my left arm on anything.

Deadlift:
135x5, 155, 165, 170
Tried 175 but hit that same old sticking point and couldn't go anywhere. I think I've gotten weaker on these since we haven't been working on them as much in class. Wondering what will happen once the New Year comes and we don't have that Tuesday/Thursday bar class.
I hope we can continue our work on this lift.

Total: 410

I'm not thrilled with this score, but not unhappy. It hasn't really moved much since my last total. That could be a good thing because I haven't been doing much work on my left shoulder. I was hoping my deadlift would have improved. I was expecting to do better on my back squat as well, since my legs have gotten much stronger. Argh..

To end on a positive note.. As I was warming up I noticed this guy rowing next to me. He finished his row set and quickly walked over to do reverse situps, then did about 50 squats and he was back at rowing. After I finished my row I asked if he was a Crossfitter. He affirmed. Then I followed up with a question about which affiliate he went to. He told me he just worked out from the website. Of course I went in for the shameless Jerry Hill/Crossfit Old Town plug.
Hopefully we'll get a new CFOT junkie coming our way!!