Welcome to the Painstorm

Thursday, August 7;

I walked around the corner this morning, and I knew it wouldn't be good when I heard Jerry say the word "Painstorm." That's never a good thing. Never. There were two options for today's workout either the prescribed Painstorm workout or another option that looked similar to it, but the weights weren't as heavy and the reps were a little higher.

I kept stalling before making the decision, but eventually decided to go with the Painstorm workout, but go light.

I did one round at lightning speed and then Jerry suggested doing reps of 10 instead of reps of 5 in order to get the same metabolic affect. I didn't think it would be a good idea to do high reps of push presses at 55lbs, but I knew I could do all of the other exercises at this weight. Wow, what a difference a few reps make!

Take a look at this ugly workout:



Workout:
5 rounds for time..
400 meter run
10 deadlifts
10 Hang Squat Cleans
5 Push presses (55lbs)
10 Front Squats

Total time: 27:21

I'll have video to post later of the Hang Squat Cleans. Ugh.

On another note, Jerry sent a note out to the website mentioning Fight Gone Bad III . I won't explain the FGB workout, but I will tell you a little bit about the purpose of it. It's a workout done by Crossfit affiliates around the nation/world. The workout also doubles as a fundraiser for prostate cancer research through Athletes for a Cure. Last year, CFOT raised several thousand dollars. I was able to contribute a significant amount of funds to this pot through fundraising. The event holds personal significance for me, because I lost my dad to prostate cancer 7 years ago.


My goal last year was to break a total score of 300 points. I came so close with 297.5. It was so dissappointing to have trained so hard and come so close to miss my goal by so little.

I was hoping that my shoulder would have been recovered by September, so I could take part in the workout as prescribed. Some recent setbacks in my recovery have forced me to realize that this will probably not happen. I know I could do most of the workout, but it's just not safe to push really hard in the pushpress (that's what really hurts my shoulder). I may have to test myself to see where I am with all of these exercises, but I'm pretty sure it's not smart to try to hit this workout as prescribed.
:(

This brings me to wonder what role I can play in a workout that means so much to me. Things to ponder.