I started doing CrossFit in August of '04, thanks to some needling by Brand X Students (Jason and Ricky) and Jeff Martin. I've never looked back. If look at me and say, well, of course YOU can do it, you are a maniac, then that is the beauty of CrossFit at work. Start doing CrossFit and in 6 months time, YOU will be the YOU that YOU looked at in AWE and perhaps a little skepticism. Please sign my GuestBook
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Saturday - Brand X Open WOD #1
AMRAP in 10 Minutes
30 Double Unders
15 Ground to Anyway OH 75#/55#
I used power snatches and 55#.
Only got 2 rounds and 22 double unders.
It was the double unders that killed me and I was surprised the snatches were not as hard as I thought they’d be. Thanks, Unforgibbon for coaching and judging my ROM and counting reps.
Thursday, ROW/Double Unders/Burpees
150 double unders
50 burpees
21:10
Slower than my PR by 1:13 Out of practice on Double Unders.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Monday, Randy, sclaed.
Friday, Brand X - Death by 10m
Post number of minutes completed.
I got through 12 and did 8x10m in the 13th minute.
Weak.
Tuesday 3/5/11 - Row 150m x 10 rest 1:30
Row 150m
Rest 90 seconds
My times varied beytween 31.5 and 28 seconds. I failed to save my record. :/
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Monday, March 07, 2011
Monday, Brand X 0800 - Run 800m, 50 Sit-ups x3
Workout:
3 rounds for time
run 800m (BX figure 8)
50 Abmat situps
23:30, last 400m in rain.
Cash out (skipped it) 5 max handstand holds or 5:00 goal work. Had to run to work.
Friday, March 04, 2011
Friday @Brand X - 5K run
3x 1 mile loop around Brand X block. Reversed route so uphills were at the first and third quarter mile. Rough.
32:16
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
21-15-9 rounds of
Sumo Deadlift High Pull 95# (65# women)
Overhead Squat 95# (65#)
This was way too heavy to do after not being consistent with my oly lifts for a long time.
Still 14:11 kicked my ass.
Also good to see some of the guys in the gym doing front squats outside the smith machine and and stuff other than bench presses with barbells. A guy came out to ask me how the lifting felt on the spongy outdoor class mat.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, Deadlifts and Burpees
Scaled version of a workout from the 2008 CrossFit Games
5 rounds:
5 Dead Lifts, 145#
10 burpees
9:03
A year ago I did this with 155# and it took a minute longer. I am working on getting my deadlift back to where it was a year ago.
[BW 153 stoopid birthday cakes and such.]
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday CrossFit Brand X 6:00pm
12 Min AMRep
5 heavy thrusters (#85)
Burpees while partner completes Thrusters.
Score by total burpees completed.
My score 51
My partner Michelle totally rocked her heavy thrusters.
Cash Out: Run 1200m
Monday, February 07, 2011
Friday Kb Swings, Pull ups, Running - Not helen!
35 kb swings
18 pull ups
400m run
25 kb swings
12 pull ups
400m run
15 kb swings
9 pull ups (supposed to do 6 doh!)
400m run
15:17
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Saturday, Brand X AM workout: Run, Hill Sprints & Burpees
Buy in : Bear Crawl + Cartwheels + 5 squats 3x
Workout
800m run
3 rounds
1 hill sprint
10 burpees
600m run
2 rounds
1 hill sprint
10 burpees
400m run
1 round
1 hill sprint
30 burpees
34:43
I did good! Sally did awesome!
Cash out
Stretch
Whine
Cry
Hurl
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tuesday - row 1000m x 3 rest 2:00 between
4:31.3
4:27.3
Modified from run 800x3 012410 WOD
Monday Brand X - Deadlifts. Squat Cleans and Ring Dips
135 x5
165 x5
175 x5
Workout:
12-9-6
Squat cleans
Ring dips (for the 9 and 6 rounds, subbed bar dips)
9:44
rest 5 minutes
repeat
(subbed bar dips and push ups)
8:31
Total time 23:15
Saturday
1330 - Team workout
Amrap in 20
150 Hang power cleans (95/65/45)
25 rope climbs
200m as a team.
two people working at a time. Run at the same time. Team with most rounds complete wins.
Team Alison beat us by a smidge. Basically 2 rounds per team in 20.
I didn't climb the rope until skill work. I counted for my team instead I kicked butt on the HPC.
Friday (Brand X) - Half Angie 11:38
50 pull ups (yes! 50 in 4:43)
50 push ups (too slow)
50 sit ups
50 squats
11:38.
PR by 3:23
Next time I will use the "metcon" push ups and break 10. Then I will attempt full angie in under 20. muahahahaha
BUIYATOO!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Thursday @Brand X 0800 - Hill Sprints and Front Squats
x3
95
115
130
WO:
3 rounds
1 hill sprint
7 Front squats 95 (supposed to be BW but you have to clean it)
10:01
Started with 100# but failed the first clean so I stripped 5# off. Completed 3 unbroken sets with 95#.
Cashout: detoured to work on my 100# clean with Unforgibbon coaching.
Tuesday - Row 5k 22:50
It felt awful and my time was not great. Off my game due to lack of working out over time.
22:50
(PB is 22:01)
Monday - Brand X @0900
WO:
Grace
95# x30 Clean and AWOH.
Did Push and Split Jerks.
No time recorded, due to bar malfunction issues. ;)
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Friday, Interrupted Cindy - 9 rounds + 5 pull ups
Buy in - 4:00 min. 50m shuttle run > side shuffle > high knee skipping > back pedal
WOD
3 x 5:00 min. “Cindy”
with a 2:00 min. rest in between
I did total of 9 rounds + 5 pull ups. I am SOOOO happy I can do pull ups again. But I did get a tear on one hand.
Cash out - Stretching & HSPU skill work—errr… I don’t want to talk about it.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, January 14th - Deadlifts
135x5
165x5
175x5
185x3
195x1
200x1
Failed 205.
I need to get back in Brand X for deadlifting days.
Then I did AIR Fran
21-15-9
Squats
Push ups
4:43
Monday, January 10, 2011
Monday, January 10th - BEAR amrap 12
AMRAP in 12 minutes
Bear Complex 65#
I got through 29 reps. Slower than what I did 30 in on Wednesay last week. ugh.
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Saturday, Brand X AM workout
First of all… I got my pullups back! Whoop! Second of all, my deadlift is crap. Well, the weight is. I guess my form is ok, cuz no one yelled at me.
Brand X Saturday AM workout
Warm up: Deadlifts (10x 95, 5x145)
WOD:
10 min to find your 1RM - I ended up with 195… failed 205#.
Run a mile: 9:37
Rest 5:00
Max pull ups in 2 minutes - 35
(did 12 and 7. These are the first sets of kipping pull ups in MONTHS,
since my shoulder started hurting. It’s 99 percent better. Can still fell a tiny ache at the front of my shoulder joint but didn’t stop me. )
Rest 2:00
Max push ups in 2:00 - 24
Rest 2:00
Max sit ups in 2:00 - 48
rest 2:00
Max squats in 2:00 - 68
and then I cried.
Next episode of the Return of the Hobbit, Monday at 0800.
Monday, January 03, 2011
Monday, January 3rd - Bear Complex
Breakfast Cherries and two boiled eggs.
Workout 30 bear complexes. did lap times after 10 reps - 3:16, 4:08, 4:58 (broke that into 4/6)
Total Time: 11:23
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Monday Rowing WOD
row 2k
rest 3min
row 1.5k
rest 3 min
row 1k
rest 3 min
row 500m
8:49.3 - 6:43.4 - 4:28.6 - 2:10.4
It sucked. I wasn't rowing efficiently so I was in metcon hell.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, Row at work 5: 22:00.7 PR
22:00.7
point 7…so .8 from my goal of sub 22.
last time 22:08.4
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Monday - Row, Double Unders, Burpees
150 double unders
50 burpees. (4:01)
19:57
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 20:43
Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 25:15
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Thursday, Hang Power Clean/Burpees 9:35
75# Hang Power Clean x 15
15 Burpees
9:35
Went up in weight, took 1:38 longer.
Friday, November 05, 2010
November 2 - 1 snatch every minutes for 15 mintues
Started with 65# for 3. 75 for 5, 80 for 4, 85 for 2, 90 for the last rep.
Tried 90 one more time and bailed. It made a loud crack on my plastic flooring over cement and the spring clip flew off as well as the end cap. Good thing my mother didn’t wake up. She’d a been MAD!
Sunday, October 31, 30 muscleups for time. 6:36
6:36
Pr by about 40 seconds.
Friday, October 29 - Row 3k 15:34?
Cannot find where I logged this time. GRRR. 15:34 I think.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Amazing Grace and Brand X : 5:40
Clean and Anyway Overhead (Jerked most reps) x 30
95#
5:40
PR by :44
did not know what to expect of myself. Just kept moving.
Skipper! where u at, girl! She got a PR, too.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, October 20th - RANDY 8:43 PR
At the office gym:
Buy in/warm up:
35# db power snatch 3x R Arm. 3x L Arm
3 Dead hang pull ups.
10 45# clean and jerk
Randy
55# power snatch x 75 reps
8:43
PR -0:04 from 2008 previous PR. Of note, my last few runs at this were between 11 and 12 minutes. Pretty happy.
02/16/2008 14:18
03/25/2008 08:47
04/21/2008 10:06
07/23/2008 10:45
07/04/2009 11:35
03/01/2010 10:27
06/05/2010 12:37
09/11/2010 11:53
10/20/2010 08:43
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Sunday, Hang Power cleans / Burpees 101015 WOD
Pack:
Three rounds for time of:
95 pound Hang power cleans, 15 reps
15 Burpees
Women - 65#
7:57
Faster than last time (100423 - 8:41)
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Tuesday, Oct 12 - Jerry 29:40
Run 1 mile (8:50)
Row 2K (9:06)
Run 1 mile (9:32)
29:40
Treadmill Running. First Mile is a PR, I believe
Friday, Hypoxic KB Swings/100M sprints
Buy In: 3x run 200m, 20 squats, hip mobility
WO:
6 rounds
Hypoxic KB Swings (16kg)
100M sprint
Not timed. The goal was to get as high up on laddered hypoxic swings as you could. I sucked at this. The highest round I got was up to 5 :
breath 1 swing, breath, 2 swings, breath, 3 swings etc.
Terrible.
Cashout...shoulder stretching and various dip related skill work.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Monday, October 04, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Catchup post.
9/25 Saturday: FGB - 249 (wall balls were a crash and burn. Note to self, start with wall ball next time.)
9/24 Friday, Ran 5k - continuous running, no walking,no resting. Almost puked.
9/23 Thursday, High Rep Bench Press 70# bench press x 33 (Event from SFPD IronMan), Row 2k 8:37.5
9/21 Monday, Run 400m 50 Squats x 4 do not remember time.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Friday Run 5k
Didn't walk or stop to rest the entire 3 miles.
Total time 30:36 (my best time is 29:40)
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Wednesday - Kelly 29:50
5 rounds:
1/4 mile run
30 box jumps-20” box
30 wall ball shots 10’ target, 12# ball
29:50
First time doing 5 full rounds. Last time I did this it was with a 14# ball and I finished 4 rounds in 28:37
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Saturday - 9/11 Brand X First Responder WODs
I started with RANDY @ 55# and finished in 11:53
Then after a long stretch of taking photos of other athletes getting their asses kicked, I felt bad.
So I did 1/2 Arnie
Well, I thought it was half, I got screwed up and did a bit more than half…
12 Turkish Get-ups R
25 kb swings
12 KB OHS R
25 KB Swings
12 TGU L
25 KB Swings
12 KB OHS L
25 KB Swings
12 TGU R
so did an extra set of R handed TGU and 25 extra squats with 25#kb in about 17 minutes
Friday @ Brand X 1/2 Angie, Run 800m, 1/2 angie
25 pull ups on flat bar with chin up grip - (2:38)
50 push ups
50 situps
50 squats
(10:33)
Run 800m
(15:35
1/2 angie
25 pull ups on flat bar with chin up grip - (2:50)
50 push ups
50 situps
50 squats
(29:44?)
Tuesday Amrap DL/HPC/SDHP 8-9 rounds
33 burpees in 3:05
AMRAP in 20 minutes
65# Deadlift x5 (should have been thrusters)
65# Hang Power Clean x7
65# Sumo Deadlift High Pull x 10
Either 8 or 9 rounds. I got done with 4 doubted myself and called it three.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday - 08/30/10
21-18-15-12-9-6 and 3 rep rounds of:
Sumo deadlift high-pull, 55 pounds
Push jerk, 55 pounds
11:26
with headphones coming out a couple times getting tangled in thumbs during sdhp.
All PP unbroken. smile
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Saturday, 08/28/10 - jump and touch WOD
Pack
Tie a five-pound plate to hang an honest 12” above your tiptoe reach and complete 5 rounds for time of:
30 Jump and touch
25 Squats
20 Sit-ups
15 Push-ups
10 Pull-ups
25:53
pull ups mixed grip on thin doorway pull up bar. Tore a callous.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Friday, Brand X
Buy in: I forget...
Amrap 15 minutes:
10 Box Jumps 20"
10 Push ups
10 Ring Rows
5 rounds, plus 10 box jumps, 10 ring dips
Cash out: walk hands up from elbow plank to push up plank and back down, max reps.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
ook!
There some other girls on there, too. heh. It's all just pictures of CF girls working out or showing off their "guns." He grabbed a cool pic off my facebook.
Thursday, Brand X
Buy in 3x bear crawl,, dip walk, 100m run, curb balance walk, vault, 10 each side S2S hop
2 rounds
a godawful hill sprint loop 300m?
15 ttb (sub floor leg lifts)
10 good mornings
15 burpees
10 good mornings
15 ttb (sub floor leg lifts)
18:58
Cash out: dead hang pullips/bar dips
Thursday, 08/19/10 - ttb, good mornings, burpees
2 rounds
a godawful hill sprint loop 300m?
15 ttb (sub floor leg lifts)
10 good mornings
15 burpees
10 good mornings
15 ttb (sub floor leg lifts)
18:58
Cash out: dead hang pullups/bar dips
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Tuesday - Satan's Circus
Happy Birthday, Jeff Martin!
51 Thrusters (45#)
51 Pull ups (mix of ring rows and bar rows)
51 thrusters
51 Pull ups (bar rows)
(51 thrusters)
missed the last set of thrusters
21:01
Monday, August 16, 2010
Monday - WOD 100816 21:28
30 Wallball shots, 12 pound ball (10.5 foot target)
45 pound Squat snatches, 30 reps
21:28.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Sunday - Annie in the Park 14:24
Annie
50-40-30-20-10
Double Unders
Sit ups
14:24
(not a PR but it was not under ideal conditions. Still good.)
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Saturday - WOD 100814 Weighted Deadhang Pull ups
1-1-1-1-1-1-1
1 - 5#, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 8.75, 10#F, 5, +0
Friday, August 13, 2010
Brand X Friday : Run and Jump.
Buy in: (2x) 10 dislocates-> 8 OHS-> 10 Supermans
WOD: 800m Run
100 Box jumps
800m Run
20” box, stepped up. 15:57
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Wednesday, Snatch 75#
Strength :
Snatch 55x2, 65x2, 70x2, 75x2, 75x1.
Metcon:
AMRAP in 10 minutes:
10 push press #55
10 burpees
5 rounds.
Tuesday, August 10th - Air Fran 3:50
Invisible Fran
21-15-9
Squats
Push ups
3:50 which is 14 second PR (4:04 in 2007) and a minute faster than the last attempt.
This is supposed to simulate your fastest possible Fran time. Hmmmm.
Wednesday, August 5th WOD 0731
Pack scaling:
4 rounds for time of
Run 400 meters
25 Burpees
Set up under a bar that is one foot above your reach for burpees. Jump and touch the bar for each burpee rep.
22:14
Friday, August 06, 2010
Tuesday, Aug 3rd - WOD at Brand X.
15 minutes of shoulder press /200 M run between sets.
3 x
400 M run
30 Sit ups
20 Toes to Bar
10 Windshield wipers
21:18
floor wipers and floor leg lifts to over head…meh.
Shoulder presses a bust.
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Monday, August 2nd, 2010 - Isabel 8:17
30 x full squat snatch 55#
8:17
Not unhappy with it. Pretty happy with some of my snatch reps. Gonna do more of these.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
July 29th, Brand X. TTB/DB snatch.
30 floor leg lifts
30 DB Snatch #25
Time 14:47
I would have used 30# db but I thought it was squat snatches…still not a bad time I guess. Did the floor lifts because it still hurts to hang from bar a little.
Cash Out: 5:00 minutes of handstand practice. Want a handstand pic in mexico that is legit. smile
Tuesday July 27th - Deadlifts + MU/Squats/Run
3 rounds
5 bar muscle ups from squat
50 squats
200m run
11:10
July 20th...Deadlifts and Diane
*use a weight you can do unbroken dl's with and dbs that you can't do unbroken shoulder press with.
21-15-9
Deadlifts 135#
Shoulder presses with db's.
Used 30 for first round then during the 15 set, Connor made me switch to 25# and go unbroken.
I forget my time. I didn't log it anywhere...prolly in a text, tweet or fbook post somewhere.
July 16th - 100 Burpees
12:00
20 unbroken.
July 14th. running and thrusters
3 rounds for time
run 400m
85# thrusters
Cleaned from floor, broken all rounds (max set was 7 reps)
20:40
a while back I did a 5 round rowing 500m and 7 reps of 95# in 23 minutes…dunno if I’m happy with today’s time or not.
July 15th, 2010 Nasty Helen?
3 rounds of
Row 500m
21 Hang Power Snatches 45#
12 Push ups
15:28
Monday, July 19, 2010
Brief Intermission.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Stopwatch Results
Lap1 00.00 02:24.96
Lap2 12:14.59 14:39.55
Lap3 05:58.88 20:38.43
Lap4 04.08 20:42.52
End 01.31 20:43.83
Timing by BlackBerry
Monday, July 12, 2010
Wednesday, 7/7/10 -- jackie with a twist.
50 thrusters 45#
30 KB swings 35#
11:13
Thrusters unbroken
Subbed In swings for pullups.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Tuesday, Annie 13:43
13:43.66
Didn’t work out all weekend. Wore flip-flops all weekend.
Today at work gym:
Annie
50-40-30-20-10
Double Unders
Sit ups
13:43
My last time was 16:11. My goal for this was sub 16. Next goal…sub 12.
Push ups 50 in 3:22, pr by 25 seconds.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, Run 400m x6
Buy in: Forward roll + 1 handstand attempt + 1 forward roll, + 10x dot drill + balance beam + Vault + 10 S2S hops. X2
WOD:
6x
Run 400M
Rest 75
2:23; 2:24; 2:27; 2:28; 2:28; 2:26
Happy with those times
Cash out
Max clapping push-ups -7
Max explosive push-ups - 6
Max regular push-ups - 7
Sunday - Strict pull up work
Did about 6 or 7 before I gave up.
Oh yeah I also carried a big piece of granite from our bathroom to our back yard to be worked on. That think must have weighed about 75 lbs.
Friday, Brand x 08:00 - DU/boxJumps/KB swings
40 Double-unders
30 Box jumps, 24 inch box
20 Kettlebell swings, 1.5 pood
1 pood, 24” box, stepped up.
18:50
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesdsay, Push Jerk 3x115
65 - warm up
75-85-95-105-115
Not a PR but not a step back. This will go up.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Monday, 10x 15 DL 15 Push ups
15 95# deadlifts
15 push ups
18:00. PR.
"Brendan"
Last time I did this with 10 DL and 15 push ups. 22:48
Before that 24:58.
That is -4:48 and -2:10 for a cumulative improvement of 6:58 with 50 more deadlifts.
Friday Brand X - Back squat and 5150 cindy
Buy in:
High rep Back squats
20x115
(never done high rep BSquat before)
Workout: 5150 Cindy
Amrap in 20
5 pull ups
15 squats
0-
5 push ups
15 squats
0-
Did rows on a parallel bar because it hurts to hang from a pull up bar. Gonna see a doc about that. OUCH.
12 rounds plus 5 rows.
Cash out - 15 Back Extensions/Max Plank Hold/15 back extensions.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday - WOD from 100615 Rowing and Wall Ball
Row 2K (8:47 PR)
50 Wall-ball shots, 12 pound ball
Row 1K
30 Wall-ball shots, 12 pound ball CRAP
Row 500 meters
20 Wall-ball shots, 12 pound ball
Used a spot about 10’ off ground in raquetball court.
24:28
horrible.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tuesday, Brand X - Alternate workout
Buy in: 2:00 of Jump rope-> 1:00 Side2Side hops-> :30 Burpees
WOD: 3 Rounds for time
5 Deadlifts (70% 1 rep max) #275
10 Pull ups
25 Wallballs #20
Cash out: Row 500m Sprint
My shoulder hurt me during the first three pull ups so DD had me do
800m - Run the long sides of the buildings and lunge the short sides. About 15 minutes. Dunno if this is as horrible a time as it seems. :/
Monday, June 14, 2010
Monday, WOD : Rowing / Bench Press Scaled
Row 500 meters
1/2 body weight Bench press, 30 reps
Row 1000 meters
1/2 body weight Bench press, 20 reps
Row 2000 meters
1/2 body weight bench press, 10 reps
22:49
Rows: 2:07 / 4:17 / 8:48
BP: 15,7,8 / 13,5,2 / 10
Sunday, June 13th - 15 rounds sdhp, push ups, squats
15 rounds for time:
5 SDHP 65#
10 pushups
15 squats
24:29
Friday - Deadlifts (3x205), 1/2 Grace (4:00)
95x5, 185x3, 205x3 (done, form breakdown on last 205 rep)
WO: 1/2 Grace, 95#, 4:00. Push jerks sucked.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Thursday - I'm not coming for you Elizabeth 13:11
Did the mobility routine, and warmed up while Jeff was running the last couple rounds of his workout…then set up for Elizabeth.
Skill work! Cleans. Ring Dips. Counting. Abort, Abort Abort!
Then regroup for 4 minutes then,
3 rounds for time
5 band assisted bar dips
10 95# cleans
15 push ups
Finished in 13:11.
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Wednesday, Upperbody rest day
run 1/4 mi on Treadmill
50 squats
15:38
9:14 total run time. 6.5 mph for first three runs and 6.7 for the last.
Don't really have anything to compare to as I apparently never recorded the one I did on treadmill with 1/4 mile before.
Fran 6:44
Mobility exercises
Run 200m, 10 push ups, 10 squats
Fran
21-15-9
Thrusters if I used the bar I think I did, 65#
Pull ups
6:44
Not really happy with it but all the thrusters were unbroken.
There were some great efforts today. My partner (I’m sorry I forgot her name) got 6:03 with a 15# bar and beginner pull ups. She did all her thrusters unbroken too.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Monday, June 07, 2010
Monday - Row 1000m x 4 PR
4:19.7
4:18.4
4:26.3
4:21.1
17:25.5 for 4k
(rowed another 1k - 4:30 so 21:55.5 for total work time.
Last time 4:33 4:27 4:30 4:38
18:08 for 4k
42.5 second pr.

