March 27, 2021

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The CrossFit Open has had my attention lately and I have neglected to post here.

The workouts have been interesting and good tests, in my opinion. At the end of the 3 I am feeling good about all the results except 21.3 and 21.4. 21.1 and 21.2 were completed twice and both times I did much better on the second time.

I am considering doing 21.3 and 4 again but Im not sure it will be necessary. The top 10% move on to the next round. There are 6700 people in my division so the top 670 move on. I expect to be in the top 50 after this result. I may just take this weekend to recover and get set to be at my best when the next round starts. That entails some celebration which just might include some ice cream and extra sleep.

I hope that your CrossFit Open has been going well. If you are not in this competition I hope that you have your own event or milestone you are preparing for. GO get it!

Here are the Podcasts that I have done on the Open

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Feb 5, 2019

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It has already been a busy 2019. Business stuff has me occupied enough to not be doing a good job on this blog but I am still hitting every workout.

Today we did a little tester for the 2019 Open

14.4

60 row cal

50 T2B

40 Wall Balls

30 Cleans @135

20 Muscle Ups

AMRAP 14 minutes

I have done this one 3 times and each time I got 180 reps or finished the cleans. Upon finishing the cleans, I have either failed each muscle up attempt or just run out of time but today I successfully got 1 muscle up making my score 181.

It may not seem like much but that one muscle up might be the difference in 50,000 places in the Open.

It was a PR and I rang the bell. It felt good!

March 13, 2018

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No excuses, just busy.  The daily blog returns after a layoff.  Sorry to the daily readers, but there is nothing wrong.  Thanks for your emails.

The CrossFit Open has been going on the last 3 weeks and it always throws me for a loop in training.  I want to do my best which usually requires a little rest and also a retest of each workout.  My schedule has been to watch the announcement on Thursday and then try it around 4 pm on Friday after sleeping in.  I will get more rest on Saturday and Sunday, sleep in on Monday and then try again at 5 pm.  Then Tuesday is usually some sort of skill work, hoping to outsmart Dave Castro and be a little ahead in some movement that I expect on the next workout.  So far, I have not outsmarted anyone.

Wednesday is track work and Thursday is more skill based and movement based stuff.

I actually think that my training goes down hill during the Open, but I do feel rested.

Today

Front Squat 5-4-3-2-1

then

10 Thrusters @ 95

10 Pullups

10 Row Calories

x 3

 

then 

Core Circle Jerk

We all get in a circle and each of us calls out a core exercise and reps.  We went around once.  9 guys here today

I hope the Open is going well for everyone, if you are in it.