The Crossfit Geek

Nike+

Well, my friend went down to Seattle and I go him to get me the Nike+ sensor (since they are waay cheaper down in the States). I just calibrated it and all and I’m ready to use it! I’m excited to finally track my running progress because I am THE WORST at tracking my progress/writing stuff down etc, so whenever I sync my music, this will just sync up with Nikeplus too which will allow me to simply track my progress! I am very excited about this. I have always had a simplistic view on this, and my progress is my progress and that is that, and while I still have that view, I am trying to turn a new leaf and write stuff down, track progress etc. A new side for me! Yeehaw!

Does anyone else have this Nike+ system? If so, what are your thoughts?

Benchmark month

So, at our gym, we have deemed August as a sort of benchmark month, where every day we will be doing a benchmark WOD. At first, I have to admit, I thought it was silly, but after doing a few of “the girls,” I am having a blast. I’ve never really had the chance to do these benchmark WODs, so the fact that I am doing them now will allow me to establish my times for each and then go back in a few months and compare! Instead of just doing a few, I can see how I am doing for all of them.

So far:

Angie

• 100 pullups
• 100 pushups
• 100 situps
• 100 squats

Griff

• Run 800m
• Run 400m backwards
• Repeat

Elizabeth

• 21-15-9 of
• 135lb squat clean
• Ring dips

Elizabeth was tough, since those cleans are only 10lbs over body weight, but even still, it was great, and I’m pretty happy with my performance so far. The others were good too!

Do you like the benchmark WODs? If so, what are your favourites?

Some firsts

My first post! How exciting.

I” am now back from Carson with an okay tan but a sweet drive thanks to all the unreal performances at the 2010 Crossfit Games. This was my first time visiting/appearing at the Games, and I must say, it was a great experience. The atmosphere was amazing. People who had no clue who you were were just cheering you on while performing at any given event. For one of the affiliate events, I had a guy within 5 ft of me yelling at me to lift, and I had no idea who he was. It was just awesome.

I have to say Chris Spealler is my hero. His muscle-up/snatch workout was just amazing. Seeing some guy do 135lb snatches while weighing 140lbs is just… well a rare sight. However, as rare as it might be, it’s set my mind in to driven mode as I would love to be able to be one of those guys.

Goals will now be set for the long term. What those may be, I’m not sure of yet. But, I do know one thing. I would like to see myself at the Games again next year, ideally as an individual, but I’m not sure I’d be in that calibre by next year. I would like to go only if I had the potential to perform well. Regardless, 2011 Games training… here I come.