Day Twenty One

So we have been talking about a lot of things in relation to this whole 30 challenge, but I have neglected to touch on a very important one performance (that's performance in the gym) .    What effect is this diet having on my execution in my daily WOD's.

First,  a couple of definitions for all the non-crossfit people reading:

• WOD: Workout of the Day
• PR: Personal Record

Let's start with something that I mentioned earlier in the month, double unders.  A double under is when the rope passes two times under your feet (as you jump) instead of one time.  It is a very common move in several workouts that we do.  If you can't perform a double under you have to  do three regular jump ropes for every one double under ( if the WOD says 50 DU, you would have to do 150 singles)!!  It does not seem difficult , however I could never get the timing down, it's that rub your head and  pat your stomach thing but you are trying to snap your wrists and jump at the same time.  I have been doing them one at a time for a few months but I finally had a break thought and now I have a PR of 20 in a row!!

Next on my list was Friday night, Jackie.  In writing it seems relatively simple, but when you are doing it you just want to finish.  Jackie (many of the workouts are named, and after you have done them you never look at a person you know with that name the same way again):  Row 1000 meters, 50 Thrusters 45 pound bar, 30 pull ups.  A thruster is a full squat while holding the bar in the rack position and as you come up from the squat you raise the bar over your head.  Yeah 45 pounds seems like a breeze until you start lifting it after rowing 1000 meters.  The pull ups were the easy part.  I did the workout in 10:49, beat my previous time by at least 20 seconds and I was using bands for pull ups last time .  New PR for Jackie!!

Last but not least was tonight, Cindy.  I hate Cindy, it is just one of those WOD's that comes up and I dread going to the gym until I get there.  It's not the movements, they are not difficult, it's the amount of time you have to keep doing it.  Cindy is a 20 minute workout, you perform the movements to get as many rounds / reps as possible.  The movements are 5 pull ups, 10 push ups, and 15 squats.  You just keep going for 20 minutes, you stop feeling your shoulders and arms at about 10 minutes, but something inside of you keeps you jumping up to the bar for the pull ups, falling to the floor for the push-ups (worst part), and standing back up to squat.   Can you guess what I am going to say, yep new PR for Cindy today 18 rounds, 5 pull ups and 9 push ups!!

What's the moral of this long blog about cross fit WOD 's?  Is it a coincidence that I got my double unders and I have a new PR in at least two WOD's. since I started this challenge?  As you know I feel better and have more energy so I think it definitely related.  Garbage in, garbage out is a saying that is not for technology any more.  :-)

Too bad I could not have a glass of wine to celebrate my PR for Cindy tonight.  Nine more days we are into the single digits!!