I've been away from the blog for a while but not by choice.
For some reason Hawaiian Telcom has seen fit to deny me internet access at home. Bastards.
Yeah I know, I could write on my phone but I HATE that. My fingers were made for the keyboard.
Anyway, so yesterday a friend from Honolulu was in town and I took him to lunch. While we were waiting for the food he asked me, "So what is Crossfit anyway?"
I tried to explain, talked about how each gym is different but how we follow the same sort of sort of model.
Like a lot of people who haven't done the workouts he's confused. I'm not helping because it's a harder question to answer than I thought.
Then this morning I got up to get some water and I realize why it's hard. Crossfit isn't a workout, it's an IDEA. It's the theory, a philosophy. Much like how Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do wasn't a style of martial arts.
That's when I couldn't go back to sleep. I've often thought how cool it would be to go back in time and to be a part of Bruce Lee's classes from the start and here I am, participating in this fitness movement that is definitely a nationwide phenomenon but still getting established.
Okay maybe it's already established but you get my point. It's just cool to be part of something new that I think will one day be recognized in history. Fitness history anyway. Found a quote from this guy from the Pacific Institute of Sports Medicine in British Columbia who said that "Used safely and sensibly, I believe CrossFit has potential not just to change people’s lives, but also to change the fitness industry for the better."
Ya think? Anyway, sorry to get all serious on you there. The things I think of early in the morning.
Back to the workouts.
Been some challenging workouts this week. Tuesday was FIVE ROUNDS of 10 power cleans, 20 sit ups and 30 double unders. Actually the only hard part was the DU's. Fricking 18 minutes to do that workout. SUCKED.
By the way, I've learned that Icy Hot is my best friend. Found a tube of it in the gym (Thank you Bruce) and had Kristi rub some on my lower back (sorry Bump but she was closest, heh) and I had NO problems during the workout. Power cleans usually destroy my back, especially high rep.
Oh yes and props to Ken for doing the workout in LESS THAN 9 MINUTES . . . WTF? Is he on roids? A cyborg? Sacrifice animals? How the hell . . ?
Then I realized that he has double unders and probably wasn't spending 2 minutes trying to do 30 reps. Yah, that makes a small kine difference.
So if you read my last workout that means we did thrusters and power cleans back to back on Monday and Tuesday. So thankfully Bump had mercy and threw this on the board: 3 rounds of AMRAP of 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups and 15 air squats.
Good workout. Did 11 rounds and kept a pretty good pace. Of course guys like Marcus and Ikaika were doing 15 and 18 rounds but hey, I'm still feelin pretty good about this week.
Overall I think I've been improving and it's been a really simple change. Concentrate on speed and screw the weights. I'm still throwing on the plates during the strength workout so I'm not getting weaker at all.
Been a good year so far. Me likey 2012.
Shoots, later gang,
Rod
For some reason Hawaiian Telcom has seen fit to deny me internet access at home. Bastards.
Yeah I know, I could write on my phone but I HATE that. My fingers were made for the keyboard.
Anyway, so yesterday a friend from Honolulu was in town and I took him to lunch. While we were waiting for the food he asked me, "So what is Crossfit anyway?"
I tried to explain, talked about how each gym is different but how we follow the same sort of sort of model.
Like a lot of people who haven't done the workouts he's confused. I'm not helping because it's a harder question to answer than I thought.
Then this morning I got up to get some water and I realize why it's hard. Crossfit isn't a workout, it's an IDEA. It's the theory, a philosophy. Much like how Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do wasn't a style of martial arts.
That's when I couldn't go back to sleep. I've often thought how cool it would be to go back in time and to be a part of Bruce Lee's classes from the start and here I am, participating in this fitness movement that is definitely a nationwide phenomenon but still getting established.
Okay maybe it's already established but you get my point. It's just cool to be part of something new that I think will one day be recognized in history. Fitness history anyway. Found a quote from this guy from the Pacific Institute of Sports Medicine in British Columbia who said that "Used safely and sensibly, I believe CrossFit has potential not just to change people’s lives, but also to change the fitness industry for the better."
Ya think? Anyway, sorry to get all serious on you there. The things I think of early in the morning.
Back to the workouts.
Been some challenging workouts this week. Tuesday was FIVE ROUNDS of 10 power cleans, 20 sit ups and 30 double unders. Actually the only hard part was the DU's. Fricking 18 minutes to do that workout. SUCKED.
By the way, I've learned that Icy Hot is my best friend. Found a tube of it in the gym (Thank you Bruce) and had Kristi rub some on my lower back (sorry Bump but she was closest, heh) and I had NO problems during the workout. Power cleans usually destroy my back, especially high rep.
Oh yes and props to Ken for doing the workout in LESS THAN 9 MINUTES . . . WTF? Is he on roids? A cyborg? Sacrifice animals? How the hell . . ?
Then I realized that he has double unders and probably wasn't spending 2 minutes trying to do 30 reps. Yah, that makes a small kine difference.
So if you read my last workout that means we did thrusters and power cleans back to back on Monday and Tuesday. So thankfully Bump had mercy and threw this on the board: 3 rounds of AMRAP of 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups and 15 air squats.
Good workout. Did 11 rounds and kept a pretty good pace. Of course guys like Marcus and Ikaika were doing 15 and 18 rounds but hey, I'm still feelin pretty good about this week.
Overall I think I've been improving and it's been a really simple change. Concentrate on speed and screw the weights. I'm still throwing on the plates during the strength workout so I'm not getting weaker at all.
Been a good year so far. Me likey 2012.
Shoots, later gang,
Rod
