Category Archives: jumping

CrossFit Central: Birthday WoD

Posted on August 20, 2009 by

Today is my 41st birthday, which means “Birthday Burpees” at CrossFit Central. Instead of our normal warmup, we all (much to the consternation of my fellow athletes) got to do 41 burpees instead. Continue reading →

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CrossFit Central WoD: Pull ups and Med Ball Cleans

Posted on August 11, 2009 by

I mention the heat and the humidity because I was sweating like a whore in church during this WoD, which made the med ball cleans tough, as I was having a hard time holding onto the med ball after just a few reps. Continue reading →

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CrossFit Central WoD: OH Squats and Box Jumps

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

I was one of only two men in class who used the prescribed weight, and finished about 2 minutes in front of the other (the other two guys in our class were using the women’s RXd weight of 75 lbs). Continue reading →

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CrossFit Central WoD: Double the Fun

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

We were lucky enough to get two WoDs for the price of one today at CrossFit Central. Continue reading →

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Crossfit WoD: Jump and Row

Posted on February 12, 2009 by

During this morning’s Crossfit Central WoD we did a little sweet interval training. Continue reading →

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I am CrossFit WoD: Run, Jump, and Push

Posted on February 11, 2009 by

I completed 4 full rounds with 10 seconds to spare. Which I felt was a pretty good effort for me. Very few and very short breaks. Really tried hard on those vertical jumps. Despite the fact that this white boy really can’t jump. Continue reading →

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CrossFit WoD: Shoulder Burn

Posted on February 10, 2009 by

Burnt my shoulders out something serious. Though I wimped out and only used a 20kg KB, as my form and control of the one-handed push presses was bad. Still had a smoking workout, though. Continue reading →

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Crossfit WoD: Row, Jump, Push

Posted on January 20, 2009 by

Great metcon workout — unfortunately, the size of our class has grown (I think there were at least 12 in our class this morning). The problem is that Crossfit Central only has 4 working Concept II rowers. Continue reading →

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WoD: Pull ups

Posted on August 21, 2008 by

I’m still too heavy/not strong enough/not enough stamina to do any pull ups, so I had to scale considerably for today’s WoD. Continue reading →

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WoD: Christine

Posted on August 19, 2008 by

Another day, another Crossfit workout that I didn’t think I’d be able to do, but that I did. And my WoD times are slowly coming down. Hopefully I can start getting them under 20 minutes soon. Continue reading →

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