30.06.07
Crossfit Update - Weekly Roundup
Tuesday 26th June
Shoulder Press
3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3
Colin - 35 - 40 - 42.5 - 45 - 47.5PB - 50PB - 52.5PB
I was really pleased with a big jump in PB here, my 1 rep PB was only 47.5 as well. Use of the hip swing makes a big difference here, though it does kind of feel like cheating.
Wednesday 27th June
Max reps in 2 mins
Row (cals)
Sit Ups
KBell Swings
Double Unders
Press Ups
Pull Ups
Rest 2 mins between exercises
Row/ SitUps / KBS / DU/ Pr Ups / Pu Ups / (KB load) / Scaling
Colin - 42 / 36 / 53 / 41 / 31 / 30 = 233 (20kg)
This chewed me up and spat me out. Fear the routines with built in rest, especially a 2 min rest! I don’t think I moved for about 10 minutes after this finished.
Friday 29th June
Fight Gone Bad - count reps in 3 rounds of:
1 min wall ball (20lb ball)
1 min sumo high pulls (34kg bar)
1 min box jumps
1 min push press (35kg)
1 min row for cals
1 min rest.
This all went badly wrong, Round 1 - Round 2 - Round 3:
86 - 53 - 56 = 195 (I think).
Last time (3rd May) I got: 84 - 71 - 70 = 225
Don’t know what happened to do so badly. I can only put it down to a very bad nights sleep in which I was up 3 times in the night. Meh.
Andrew Greenberg said,
July 3, 2007 at 12:23 am
Any hip swing in a shoulder press IS cheating. That would make it a push press or a push jerk, not a true overhead press.
Colin McNulty said,
July 3, 2007 at 9:12 am
That’s what I thought, but apparently so long as the knees don’t bend and the legs remain rigid, it’s allowable in Olympic lifts.
MICHAEL LATCH said,
July 20, 2007 at 4:55 am
Can you describe a “press up”…I think we must call it something different here in the States.
Thanks, mate!
Mike in L.A.
http://www.valleycrossfit.com
Colin McNulty said,
July 20, 2007 at 5:56 am
Lol sorry. Press up = Push up.