{"id":58,"date":"2007-06-12T07:48:59","date_gmt":"2007-06-12T07:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/12\/crossfit-snatches-fun-for-all-the-family\/"},"modified":"2007-06-12T07:48:59","modified_gmt":"2007-06-12T07:48:59","slug":"crossfit-snatches-fun-for-all-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/12\/crossfit-snatches-fun-for-all-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossfit Snatches – Fun for all the family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was Snatches<\/a> for max weight in reps of: 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1<\/p>\n

Then 3 rounds of:
\n5 Snatches
\n15 Over Head Squats
\nRun 430m<\/p>\n

This is the first time for me Snatches have been done in a proper workout and I enjoyed them. Especially pleasing was getting a significant max weight of 60kg<\/strong>. As per usual however, it was the running that let me down in the workout. For the first time ever, I was actually in the lead after the first round! But the gas tank was running on empty and… I… just… couldn’t… run… another… step…. My time of 15:42 with a 34kg Snatch<\/strong> was poor, only because of the runs (or more specifically, the partial walks).<\/p>\n

I was chatting with Karen afterwards and explained that whilst running I felt like each breath I took wasn’t getting enough oxygen in. No matter how fast or how deep I breathed, I constantly felt starved of air<\/strong>. Of course Karen pointed out that that’s how she feels every time too, and you just have to make the decision to keep on running!<\/p>\n

Is that all it is? Is it all in my mind? Is this the mythical “pain barrier”?<\/strong> Do I “hit the wall” but bounce off? Is there really a utopia of endorphins on the other side?<\/p>\n

When my body is telling me: that if I keep running like I’m doing then I am actually going to collapse on the concrete and die of asphyxiation! How do I figure out if it’s telling the truth, or I’m just being a wimp and should suck it up and keep going? I realise that reads slightly melodramatic, but on the 2nd round run yesterday, when I reached the point where I decided to walk, the picture in my head really was, if I don’t stop running now the next person round that corner is going to find me face down in the gutter.<\/p>\n

Being a mathsy person (no really! \ud83d\ude09 ), it has always irritated me when people say things like, “I put in 110%”, which is a mathematical oxymoron. However Crossfit is one of those things where I put in >100% most of the time. 100% being the amount of effort I think I’m capable of, and all the bits above 100% being the bits where Crossfit consistently makes me exceed my own expectations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday however, I think I *only* put in 100%<\/strong>, and it’s actually quite funny how disappointed that makes me feel in myself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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