Before I set off for the great state country of Texas, Scott and I are tryin to knock out as many girls as possible... and while that would be a dangerous undertaking if I wasn't talking about CrossFit workouts, the CrossFit WODs might be just as much of a challenge!
The CrossFit Girls are Benchmark workouts... Why girls? Coach Gregg Glassman explains, “I thought that anything that left you laying flat on your back looking up at the sky asking "what the F*&$ happened to me?" deserves a girls name, right? They are just like hurricanes, they wreak havoc!"
Thursday was a "skills" day at StoneWay CrossFit, so I took that as my opportunity to do "Jackie".
1000m Row
50 Thruster #45
30 pull ups
Time - 8:12
Here is a safe bet, if it looks easy, be worried. The difficulty of the workout is inversely proportional to how easy it looks. Meaning, the workouts that look the easiest are guaranteed to be absolutely killer!
1000m Row at sub 4 mins is going to rock your gultes, hammies, and shoulders plus shoot your heart rate through the roof. Then going right into 50 thrusers your lungs are already buring, even though the weight is not heavy, your legs are heavy and slow b/c of the row and even after the first 5 thrusters your shoulders are on fire.
Once you finally complete the thrusters, the pull ups make sure you blow out every last ounce of enery your shoulders have left! By this time, your lungs (well, mine) are forcing quick breaks to suck down air. My shoulders are toast, I cant hold the pullup bar b/c my forearms are aching, and my shoulders refuse to pull up my body weight. I have to break my pullups into sets of 3, for the last 12 reps... which is ridiclously slow. Total time 8:12, next time I know I can get sub 8, but I feel pretty good about that time for my first run at her...
Thanks for a good time Jackie, another knotch in my CF belt.
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