With a continuously running clock row one calorie on the C2 rower the first minute, two calories the second minute, three calories the third minute…..continuing as long as you are able.
Repeat with Burpees.
Post number of minutes completed for each exercise to comments.
PROGRAMMING
by Paul Flores
How many days are you committing to doing CrossFit workouts? Do you come twice per week, three times, five on two off? What ever your current commitment level is, are you getting the results you are looking for? Are your benchmark workout times decreasing? If you find that the improvement you experienced in the first weeks of doing CrossFit are not continuing as you expected, take a look at what the workouts are when you get to CFEC. Do you pick and choose when you want to come workout? Do you find yourself only coming in when there is a met-con workout? If this is you, you are missing out on "the magic of the mixture." The programming is what leads all of us to the elite fitness level we are trying to achieve. Making sure we get introduced to the max efforts in all of the basic barbell lifts, practicing the Olympic lifts when these are the WOD. It is these physiological stresses, when placed on our bodies during these max load workouts, which will allow you to not put the bar down in the 2nd round of 15 thrusters during "Fran." The physiological change these workouts induce, as well as the tremendous transferable value they deliver while doing those met-con workouts, make these max load WODs too not to do. If you're concerned that lifting those heavy weights may make your muscles too big, look around at all the other CrossFitters at CFEC and you'll see no one has that body type. Look around at those who are consistently improving, and you'll find that they are the ones following the programming put together at CFEC. There is a definite method being presented in the programming here at CFEC. Let our program work its magic for you. Don't inhibit the progress it promises to deliver by not taking part in all aspects of the diverse programming.
MAY PERSONAL RECORDS
Paul, great tutorial on cfec programming and I agree 100%. I’ll tell you what works best for me, I try to never look at the wod posted the night before. I stick to my regular schedule regardless of what the wod is but I find I sleep a lot better not knowing what the wod is. I just show up and get to work. On the flip side, if I skip a day and then see a really hard wod posted or one that looks like it might suck real bad then I’ll try and get in for the PM class and subject myself to the SUCK. Like OPT said in the Crossfit movie, “You have to be comfortable with being uncomfortable”. That’s why I’m so proud of my wife Susan. She gets to hear the wod from me after the AM session and when I say “we had to run a few miles in the wod today”, she often says “oh crap I hate running, I’ll go get my running shoes”. Brings tears to my eyes.
I love the progress Susan is getting from CFEC’s programming. Not just physically but mentally too. She’s getting tougher!
Great job guys.
Proof of Susan’s mental toughness: I was paired up with her for Friday’s squats and OH squats. After having done the first few sets of squats and having found my max, Susan was getting ready to do her next set and she says in a half whisper “Is this the workout or are we still just warming up?”
Thank you Dave and Phil for those words of encouragement. You two athletes are proof that the “product” we produce here is of great quality. Just look at the numbers you guys put up. Keep on keepin’ on.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Doing crossfit isn’t going to make my muscles too big!?! I’m already on the verge on having to shop for clothes in the kids section. I thought this was my ticket to being able to get out of wearing hand me downs from middle schoolers!
Seriously, though good post. Despite Dave’s advice early on I still check the next day’s workout every night. There’s only been one workout where I really considered skipping: “Teshina’s Wall Ball Nightmare” http://cfec.typepad.com/wod/2009/05/wod-sunday-050309.html). As it turned out I survived the workout and I no longer fear wall ball (although I do still fear Teshina). 😉
p.s. Thanks Paul!
p.s.s. Sorry everyone for the multiple posts today I’m clearly more interested in CFEC than my day job today!
5:30am
Listed as Row/Burpee
Carrie 13/11=24 RX
Monica 10/13=23 Rx
Michelle Z. 13/13=26 Rx
Phil 13/14=27 Rx
Robert 15/9=24 Rx
James 20/14=34 Rx
Steve 19/15=34 Rx
Newman 22/18=40 Rx
Ed 18/10=28 Rx
Scott 18/11=29 Rx
Paul 16/14=30 Rx
8:00am
Rose 10/12=22 Rx
Don 16/13=29 Rx
David 14/9=23 Rx
Laurie 11/12=23
9:00am
Teshina 18/13=31 Rx SDLHP@55#
Kim 14/13=27 Rx
Piper 12/8=20
Doug 20/11=31 Rx
Marci 12/11=23
Wendy 10/10=20
Dusty 15/10=25 Rx
Melinda 10/10=20
Sonya 11/13=24
Chad 13/14=27 Rx
Dana 12/11=23
Cristina 12/6=18
Valerie 10/10=20
10:00am
Jake 16/13=29 Rx
Vince 15/12=27 Rx
Tina 12/12=24 Rx
Dave 15/15=30 Rx
Traci 13/11=24Rx
Frank 15/13=28 Rx
Burger 15/10=25 Rx
Joe 15/10=25 Rx
Dan 18/11=29 Rx
Yvette 11/13=24 Rx
Brandon 13/11=24 Rx
Lisa 12/15=27 Rx
Ja’rod 15/10=25 Rx
Willie 17/11=28 Rx
5pm
Alan 12/10=22
Chris R. 19/12=31 Rx
Justin 17/11=28 Rx
Susan 10/9=19 Rx
Tiffany 10/13=23 Rx
Courtney 12/10=22 Rx
Delia 9/10=19
Dave B. 12/8=20 Rx
Jordan 10/10=20 Rx
Vande 10/10=20
Dayle 12/13=25
Robin 8/8=16
6am
Pam 12/10=22
Chris 15/12=27 Rx
Newman, the bar you are setting is obscene. I was fooling around with the numbers in this workout. For all results done Rx today, your performance was 50% ahead of the mean, 75% ahead of the median and 18% ahead of the next closest result to yours. An amazing performance!
Gee, thank you Tony. I’m not sure what all that means. I was never very good at geography. But Asians are usually not “mean” people or obscene. However, we do end up in the “median” often when we drive a motorized vehicle.
I think I’m just trying to make up for the spanking Paul gave me on Saturday’s WOD. Now THAT was impressive. Wish you could’ve seen it.
Thanks Dude. We’re all just having fun.
Try this: http://www.ims.cuhk.edu.hk/~ajm/ it is the url for the The Asian Journal of Mathematics. Then, eat a Ding-Dong or two and give us mere mortals a chance 🙂
-T
Ohhh, with that brain of yours I doubt you’d be classified as a mere mortal. But, why do you have to stereotype Asians and assume we’re all good at mathematics.
Plus, I used to subscribe to that journal but they cancelled me because I kept requesting they add more pictures.
I’m on my second ding dong right now. Sleep tight buddy.
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