Heavy is the name of the game?
October 29th, 2009
I’m very happy with everybody’s weight choice/scaling on this WOD today. The 5 power cleans were meant to be heavy, but not five one rep maxes. We walk a fine line along what is too much (form and/or range of motion is lost) and what is easily managed. I chose 205# which was more of a desire to be macho and show up our big monster Nick than was it a good choice of weight for me and the workout at hand. The weight severely took away from the intensity of my workout, I was never able to get more than one rep at a time always having to reset before going again. Every rep was a fight, my one rep max on a power clean is only 225#. Don’t get caught up trying to do what ‘Jane/John Doe’ did in the workout just so you can try and beat them, choose the weight for whats going to push you and make you better. The only way to know if you are consistently choosing the right weights for yourself is if you are keeping track of them and pushing yourself to do a little bit more each time. With the help of Katie K., Monday morning we will have a new option at the gym to aid you in keeping up with all these numbers.
WARMUP
25 Burpees for time
WOD
5 Power Cleans (m: 185 / w: 115)
20m Bear Crawl
10 Burpees
5 Rounds
| Shelly | 1:50 mod | 18:50 | 35# mod | Jarrod | 1:26 | 15:35 | 115# | |
| Nancy | 3:16 | 17:52 | 45# | Bobby | 0:54 | 10:44 | 115# | |
| Jill F. | 2:15 | 14:03 | 60# | Melvin | 1:31 | 16:06 | 135# | |
| Julie | 1:38 | 17:16 | 65# | Danny | 1:52 | 14:57 | 145# | |
| Amanda | 1:35 | 15:00 | 65# | Jason | 1:25 | 13:39 | 155# | |
| Jacqueline | 1:28 | 14:35 | 65# | Joe Bob | 1:36 | 11:54 | 155# | |
| Abigail | 1:12 | 14:15 | 65# | Tim L. | 1:42 | 15:09 | 165# | |
| Cammy | 2:02 | 12:39 | 65# | Chris | 1:44 | 15:01 | 165# | |
| Michele | 1:36 | 11:24 | 75# | Marc | 1:00 | 10:09 | 165# | |
| Alissa | 1:34 | 13:26 | 80# | Tony L. | 0:51 | 17:17 | 185# | |
| Elisha | 1:53 | 13:58 | 85# | Jesse | 1:06 | 16:32 | 185# | |
| Larry | 1:40 | 13:14 | 85# | Greg K. | 0:56 | 14:48 | 185# | |
| Amber M. | 1:10 | 9:58 | 85# | Nic C. | 0:54 | 14:23 | 185# | |
| Melanie | 1:12 | 9:44 | 85# | Yogi | 0:50 | 10:16 | 185# | |
| Sara | 1:26 | 14:18 | 95# | Steven | 0:54 | 9:44 | 185# | |
| Travis | 1:08 | 14:44 | 105# | David U. | 0:49 | 9:09 | 185# | |
| Steph P. | 1:13 | 13:47 | 105# | Nick | 1:46 | 15:49 | 205# | |
| Tom Vo | X | 13:39 | 105# | John M. | 0:56 | 15:30 | 205# | |
| Mike B. | 1:50 | 17:14 | 115# |
Filed under: Daily WOD
October 29th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Gracias for my ankle friendly workout
October 29th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Stay off the pullup bar Ashlee! I don’t want to have to yell at you.
October 30th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
I will
I promise. See all the ladies are so focused on pullups now. So what’s gonna happen is I’m gonna work on other weaknesses and when another challenge comes around imma be like booya! And just b that good bc I was working on it while they weren’t lol. So it’s cool. I’ll get back to pullups and squats and stuff when my ankle is better.
October 30th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I’m glad Katie will help find a way to keep better track of weights, but I think P3 has the best Crossfit website of all. I check other sites for people I know, but no one has great pictures and everyone’s results for every WOD. Thanks John, it’s appreciated. It keeps me motivated and it bugs me when I see fun (?)workouts that I missed.
October 30th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Ditto what Nancy says. I too cruise other Crossfit websites, and, other than Crossfit.com, P3 definitely the best. When looking for a weekend workout at home, the P3 is my first choice. Did the 150 Wall Balls / KB Swings this morning. Ouch! Thanks John for all your encouragement and dedication to excellence!
October 31st, 2009 at 11:40 am
I’m glad you guys like it, and I always enjoy hearing you guys are on here looking at stuff and keeping up with the workouts. I love working on the website no matter how big of a headache it can be sometimes. Have a good Halloweenie!