Since yesterday's Cross Fit workout consisted of needing nothing other than a pull up apparatus (bar or rings), Shawn decided that it was a perfect opportunity to use the rings.
The workout: Burpee Pull-up.
How: Place hands on ground, hop your legs out so you're in pushup position, drop to ground, push up and hop a little to pull your legs up under your body, stand up, jump. As you jump, grab onto the pull up bar/rings, do a pull up, drop to ground on feet. Repeat.
Reps: 100. that's right. ONE. HUNDRED.
The goal: Do this as fast as you can. Record your time.
Shawn's time: 28 minutes give or take.
My time: 24 and a half minutes.
Of course, to be fair, I was doing hops instead of jumps since I can't do a full pull up and so the rings were set up to be a little above my head instead of a foot above my out-stretched hands like Shawn did.
Still. I win.
Now Shawn's out in the garage filling a basketball with 20 pounds of sand so he can do Wall Balls (that's what I'm calling them anyway). Wall Balls are where you take a 20 pound ball, do a squat with it, stand up and then throw the ball up 10', catch the ball, repeat. The reason why you do this by a wall is because it's probably pretty dangerous to just be outside throwing a 20 pound ball up in the air and trying to catch it, so you face a wall and aim for 10' up on the wall - then the ball only has a small area where it will come down and you don't have to move around as much to try to catch the damn thing.
But today's goal: 150 wall balls. in as fast as you can.
Is there anyone out there wondering why the unofficial mascot of Cross Fit is called "Pukey"?
Yay! fopr beating Shawn... even if you weren't totally doing the jumps. Can't wait to hear about 'wall balls' and Pukey...I see an adorable, doe-eyed pony and when you're about to pet it--it throws up on your shoes or hair depending on how you approach the pony.
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