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"?
1 comment:
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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