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Welcome 2010
Friday, January 01, 2010 8:19 PM

I keep wondering if I should make a bunch of New Year's resolutions. I don't have anything against them, like some people do. In the past, I've usually set one or two resolutions, and generally I'm pretty successful at achieving them, because they aren't vague or wispy and I decided long ago that setting a resolution to lose weight was really stupid. Still, I... Read More...

by cindy | with no comments

Filed under: Running, clean, Deadlift, thrusters, squats

Total Part 2 -- Deadlifts
Thursday, December 03, 2009 5:47 PM

Today was part 2 of Crossfit Total. 1-1-1 Deadlifts I really wanted to reach 200 today. Alas, it was not to be. But I still PR'd. Here's how it turned out: 160-185- 205 I probably shouldn't have gone for 205. I got a little ambitious there, but my classmates said the bar actually left the ground. Zach pulled me aside and told me what to do -- forget about everything... Read More...

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Filed under: Crossfit, Max weight, Deadlift

Standing on shoulders
Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:11 PM

The other night over dinner, I was telling my husband about my cruddy/stressful day when his eyes dropped to about my chin and stayed there. "What? What are you looking at? Is there something on my face?" He shook his head and grinned. Later he told me he had been looking at my shoulders, which he says are more muscular. I'm sure today's WOD helped even more... Read More...

by cindy | with no comments

Filed under: Crossfit, Deadlift, pullups, box jumps

Meet "Christine"
Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:00 AM

I met another one of the Crossfit "girls" this morning. "Christine" 3 rounds for time 500m row 12 body weight deadlifts 21 box jumps I was really sore this morning thanks to "Angie," and I considered not going for a half-second yesterday. And even though I slept more than 7 hours, the warmups wore me out -- I was just so fatigued... Read More...

by cindy | with no comments

Filed under: Crossfit, Deadlift, box jumps, rowing, Christine

Slow, but Rx'd
Thursday, September 10, 2009 6:24 AM

I've moved into this phase where I'm now able to do the Rx'd weight much of the time, but as a result, my time is slower. It's been interesting looking back at the past 6 months and how I've progressed. I started off slow and doing all the WODs scaled, especially in terms of weight. Then, I gradually got faster, but I still had to do all of... Read More...

by cindy | with no comments

Filed under: Crossfit, Deadlift

Crossfit Total -- Part 2
Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:57 AM

The callouses are reforming on my hands, my legs are bruised and torn, and I'm walking around in a swagger -- I hit a PR in part 2 of Crossfit Total this morning: deadlifts. If ever I doubted the power of mental preparation -- well -- I don't anymore. I talked about this the last time I did Crossfit Total , and how I improved. This time, I not only brought... Read More...

by cindy | with no comments

Filed under: Crossfit, Goals, Max weight, Deadlift, PR