Since I just started going to a legit CrossFit gym, Pioneer Valley CrossFit, I have already been talked into signing up for the CrossFit Open.  If you don’t know what that is it’s a five-week competition, each week a new workout is announced.  Once the WOD is announced you have 4 days to complete it and submit your score.  The top athletes will advance to Regionals and then from Regionals you advance to the CrossFit games.  I don’t think I will make it to Regionals but I’m excited to be a part of this competition, I love how hard I’m pushed during the WOD, the energy from the CrossFit community is awesome and, most importantly, I get to workout with my favorite workout partner, my husband.

Today I did the first open WOD 15.1 and 15.1a, which was a 9 minute AMRAP of 15 toes to bars, 10 deadlifts @75#, 5 power snatches @75# then you have 6 minutes to find your 1 rep max for clean and jerk (if you have no idea what I’m talking about you could go to games.crossfit.com and check out all the details).  I completed 158 reps and got 135# for my 1 rep max; I’m thinking about doing it again before the Monday evening deadline and strategizing better.  If there is anyone who still has to do this WOD, break up your toes to bars early and save your forearms.  I went unbroken on my first round and had a hard time keeping a rhythm for the rest of the workout.  I would suggest breaking them up 6-5-4 or 5-5-5, if I redo this workout, I might be able to get closer to 180 reps.  It was a cool environment today; lots of spectators, coaches, judges, and other athletes, it made for a memorable experience that won’t be forgotten!

Yesterday, I was pretty sore from Thursdays workout, which was a crap ton of overhead squats and chest to bar pull-ups, ugh!  So instead of lifting any weights I decided to go for a short run, do some burpees, and foam roll my horribly sore muscles.

Workout
3 mile run
100 burpees

* You can do 100 burpees in a row or break them up.  I broke the burpees up into 4 rounds.  I set my interval timer to 5 minutes and did 25 burpees (which took about 1:30) and rested the rest of the 5 minutes.  I did this while I was making dinner, I got a good body weight workout in and it kept me from snacking while cooking.

Had to take a selfie of one of my super cute new headbands from hippierunner.com.  I’m loving them because they actually stay in place and aren’t too tight…don’t you just hate it when a headband is too tight or slips off? 😦  Go check them out if you are a sucker for a good headband, like myself!