Ripped Hands! It's official!

Well, I have finally succeeded in ripping my skin open during 14.4. I always see pictures of crossfitters with callouses and ripped up hands but I never actually tore my skin, only couloused up. 

If I did more than one toe to bar in a row in this open tonight, my hands would be ripped to shreds!

Here's one of my hands even after countless chalk applying and taking breaks after every toe to bar. 

Anyway, here's the open workout...

You have to be an elite CrossFitter to even get through this workout! I didn't even put a dent into it!

It took me about 4 minutes, 30 seconds to row 60 calories... 

Then the toes to bar absolutely destroyed me. First of all, I've never done these before. So far, at Crossfit, I've only done knees to elbow... So doing toes to bar for the first time (Not to mention having to do 50) was tough! 

I only got 20 of them in 10 minutes, that is 2 a minutes and that is pretty terrible. 

Like I said, I had to stop in between each one and the main reason was because of my hands. 

Next time, I need to tape up for this! 

I will say that I am glad I did the workout. I thought I was for sure going to get to the wall balls. When I practiced toes to bar before the workout, I did a few pretty easily and I was feeling confident I would get through 50. 

Then again, I did just row for 5 minutes. 

Well, I'm exhausted. 

-CrossFitLys

Said Patty's Day Beatdown!

Total killer tonight. What a way to celebrate St Patty's day! Actually, I wouldn't have it any other way ;) 

Doesn't look so bad, except for the fact that on the minute every minute we had to do 5 hand release push ups!!!! So in the midst of all the air squats, sit-ups, thrusters, and knees to elbows, we had to stop every minute on the minute and do 5 push-ups. Absolutely no break and absolute all pain. My arms and legs went numb at one point ...

Endurance workout 100% 

On the split jerk tonight, I got a new PR! 115 for a 1RM! Last time i did these I got a 1RM of 85 so a huge improvement! 

Results of the workout tonight:

Took me 17 minutes and 38 seconds, so with that time, that would be 85 push-ups added to that workout :0 ugh so hard! I'm going to be in so much pain for the next couple days. 

Ok time to relax. 

-CrossFitLys

Open 14.3 :)

Tonight was the third week of the open! I tried to start off slow and steady so I wouldn't be tired by the third or fourth round but I ended up doing terrible because it was so hard either way... it's only been 5 months of Crossfit for me so I'll take the score I get and just embrace it... 

Here was 14.3 

I got to the 155 range and only got 6 dead lifts, giving me a total of 61 reps. Here's some awesome pics of 14.3 

A great workout, I could of did way better but it is what it is... 14.3, you killed my back!!! I'm going to be in such pain this weekend! It doesn't help that we just did deadlifts Wednesday! ;) 

-Crossfitlys 

Tabata ;)

First time I've ever done a Tabata workout. Tabata workouts are long and very painful to say the least! 

There was 4 different exercises in the Tabata today, kettle bell swings, push-ups, sit-ups, and double unders. 

There are 8 rounds for Each exercise spending 20 seconds on and 10 seconds off, non stop until 8 rounds are complete. The catch (because there is always a catch)... The lowest round is the round that counts towards your total. For instance, let's say for the first 20 seconds, I get 10 kettle bell swings... For the second 20 seconds, I get 10, but for the third I get 9. My total is now 9. Basically, you have to keep your stamina and strength the entire 8 rounds or else your scores will be low. 

Here's what the workout looked like. 

Oh yeah, we also did front squats before Tabata, 25 of them using 85-95 pounds. 

Here's us during this dreadful thing

(As I smile lol)

(Me and Julie are dying.. Probably due to the fact that our abs were on fire and were cramping up so bad from the sit-ups)

Results:

I only had a total of 26. However, I used the 35 lb kettle bell and did double unders, so I am proud! That workout was not easy and I am going to be crying tomorrow in pain.

Scratch that, I'm crying already from yesterday's deadlifts and squats :*0 

Nice job tonight everyone! 

-CrossFitLys

It's Getting Warm!

What a winter this has been! It's been 10 days since my last Crossfit workout due to a crazy sinus infection among many other annoying things going on (Life is never easy, thank God for Crossfit as my outlet!) 

Anyway, mom found out today she has arthritis in her knees and some fluid around her left knee with a bakers cyst on top of that. She also tore something in her left knee because the fluid had some blood in it (I know,not good)... But she's going to get an MRI soon so she's taking about 2 weeks off from Crossfit, so it's just me for a little while (totally not the same without her but health comes first)

I'm going to just start posting the daily Workouts along with all the results of the night. Unless something crazy happens, that's going to be the gist of the blog posts. 

So tonight's was...

Shoulder presses weren't too tough, and the highest set I did was with 60 pounds.

Results: 

 

Everyone did an awesome job tonight, the 100m sprints killed me, I haven't ran in so long, but it felt so good with this warm weather! Tomorrow is going to be 66 degrees!!!! 

-CrossFitLys

Plan is Tues, Wed, Thurs this week ;)