Crossfit Life: Turkish what?

Tonight's WOD was great! Combination of some good stuff!

Tonight we were introduced to the Turkish get-up. You're face and response are probably the same as my moms, "What the heck is that?" while she looks completely confused. I looked this up before so I was a little familiar; however, I never attempted it.

The Turkish get-up is a strange maneuver of holding a kettle bell, dumbbell, or bar straight above your head while laying flat on your back, then bending the same leg that the hand with the weight is in so your foot is now by your butt. You then drive your heel down and push your body up, bending your other leg under your body, and then standing up... You then do the exact opposite and go back into the lying position, all while keeping that weight above your head.. (That entire description probably sounds like Chinese unless you've done a Turkish get-up lol)

I don't have any pictures because while we were videotaping, the video got messed up somehow.. But here's the basic idea...

LOL, the description on the picture actually makes more sense haha Owell.

Anyway, I maxed at 30 pounds with Turkish get-up and mom maxed at 18. I tried 35 multiple times and just could not get up! So frustrating... But it's okay, next time I'll be at 40 :)

(Side note): last workout, I maxed at 115 doing front squats which is a 10 pound improvement from last time :)

Going into tonight's WOD, I had a strategy, which was to split the workouts (one arm thrusters, pull-ups, and box jumps) into 5 rounds of 8, 10, and 12. After the 1000m row (which sucked btw.. Especially after already rowing 500m for a warm up), I went to the 10 pull-ups because my legs were tired, then onto the 12 box jumps because my arms were tired, then the 8 thrusters because they were the least amount of reps.

This WOD wasn't that difficult for me and I finished way earlier than I thought I would have. This indicates only one thing to me... I should have used a skinnier band on the pull-ups (I used the black one) and I should have used a heavier kettle bell for the thrusters (I used 18lbs). I think if I increased the intensity of this workout, I would have had a more reasonable time, instead I had times comparable to people who have been crossfitting for a while (obviously, I should of pushed myself harder and used more weight).

Results from WOD

I finished in 15 min 30 sec