Crossfit Life: 1st of 2014! Back Squats and Double Unders!

Tonight was a great workout for the start of 2014! It was difficult but doable and at the end, we felt great!! The classes were packed tonight and even with snow coming down like crazy, our 6:30 class had more of us than normal!

Tonight's WOD:

Prior to the WOD, we had a great warm-up! Row 500m (which is such a great start to the warm-up, really gets the blood flowing and muscles warm), 40m lunges, 25 push ups (did an awesome job on these, I actually did about 18-20 real ones before I started to snake them), 10 gobble squats with the heaviest kettle bell, and then stretched for 5 minutes.

The last time me and momma did back squats (which was 12/20), I maxed at 100 doing 3 reps and mom maxed at 90 doing 3 reps. I remember doing these and I actually read the old blog to see how well I did these, and I struggled on that 3rd rep and "It took everything I had to get up from that squat." I was stuck in that in between position of a squat and a fully standing up position. Well, tonight, I maxed at 5 reps doing 100 pounds and I know I could of went up in weight, but time ran out. I am so impressed with my progress, especially since the holidays have impacted my Crossfit schedule and I've only been there a couple times since the 20th. Mom and Maria maxed at 85 doing 5 reps!!! That is impressive! Mom set a new personal record and did 1 rep at 100 pounds!!! Go mom! So proud! And Maria didn't think she could do the 85 at all and she did it with a struggle free look on her face! So amazing what mind over matter can do! Craig did an awesome job also! This was the first time he did back squats and he maxed at 185! That's so great!! And lets not forget Diana who rocks it every night and did 5 reps at 110 pounds! She's my inspiration!

The WOD wasn't too bad except for the double unders. Of course 5 rounds of 15 pull-ups is really tough, but I just broke them up into sets as best as I could each round. The double unders were driving me crazy and really setting me back with time. I would get 5-10 double unders in a row and then lose my flow. I did this every round except for the 4th, where I did 90 singles. The double unders take everything out of me... Doing 90 singles instead of 30 doubles was a break for sure!

After this workout, I was sweating like crazy and layed down of course! It was a great start to the new year and as always, an amazing workout! Great job tonight everyone, you all kicked major butt!! Way to start the New Year!

Results of the night: