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Jun 09
Here’s my tentative SIFF schedule for this week. All movies are subject to last minute changes due to mood, word-of-mouth reviews, and traffic!
Tuesday, 6/2
Most likely I’ll be seeing the Shortsfest, but Dead People is a possible alternative.
Wednesday, 6/3
Thursday, 6/4
It’s a toss-up between Zombies and The Clone, not sure yet where I’ll be.
Friday, 6/5
Another toss-up, either Dynamite or OSS 117, depends on when Humpday ends.
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May 09
Volume metcon:
- Bent-over rows
- Box jumps
- Heavy KB Swings (2-hand)
- DB Push Press
- MB Situps
1 min each, for 5 rounds, count the total # of reps: 600
This places me near the front of the pack – yeah! My weights were 40kg rows, standard box, 32kg KB, pair of 35# DBs, and a 20lb MB.
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05
May 09
Strength:
- Heavy dips (which means bodyweight for me!)
Metcon:
- 1 clean, then 2 front squats
AMRAP in 15min, with a partner. Colin and did 60kg, and >30 (we failed to count!). I need to work on my clean technique more, it’s barely working..still feels like I’m flipping the bar up & bending my arms too early instead of a full shrug and catching under it.
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05
May 09
Strength:
I partnered with Ryan, he pulled 140kg and I did 150kg for the set. Felt pretty good!
Metcon:
- 30sec test to get target reps for each exercise
- EMOTM for 3min per exercise, 4 exercises (12min total)
Exercises were: rowing, jumping pullups, burpees, thrusters (empty bar). This workout left us all wrecked!
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03
May 09
Metcon:
- 5 KB snatches each hand (10 total)
- 4 pullups
AMRAP with a partner, 20minutes: 13
I partnered with Erica, we cranked them out. My pullups were slow but doing well as I was learning to kip. Almost have it figured out! I also was snatching the heaviest weight in the class – 24kg KB. We had the lowest score in the class, but were doing the most work :)
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Apr 09
2600miles, Mexico to Canada! And you think I’m crazy…
Rebecca (aka BooBoo) is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) right now with Derek (aka D-wreck).
Checkout their trail journal & photos.
Derek hiked the Appalachian Trail last year, and Becca hiked the AT 2yrs ago. They’re now over 100mi into their next adventure!
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30
Apr 09
Take your dad to crossfit day! I brought my dad with me for his intro session while I attended the regular class.
Strength day, which I always like:
- back squat: 10,7,5,5,3,3,3,3,3
I worked my up to 110kg for the 5×3 set, it felt good, my weak spot was my core – I felt myself collapsing at the bottom.
We finished with a quick metcon – 70 heavy KB swings for time: 2:30 (near the front of the pack, and the heaviest KB)
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30
Apr 09
Lots of groaning fun:
- For 2min: run 200m, max pullup reps
- For 2min: run 200m, max KB swings
- For 2min: run 200m, max pushup reps
Repeat each 3 times with 1min break before moving to the next.
Wow, that was a lot of work! My pullups were jumping pullups, ~25per set. Pushups were on a barbell, ~15 per set. KB swings were with a 32kg KB, ~20 per set.
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Apr 09
I took Monday off after spending the weekend in the mountains.
Strength:
For me, heavy == bodyweight :) I managed to finish all 25!
Metcon:
- 7 MB Cleans (20#)
- 7 Pushups
With a partner, AMRAP in 20min: 15 rounds
The first 5 rounds I did pushups on the ground, then switched to a low box for the remaining sets.
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Apr 09
Strength day:
- Max overhead squat @ 15reps
I was able to do 40kg 15 times, and it was just right. I can both press and squat more than that, but doing both at the same time (i.e. overhead squat) with real weight will take more work :)
The max weight from the previous class was 60kg for almost 15reps, so I’m not too far behind the curve. I was able to do 50kg for a set of 5.
We also played around with turkish getups – I used a 20kg KB which is significantly more than I’ve used before and it was quite challenging to remain stable and balanced. We ended the morning working on back levels on the pullup bars, mostly it was just skinning the cat and holding the tuck.