Minime 2008 : Journey to Crossfit Excellence

[sweetdream]

you can do it Minime! it took me forever but you gotta do it!!!!!

[minime]

but.. but.. my hands hurt.. I did 100 pullups yesterday... excuses excuses!!

OK I will do it! (i hope..)

[sweetdream]

you did 100 pull-ups? thats awesome! i really wish I could do more than 1

seriously, I was going to cut all the reps down to 100 but I really wanted to see how long it would take me, I just wish I was strong enough to be able to do then real haha

i was dead after hahaha

[minime]

yeah i did 100 but they were kipping, not strict. But i did a total of 20 strict! meaning yesterday I did 120 pullups in total

Its not the pullups I'm worried about (well.. I am a bit) but the pushups. 200 pushups is beyond me! It will take forever.

[JDR3]

I'm waiting patiently for your post.

[sweetdream]

me too!!! how did you do?!?! i think if I seriously tried to do 200 push-ups it would have taken me 3 hours

[JDR3]

I'm still here - waiting........................................... ............

[minime]

hey guys! sorry for delay with the 'murph' post.. lol. busy weekend with shopping/packing for vacation

Friday May 2nd
Warmup situps, back extensions, jump rope 5mins, shoulder dislocates

"Murph"
1 mile run
100 pullups
200 pushups
300 squats
1 mile run

57:53

woohoo! I completed murph, i completed murph.. I thought the day would never come. I broken it into sets 10 pullups, 20 pushups, 30 squats x10... the pushups were the worst, they took up sooo much of my time. First run 7:40ish second run 8:50 legs felt like jello. Kipping pullups, chest to deck pushups (well.. for the most part lol), squats to dynamax ball

awesome work, me!

Chris did full runs/half reps in 46 minutes. She wanted to do girly pushups but I was having none of it. She did jumping pullups though, as she can't kip yet (but she did get her very first real kipping pullup!)

Saturday May 3rd Bought a road bike from Chris that she doesn't use any more and we took our road bikes out for a ride round the river. Total distance 14 miles, it was very tough too! It's weird riding on a road bike, you have to lean over way more. I had my new bike computer on and my highest speed was 18mph.

We parked our bikes outside the cafe afterwards, and I tucked into some french toast with maple syrup, eggs &ham. Mmm good.

Sunday May 4th
Warmup Crossfit warmup, no pullups (hands are in terrible condition!)

"Dirty Dozen"
25 Walking lunge steps (EACH LEG)
20 Pull-ups
50 Box jumps, 20 inch box
20 Double-unders
25 Ring dips
20 Knees to elbows
30 Kettlebell swings, 2 pood (1 pood)
30 Sit-ups
20 Hang squat cleans, 35 pound dumbells (20#)
25 Back extensions
30 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball (14#)
3 Rope climb ascents

21:43 (PR)

we had a friend of chris and his girlfried with us, so we did the dirty dozen instead of just '50 burpees' (what was up with that WOD?! weird) This was a 2 minute PR for me! Rope climbs get easier every time, I barely need to rest between climbs now (first time I did this WOD it took me 10 minutes to do 3 rope climbs!) I was way ahead of everybody, the next person finished 10 minutes after me... however he did use the full 2 pood for KBS and his ring dips were better than mine.

I weighed myself saturday morning and I was down to 105.5lbs which is lower than I've seen in a while! however back up to 107 the next day after all the sodium I had that day!

[minime]

Originally Posted by minime

Strength
Deadlift 200x1 (185) nope, still 195
Back Squat 175x1 (165) no
Front Squat 140x1 (125) no
Overhead Squat 55x1 (45) yes
Squat Clean 105 (93) yes
Shoulder Press 75 (70) no
Bench Press 95x1 (85?) yes (i think?)
Weighted Chinup 30 (27) no

Bodyweight
Strict Deadhang pullup 5 (3) yes
Kipping pullup 25 (18) yes
Chinups 5 (3) yes
Dips 10 (6?) no
Ring Dips 1 (0) yes
Handstand pushup feet on wall 1 (0) no
Pushups 25 (15?) no

Running (treadmill)
5k 22 minutes (23:30) no
1 mile 6 minutes (?) no
800 2:50 no
I am not planning to devote much time to running until the weather gets warmer.

I also have some goals in relation to crossfit named WODs, including:
15 round cindy yes
sub 30 Angie yes
sub 15 Fran no
sub 10 Annie yes
sub 12 Helen no
sub 15 Jackie yes

here is how I did with my goals to end of april. Clearly I did not devote enough attention to my running, but hope to remedy this during the summer months.

Overall progress was good, I did not get all of my goals, but that is ok.

This is the year of your greatest fitness growth since I have been following your training here at Discuss Fitness. I am sure you know that too!

[JDR3]

Great job on Murph!!!!! Now that you know what to expect you'll knock a lot of
time off next time.

Great time/pr on the Dirty Dozen, you kicked that ropes butt!

[JDR3]

Checking in - hope everything is going good.

She is in Mexico drinking the water!

[minime]

hey guys, thanks for checking in on me!

I am back from Mexico where I had a wonderful time : lots of relaxing & overindulging which was just what I needed!

Though I did not drink the water, I did still manage to contract some sort of stomach bug : I spent the flight home last night in pain and visiting the bathroom frequently (very embarrassing) A late flight (we got in at midnight) combined with poor sleep, and my return to work means I am not a happy girl today. My tummy is hurting still, and I am very hungry (starving myself for 24hr...ick how do anorexic people DO it lol) but only 2.5hr or so left of work and I can go home!

I plan to sleep 12 hours tonight and hope to return to the gym tomorrow!

Nothing funnier than watching the look on a pretty woman's face as she exits the bathroom after being in there for a long time rubbing her belly on the way out, particularly if it is her umteenth trip!!

Why do visions of racer strips dance in my mind?

Welcome back!