Crossfit week 2

First off, I'm just going to call it what it is even though where I go hasn't been certified "Crossfit" yet.  I still love it though.  And I'm going to admit this could be some weird high from challenging myself that falls away later, but I'll take it for now.

I don't think I recapped week one.  It's too far away now so eh.  Ne'ermind.  On to week 2.

Hmm....if I'm going to start recapping I guess I'd better start writing these down, huh?

Monday - calisthenics warmups.   To be honest, the rest of the workout is pretty damn fuzzy.  I think we did squats and maybe box jumps. LOL.  I remember sweating my ass off though.

Wednesday - calisthenic warmups.   Then we did Fran: thrusters with just the 33lb bar for me (for my weak and tiny arms) and then a round of pull ups.  A set of 21, then 15, then 9.  It was on this day I had my first experience with exercise induced headaches because pull ups pull that out of me.  But I finished Fran then sat out the 55 thrusters that still remained.  With my head throbbing I couldn't handle it.  We finished off the day with yoga (which I think I hate) and about 1/2 a liter of water on the ride home.

Friday - we were warned this was going to be some type of Spartan challenge.  Some people did it on Thursday, others on Friday early afternoon and only two of us on Friday evening at 5:45.  The list  of exercises follows. I may have forgotten one or two with this awful memory if mine.

Burpees, pull ups, box jumps, squat ball throws, jumping jacks, twisting knee high planks (this isn't what they are called but I forgot the name), jumping lunges (I walked), air squats, frog jumps, squat jumps, curls, tricep extensions,  3 rope climbs (HEAVILY modified), and lastly, crunches.

Now let me tell you the other part.  We were to do 100 reps of everything except the rope climbs and crunches. Crunches got 300 reps.  Exercises that involved alternating sides got half of whatever the rep count was for each side (ie jumping lunges were 50 each side for 100 total). Our fearless and sympathetic leader gave us the option of doing the 100's workout, a 60 rep mod or a 25 rep mod.  Which one do you think I chose?

I'm no crazy.  I'm on week 2 so I chose the 25. I did it in about 62 minutes and that would've been well under an hour if pullups didn't give me a raging headache that caused me to not only sit until the pain subsided, but take some Excedrin to help make that happen.

Needless to say I was tired and completely drenched when I walked out with lead legs. And proud of myself.  

I actually thought about going Saturday morning but I decided to rest since my lats are still on pause from Wedensday's workout. I think I earned it so I'll be back at it on my regular M, W, F schedule.