Crossfit Fails
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The thigh/hip stretches on the "horse"..... You know the one where your ankles are held in place and you either face the ground and lift yourself up at the waist, OR you can face up and do torturous crunches. I am not a small lady, so I wear baggy t-shirts. Getting onto the thing alone is enough to create nightmares for those who have to witness it. After getting settled I get started, except my tshirt is stuck underneath me where my thighs meet the "machine", so every time I come up to parallel my shirt is pulled so tight at the back of the neck that it rips, every time. Meanwhile it's pulled tight in the front, I have parts trying to pop out, I can't breathe. ==nightmare==0
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Around Christmas, I clocked myself under the chin with a 45-lb bar. I can't remember what I was doing - maybe push presses? but I gouged a nice chunk of inner lip off with my teeth.
I've done that one too, during push presses. My coach was freaking out but I was cracking up out of embarrassment.
Both this and wall ball to the face.
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Wow, I really hoped I'd be more than 8 days into CF before I had a fail to post! Today was my 1st day out of on ramp and into regular group. I fell over backwards doing the snatch. The trainer tried to ease my embarrassment by telling me that meant my weight was too light.....not so effective when I'm laying flat on my back.0
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Banged and scraped my OTHER shin doing box jumps this morning. First jump of the WOD. Fabulous.
Now I have a matching set.
Awww. I actually was thinking of you while I was doing my box jumps yesterday. I remembered your tale of shin woe, and our coach was trying to train us to NOT look at the box while we jump. It's really hard to just trust that your feet will go in the right place if you're not looking down at them. I did it, but I kept expecting to lose my shins.0 -
I have seen more people fall while looking then the ones who do not. It kind of defies rational thinking, but has been my experience.0
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I don't look at the box when I jump. I look at it right before but then I look down and just jump, it's fun lol0
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I did an Olympic Weightlifting class at my box yday and finally did a split + jerk correctly. On rep 4 I guess I was fatigued and slammed the bar into my chin on the way up.
Wouldve been a great split jerk had I not hurt my face. Really embarrassing! I guess dont lift if your even slightly tired.0 -
I was doing bar facing burpees and smacked my forehead on the bar. I then followed that up by tripping on the bar. Catching a medicine ball in the face is no joke. Last time I did that my neck hurt for a week
SOT press can be pretty humbling0 -
-Overextended my lead leg during the first round of a WOD with weighted lunges = Instantly pulled hamstring & couldn't finish the WOD.
-Box jump gone wrong = scraped and bleeding knee (scar still present)
-First time hook gripping = ripped 1st layer of skin off both thumbs
-Sprints + loosely tied shoe = ran out of shoe
-Log flip w/ a warped log + coach standing beside me = nearly hitting coach in the face as it recoiled from hitting the ground
I could go on....
Thankfully, the last one in the list happened the most recently...CF is definitely improving my former lack of coordination. 0 -
The thigh/hip stretches on the "horse"..... You know the one where your ankles are held in place and you either face the ground and lift yourself up at the waist, OR you can face up and do torturous crunches. I am not a small lady, so I wear baggy t-shirts. Getting onto the thing alone is enough to create nightmares for those who have to witness it. After getting settled I get started, except my tshirt is stuck underneath me where my thighs meet the "machine", so every time I come up to parallel my shirt is pulled so tight at the back of the neck that it rips, every time. Meanwhile it's pulled tight in the front, I have parts trying to pop out, I can't breathe. ==nightmare==
Everytime I do GHD situps on those my shorts end up sliding way down and everyone gets to see my thong...just lovely lol0
