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Haha I would have held that handstand for 30 mins if it meant no burpees!! :P Today's WOD: Deadlift to 3x5 Then 10-1 (10 each, 9 each, etc) Front squat (40kg, RX was 45kg, a little while ago I was front squatting 32.5kg in WODs so was happy to be almost RX) Strict chin ups HSPU I liked this. It was strength focused which…

For me it depends on the week. I work at farmers markets most weekend days so at least half of my day is busy and on my feet, the rest of the time is a mixture of doing various errands, catching up with friends, spending time with my pets, etc... Again I reckon it is different for everyone and if you're finding that your…

It really depends on the person and what works for me might not work for you. If you feel good about your current schedule and are seeing the results you want, then keep at it. However if you're finding that by the 4th and 5th sessions you're struggling to get through, then you might need to take Wednesday off and see if…

Can you give a little more info on what type of exercise you're doing (what exactly do you mean by 'bodyweight'?) and how long each BW and HIIT session lasts? Also what the rest of your day looks like, if you have a sedentary job or active, etc?

^^They sure are. Haven't done Cindy in a few months but I remember breaking the push ups into 2 sets pretty quickly!! Todays WOD: 50 power cleans for time, 20 min cap **I got mine done in 13 mins at 40kg, was too light, so my coach told me to do 10 more at 45kg after Then 1 min ball slams 1 min KB swings 1 min double…

Definitely agree with your last point. I'm at a point now where I'm RXing probably around half of my sessions, and RX'd all of the open WODs. But to anyone starting out I'd 100% say to take it slow. I've been training for over 2 years, doing 8-9 sessions per week since last November, and am only now really at a point where…

Haha well if this is true, then I'll take it. Unfortunately I keep getting in my head that if I'm not sore, it means I'm not building muscle. And no one wants that!! But then my lifts are getting stronger, so I should probably just tell myself to shut up :laugh:

Haha maybe it's just me then.. Crossfit for 2.5 years and it's been quite some time since I got properly sore after a session. I get a little bit sore every now and then, but usually only in one muscle. Eg after 14.5 yesterday, my triceps are a little sore but everything else is a-ok.

Good point above that a lot of things can effect the results. It's best to ensure it's the same time of day, time of your cycle, that you've had the same food/fluid leading up to it, etc. Even with all of those factors aligned, bod pods can still be off by +/-5%... It's disheartening for sure, but if the above factors…

Hands down the worst WOD I've ever done, and the first one to make me feel like I was actually going to be sick. Took more breaks than I would have liked but I really wasn't feeling it today - RX'd in 26.35. My goal was under 30mins, knowing that thrusters and burpees are my least favourite movements. I know I 'could' have…

Everyone progresses at different rates so it's hard to tell you specifically what you can expect, but you should already be experiencing 'newbie gains', meaning your lifts should be getting stronger almost every session and will continue to do so for a little while yet. The movements will get easier, bodyweight movements…

Oh dear. This is going to HURT like no other WOD, ever!! Hahaha. I'm actually scared!! 14.5: 21-18-15-12-9-6-3 Thrusters (95/65lb) Bar facing burpees ...FOR TIME!!! Feel like this is going to take 2 hours. Yuckyyyyyy

I also follow Eat To Perform, which focuses on eating to fuel your training, rather than eating to lose weight. Fuelling training will mean more improvements in the gym, stronger lifts, moving faster, building muscle etc and all of those things will lead to fat loss and body recomp over time. And eating less at rest which…

It's like anything. The first time you try to do a 50kg clean you'll be totally apprehensive and unsure if you can physically do it, even though you know you can do the movement at a lighter weight, but then once you've done it and know how it feels it's much easier to do the second one. Everyone stacks it on box jumps…

A chipper is usually a WOD where you only do each thing once. So 14.4 would normally not have a time cap and it would just be a matter of 'chipping away' and getting through the whole thing, but because it's an open WOD it has to have a cap for those who can't do muscle ups. Because the open WODs can't be scaled, some…

169 for me, RX'd, and I'm stoked. My goal was to get to the cleans so was very happy to get through 19 of them. The row took more out of me than expected but I also did it faster than usual in 3.30 mins. T2B were done in sets of 5-6 to save my hands which can tear easily, wall balls in 4 sets of 10. When I got to the bar I…

It's a personal choice as to whether you count net carbs or total carbs. I count total carbs, but I know people that only count net. Results happen both ways, so it's up to you. If you only want to count net carbs though, would you do the same for fibrous veggies, etc? Eg; I could have a day where I get 40g fibre (I'm…

The actual session is called a WOD. So usually you'll have your warm up, then a strength component (usually working on movements like back squat, power clean, deadlift, etc but won't necessarily be every day) and then you'll have the WOD which is the metcon part of the session. Shoulder mobility is huge for snatches, but…

I think the trick to a WOD like this is to have strategic rest times. I usually go to about 95% and then need longer breaks, regardless of what the movement is, whereas it would be so much more efficient to go to 80% and only take a couple seconds before getting back to it. This will be especially helpful for T2B which I'm…

And the results are in (but I'm standing by my thruster/burpee combo prediction for 14.5!!) 14.4: 60 calorie row 50 T2B 40 wall balls (20lb to 10", 14lb to 9") 30 power cleans (135/95lb) 20 Muscle ups AMREP - 14 mins Safe to say our hands are NOT going to enjoy this one!!

Don't you hate it when they make it look so easy?! :P

93 - RX weights and box jumps. Weights got real heavy, real quick. I've never deadlifted more than 72.5kg (been taking it easy since a minor back injury late last year) so was very happy to get out 3 reps at 80kg!!

Seriously. It hurt me just to watch her. Looking forward to giving this a go on Monday!

Arghhh well we have some heavy lifting which is great, but I hate WODs that make you change weights each set. Gets so confusing, even for the pros!! Looks like this one is going to hurt on Monday, especially after doing heavy deadlifts AND a deadlift/burpee WOD today. Yikes.

A lot of it is personal preference, but I know at my box around 80% of people wear Reebok Nanos for most, if not all, of the work. Others wear Inov8 shoes, some wear standard runners. I personally use my nanos for WODs, deadlifts etc but have weight lifting shoes that I use for heavy lifts like squats, clean, snatch, etc.…

Good to hear you've found a way to get over the fear and get back into it!! I've been using the 24" box for aaaages with no issues. Have fallen a few times but nothing too traumatic and scrapes that only last a week or so. But yesterday I wanted to try jumping the 30" just to see if I could. I feel like I physically can do…

I started ETP at the start of February. My goals are to lift heavier, move faster and train better, and to lose some body fat while I'm at it. My lifts have definitely gotten stronger but it's way too early for body recomp changes just yet. I got a bodpod done at the start of March, so 1 month after starting ETP, and will…

76 for me - RX for OH squats but scaled C2B to normal chin ups (I'm not competing, just doing them on Mondays at my box). Would have liked to finish the round of 12s but this one got hard much faster than I thought it would, especially if you can't butterfly!!

I won't be doing 14.2 til Monday (I'm not competing, but my box has the open WODs scheduled for Monday classes so we can all have a go) and I'm both excited and nervous haha. OH squats are no problem for me, and I can snatch heavier than 65lb so I'm more worried about C2B. Gymnastics - mainly pull ups and T2B - movements…

And 14.2 is in!! Every 3 mins, for as long as possible: Round 1: 10 OH squat (95/65lb), 10 C2B pull ups Round 2: 12 OHS, 12 C2B Round 3: 14 OHS, 14 C2B Round 4: 16 OHS, 16 C2B etc etc until the 2 rounds cannot be completed within the 3 min cap **If you finish the round at 2 mins, you have to wait until the 3 mins is up…