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I started almost a year ago after resisting for about a year and half. I finally decided I was getting bored working out on my own, and I was getting tired of the normal split type workouts I'd been doing all that time. The competitive and team nature of the whole thing intrigued me, so I gave it a go and found I loved it.…
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With all sports, and I consider CrossFit one, you run the risk of injury. Ask a runner what their last injury was and I bet they'll be able to tell you without hesitation and it likely was within the last 6 months. Heck, tennis and gold even have an injury named after them. I've been doing CrossFit for almost a year now…
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LOL...funny man. Always a few out there.
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Yes, hence the reason I included in my post the following comment - "(understanding the problems with using HR to calculate a non-cardio burn)" In the end, as mentioned (surprising enough) in another current post on the limitations or HRM, everything is an estimate, even the calorie content of the food we eat. Any errors…
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Just create a custom cardio exercise called CrossFit. That's the easy part. Determining your burn is the tricky part. I tracked mine for several months wearing a Polar HR chest strap, and found (understanding the problems with using HR to calculate a non-cardio burn) my normal range was 450 to 1,000 depending on how much…
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We do KBS all the time for CrossFit and it's definitely a cardio/strength exercise. I agree with what someone else said and add that going heavier, with a bit fewer reps, will probably provide better overall results. Or change it up, go light some days, and heavier other days (if you have more than one bell). I assume…
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Going on almost a year of doing CrossFit here. Love it. I'll never go back to my gym days of doing body splits, etc. I'd die of boredom. Check out my profile and if you want to send me a FR go for it. Just include some type of comment or I'l likely forget you're a fellow CFer and decline the request (too many FRs with…
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Check out my profile and feel free to friend me. I'm going on a year of CF now and love it. I like posting my WOD workouts and have a number of other CF friends who do the same. It's fun to see what each other are doing since we all have different strengths. I'm not trying to lose weight anymore. I hit my goal last year…
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I have an H7 chest strap that I sync with an M400, and an A360 watch. The chest strap is fine for cardio type activity and some weight lifting. I stopped wearing mine to CrossFit after a while because it doesn't play well with a lot of common exercises - burpees, cleans, snatches, tire flips, to name a few. I found with…
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That benchmark has a lot going on, and if you don't have a good cardio base you're in for a tough time. Even with a good cardio base it won't be easy. Running and burpees is all cardio and if go full out you're going to be burning oxygen for energy pretty fast (hence the gasping for air). Wall balls take strength, and…
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I've been doing CF almost a year now, and I'm still working on getting better at lots of things. What benchmark did you do? There are some out there that even I would struggle with. I'm guessing they've picked one that will give a good idea where you are from a cardio and strength perspective. My wife started CF about 8…
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I've been doing CrossFit for about 9 months. My wife finally decided to give it a try about 7 weeks ago and loves it. I thought I had drunk the kool-aid, but she takes it to another level (all in a good way of course). When she started, and even still now, she felt very intimidated and self-conscious about everything - the…
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Logging is easy...I created a custom cardio exercise called CrossFit and enter my time and calories there. Now how much to enter is an entirely different question, if that's what you meant. I have a Polar M400 with HRM and when I first started CrossFit last year, I wore it for every workout (yes burpees were painful and…
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18:19 Rx here. Thrusters have been my bane recently, but we had them in WODs twice in last 7 days (95 and 115 lbs) and that helped overcome my fear of them and work on my form. The Thrusters felt really good this time round. Burpees were a dark place where I just didn't think and kept doing 1 after another until they were…
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I'd second Nike Metcons. They run big like has been said. It's the first Nike I've ever worn that fits the way these do and I've been a Nike only person for 20+ years. If you need a roomier shoe, that is good for everything, either first or second gen Metcons would work (I have first gen, second gen add some gimicky stuff…
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I agree. 46 here and I CrossFit 5-6 days a week. Having a blast doing the Open Rx and I've never felt younger.
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Jump rope has been a part of my exercise routine for several years now. First it was as a part of workouts I did at the gym where my focus was just single under jumping - working up in duration and speed, then when I moved over to CrossFit where the focus has been on double under jumping. During this time I've purchased 6…
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I think it depends on two things - 1. What's your reason/goal is for doing the Open. 2. What is your overall ability to do Rx workouts vs. the scaled one. For #1, if you're just doing it for the fun of trying different WODs, and you want to get a great workout in, then doing them scaled might make sense. See #2. For #2, if…
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165 reps Rx here on Friday. I finished rowing at the 9:15 mark, figured I'd take 45 seconds to catch my breath (laying on floor next to my rower) then spent 3 minutes trying to lock out a HSPU. I prefer to do these facing into the wall, but rules had you facing outwards so I had to try to do the best I could knowing I…
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Nice job. I'm not sure if when i get to the rowing I'll be happy that wall balls are done, or cringing that rowing is starting ;) Doing 16.4 tonight.
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You all were close. Chipper x 55
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There is a reason watching other people effortlessly do Muscle Ups is other the same as doing the.. LOL... 16.3 attempt 1, score 10 Rx. Sigh.
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Just watched some great videos on BMUs. I never realized there was a hip drive component. I think I understand the technique, now to just practice it a bit.
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I was hoping for repeat of 14.3. Instead we get muscle ups. Ughhh. The snatches are a joke. Just there to tire you out. It's the MUs that are the deal breaker. Tonight my plan is to work on technique, maybe I can slip in a bit of practice this weekend (wife is out of town leaving me with both little ones), then go after it…
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I'm counting on that when muscle ups work their way into the workout :)
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I just did it and I'm redoing it Sunday. In warm-up I was getting 16-20 DUs in a row. After TTB in the workout, my DUs rhythm was nowhere to be found and it went downhill from there. I finished with a 65, never even getting to the Cleans. I new that the as a risk, but after doing well warming up wasn't expecting it.
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Good luck. Doing it at 6:00. Hoping to get into the 2nd round! 3rd round would be a huge stretch and victory and would require an amazing leap in clean form to get 13 @ 185.
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Nice job Mummy! My knees hurt just thinking about those.
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Check out my profile. If it doesn't scare you off feel free to add me. Just don't send a blank FR.
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Check out my profile. If it doesn't scare you off feel free to add me. Just don't send a blank FR. Love the haters too. I can't tell you how many friends I have here who post about the injuries from using gym cardio machines, jogging, hiking, etc. I think the injury rate of my non-CF friends is higher than that of my CF…
