tremendous MOXIE

Let me preface this by saying this may not be interesting to anyone but me, but this my journal of sorts, so read if you want but don’t feel like you’ll break my heart of you skim it. After all, it’s the internet, I can’t see you.

My plan is to do 30 days of workout programming taken from a Crossfit Gym. My first gym of choice is Crossfit Invictus. I chose them because I know a little about them and their philosophy. This could be kind of cheating a bit since it is quite similar to what we do at WCSC, but the good part is I don’t know and I can’t pick and choose. Aside from choosing the type of workout, since they have 2-3 each day under the headings : Fitness, Performance and Competition. Fitness is geared towards beginners but always scalable and sometimes grouped with Performance. Performance usually comes with more complexity and a strength component. Competition is, well just that, if you are training to be competitive in Crossfit. I’m fairly sure I will most often choose Fitness or Performance. While I do want to be competitive, those are much more time consuming and intense. Maybe a couple of those…who knows.

I thought about getting a dice…die?…magic 8 ball… and making it truly random. we’ll see.

So here I go!

Day 1
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 6 minutes of:
100 Meter Run
10 Burpees

Rest 3 minutes, and then . . .

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 6 minutes of:
Kettlebell Swings x 15 reps (35#)
Push-Ups x 10 reps

Rest 3 minutes, and then . . .

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 6 minutes of:
Box Jumps x 15 reps (20″)
Pull-Ups x 10 reps (kipping)

My Stats:
1. 4 rounds + 4 reps
2. 3 rounds + 21 reps
3. 3 rounds + 3 reps

Before I started I read this post by Josh Brindges about mental barriers. I decided to try to emply these in my workout.

During round 3 of the KBS I was thinking I would break them up 10/5 but decided when I picked up the kettlebell, to do “one more rep”…and then again, and I did it. I got to 15!

Another mental block I have is on the box. I never really rebound. I jump up, step down…always. So, I decided to go slow and try to stand and rest on top, then jump off and right back up. I did it for the first round. It wasn’t faster, but I think practice will get it there, maybe starting on a lower box, too.

I was also able to get through the last round of pull ups with “one more rep” when I really wanted to let the clock run out. I really think learning to push myself will be key in my performance, along with my strength goals.

On to Day 2…