**Sorry, no 0730 or 6pm class tonight**
7 rounds for time:
7 box jumps
21 double-unders
~All workouts are scaled to each individual's skill level~
Looking good Amy!
Yes, more double-unders! Keep practicing them, they will come.
Watch this...Double-Unders .[wmv][mov] and Practice CrossFit Double Under Demo
Here is an article for the ladies to read (men need not to inquire). This should help with those dang double-unders and box jump problems. :)
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Geeeezzz....could we have thought up a worse wod for women or what?????
Actually, this is one wod that I wish I were in town for. I really like box jumps (now that I can do the big box), and I've finally gotten down double unders.
Oh well, I'll have fun at Disneyland while everyone else is sweating away in the gym and freezing away in the snow.
Ok, first off... I will start taking Natalie's advice and when she says "men need not to inquire", I won't. That was almost disturbing.
Next, we have had a couple of slow days here on the blog so if you all don't mind I would like to suggest a topic. Here ya go...
For those who aren't familiar with the adopted CrossFit term "Global Gym" it is use to refer to not CrossFit gyms such as Gold's that "attract" certain people. Some just don't know any better and others crave that type of gym. I'm many if not all of us have been a member of such gyms before Viking CrossFit showed us the light.
Many of us look back and remember those days long past... and in that same thought laugh. We laugh at the "workouts" we used to do and at the one we see other do. So in honor of that...
Post a funny, embarassing, goofy, weird, or other such thing you have either witnessed or you yourself did at one of the local "Global Gym".
The first victim is me. I long time ago before I was married, I would go to the gym not only to "get my pump on" but (and I'm ashamed to say) to check out girls.
On one such day, I was sitting at the on the bench press just having completed a set or two. I was feeling good and even better when a beautiful girl came over and sat on the bench press next to me. Yes you guessed it, the first thing that came into my head was how can I impress her. And yes you're right, the answer that came to mind was... MORE WEIGHT.
So I added more weight got under the bar and started to lift, but it didn't move. Well it is more weight I thought to myself, I just need to try hard. So taking a deep breath and lifting I unracked the weight. I slowly lowered the weight and touched my chest. I then started pushing the weight up. The only problem was the bar wasn't moving. So I tried harder and not only did it not go up, it started getting closer to my chest. Eventually, there I was weight on my chest, can't lift it, and gorgeous girl next to me.
My only option was to dump each side and save myself. So I did it with a huge crashing sound that sounded like the roof was falling down. When I was able to sit up and look around, everyone (and I mean evryone) was looking at me, to include the girl next to me. Only hers was more of a glare because the weight almost hit her.
Let's just say my workout was cut short and I went home and licked my wounds.
You can stop laughing now. No really, you can.
Wade
Ummm wow Wade I'm sorry that happened to you... And yes I am still laughing.. ha ha ha... I can't say I have a funny or embarrassing story about going to another gym and that's because I was only there for about 10 MAYBE 20 mins.. I mainly went because me and my sister would laugh at all the idiots there.. Girls with the see through pants,or girls that would wear their hair down while working out... Guys that would take their shirts off to impress.. Things like that.... My workout when I did go would be like abs, or biking... Then, I would stretch till my sister was done running.. ha ha ha.. Pathetic I know.. But, Viking is AWESOME and I'm glad that I'm a part of it... Thanks to all the trainers and all their time and hard work they put into it... :)
Wade...too funny. I will post my funny "globo" experiences later when I get home from work. I just had to check the blog real quick and your post made my day...hahahah...still laughing. Do guys really do that to impress women? hehe
Hmmm....where do I begin? I can't tell you how many times I saw people doing "back squats" in the squat rack and they load on a ton of weight and then barely squat down, not even to a 1/4 squat and then get off and look around to see if anyone saw them. I've had people ask what the heck I was doing when I did kipping pull-ups. Once I snuck in a Kettlebell and was swinging it and everyone got all nervous that I was going to let go of it and it was going to go flying. One guy came up to me and told me I better not let go or it would go flying through the glass behind me. Uh..ok. Thanks dude.
Ok, and once I was running on the treadmill and I was watching these two guys trying to do clean and jerks. I was picking their form apart in my mind finding all sorts of faults. Apparently they noticed I was watching them a lot and they got the wrong idea. One of the guys came over and got on the treadmill next to me (there were tons of treadmills open) and said "How YOU doin?" I thought I would be nice so I told him he needed to open his hips during his pull so he could clean the weight he was attempting. He got all red in the face and said "I know, I haven't done those since High School". Then I felt bad that I embarrassed him and told him his cleans still looked pretty good, (I lied). I guess not many guys want to be told by a girl at a globo gym how to clean.
But, like Mandy said the other night, you get used to the stares and you kind of start feeling cool that you are doing one arm snatches and handstand push ups while everyone else is on the elliptical for an hour.
I sure love having a Crossfit gym to go too!!!! Don't think I could ever go back to a globo. But if anyone is up for a Saturday morning shake-up at Gold's gym one day I would buy a one day pass to do it. I would love to get 5-10 of us there with our VCF shirts on and cause a ruckus!!!!!! It would be great PR too. :)
That would be awesome Natalie. I would love to go to Gold's gym and do that. It would be fun to see all the looks on people's faces.
Jess said I'm in :) I have to say that occasionally I will go to golds on the weekend to kick out a 5k on the treadmill and it kills me to see the sunglass bandana Flip flop dudes. Really what are u thinking? It is not sunny inside. I love crossfit because everyone is there to change there life and they come to do real meaningful workouts. I know I don't show up and not to expect to sweat. Crossfit has changed me in so many ways. Thanks to everyone
Does anyone know Chinese. That is an interesting comment above Melanie's I wish I knew what it said.
So Wade in response to your call-out for Globo Gym stories I would like to share mine. It really isn't a Globo Gym story its a workout story, but just as embarrassing to me as yours was to you.
Prior to Crossfit I would run and train for marathons. Well the winter isn't the most fun for running outside. So one day I decided to run on the indoor track at the High School down in Springville where we lived. This is a common thing for runners to do down there so no big deal right? I had on some warm clothes sweatpants and a hoodie with the hoodie up over my head to keep my ears warm.
As I ran around the track I noticed there was only one other person running down there with me. It was a girl that looked like she was in high school or college. The weird thing was that she kept looking back at me. I couldn't figure out why and quite frankly I just wanted to finish my run. After about the fifth or sixth time looking back at me I yelled out " don't worry I'm not going to hurt you." I didn't realize what I said and how she would perceive it. The next thing I noticed was that she was gone, out of the building. I guess she didn't want this scary looking guy following her around the track yelling frightening things at her. When she left I realized my poor choice in words and fully expected the police department interviewing me at the entrance to the building.
Needless to say I did not talk to the cops but I felt terrible ever since.
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