The Tough Mudder, Callaghan Valley 2012
This weekend, myself and a small group of friends completed the tough mudder. The mudder was 12 miles long with 22 obstacles. None of the obstacles were very difficult, but each one had a different effect on the body: Some were physically demanding Running 12 miles Climbing over large walls Hill cllimb Some were a mental struggle: Crawling in dark tunnels Avoiding electric shocks Crawling under barbed wire And some were just a “FREEZE YOUR ASS OFF” challenge: Swimming in a frozen lake Ice bath Together our team completed all the obstacles, and the 12 miles in aproximately 3 hours. Here is a quick video of our expereince. We are all looking forward to completing the challenge next year…and yes we are taking on new recruits!
Vacation workouts – no excuses
Recently my girlfriend an I traveled to Mexico for 10 days. While on vacation our workouts were subject to equipment and space. The beach is a beautiful area to relax and a great opportunity to practicing some skills: handstands push ups air squats pistol squats running technique swimming technique We stayed the first 4 days in a condo that had a small gym. We were fortunate that their was an old rusty olympic bar, some dumbbells and some open space. Our workouts were: WOD 1: 5 rounds of heavy deadlifts followed by, the following movements for time: 10 dumbbell snatches 55 lbs 400 m run 10 dumbbell snatches 55 lbs 800 m run 10 dumbbell snatches 55 lbs 1 mile run score: Keith 19:56 Kelly 22:37 WOD 2: 25 Back squats 135 lbs 50 double unders 25 Front squats 95 lbs 50 double unders 25 Overhead squats 65 lbs 50…
CrossFit gym tour – Los Cabos
Keith and Coach Fernando My girlfriend and I planned a trip to Los Cabos, Mexico. And the first thing on our minds was: how are we going to keep up with our training? We found CrossFit Los Cabos on line and contacted the gym, about “drop in” while visiting. I received an email explaining their class hours and that a drop in was no problem.On our first visit Fernando (gym owner) greeted us with a huge friendly smile and a handshake. After a brief introduction I explained our CrossFit experience.With our experience he allowed us to use the gym as an “open gym” while he coached his athletes. As a new gym, most athletes were participating in “ON RAMP”. We warmed up and practiced some skills then continued with 5 sets of 3 heavy power cleans. “The Chief” was on the board: 3 min AMRAP x 5 with 1 minute…