Nate reaches for the bell at the end of his 9th rope climb of his WOD. (Gee, that was fun, right, Nate? Or maybe rope climbing is your personal demon?)
It’s time for us to each make our “Personal Demon” lists. Write down 3 CrossFit exercises that scare you or that you just suck at. And then add this date to the list: March 3rd, 2009. Bring the list to class. We’re going to compare and plan.
And, if you’re wondering if you’re “CrossFit Enough”, head on over to a pretty good blog written by Melissa Byers and check out this post.
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:53 am
wow, only 3 things….rowing would be my #1 but i think i’ll have that sorted out by christmas. can i list nutrition as a personal demon? i suck at that.
hey nate, are you in or what? row baby row.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:34 am
and what about booze? or does that just bring out the personal demon?
i guess mine would be (in no particular order):
1 – handstands / handstand pushups
2 – rope climbs
3 – max effort lifts (back squats in particular)
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:13 am
My top list of stuff I can’t get yet/still suck at.
1. Double-Unders
2. Wallball
3. Handstands
Honorable Mention:
4. Rowing
5. Muscle-ups
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 am
@donna: ok, I am going to give it a go. Not sure what is going to happen with finishing it though – it looks like it is going to break down to having to row more than 5k just about every day from now until xmas with the only rower I have access to at CFW. Regardless… my ranking id# is 753144 so if you wanted to do that whole “training partners” thing up there that might motivate me some.
@last night: Ugh. Workout was not terrible – my inability to efficiently rope climb is what killed me. Not shredding my ankle while rope climbing would have been nicer. It is not well. Must… adapt… better… form.
Crossfit things that scare me (even though it says write them down):
First off, I hate wallball sooo soo so much, but I am really not bad at it so I suppose they will not count? Deadlifts would have made the list a month or so ago, but I am told they are looking decent and I feel much better about them.
So… here we go:
1) My bleeding oozing ankle says “rope climbs”! (currently downloading video so I hope to have this one under wraps up soon)
2) Gymnastics stuff.
3) Tie with kipping pull-ups and ring dips?
And that was a lot of words.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:43 am
ooo – good one with the double-unders & wall ball, both those are practically non-existent (especially double unders) for me and i tend to forget that they’re part of crossfit
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
@Dan- If there’s one thing I know, it’s the stuff I’m not good at that drives me crazy. Thanks for bringing up wall ball though.
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NOTICE:
I am hereby conducting an internal investigation/audit of the CrossFit Watertown medicine ball inventory. After moving up from my normal 16 pound wallball to an “18″ pound wallball, it’s very apparent that these balls are mislabeled. There is NO WAY that the 18-pounder is only 2 pounds up from the 16. Last night, the 18-pounded felt like it was AT LEAST 25 pounds. I’ll get to the bottom of this. Justice will be served.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Sorry. 18-pounder*
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:06 pm
maybe it was retaining water….
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Did Dan just say that he FORGOT wall-ball was part of CrossFit? You know what that means, right? We have not been doing ENOUGH wall-ball! Yeah! More wall-ball for everyone!
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
well i just want to clarify that it probably means i just haven’t gotten into cfw enough – i’m sure you guys do plenty wallball, just at home in my basement they’re strictly prohibited…i’ve even made signs saying so
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
nathan, i just added you. my # is 752264
happy rowing!
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
[shaking fist]DANNNNNNN!!!![/shaking fist]
@donna: 21k?!!! Dammit. I got some work to do
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
This is a good one Lis,
My top Three would have to be:
1 OH Squats
2. Double-unders
3. Muscle-ups
Tied for 4-100 is anything that involves what I suck at-SQUATS!!!!!!!!
I hope your plan to get to 3/3/09 is a lot of focus (remedial in my case) training.
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I think we are all going to get much better at our weaknesses
1. pullups
2. rope climbing
3. dips
Gee I’m seeing some upper body/back weakness in myself
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I just decided that my top priority is going to be handstand-related.
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I’ll bring my list to class, but mine, in no particular order, would have to be
1. Rope Climbs
2. OHS
3. Dead Lifts
I don’t hate dead lifts, but I feel my numbers are lower than what they should be. So, my frustration puts it on my list.
Honorable Mention to muscle ups. I’ve never tried them at the proper height, so I’m not sure if I can even do them. I’m sure we’ll find out!!!
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:01 pm
1) OHS/Snatch (anything that requires balancing heavy weights above my head)
2) Shoulder Press/Bench Press (I feel like I should be able to lift more)
3) Pullups/Muscle ups/Rope Climb (Pretty much anything that involves pulling my body upward)
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
i think kiwi matt needs to come back and give a rope climbing lesson. he got me to scamper up the rope. more leg, less arms. i even made it up the 14′ rope at crossfit east sacramento. next time we stop by, hit him up for it.
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Yes yes yes! Please get Matt down here asap!
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Chris, keep your eyes open I think I going to make a handstand video. I’ve been working really hard on my handstand over the last few months. A few things I’ve learned
1. forget that the handstand pushups even exist.
2. Lunge into the kick up and work on being really really controlled.
3. Work your hollow rocks over and over and over again
4.Max holds at random times
5. Press your shoulders down as hard as you can.
6. forget handstand push ups even exist!
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
@Jen- The biggest problem that I’m having is the “hollowing out” part. I can’t seem to kick that pesky lumbar curve that has been ingrained into every other CrossFit exercise.
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Hey Nate, I was thinking that real men have those oozing sores on their ankles from rope climbs.
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Chris,
Just work on the hollowing laying on your back on the floor as warm ups and cool downs. Have Lis watch what your lower back is doing while you do them.
That’s what I mean by over and over..while on the floor. Remember the hollow is decreasing the distance between your zxiphoid process and your belly button!
Do a few of the hollows then roll over and do Superman’s which if done constantly for a long time should help your back issues.
J
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:17 pm
1.Anything that requires full arm extension with weight overhead(including turkish get ups)
2.Pull-ups
3.Handstands(They really scare me)
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Looks like rope climbs are popular. Anytime I am down your way hit me up for a quick lesson and demo.
Lis, great link, I think she covered that subject very nicely and she was so quiet at the gymnastics cert, who knew.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Lis – thanks for the link. It means a LOT to be featured on a blog as stellar as yours!
Kiwi Matt… boy, would Tucker fall down laughing if he EVER heard anyone call me “quiet”. I was just so busy watching and learning that I didn’t have a lot of time to mouth off.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Hi Guys, I really miss you. This week sucks! Anyway, I hope to see y’all Friday. My 3:
1. Pull Ups
2. Dips
3. Box Jumps
Really any of the movements that make me have to move the enormity of my mass (although, down 20lbs since Nov 1).
@ Lis, I may be missing something, but why 3/3?
December 4th, 2008 at 1:12 am
David — the answer lives in your mathematical statement.
xoxoxo
Yoda
December 4th, 2008 at 3:09 am
And how come I’ve been saying the same things that Jen says, but all of a sudden everybody listens to her? What’s up with that?
December 4th, 2008 at 9:48 am
More importantly whats with the 3 am posts from lis? and double posting on the a-blog almost ripping the fabric that binds society together – i saw that, of course its fixed now, good save
i also wanted to let sue know that she was missed last night and owes cfw one fran wod
December 4th, 2008 at 10:01 am
sorry……forgot wordpress is in a different time zone – 2 am, totally acceptable
December 4th, 2008 at 10:46 am
The CFHQ server gave me fits last night. It took me hours to complete an autopost for the Affiliate Blog and then it screwed it up while I was sleeping. So I had to fix it this morning, thus the double-post until I could get everything under control. Yikes, what a day already.
I think I may have caused irreparable damage to the time-space continuum, however. Kiss your a**es goodbye.