I just joined Crossfit! AMA

I can now hang underneath the bar and rock back and forth--all that is missing is the pull up part!

Jumped rope 10 times in a row today! Plus I did 25 burpees!

Today I did the negative for 1 hand stand push up!

fullerene wrote:Today I did the negative for 1 hand stand push up!

The negative for a HSPU? What is that? Are you saying you lowered yourself down and couldn't push yourself back up?

Saint Brute wrote:

fullerene wrote:Today I did the negative for 1 hand stand push up!

The negative for a HSPU? What is that? Are you saying you lowered yourself down and couldn't push yourself back up?

Yes.

So you tried to do 1 HSPU and you couldn't is really what your workout consisted of.

Saint Brute wrote:So you tried to do 1 HSPU and you couldn't is really what your workout consisted of.

Yes.

I'm trying to work a "difficulty" into every workout and I'm also trying not to get discouraged! I've attempted two muscle ups this week and two one legged squats--those are some of the toughest movements there are!

And let me guess, you couldn't get a single rep off of either movement.

Saint Brute wrote:And let me guess, you couldn't get a single rep off of either movement.

Yes.

So your Xfit strength program this week consists of 0 muscle ups combined with 0 1 legged squats and 0 HSPUs. That's great. Why don't you try adding 0 deadlifts at 800 pounds and 0 backflips to that.

Seriously bro, why don't you just bench like a man?

Saint Brute wrote:Seriously bro, why don't you just bench like a man?

They don't have that kind of equipment. You can't get a good workout when you are pinned to a stationary piece of equipment.

I think I finally have the kip down \


Now it's on to a kipping pull-up...once I've built up the requisite pull strength.

I'm also up to a pattern of:

1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-fail-1-1-1-1-1-2

when it comes to double unders

I'm sure you are getting nowhere with your program, correct?

I think pictures are worth thousands of words and videos are worth hundreds of pictures when it comes to showing how Crossfit works:

I should have gone for 4

Trying and failing is an important element of Crossfit.

And it's one of the few elements I"m already good at.

I'm going to take a video of me trying to OHS the 45 pound bar today, but don't expect me to post it--I already know I can't go down all the way. I just want to measure progress, that's part of the Crossfit method.

Oh, I also bought a kettlebell for home use yesterday.

The guy at the fitness store was trying to sell me on one that was way too heavy. I am pretty sure he gets paid on commission and the kettlebells were $2.00 per pound so he wanted to get as much money as possible. But I showed him! I couuld barely budge the one he was recommending and when I asked him how that was going to help me he stammered a bit and then suggested one half that weight. I kind of felt like I "alpha"'d him by not lifting that heavy weight and making him lose commission--but I just wanted something practical to use.

Have you lost weight yet?

You betcha!!

30 pounds...only 1 more to go!