May 16, 2013

Burn those calories!

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Even more ways to burn some quick calories! Stay tuned for tomorrow’s last set of quick workout ideas!

Free-Daily-Calorie-Calculator

100 Calorie Workouts

  1. 30 minutes bowling
  2. 20 minutes shooting hoops
  3. 21 minutes tennis (doubles)

200 Calorie Workouts

  1. 30 minutes on stair stepper or stairs
  2. 30 minute bike-ride
  3. 40 minutes painting a room (everyone needs to spice up their house with some color for the spring and summer)

300 Calorie Workouts

  1. 48 minutes playing with your kids (or someone elses like I do)
  2. 54 minutes planting trees to make your yard pretty
  3. 1 hr walk with the one you love (or anyone really)
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Apr 15, 2013

Crossfit Games 13.4

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My last workout completed for the Crossfit Games was workout 13.4 (I didn’t complete workout 13.5 due to timing and some travel schedules) and I enjoyed this workout! From favorite to least favorite my list goes like this… 13.2, 13.4, 13.1, 13.3.

13.4 looked like this…

Complete as many reps as possible in 7 minutes following the rep scheme below:

  • 95 pound Clean and jerk, 3 reps
  • 3 Toes-to-bar
  • 95 pound Clean and jerk, 6 reps
  • 6 Toes-to-bar
  • 95 pound Clean and jerk, 9 reps
  • 9 Toes-to-bar
  • 95 pound Clean and jerk, 12 reps
  • 12 Toes-to-bar
  • 95 pound Clean and jerk, 15 reps
  • 15 Toes-to-bar
  • 95 pound Clean and jerk, 18 reps
  • 18 Toes-to-bar…
  • This is a timed workout. If you complete the round of 18, go on to 21. If you complete 21, go on to 24, etc.

So where did I make it to?! I completed the 12 toes to bar but I should come clean that I was doing 75lb clean and jerks instead of the 95lbs. 75lbs is HEAVY but gosh did it feel good. I was grunting and yelling but it was fun! My partner Gail (“Jail” is our power couple name) was the one that got me through this workout. She was so funny doing the movement at the same time and just plain out encouraging me and making me WANT to work harder. 

I would recommend that everyone give this workout a try! Do whatever weight works for you and get as far as you can but at least try. It’s a good balance of strength and cardio. 

While the games were fun… I am excited to see what’s next at Crossfit Commotion!

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Apr 14, 2013

Crossfit 13.3

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Never updated on 13.3 so here is it! Crossfit Games workout 13.3, in my opinion was the weed out workout (kind of like O Chem in college- well at least my smart pre med friends told me that.)

Workout Looked Like This…

WOMEN - includes Masters Women up to 54 years old
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 12 minutes of:

  • 150 Wall balls (14 lbs to 9′ target)
  • 90 Double-unders
  • 30 Muscle-ups

But I have not yet been able to master double-unders and I have yet to complete a muscle-up. So I wasn’t too worried about #1 in the workout, although I was nervous that I wouldn’t even get all of those done in 12 minutes, but I was up for the challenge. Since I was physically unable to check off the second and third move I had to substitute.

So instead I had to complete 180 double-unders and a pull-up and dip for a muscle up. I completed all of my wall balls (which was TOUGH) and all of my jump ropes and got thru about 5 of my “muscle ups.” 

I felt defeated after this workout. 13.2 I felt STRONG so it was tough to feel weak after a workout. I had to keep reminding myself that it is all about trying your best and just the fact that I tried made me a winner… and a hard worker. I even had to take a breather by myself afterward to center myself and have that verbal reminder. 

Although it was HARD I was glad that I at least tried. It was a friendly reminder that even though we aren’t always able to complete every single workout just the fact that we are getting out there and trying means we are awesome.

So to all of you out there that tried 13.3 and maybe didn’t even get through it all…

GOOD FOR YOU! You are AWESOME.

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Mar 27, 2013

Crossfit 13.3

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If you are getting a tab that you know thus this week I have completed the Crossfit Filthy Fifty and my second round of 13.2 so the fact that I even dared to complete 13.3 may have been a little presumptuous of me but hey that is what Crossfit gals do right?

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So I set out to attempt workout 13.3 and to be honest… even the description of 13.3 scared me a little. Ok fine. A lot.

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Yep you read that right.

  • 150 Wall Walls 
  • 90 Double-Unders
  • 30 Muscle-Ups

So if you consider that I have to master the double unders and that I can’t do a muscle up (yet!) I was just a wee-bit intimidated.

But just a wee-bit.

So I subbed in 240 singles for the 90 double unders and did a mix of pull-ups and digs for the muscle-ups and didn’t even get through 1 round BUT I tried it. Try try and try again right? That is the only way to get better!

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