I'm a slacker...

Back from the dead, posting again...

Sorry for the lack of updates, imaginary readers. Things have been crazy busy with the new job and the holidays and blah blah blah excuses excuses...


SO... Here's what I've been up to:

"Angie" Absolutely killed me for a week after doing it, which just goes to show how rapidly you can become detrained and how easily you can hurt yourself thinking you're hardcore when you're not. This scared the living crap outta me, but I eased back a bit and I'm recovering a lot quicker nowadays.

Over the Christmas Holiday, I got the chance to go up to St Louis and drop in on CrossFit St Louis and Crossfit Des Peres
and got in a couple of really good workouts.

The Crossfit St Louis workout (Saturday) was:

12 Days of Christmas Workout (CrossFit St. Louis Version:)

Complete the exercises in the order of the song. 1st day - bear crawl around the room, 2nd day - 2 Turkish Get-Ups and a Bear Crawl around the room, 3rd day - 3 Pull-ups, 2 TGU's and a bear crawl...

1 Bear Crawl around the Room
2 Turkish Get-ups
3 Pull-Ups
4 Knees to Elbows
5 Burpees
6 Windmills on each side
7 Ring Rows
8 Jumping Squats
9 Lunges – each leg
10 Kettlebell Swings
11 Rings Dips
12 Wall Ball

"Fastest Times have been around 40 minutes."
Took me like an hour. Hit major glycogen depletion at around 45 minutes. My sides were sore from the windmills. I really need to work those into my repitoire.



The Crossfit Des Peres workout (Sunday) was:

"Joshie"
In honor of Joshua Whitaker, 23 years old, who was killed on May 15th.

3 Rounds for time
21 dumbbell snatches, 40 lb. right arm
21 L-pull ups
21 dumbbell snatches, 40 lb. left arm
21 L-pull ups

This one sucked from the first round to the last rep. This is an all-around hard ass workout. Joshie musta been a freakin monster.


I'm really glad I got the opportunity to meet and work out with the people at the two affiliates in St Louis. They're all a bunch of super friendly, very open and welcoming people, and all very very strong. Big, big thanks to Crossfit Des Peres and CrossFit St Louis. I look forward to dropping in on both every chance I get.


More later.