CQ: CrossFit Wanker

[Charlie_Quinn]

Hello. My Name is Charlie, and I am a

 

I started CrossFit in December. My head has been dunked in the barrel of Kool-Aid and I've taken a giant gulp.

I've not gone 'full wanker' yet, I'm only going twice a week and I currently don't start all sentences in a conversation with 'at my box...' or 'when I was at CrossFit the other day...'

But you know, early days.

 

This challenge is more of a battle log for CrossFit. I've been running the same goals forever, because my long term goals haven't changed. I'm still training for OCR's and looking to qualify for the OCR world championships.This means as well as CrossFit, I'll be running three times a week and bouldering once a week. EMOM, AMRAP It's getting a little dull and it's pointless to put my running and bouldering as challenge goals, as they are now pretty much part of my routine.

So this challenge is just going to be a little fun place for me to write crap, post pics of WOD white boards CrossFit and talk nonsense WOD, Metcon. Feel free to join in with the crap talk and post dumb memes and gifs. 

 

 

 

 

 

CrossFit

[jonfirestar]

1 hour ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

Hello. My Name is Charlie, and I am a



That's all I have to say. 

[Cardinal_22]

2 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

 

I've not gone 'full wanker' yet, I'm only going twice a week and I currently don't start all sentences in a conversation with 'at my box...' or 'when I was at CrossFit the other day...'

But you know, early days.

 

Don't worry... you'll get there soon.  Very soon.  Lol.    =)

[Maigs]

Following. I feel like I'm becoming a kickboxing wanker

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Be careful of gif searches with the word "Wanker" in them.

[jonfirestar]

1 minute ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Be careful of gif searches with the word "Wanker" in them.

What's the worst that can happen? 

NSFW if you do try  

[Charlie_Quinn]

1 hour ago, jonfirestar said:

That's all I have to say. 

 

Well, seeing as I only did it because a certain group of Rangers dared me to.......

 

1 hour ago, Cardinal_22 said:

Don't worry... you'll get there soon.  Very soon.  Lol.    =)

 

I've got a speed rope, knee sleeves and CrossFit shoes already, so at least I look the part

 

32 minutes ago, Maigs said:

Following. I feel like I'm becoming a kickboxing wanker

 

Do you jump out from behind doors and scream NINJA! ? Because I totally would do that

 

Stu made me watch the Kickboxer movie the other day. I've never laughed so hard at a movie that wasn't supposed to be a comedy. Mostly because the end fight scene just reminded me of the parody in Hot Shots Part Deux

 

Just now, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Be careful of gif searches with the word "Wanker" in them.

 

You found that out the hard way, huh? 

 

pun thoroughly intended

 

6 minutes ago, jonfirestar said:

What's the worst that can happen? 

NSFW if you do try  

 

If you image search 'Wanker' you get Trump, David Cameron and Piers Morgan

 

[Maigs]

33 minutes ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

Do you jump out from behind doors and scream NINJA! ? Because I totally would do that

 

Stu made me watch the Kickboxer movie the other day. I've never laughed so hard at a movie that wasn't supposed to be a comedy. Mostly because the end fight scene just reminded me of the parody in Hot Shots Part Deux

I don't think of kickboxing as being a ninja thing, but obviously others do since I found this:

 

 

I haven't seen that movie....and it's been many years since I've seen Hot Shots

 

[Kestrel Grey]

Following of course! Sadly I am at work so I'll have to join in on gifs later.

 

I'm impressed with you for being a CrossFitter now but that won't stop me from mocking!

[NeuroPunkNonsense]

Following because I'm thinking about giving crossfit a go soon. I'm interested in it from the perspective of someone relatively new to it.

[NeverThatBored]

This is so real. Fellow Crossfit wanker following along! 

[Rurik Harrgath]

15 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

 

This challenge is more of a battle log for CrossFit.

 

[h3r0]

Good luck! 

[Mr_Willes]

16 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Be careful of gif searches with the word "Wanker" in them.

 

FTFY

 

 

16 hours ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

You found that out the hard way, huh? 

 

pun thoroughly intended

 

 

 

 

 

Well, what did you expect, the title even has

 

 

in it! I could not stay away!

 

This got my name written all over it...

 

 

 

I'm a CF'er on pause myself, just a little thing that i need to get out of the way first, but then i will probably be back with you on the Kool-Aid! (and for the time being i will still do some stuff you do, as long as you do PL at CF  )

 

 

 

And be your usual

 

[Mad Hatter]

I'm not sure what I'm doing here.  

[Cheetah]

I will greatly enjoy hearing you talk about crossfit.  I'd like to try it some day, but I'm concerned that my knees aren't up to it.  Still, you never know unless you try, right?  Anyway, Happy Challenge!

[Salinger]

Hey Charlie great to see you around!! Good luck with the challenge im excited to see you grow on your CF journey!!!x

[Charlie_Quinn]

On 2/6/2019 at 3:14 PM, Maigs said:

I don't think of kickboxing as being a ninja thing, but obviously others do since I found this:

 

 

I haven't seen that movie....and it's been many years since I've seen Hot Shots

 

 

I guess, any excuse to jump around like a ninja? 

 

On 2/6/2019 at 4:58 PM, Kestrel Grey said:

Following of course! Sadly I am at work so I'll have to join in on gifs later.

 

I'm impressed with you for being a CrossFitter now but that won't stop me from mocking!

 

Hey Kestrel, good to see you! I'm looking forward to looks of mocking. I'm British, it's pretty much the only way we know how to communicate our emotions 

 

On 2/6/2019 at 5:20 PM, Atrytone said:

Following because I'm thinking about giving crossfit a go soon. I'm interested in it from the perspective of someone relatively new to it.

 

Thanks for the follow. You should totally give it a try. I was recruited into it (because you know, cult!) because I was listening to all the awesome things @Rhovaniel and @Jarric were doing in their CF wods and I wanted to join in the fun! I really like that everything is scale-able to my fitness level. Everyone in the class is working at their level but everyone is pushing hard. 

 

On 2/7/2019 at 1:06 AM, NeverThatBored said:

This is so real. Fellow Crossfit wanker following along! 

 

Hello fellow Wa...... Crossfitter! 

 

On 2/7/2019 at 2:25 AM, Rurik Harrgath said:

 

 

 

 

On 2/7/2019 at 3:02 AM, h3r0 said:

Good luck! 

 

Only 45 minutes?

 

On 2/7/2019 at 7:04 AM, Mr_Willes said:

 

FTFY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, what did you expect, the title even has

 

 

in it! I could not stay away!

 

This got my name written all over it...

 

 

 

I'm a CF'er on pause myself, just a little thing that i need to get out of the way first, but then i will probably be back with you on the Kool-Aid! (and for the time being i will still do some stuff you do, as long as you do PL at CF  )

 

 

 

And be your usual

 

 

I love a Mr Willes gif bomb!

 

15 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

I'm not sure what I'm doing here.  

 

Don't worry, I'll still be climbing weekly! 

 

Well, hopefully I will, once this tear on my thumb from Olympic lifts heals up. 

 

12 hours ago, Cheetah said:

I will greatly enjoy hearing you talk about crossfit.  I'd like to try it some day, but I'm concerned that my knees aren't up to it.  Still, you never know unless you try, right?  Anyway, Happy Challenge!

 

I'm sure you could modify things to work around any knee worries. And if you find it's not for you, you've lost nothing.

 

12 hours ago, Salinger said:

Hey Charlie great to see you around!! Good luck with the challenge im excited to see you grow on your CF journey!!!x

 

Hey Sal! Thanks, I'll try and be a little more present this time around!

[Charlie_Quinn]

Week Zero:

 

Had to mix my schedule up a little this week. Normally I go to CrossFit on Tues & Thurs but this week I did Mon & Weds. The problem with this is my box doesn't run a normal WOD on a Monday. They do a Barbell WOD instead. I'd heard a few people say they were scared of this class, which kind of had me interested! 

I soon found out why people were scared!

Strength: 

EMOM: 9 mins

2 Touch n Go Squat Cleans 

WOD: 

Barbell Chipper - 24 min time cap

30 Power Cleans 30 Jerks @ 60%

20 Power Cleans 20 Jerks @ 60%

10 Power Cleans 10 Jerks @ 60%

 

This was my first time doing Squat Cleans and Clean and Jerks so I had no idea of what I'd be able to do. I probably started too light on the Squat Cleans and only manged to move up to 32.5kg by the end of the 9 mins. My form was starting to break down a little though, so even though I could have done more, it's probably best I didn't. 

 

For the chipper, as it was my first time doing C&J and I didn't know my 1RM the coach recommended I start at 27.5kg and move up from there. This workout completely broke me! I hit the time cap just as I'd finished the last 10 power cleans at 32.5kg. I was kind of glad I didn't make it to the jerks, because at that point my arms were shaking and I don't think I could have lifted that bar above my head even once! And I managed to get some lovely rips in my thumbs

 

 

Wednesday I went back for a regular WOD with my upper body still feeling destroyed, and what was programmed for strength? Push Press of course! 

It was a 1RM workout so I partnered up with 2 other girls around my size and we took turns adding the fractional plates and lifting. I finished up on 34.5kg, which I'm happy with, especially considering how my shoulders and arms were feeling from Monday!

 

Then we moved onto the WOD:

E3MOM (Every 3 minutes, on the minute)

20 DB Snaches

15 burpees over DB

10 HSPU or 15 Hand Release Push Ups

Slowest Round = Score

 

Yep, your slowest round was your score not the fastest. This is because this was supposed to be a lesson in pacing. We were told to scale as needed, including scaling the reps if we weren't finished the rounds. 

Even when I scaled the reps to 16/10/10 (push ups, not handstands) I was struggling to finish a round. My fastest time was 2:50, but fastest time didn't matter. I didn't realise that if we didn't finish a round, we'd need to know how many reps we were short on that round as this would be our score and I wasn't keeping a note of this in my head (this is why other people had notebooks with them!) . So I finished this WOD with lots of question marks next to my score. But that's fine. I pushed as hard as I could on that day and that's good enough for me. 

 

Oh, I also did an interval run session on Tuesday, which went fine, although my lower back was twinging from the C&J's the day before. 

 

This weekend should be fun. I'm doing a long run on Saturday - I'm still deciding on how long that run is going to be though. This is because I'll be doing a 10k road race on Sunday with @jonfirestar and @Rhovaniel. After the race, we're planning on going bouldering together, although this will depend on how well my thumb rips have healed by then. Hopefully they will be healed enough for me to tape them up and do some climbing as I've not been in a few weeks and I've missed it. Also, climbing with other Rangers is hella fun!

[Salinger]

Sounds great Charlie, and you sound quite well which makes me smile. 

 

Be nice to live further down so i could check out the climbing with you all xx

[Mr_Willes]

On 2/8/2019 at 12:23 PM, Charlie_Quinn said:

I'm doing a long run on Saturday ... I'll be doing a 10k road race on Sunday ... After the race, we're planning on going bouldering

 

 

[Charlie_Quinn]

On 2/8/2019 at 12:16 PM, Salinger said:

Sounds great Charlie, and you sound quite well which makes me smile. 

 

Be nice to live further down so i could check out the climbing with you all xx

 

I'm not doing too badly. I had a few days where my anxiety was running a little wild but I think I've got that back under control now. 

It would be awesome. You should look at doing a climbing induction when you next visit London. I'm sure I'd be able to come along for moral support

 

1 hour ago, Mr_Willes said:

 

 

 

No, because I made sure I stretched afterwards 

[Mr_Willes]

57 minutes ago, Charlie_Quinn said:

No, because I made sure I stretched afterwards 

 

Somehow this makes me feel sorry for @jonfirestar

[jonfirestar]

2 minutes ago, Mr_Willes said:

 

Somehow this makes me feel sorry for @jonfirestar

It's almost like you have some kind of insider information...

[Charlie_Quinn]

Weekend Wrap up

 

It's been a bit of a mixed weekend. it didn't start off very well but it got much better by Sunday, thanks to a couple of awesome Rangers. 

Saturday

I headed out for a slow and steady run on Saturday. I decided that I was just going to run between 6 and 8 miles because of the 10km race on Sunday morning. I'm not sure why, but my head was all over the place on Saturday morning and it took me a few hours to convince myself to go out for the run. When I did finally go out, I found myself wrestling with negative thoughts the entire run. It felt like my mind was screaming at me to stop and go home, even though there was nothing wrong with me. I wasn't tired and nothing hurt, I just couldn't get these thoughts to stop. I managed a very slow 6 miles before I felt mentally exhausted from having to fight back against my brain. This left me in a bit of a funk for the rest of the day.

 

Sunday - Welwyn 10k

I wasn't feeling confident about this run after Saturday's awfulness, but actually, the race went quite well. I'm a little annoyed I didn't manage to break sub 60 again. I had a weird issue with my feet going numb around the 4 mile mark. It's an odd problem that I've had happen on and off while running but I've not had it happen in the last few years. Essentially, my feet start to get pins and needles, and eventually it gets so bad that my feet go completely numb! It's very uncomfortable and it slows me down, but then after a mile or so, the feeling goes away and I can run normally again. I'm not sure what causes it, but I suspect it's caused by tightness in my calves. Whatever it is, it's costing me time during races, so I need to figure out what it is so I can stop it screwing me up again.

After the run, @jonfirestar @Rhovaniel and I went bouldering for a few hours followed by a meal at a local carvery. Bouldering was fantastic, I'm really starting to see the strength I'm building in CrossFit come into play. It was especially surprising when we decided to mess around with the gymnastic rings and I found that I could hold myself in the top position and I could do a few ring pull ups. Rho also showed us how to do ring dips with a resistance band, which I've never tried before. I really liked doing these, so i'm going to start doing them at home with my rings and bands. We also had a little fun with handstands. I can kick up into a handstand quite easily and found I could do a little "shrug" with my shoulders while standing in the handstand (kind of like an upside down scapular pull) so maybe HSPUs will be a reality one day!