Tuesday, April 6, 2010

WOD - Helen For My Friend

"Helen"

Three rounds for time:
Run 400 meters
1 1/2 pood Kettlebell x 21 swings (or 55 pound/25kg dumbell swing)
12 Pull-ups

Decided Helen was to be Carissa's first CrossFit workout. Naturally I had to do it at her pace, but we managed to finish in about 40mins.

Partitioned the 21 swings to 7 each and 4 for the 12 pullups. I decided to swing the 25kg that the workout demanded instead of my usual 20, and she the 5kg. It was heavy but barely manageable for me and she wasn't used to the swinging action so we were both kinda sluggish. Slow-mo. We were both gassed from the runs, but good thing there was some walking from the first floor jogging track to the weights area.

In the end, she and I were gasping for air as we surrendered our bodies to the floor - hallmark of the timed CrossFit workout.

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