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WOD #35

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:28:16 -0500

Sunday (11-22-09)

Complete as many rounds as possible in twenty minutes of:
25 Burpees
Body weight back squat, 15 reps (165lbs)

3 Rounds + 25 Burpees + 10 Backsquats (Rx’d)

I’ve never been this disappointed with myself after a workout. My goal was to get 4 rounds and I fell just shy of that. I’m really mad at myself for this. Everyone got 4 rounds or more. Some people subbed there bodyweight for something lighter, which I didn’t do so I could take that away from this. I’m mostly mad because backsquats are something I’m really good with, but I couldn’t get those last 5 in time. I’ll add a new tag to this post called “Pathetic” so later on I could go back and look at all the pathetic workouts I’ve had. This would be number 1.

WOD #34

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:27:31 -0500

Saturday (11-21-09)

For time:
21 Handstand push-ups
400 meter Run
21 Weighted pull-ups
15 Handstand push-ups
400 meter Run
15 Weighted Pull-ups
9 Handstand Push-ups
400 meter Run
9 Weighted Pull-ups

15:45

I did piked pushups from a box as a substitute for the HSPU’s. I also did kipping pull-ups without any added weight. I need to get my handstand push-ups down. Next time I do this I’ll definitely add some weight for the pull-ups to make it a little harder.

November

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:47:49 -0500

Ah yes November of 2009 is finally upon us. You were sneaky this year but you finally showed up. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and the air is a bit cooler. Gotta love November!

johnzanussi: Space caterpillars!! Get out

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:02 -0500

johnzanussi:

Space caterpillars!!

Get out

ammalovesyou: picapixels: tumblr_ksx6raKDCl1qa0ccjo1_500.png a...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:22 -0500

ammalovesyou:

picapixels:

tumblr_ksx6raKDCl1qa0ccjo1_500.png

at this hour, there aren’t any words..

Yes please. Even though I know how to tie my own tie.

bryanwashere: I agree with that...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:15 -0500

bryanwashere:

I agree with that decision…

letsplaysamantics:

Official song of the weekend.

Official song of every weekend?

jakeandamir: Miami Part 6 (The Porno) Enjoy the finale! This...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:19:47 -0500

jakeandamir:

Miami Part 6 (The Porno)

Enjoy the finale! This was a lot of fun to work on and I think it came out great. Also my sweet tea joke got in there so that’s fun.

Oh yeah, In and Out in NYC…oh wait WTF is this?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:16:00 -0500

Oh yeah, In and Out in NYC…oh wait WTF is this?

WOD #33

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:52:01 -0500

Wednesday (11-18-09)

“Elizabeth”

21-15-9 reps of:
Clean 135 pounds
Ring dips

For Time

9:55 (75lbs. Cleans)

This was my first time ever doing Elizabeth. I don’t have my cleans down yet. If I did power cleans I could have easily done more weight and gotten a quicker time. However I did squat cleans because that’s what was prescribed (In crossfit when someone says clean it means the full range, as in a squat clean. If they mean power clean they’ll say power clean). Happy I got under 10 minutes but man some of my cleans were ugly. The ring dips I didn’t have too much trouble with, which I figured going into it. Good work out. Excited to do it again.

joshruben: sweethomestyle: ticketsandpassports: Yes please.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:31:53 -0500

joshruben:

sweethomestyle:

ticketsandpassports:

Yes please.

Excuse me?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:33:13 -0500

Excuse me?

jakeandamir: Miami Part 5 (Bang Bros HQ) Part 5...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:18:00 -0500

jakeandamir:

Miami Part 5 (Bang Bros HQ)

Part 5 of ???

Enjoy the yeastiality!

streeter: susannawolff: conormckeon: 5 Famous Last Status...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:43:05 -0500

streeter:

susannawolff:

conormckeon:

5 Famous Last Status Updates

you can digg it here.

Thanks to Jesse Eisemann for illustrating and Susanna for helping edit it.

also thanks to Ben for lending his extremely valuable comedy time and input for the above image, only to see none of his suggestions go into the final draft.

HISTORY! AWESOME!

Conor and I share a deep love of the history joke. Nicely done, Mr. McKeon.

This is a great article

WOD #32

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:56:00 -0500

Tuesday (11-17-09)

“Fran” 21-15-9 Thrusters and Pull-ups for time.

9:01 (75lbs. Thrusters) (New PR)

I did better than last time by over a minute! Still not prescribed, but definitely better. The pull-ups were tough at the end. I guess doing two weeks of intense pull-up exercises could be the cause of that. I’m pretty happy beating my old time, still not as good as it should be though. Especially when people can do this prescribed and get sub 4 minute times. Of course they’ve been doing this for years and I’ve been doing it for 2 months.

This is one of those WOD’s that while doing it you wonder, “Why am I doing this to myself?” and then you finish and 20 minutes later you’ve never felt better in your life.

jakeandamir: Miami Part 4 (The Crash) And it continues....

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:37:22 -0500

jakeandamir:

Miami Part 4 (The Crash)

And it continues. Unfortunately one of the best shots of the whole series was cut out of this episode. Trust me when I say it was probably one of the funniest and crudest things I’ve ever helped shoot.

bryanwashere: Confabulation Nation: “National Geographic...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:33:10 -0500

bryanwashere:

Confabulation Nation:

“National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen was in Antarctica to capture shots of leopard seals. One approached him, jaws wide and ready for biting…and if you haven’t heard the rest of the story yet, you need to watch this brief clip.”

(parkland)

It's Me! Every Girl Ever.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:03:20 -0500

It's Me! Every Girl Ever.:

Read this. It includes great lines like:

“Why don’t you sit awkwardly in my big, stupid, round papizan chair over there while you wait for me. It’s like you’re sitting in a hug! Be right back…”

longlivekim: I’m working on branded items right now and I saw...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:01:30 -0500

longlivekim:

I’m working on branded items right now and I saw Weepuls. Does anyone remember these? Greatest. Product. Ever.

These things were great

amandalynferri: eightbit: Hardly Working: Goodbye “HUH!” My...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:35:40 -0500

amandalynferri:

eightbit:

Hardly Working: Goodbye “HUH!”

My favorite Hardly Working to date… Matt and I had a lot of fun writing and shooting this. It is the first hardly working written and shot by us. To me the funniest part is the wall of floppy discs. It was something I wanted to include from the moment we had the idea.

this was maybe the saddest hardly working ever.

It’s true, the “HUH!” is gone. Sam gave Creighton and I the task of writing a Hardly Working that would give it a proper goodbye. I feel we did a nice job. We didn’t make up the part with Olmec, though. All our intros and outros seriously live on floppy disc behind his head and the only way to get to it is to push the lips down.

WOD #31

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:11 -0500

Monday (11-16-09)

“Angie” (click for video)

For time:

100 Pull-ups
100 Push-ups
100 Sit-ups
100 Squats

Time: 24:54

My time was a bit longer than last, but I’ve definitely improved. Last time I did 75 each and did the pull-ups with a green band. This time I did 100 on everything except pull-ups, which I did without a band. I did 53 pull-ups because my hands are wrecked and I have no grip strength. They’re almost back to looking like human hands again so that’s good. I tried taping them, but that didn’t help. Maybe gloves? We’ll see. Let’s hope next time my hands are fine.