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Crossfit lingo
- by Tracey_E
- 2014-02-08 06:02:36
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It's so exciting to see so many posts recently from Crossfitters!!! I thought some of the posts might be confusing to the non-CF crowd since we tend to speak our own language so here's a quick list
WOD - workout of the day
Benchmark - this is a named wod (like Fran) repeated every 4 months or so. These will be exactly the same so you can record your time and see how much you progress
PR - personal record
RX - prescribed weight, or a target weight for a given exercise
What is it?
"CrossFit, a trademark of CrossFit Inc., is a strength and conditioning program with the aim of improving, among other things, muscular strength, cardio-respiratory endurance, and flexibility. It advocates a perpetually changing mix of aerobic exercise, gymnastics (body weight exercises), and Olympic weight lifting.[6] CrossFit Inc. describes its strength and conditioning program as âconstantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity across broad modal and time domains,"
13 Comments
Thanks Tracey
by Grateful Heart - 2014-02-08 10:02:01
Knew some of the lingo, but not all. I was wondering why someone was calling out their PB on Fran......Whew!
I've been considering boot camp at my gym but not sure if I can do that. I had one bad hip fixed but another waiting in the wings with arthritis and bone spurs. I'm feeling it more too.....so I'm not sure if I should attempt it. I do know my joints feel better when I move and it makes a huge difference when I don't.
Grateful Heart
other options
by Tracey_E - 2014-02-08 10:02:40
If you don't have a CF box, there are quite a few gyms that offer similar classes or rec centers and Y's that offer boot camp type workouts. They're comparable, usually similar movements just no equipment.
Encouraging
by Grateful Heart - 2014-02-09 04:02:42
I think I will look into it.
One of my friends keeps saying she wants to start exercising but has one excuse after the other. I'll try and drag her along, I mean....invite her to join me. lol
I like the Memorial Day dedication.
Hate is a strong word I rarely use, but I have to say......I would hate Murph too. :o)
Grateful Heart
Grateful Heart
by Tracey_E - 2014-02-09 09:02:23
A girlfriend and I were talking about how much we hate Murph. A third friend was staring at us, then we realized she thought Murph was a person. Murph is 1 mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 squats,finish with another 1 mile run, in memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy. My gym does it for Memorial Day. That's called a Hero Wod, they are always extra hard and done in memory of a fallen service member. It's a good reminder that we're lucky to be alive.
I'd try it and see how it goes, but you probably already could have guessed that! I went with a friend who talked me into it, truly never expected to make it past the initial 5 weeks much less get addicted. In addition to assuming my heart wasn't up to it, I had chronic back pain from a car accident (head on at highway speed) and knee problems. Building the hamstrings and quads fixed the knees, strengthening the core helped the back.
Arthritis and spurs, I dunno, but if staying active helps then it might be a good thing. Building muscle takes the pressure off the joints. I work out with a guy who started about the same time as me and was told he needed both knees replaced. He is going on 70 and faithfully does the WOD every day. I know his knees aren't magically healed and he still has pain, but he's been able to put off the surgery which was his goal. The coaches are great, they can modify as needed. I've been through several injuries- tendonitis in the shoulder and a sprained wrist- and they work around it and gave me something else to do. Don't assume you have to ace everything or they want you to go home. It's not that kind of atmosphere.
OK
by Grateful Heart - 2014-02-09 11:02:52
What workout is Fear & Trembling?
And how many do they have?
Grateful Heart
Tracey
by jeanlancour - 2014-02-09 12:02:55
I can't do it, I enjoy hearing about it. Hearing about you'll reaching personal goals is a kick. Keep it up You'll, and let us enjoy your triumphs. Jean
Fear and Trembling
by Stark - 2014-02-10 03:02:10
FEAR
100m run
10 muscle ups
200m run
20 HSPU
300m run
30 overhead squats (oly bar)
400m run
40 SDHP (oly bar)
500m run
50 pull ups
600m run
60 press ups
700m run
70 swings (weight of choice)
800m run
80 burpees
900m run
90 thrusters (oly bar)
1km run
100 squats
.... AND TREMBLING
fear
by Tracey_E - 2014-02-10 10:02:02
Many of them leave us in fear and trembling :) But we do them anyway!
We do a benchmark about once a week. I don't know how many there are, The rest of the time the workouts change every day, a mix of cardio, weights, gymnastic moves. We've been doing a lot of running and jump rope lately, before that we went through a few weeks heavy on the barbells. It's great for someone ADD like me, never boring.
Here, found this. We don't do all of these.
http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/faq.html#WOD0
I'm sure your friend would looooove to go! The cool thing about boot camp is you jump in hard, and you will want to die the first week, but if you stick it out and go regularly for 5 weeks like they tell you, by the end of those 5 weeks you'll be comfortable with all the moves, noticeably stronger, and in the habit.
tough daughters
by Tracey_E - 2014-02-13 10:02:17
Your daughter could kick my butt with one arm tied behind her back! Love how she uses it to motivate the boys. You raised some amazing kids.
You Guys are...
by donr - 2014-02-13 10:02:32
...CERTIFIABLY INSANE!
Our older daughter would have tried that back when she was in her 20's - before wearing out her body. She spent 20 yrs in the Army doing crazy things. Started out in HS when she got hooked on competitive swimming & every night did situps - over 150 of them every night. She got bored by the boredom of that so she got a pair of 7 lb dumbells & held them at shoulder level in front of he while doing them - cut her down to only 75.
Then when she was in the Army, she got bored w/ the woman's scale for the Physical fitness test & started doing it on the men's scale. Still maxed it.
As a Company Commander at Ft Bragg, they had to do a 12 mile march while carrying a 35 lb pack every quarter in some specified min time. She always beat every member of her company (267 soldiers), walked into the company orderly room, threw her pack on the floor in the middle of the room so one of the clerks would have to move it (that way the word got out fast that the CO didn't stuff her pack w/ newspaper to make it lighter) & went to work.
Back when President Kennedy was alive, he found some old news article about Marines doing a 50 mile hike in 24 Hrs & challenged the Marines of that era to duplicate the feat. Of course they did. In the early 70's were were living on Okinawa, now the largest southern island of Japan w/ a lot of Marines. The American Boy Scouts had a 24 hour Fifty Miler hike around the northern end of the island. Naturally, my Troop of course wanted to do it. Our two daughters - at that time 11 & 12 asked if they could go, too.
There were conditions they had to meet - Make all the 40 miles of prep hikes wearing combat boots & stay away from the boys - they'd walk w/ me at the very rear of the group. For the last prep hike, we went 20 miles - ten miles out from a camp in daylight & ten miles back after dark. It involved a climb to the highest point on the island, Mt Yonaha Dake. We started at sea level & climbed to 1600 feet. Watched the Sun set & walked back out. The last quarter mile was in triple canopy tropical jungle w/o any trail.
Come the day of the great adventure, we started just before first light. The plan was hike 50 min, rest ten minutes - all 24 hrs. It would NOT be a race - it was a test of endurance for a bunch of kids 11 to 15 & they were All going to make it. I told my boys (& girls) that if they took the first step, they went all the way - no wimping out. We had a small van along in case of true emergency. The pace was to be 2-1/2 MPH - all day. No speeding up. No horse play. Naturally, about at the middle of the second hour we were hit by the most violent rain I have ever felt. Came on so fast that no one had time to even get a poncho out. Rained about 10 minutes & was actually painful to feel it was that hard. Not to worry - the Sun came out & mercilessly dried us out in about 30 min.
Made it back to base camp in about 19 hours. Everyone made it - including the 35 yr old Scoutmaster. Never a doubt about the daughters. I had a knee that tightened up at the forty mole point, so that was a struggle the rest of the way. Daughters kept me vertical & walking. Next day it was crutches for me knee would not function at all.
Daughters were the incentive that kept the boys from being slackers. They knew they were somewhere behind them, barely visible, but keeping up w/o dragging. They saw them every hour when we took a break.
Daughters also are good swimmers. When they were small they learned to swim early. When about 8 & 9, I arranged for a swimming instructor friend to run a special series of classes for my Scouts to earn the Swimming Merit Badge. Of course the girls wanted to come along. they did & managed to keep up w/ my then 35 boys quite nicely. Tree yrs later, while we were on Okinawa, I arranged for the same sessions for all my Boys & any others who wanted to join. This time, we went all the way trough the Swimming Badge to the Lifesaving Badge. That's a very difficult achievement for kids that age. Naturally the girls swam along. The culmination of the Swimming session was for every boy to earn the Mile Swim Badge. They all did - again because they saw the girls swimming it w/ them. Not a single kid quit - or even showed a hint of wanting to.
Yeah - I'm pretty proud of the girls. Susan, the older, was an Olympic class athlete, playing on an intercollegiate national championship Team Handball team two yrs running. She was invited to try out for the 1984 US Olympic Team. Elaine, the younger, is now an ER Doc. Not quite the athlete her sister was, but she could beat me at anything we attempted.
Sorry to ramble like this, but The Devil made me do it as soon as I mentioned a daughter.
Don
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by Bostonstrong - 2014-02-08 07:02:26
I wish we had one of those here. Sounds like a great workout!