It's finally here! The first week of the crossfit open. The first workout will be announced on wednesday and everyone will have one week to complete it and submit their scores. I can't wait! Our workout this morning wasn't too tough. We started off with a 5x2 overhead squat. I managed to get up to 145 pounds before we were stopped short to do the second part of our workout. The second part of the class consisted of a tabata complex of five different exercises: ring push ups, kettlebell swings, dumbell front squats, pull ups, and front plank. Tabata is where you do 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest. This is done 8 times. If you do the math, it comes out to 4 minutes per exercise. We rested 3 minutes in between each tabata round. The ring pushups weren't too bad, and the kettlebell swings went really well. Front squats were by far the most painful of the rounds. We had done lots of heavy deadlifts late last week, and my lower back was still feeling the effects. This caused my lower back to flare up pretty bad during the front squats. We were only holding 35lb dumbells, which wouldn't normally be too heavy, but because my back was so sore I was only able to get 4 or 5 reps per round near the end. The pull ups and front plank weren't nearly as bad. I'm looking forward to some stretching to hopefully loosen up my back. Only two more sleeps until workout one is announced!
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