STFU and snatch

Monday's wod was a variation of 16.1 and since I've already done that and it sucked I am really happy I skipped the regular wod. Instead I went to the gymnastics wod which was muscle up training. The muscle up preparation part was fun and I think I learned something. Whether it's something useful is something that time will tell. The wod ended with an attempt by the evil gymnastics guy to kill our shoulders (1work 1 rest right part of the picture + rest=l-sit). My shoulders were dead by the time cap and I was severely scaling both l-sit and pushups.

After the wod I cheered on/judged the final 16.1 competitors which was a lot of fun so I guess I know what I will be doing for next 4 Monday evenings (and probably most of Saturdays and Sundays).

Looking at the final 16.1 result I am pretty happy. All of the people who beat me by a lot are actually much better than me at crossfit and I think I beat most of the people I usually compare myself with. And this didn't feel like my type of workout (of course, now that I've written it, the rest of workouts will be wallballs + doubleunders making this the easiest workout for me)

Tuesday started with this which felt like a horrible idea since my legs were dead after Sunday's lunges (it usually take my legs 30+ hours to get DOMS) and my grip after Monday's gymnastics. We scaled the barbell to 40 and kettlebell to 28 and moved fairly fast. In hindsight I would've probably enjoyed RX slightly more since it would've significantly lowered the number of reps and ensured that my legs survived. But mostly I am happy that T2B worked all the way.


I was driven home by a fellow box member. In the car we talked crossfit and he pointed out that my 1RM  snatch is too low given my other lifts. I was blaming it on my technique but he was having none of it. So, when I go home I dropped by the box and worked up to a 65kg snatch(new pr)

Ring your mother is a weird beer. While quite tasty I felt nothing special at any point. I guess that's what they call balanced. I find absolutely nothing to complain about and the beer is extremely well made. But I find nothing to recommend either. I guess balance is not my thing