September 1, 2008 - Labor Day - You Can't Really Have A Rest Day on Labor Day

There were no classes scheduled for Labor Day, so I was planning on doing some sort of workout. I found out yesterday that I am not the only crazy person that drives from the District (NW) to Old Town for Crossfit, that other crazy person would be Elise. Elise just got back from NYC and lives in Woodley Park so we talked about doing a Rock Creek workout, using the exercise stations along the trail or something. I told Elise she could plan the WOD so kept the element of randomization! Here it is:

For Time
50 Box jumps, 50 jumping pullups, 50 single jump ropes
40 Box jumps, 40 jumping pullups, 40 single jump ropes
30 Box jumps, 30 jumping pullups, 30 single jump ropes
20 Box jumps, 20 jumping pullups, 20 single jump ropes
10 Box jumps, 10 jumping pullups, 10 single jump ropes

I guess she got this workout from the Camp Pendleton affiliate site and wow what a workout. We ended up doing this workout in the blue room because I remembered that Capital was open until 6pm and I figured it would be easier. I used 4 mats so probably a 30" jump.

Ok, so Elise seems to be almost as competitive as me, which is crazy! She got done with box jumps a little bit before me and then I thought I would pull ahead of her on the jumping pullups but that didn't happen. First, we used the muai thai mats as a box to jump off of and the two mats stacked kept moving around and I had to adjust them every few reps. Second, she kept telling me to get my chin over the bar, which I didn't know I wasn't doing but think it was happening because I kept falling off the muai thai mats. For the record, these mats are not an excuse but did complicate the workout for me. I never caught up with Elise and she finished just under a minute ahead of me.

I was working on some rings before the WOD and ended up getting 3 consecutive muscle ups. Elise helped me with my false grip. I don't know what kind of grip I was really using but her coaching definitely helped. She also helped me work on double unders after the WOD but we were both spent.

Double unders are definitely something I want to start practicing a few times a week. First things first I need to get a good jump rope so I will be purchasing the Buddy Lee rope in the next week or so.