This all started during a session of Lynne where two other girls and I were rotating through our bench presses. One of the other girls is particularly strong and when I told her that I could do this WOD at 75#, I "encouraged" her to go higher, knowing she could do it! I think she settled on 85#, which was challenging but earned her a high ranking on the board. That's when Marc said I was a Blue Falcon.
Today, I brought in my friend Dawn for her first CrossFit experience. She made it through Baseline and we were talking about what was in store for the rest of the week. I got pretty excited to find out that we have hanging power cleans followed by a horrible wall ball/pull-up combo day. I told Dawn that she would really, really love the lift days and she agreed to be there bright and early tomorrow morning. To which Marc again replied that I am a real Blue Falcon!
Anyway, my WOD today was "Cough Up a Lunge"... one of my favorites, even though I'm not that fast at it. I don't even remember my time so I'll have to look at the St. Pete CrossFit site tomorrow.
This WOD is
Walking lunges 100ft, 21 pull-ups, 21 sit-ups
Walking lunges 100ft, 18 pull-ups, 18 sit-ups
and so on for 15, 12, 9 and 6.
But the best thing about today's workout was more progress in the warm-up, particularly on the ring dips. Using the blue-band, knees only is now too easy. So, we raised the rings up to my arm pits and I have to jump up. I can jump a little and work really hard to lock out, but when I am too tired, I'll jump more and negative down. I already feel a new soreness in my chest and triceps that I have never had from ring dips before. Aaahhh... the pain of progress.
I don't see how you're a Blue Falcon if you're encouraging your friends to get PRs! I'd say you'd be a Blue Falcon if you were setting your friend up for failure - say, going for waay too much weight, or telling her you'd meet her at the gym for the WOD but then bagging it when you found out it was going to be a brutal w/o, leaving her to do it on her own.
ReplyDeleteMarc really likes to name-call and give a lot of crap, doesn't he? I am really looking forward to the day when I can visit the Dammit Gym!
Marc only gives out nicknames that are not nice. And, although this is not my official nickname it is one of those negatives that is actually a positive. He knows my intentions are good... him calling me a Blue Falcon is an underhanded compliment - very underhanded!
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