Secret Confessions of A Crossfit-A-Holic

During a tough round in the WOD, do you work your butt off to get to a favourite exercise so you can have 'fun' before diving into the tough work again?

I do, and today it was the kettlebell swing. Today's WOD was 7 rounds of clean & jerk, 6 pullups, 9 kettlebell swings and a 200m run. Because this workout has NO rest periods, I need a psychological rest point each round. I do this a lot. It's like reaching a safe harbour before venturing out into the storm again. It's safe to say that the 200m run is NOT the rest spot. Besides, the kettlebell swing is *fun*. It's weighed in poods which makes it strangely exotic. I like that. You don't see these in Globo gyms and I like that too. If I had one, I'd paint a skull and crossbones on it.

I haven't done a met con for a while and this was a heart pounder. It's the running, you see. I find it very challenging to run for distance and, ironically, it's probably the thing I should do the most. I foresee more time at the LSS track with a stopwatch. Shudder. I want to improve my time on the 400m run. However, I was pretty pleased with my pullup effort today. While I struggled with doing six full dead hang pullups in one go for the last three rounds, I went full extension and up over my chin for my mini-sets near the end. Clean and jerks, what can I say? This lift makes me feel good. Afterwards. In the middle of the WOD, that 135lb bar strikes fear in my heart.

I clocked a time of 20:19 which is okay. My old friend oxygen deprivation is still sticking around but at least I can keep moving. I've come a long way in four months with miles to go before I sleep. It's time to up my game again so I'm going to add a fourth Crossfit workout to my week. I wanted to start at an achievable pace and build from there. Now, I can properly recover between workout days. It used to take days for the soreness to abate. It still happens occasionally when I do a new movement. 

I think I'm addicted to this.