Category Archives: Crossfit Diaries

So today we had 10 1 minute 200m sprints with max double-unders for the remaining time.  It takes me about 45  seconds to run 200m, so I had precious little time to get to the rope.  My best effort was 3, and … Continue reading →

Crossfit requires a huge amount of mental discipline. The whole concept of crossfit is based on intensity; it’s painful, so it takes a bit of work just to give oneself permission to endure it. For me there is also quite a bit of emotional energy, various attachments to ego, self-worth, self-perception. Continue reading →

Lately I started to think about “mean time between failure” (MTBF), which really just means not allowing myself so much rest time. After all the rest time is reducing the intensity, and I don’t want to lose too much of that opportunity. Yesterday I decided I needed another formalism, an “exhaustion ratio”. Continue reading →

The other day I was working on hang power cleans, trying to do 10 at 95# without putting the bar down.  I’ve been at CFES for about 15 months, but I hadn’t really internalized very much about the Olympic lifting techniques. After … Continue reading →

I confess I am afraid of failure. Or I used to be. Now I’m on somewhat more friendly terms with failure. Or more accurately stated, I’m learning how failure can be accomplished in a controlled environment. Continue reading →

The way CFES is set up there are two levels of workout: “On-Ramp”, “Foundations” and “Level 1.”  The On-Ramp is a month long orientation.  Foundations is where new people end up after On-Ramp.  Level 1 is for those athletes who have … Continue reading →

One of the things that surprised me a bit when I starting working out at CFES was that shoes are a big deal.  I am told that weightlifting shoes are a real advantage; it’s been explained to me.  But I still … Continue reading →

… I was balking at 175# and the trainer stopped what he was doing, came across the gym to where I was standing, and said “you have to to this.” He said this in such a way as to make me understand that I did indeed need to do that.
So I did. Continue reading →

For the second day in a row I had workouts that (ahem!) gave me the opportunity to apply some discipline. Which is another way of saying challenged me to not give up to early. Continue reading →

Today was my first day back after a week (had the flu or something). They must have seen me coming. The workout was a 20 minutes amrap of 500m row, box walk handstands, and max pullups.  The final score was the … Continue reading →