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You've seen a guy develop rhabdomyolysis from working out too hard in a gym?

Yes, a female, from "jumping" pullups. High-rep eccentric contractions in first year Crossfitters is playin' with fire, you might just get burned. Everybody ain't Rich Froning

Concept2: 30minutes.

SC tournament: 3 hours

The guy who defends Crossfit endlessly saying Crossfit sucks!

Thank you for your concern. I'm pretty positive that I don't have the will power to push myself hard enough to get rhabdomyolysis. That same lack of will power keeps me fat.

Warmup:
Passthroughs and dynamic hip/quad movements

Skill/Strength:
Power Pulls
15-10-5
95#-115#-135#

Overhead Squats
10-5-1
115#-135#-135#

Workout:
Snatch 30 reps - 135#
For Time

6:56
I started out at 135# and got through 12 reps, but form was getting bad and was 'ordered' to reduce my weight. Dropped down to 115# and finished it. I can get the weight up, just can get my butt underneath it. Frustrated at myself...

Careful there pointer, you're about to contract halitosis.

I'm also a proponent/defender of the 2nd Ammendment and firearms rights but I'm also in favor of their safe employment, IE Cooper's Four Rules.

Stupid is as stupid does. Don't be stupid. Not realizing you are at muscle failure and dropping the barbell on your skull isn't "Crossfit", it is stupid. Participating in workouts that involve high-rep eccentric contractions, as a rookie Crossfitter, after being warned repeatedly that that can debilitating, and possibly life altering (IE, loss of kidney function) isn't "Crossfit", it is stupid.

man this is a damned good thread

late to the party, too much time spent discussing politics and other bullchit on hunters campfire.

have a goal to do an overland hike next year with my bestest pard and float out of a river via packrafts.

gonna start training in earnest for it (hopefully it will motivate me to do so)

and hope to be ready to hunt sheep this August because of it, hunt hard this fall.

like smokepole, my goal is to keep moving the crossbars back as often and as far as I can.

I'm 56 years young (well old someday) stand 6'1" and am at 201.4 lbs. this a.m.

sheep shape for me is typically 195 lbs. but I've been in the best shape of my life at 215 (lifting alot) and the worst shape of my life at 215 (only lifting beers and snacks outa fridge)

last year I got down to 195 again, but it was all stress as my wife was very, very ill. I was in no shape to go sheep hunting despite my reduced weight.

nutrition is the devil for me, I love healthy food, I love junk food, most of my life I've enjoyed the seefood diet, I see food and EAT it!

in my youth it didn't seem to matter much, by late 40's early 50's I began to weep for the tale of the tape.

one of the things I really want to add to my workout regimen is yoga for flexibility and balance. Some scoff at the idea, but just like what gear I use, I could care less. What I do and the choices I make is to make me happy, no one else (well maybe some poor girl foolish enough to marry my worthless azz)

great thread Will, sorry it took me so long to discover it.

Weights: chest/delt evolution

Concept2: 35 minutes

20 front squats, 115#
30 box jumps, 20in box
40 kettlebell swings 1pood/36#
50 wallballs, 18# ball, 10ft target

7:33

Lower body/core yesterday. Traveling today.

I'm just getting back on the rower, trying to do 20 minutes at a fairly fixed pace. I'm not good at pacing on the rowing machine. I did have watts displayed though, so tried to pay attention when I got around the 18 minute mark and the end was in sight. Pulled a few at 300+, with I think 309 being the max. I have no idea if that is awesome or pathetic, but I'd guess pathetic based on my current physical condition.

300W sustained is a hellacious pace. Olympic caliber rowers can pull over 1000W for a few pulls. Crossfitters use either calories (this will count as a "rep" in workouts like Fight Gone Bad) or leave it set on the 500m pace. There are some excellent videos on rowing form at the Crossfit site featuring a chick who use to row in college and is a Concept factory rep.

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFitC2_1BasicOnRower.mov

I rowed 2000m last week and attempted to hold a 500m/2min pace. I held it for 1000m/4min and finished the row at 8:12

World class crossfitters like Jason Khalipa can row sub 2-min 500's sustained. He held a 1:50/500m pace for the half-marathon row at the 2013 Games.

3.5mile jog and no glut pain other than old guy stiff at the end. Pretty nice.

I can maintain 300W for about 20 seconds....

No idea where I am on a 500m pace anymore, but I'll find out this week. Tried to ease into it, but that only lasted for one workout.

Thanks for keeping this thread alive boys...you are inspirational.

Warmup:
Dynamic stretches and shuttle runs

Strength:
Front Squat
5-5-5-4-4-2
135#-155#-165#-175#-185#-215#

Workout:
3 Rounds

135# Front Squat, 15 reps

Walking Lunges, 35 reps

Row 250m/Sumo Deadlift High Pulls 45#, 25 Reps

For time.

15:13

Finally getting my form down on Front Squats. I think I could easily have gotten another 10 and possible 20# for 2 on those. We had more people than rowers, so I subbed in SDLHP for two of the rounds. The round I rowed I did okay getting 250m in about 45 sec. Lunges will have me sore tomorrow.

Careful pointer, or you're going to develop a case of carotid thrombomyelosis.

I started doing front squats too, over back squats as I was having trouble finding my [bleep] squat rack with the bar when squatting solo. Front squats are some awkward exercises for me, and I feel them pulling on muscles I haven't used before in my core.

I'm doing the basic bench/squat/deadlift. No cardio. We'll see show things shake out in the mountains this fall with no cardio.

Thrusters: 4x12 65lbs
Wall throws: 4x16 12lbs
Box step up: 4x20 24.5inches
Standing lat pull downs: 2 wide + 2 close 67.5lbs
Barbell curls, slow up and down: 7x15 50lbs

A young guy was in the gym last week doing box jumps at 61.5inches. Landed so soft you hardly heard anything and the top box was only little wider than his two feet. Pretty impressive.