Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Jan 1- WOD

These days we have been enjoying crossfit style workouts. Generally, crossfit workouts are characterized by the fact that they change constantly. Usually, the workouts are short (in comparison to a traditional gym workout) and very intense.

In the beginning, these workouts would leave us gasping for air and hurting for days. These days, they still leave us gasping for air, but for the most part we are starting to recover a bit quicker.

Today's Workout of the Day (WOD) is called Hansen. The prescribed workout looks like this:
1 Round = 30 Kettlebell Swings, 30 Burpees, & 30 Sit Ups

The idea is to do 5 rounds in as little time as possible.

We only managed to do 3 rounds. I Recorded a time of 18min:25sec

Not my best performance, but a place to start. "Hansen" is one of these called "hero" workouts. They are meant to be tough and this one did not disappoint.

As this is our 3rd workout in as many days, tomorrow is an "easy day." But hopefully I can at least work in a walk with the dog.

2 comments:

  1. I'm still at the gasping for air point... but working on it! You encourage me!

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  2. LOL! For this workout, the hardest part was the burpees. It doesn't sound like a whole lot of work, but that's the way these workouts have been going. On paper they seem so simple, but when you try to DO them, the reality sinks in. :+)

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