WOD 28JUN10
Posted by Admin on June 25th, 2010 filed in WOD
Saturday Endurance:
40 Min Cont Clock
Run 1 Min
Rest 1 Min
Score total distance
WOD:
AMRAP in 12 Mins
10 Push Ups
Run 100m FWD
10 Push Ups
Run 100m BKWD
Strength:
5 – 5 – 5
Back Squat
Inspiration: Saw this on CrossFit Forged. “Oh and one more thing: No laying on your back after a workout at CF Forged. Animals lay on their backs when they submit, we breed dominance, not submission.”
However, this is one perfectly good reason for me to lay flat on my back post WOD!
June 25th, 2010 at 12:15
Sir,
I think today’s comment was first uttered by the current CrossFit Games Champion, Mikko Salo.
You know I’m probably the biggest culprit of displaying “submission” after I go all out. I’ve gotten better about it, but there are still days when I know my body and I will literally pass out if I don’t go horizontal. I still believe and preach that if you are not completely exhausted after a WOD (to the point that you feel like you have absolutely no gas left in the tank and want to die), then you didn’t put out hard enough. Sometimes that means you must lie down or else. Just my two cents.
June 25th, 2010 at 15:26
YNC,
I understand your point, however I would argue that the real purpose of our type of workouts is to learn how to push yourself further and find that “extra little bit”. I would argue that most people’s mind will quit well before their body. I would also argue that no matter how spent you feel, if you learn to force the habit of walking around after a WOD you’ll end up with the same result, plus the mental resolve to know that you can continue functioning. I’ve been told, and seen many times that the body will shut down quite literally once you’ve hit your max work capacity and limit. I personally just don’t feel that the “give 100%” argument is realistic. We all have a “quit switch” where we will mentally shut down and go into self preservation mode. My personal goal is to consistently push that mental switch further and further back until it approaches my physiological “quit switch”. Once that gets hit, standing up, or doing anything other than passing out just isn’t an option. However, fitness in general is a very personal thing, and each individual must determine what training methods and techniques (mental included) work for them and push themselves aggressive towards always getting better. I’ll go back to the good old CrossFit 101, every time you repeat a task, 1 of 3 things can happen, get better, get worse, or stay the same.
June 26th, 2010 at 02:10
Sir,
This isn’t the first time we’ve had this debate and I understand your point as well. This has always been my biggest challenge in CrossFit. The part that always sticks with me is your point about being able to “continue to function.” I do believe that is a point well made and that alone is why I try to push myself as much as I can and not keel over. ”How effective would you be in a real world scenario if you can’t continue to fight the fight.” I’d say a majority of the time I find myself sprawled out are the days where the workouts are more leg centric. This goes back to my weightlifting days where any leg day would conclude with a good rest on my back for fear of blacking out from lightheadedness. Be that as it may, I will continue to try and push my mental switch as much as I can. One day, I hope to be like Mike…I mean Mikko and never lie down in submission. Nice discussion.
June 28th, 2010 at 11:24
I’m just going to say what everyone else is thinking Sir…this picture is adorable!
June 28th, 2010 at 11:34
Purvis – 5 Rds
Fumo – 7 Rds + 70m Bkwds
Mayer - 5 Rds + 50m Fwds
Brooke – 5 Rds
XO – 7 Rds + 40m Bkwds
MOI – 8 Rds + 95m Bkwds
Holliday – 6 Rds + 7 PU (2nd)
Darren – 5 Rds + 80m Bkwds
Bea – 6 Rds + 1 PU (2nd)
LT H – 6 Rds + 80m Bkwds
Long – 7 Rds + 90m Bkwds
Kendrick – 8 Rds + 2 PU (1st)
Tony – 7 Rds + 50m Bkwds
June 29th, 2010 at 18:15
Clocked Passed 12 sometime during the 100m bkwd on Rd 8.