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clevermanka) wrote2012-05-10 10:05 am
clevermanka) wrote2012-05-10 10:05 am
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Shit shit shit shit shit. I have got to get a fucking Mother's Day card in the mail TONIGHT. Okay, self? Card. Tonight. NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I love how actors are now encouraging (read: egging on) the (slash)fandom community. There have always been small pockets of support, but with The Avengers cast, it seems like things have really taken off. Mr. Cumberbatch seems pretty aware and cool, too. Exhibit A, Exhibit B, and Exhibit C.
Last night I had my first CrossFit casualty. During the warm-up I exhibited some bad form and put down the bar after a deadlift right into my left knee. Let me assure you, in case you were uncertain--in a battle between a kneecap and a 75-pound barbell? The barbell will win. But I did the the WOD anyway! I'll try to remember to get a photo of the bruise once it actually goes purple/black. It should be pretty impressive.
This was my first real WOD with the big kids, since the last time I went to a normal WOD time (not the Intro or Elements classes) we worked mostly on a skill set, not a WOD. Everyone was giving me really sympathetic looks as we warmed up because this was a pretty brutal WOD, made up by one of the locals. It is:
10 Chest-to-Bar pull-ups
20 Plyometric push-ups (basically Clapping push-ups)
30 Air squats
20 Sit-ups
10 Squat cleans (women, a 95lb barbell; men, 115lb)
Do all that, in that order, five times.
My modifications: After the third set, I skipped the push-ups (I couldn't do full push-ups after the first set, and after the second and third set of girly push-ups, no way was I balancing on my banged-up knee anymore), I cut the squats to only fifteen after the first set, and I used the ten-pound weighted PVC pipe for the squat cleans for the entire WOD. Um, yeah. Writing it all out like that, I feel like a total wimp. *tsk*
Only one of the women, Ellie, did it to prescription--which means she did it with no modifications (like cutting down the number of squats) or helper props (like bands for the pull-ups). It took her forty-five minutes. That woman is a fucking rock star and I want to be her someday.
I've really wanted a cig the past two days.
I love how actors are now encouraging (read: egging on) the (slash)fandom community. There have always been small pockets of support, but with The Avengers cast, it seems like things have really taken off. Mr. Cumberbatch seems pretty aware and cool, too. Exhibit A, Exhibit B, and Exhibit C.
Last night I had my first CrossFit casualty. During the warm-up I exhibited some bad form and put down the bar after a deadlift right into my left knee. Let me assure you, in case you were uncertain--in a battle between a kneecap and a 75-pound barbell? The barbell will win. But I did the the WOD anyway! I'll try to remember to get a photo of the bruise once it actually goes purple/black. It should be pretty impressive.
This was my first real WOD with the big kids, since the last time I went to a normal WOD time (not the Intro or Elements classes) we worked mostly on a skill set, not a WOD. Everyone was giving me really sympathetic looks as we warmed up because this was a pretty brutal WOD, made up by one of the locals. It is:
10 Chest-to-Bar pull-ups
20 Plyometric push-ups (basically Clapping push-ups)
30 Air squats
20 Sit-ups
10 Squat cleans (women, a 95lb barbell; men, 115lb)
Do all that, in that order, five times.
My modifications: After the third set, I skipped the push-ups (I couldn't do full push-ups after the first set, and after the second and third set of girly push-ups, no way was I balancing on my banged-up knee anymore), I cut the squats to only fifteen after the first set, and I used the ten-pound weighted PVC pipe for the squat cleans for the entire WOD. Um, yeah. Writing it all out like that, I feel like a total wimp. *tsk*
Only one of the women, Ellie, did it to prescription--which means she did it with no modifications (like cutting down the number of squats) or helper props (like bands for the pull-ups). It took her forty-five minutes. That woman is a fucking rock star and I want to be her someday.
I've really wanted a cig the past two days.