Infidel

The workout, for anyone who's interested or might have missed it *cough Chadron*, was as follows:

1 - From the clock in the separate weight room (this is in the AFC) to the back extension machine:
-Move a total of 900lbs across the floor, each trip out and back only counts once towards the total
-Loads must be uneven in each hand for all trips
-Loads must be new every trip (can equal the same amount, but actual plates have to be racked and new ones picked up
-Best done when the AFC is the most congested

2 - At the track upstairs, one lap of flying burpees with breathing ladder (1-10, start over after 10)

3 - Bottom to Bottom Lunge Ladder

Great job everyone that came out, and I'll second Ben's idea that everyone should get xfit shirts.

I'll end with this video, titled "MSFU."

Advance Warning

It's a bit ahead of time, but there will be a group workout next Wednesday, February 27. I'll send out an e-mail later, but I will be explaining the workout at 5:15pm and expect to start everyone no later than 5:25. Everyone will meet at the entrance to the track of the AFC. Tennis shoes are advised, but no previous lifting experience is necessary. As always, no previous Crossfit experience will be necessary either.

FYI, my pet name for this workout is "Infidel."

Aftermath

For anyone who was curious, the workout from the previous post took place Sunday, between 5am and 6am. It consisted of a team carry of a 100lb sack across approximately 100 meters, burpees, and then a final carry up a nearby hill.

Stand

Ready

Reach

Carry

Rest

Not doing it because it’s easy – doing it because it’s hard (from Chadron)

Life demands that we be able to work, persevere, and thrive even under the worst of conditions. To that end, I am proposing a workout, rather long and definitely miserable, to be performed sometime this weekend. If you’re in for this, you will receive a text message at some time between Friday at 4 PM and Sunday at 4 PM describing where to be, what time to show up, and any other specific instructions.

I’m going to put together this one and I’m going to be keeping it a secret because not knowing the challenge ahead of time is part of the challenge itself. All I ask is that someone else put together the next one so I can have the same challenge myself. Suffice it to say that the workout itself and the time and the place will be undisclosed until right before. Although I will just go ahead and say that it won’t go down between 8 PM on Saturday and 2 AM on Sunday.

This one isn’t going to take herculean feats of strength. It’s not going to reward the person who can lift the most, run the farthest, or crank out the fastest time in some named workout – but it will help us get better at each of those. Mental toughness is focus of this one. If you put your name on this list, you are making a commitment that you will push through to the very end and you will not quit. You will show up at the right time/place after receiving the message – even if you are tired, hung-over, full, sore, or all of the above. You will carry any other teammate to the finish line if he or she is unable to get there under his or her own power. If you’re not going to be willing to finish because it’s raining and cold, or if because you’ve puked, or because you’re unable to stand - do not respond to this.

Some notes (from Gym Jones):

~Where does this strong will and hardness come from? It derives from recognizing desires and goals and then enduring whatever it takes to fulfill them. A strong will grows from suffering successfully and being rewarded for it.

~Suffering provides the opportunity to exercise will and to develop grit.

~The mind and body adapt to both comfort and deprivation. . . . Relish the challenge of overcoming difficulties that would crush ordinary men.

If you’re in, respond to CLE9m@virginia.edu with (1) a phone number at which you can be reached for a text message (2) any particular time you *absolutely* can’t do it over this weekend (not to exceed a total of 5 hours).

-CPT Eddie

Bowl Time!

Also time for a new workout post, lest the comment lists get toooo long. I'll also mention here that I'm betting the Pats are going to take it this sunday.

On a slightly less risky note, anyone care to try this workout with me?
3 rounds for time:
40m DB bear crawl(split in two sections) - 50% BW + 10 lb, 50% BW - 15 lb, switch weights each section
10x DB swing - 25% BW +10 lb