Catherine after defeating the CF Total Gone BAD!
1. How did you find CrossFit?
I heard about it from a friend who started recently. He invited me to the open house and one visit was all it took for me to be hooked! I was blown away by the energy that everyone brought to the gym, the fun and the competitive atmosphere. I especially love how everyone sincerely cheers and supports each other during the WODs.
2. What is your favourite CrossFit exercise or WOD?
I’ve only been at CrossFit for a short while but my favourite WOD so far has been the CF Total Gone Bad. Today is the day after that workout and I can barely move! It is a great feeling but I plan on investing in some shin guards because my dead lift-bruised shins don’t look so great in a skirt.
3. How long have you been CrossFitting for?
I’ve been CrossFitting weekly for 5 weeks.
4. What do you do for a living?
I work at Custom House Ltd and at Spinnakers Brewpub but I am on my way back to Nursing School in January. I am looking forward to having CrossFit to help keep me sane.
5. What are your hobbies?
I am a rower and I am currently training for the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta which takes place this August. It is my first time training this seriously and I am excited and nervous to row at such a renowned regatta amongst some very talented rowers. I will be racing the Women’s Senior A heavyweight single, double and quad. I am that the bottom of my age category and my weight category so I am eager to see how my hard work matches up to the other ladies.
6. What are your goals?
My goals are to perform well at the BC Regatta (July 11 and 12); this race is important as it will help me prepare mentally for Henley.
I’ve been training for Henley for almost a year and my goal is to come home knowing that I absolutely rowed my best and my hardest.
I want to continue to be lucky enough to enjoy activities such as CrossFit and rowing because they keep me healthy and fit.
My biggest goal would be to stay on my workout regime even when I return to school as a full time student. Last time I was in University I stopped working out in order to focus on school; it ended up causing me more harm than good. Even though I had more time to focus on my studies I had less energy and motivation to work hard. I want to be able to balance my workouts with my school because my daily workout is what helps me get through everything else.
7. Why do you CrossFit?
I use CrossFit as cross training for rowing to help strengthen my body and my mind. Each CrossFit workout takes you to that place mentally where you want to quit and you start to convince yourself that you have nothing left. For me, that is when I reach halfway of a 2000m race – I use that CrossFit intensity to help me breakthrough that discouraging time, dig deep, and keep on kicking hard!
8. Any advice for future CrossFitter’s?
Come out and try it! Never assume it is too hard, too competitive, or not your style. There is no harm in trying it once or twice to get the feel of CrossFit. You never know, it may be perfect for you!
It is so great to have you out at the gym Catherine, you bring an amazing energy every time you walk in the door. We will get you doing a kipping pullup in no time! Oh and I forgot to mention, Congrats on beating Brian at your first baseline 🙂
Look forward to hearing how your race went this past weekend!
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THE WEEK OF TURTS!
Today’s Workout:
Buy In – Extended Warmup x 3 (after 2 rounds of the CFWU)
- 15 KB swings
- 10 DOuble crunch
- 100 jump rope or 20 double unders
WOD – “Where’s Tom?”
Elite – 5 Rounds for time:
- 5 reps barbell thrusters (95/125)
- 5 reps weighted pullups (unassisted strict/55)
Zone 3 – scaled to 75/115lb thrusters; 10lb kipped/40lb pullups
Zone 2 – Scaled to 55/75lb thrusters; assisted/strict pullups
Zone 1 – Scaled to 35/45lb thrusters; assisted pullups
Cash Out – Group full body stretch lead by coach
First off Catherine, what were your times at the BC regatta this weekend?
Secondly, I will never live down the fact that Catherine beat me at the baseline on her first day…that I MUST accept; however, It must be noted that Shannon recently witnessed me beating Catherine’s time. BRING IT ON C!
Finally, is this “Where’s Tom?” workout based Tom’s goats?
oh man, that is an awesome workout….right up my alley….why must it be posted on a MONDAY when I am in Van? I will have to try this one on my own some day!
Well the BC Regatta was this past weekend and unfortunately due to the wind most of the Sunday races were cancelled. I raced Saturday in the single and I have a lot of work to do! After a very early morning time trial the finals were ranked levels A to I based on the times. I was a long 30 seconds off the no.1 boat and I raced in the F final. My time trial was not a strong race but I raced well in my final, placing second in that category (F) and beating some of the girls that were faster than me the first time around.
Sunday I raced in a double in the time trial but we never raced our final because of the wind. Again we were 30 seconds off the lead, being placed in the 3rd round of finals out of 4. More work to be done before Henley, but now I know what to expect and how much more I need to give to have a fighting chance with the leaders.
Thanks for the wicked post CF and looking forward to the WOD!
p.s. Bring it on B, I look forward to crushing your new baseline time yet again!
hey donald, yes this WOD is named after Tom, but because he’s good at stupid-heavy stuff like thrusters and pullups – we’ll have to get him to do it when he returns!
Mtrain, I feel your pain budday but trust me there are some good ones coming up!!
Catherine, nice profile!!
Turts
sorry, meant to say “brian” but it ended up as “donald”!!
Looks like a good workout. Heavy thrusters followed by heavy pull-ups isn’t really in my wheel house for WODs, but you gotta work on those goats :-).
I think I’ll create my own WOD called “The Hefty Hundred”. It’s like the Filthy Fifty, but 10 different exercises with 100 reps each :-).
This workout is going to be my Kryptonite! I’m shamefully weak and inept at these moves….
Well done this weekend Catherine! Can you feel the difference crossfit training has on rowing? How often do you crossfit per week and how does that fit into your rowing training schedule? Our schedule is very hectic but I’d like to crossfit more, just not sure I can handle it all. How do you do it?