A great email in response to H-Bomb’s blog post on “Why Can’t You?”
Hi Heather,
I read your article last night on the Zone’s website “Why Can’t You”. I read all of the posts but for some reason this one really worked its way into my thoughts.
I walked into the gym this morning and saw the workout “Tupper” on the board. My first thoughts were ” I can’t do a HSPU or get my toes to that bar!” Then I found myself reaching for a 20lb kettle bell because ” I can’t do 4 rounds of 20 swings unbroken at 35lbs”.
That’s when your words started to pop into my thoughts and I decided to change my approach to a more “positive” one. I told myself that “I can do this” and ” I will swing that 35lb kettle bell and not have to do any burpees at the end!”
I joined Crossfit in January and I have to say that today was my best workout ever!
I completed the entire workout in 16:43. I did all of the HSPU’s (two abmats), all of the toes to bar, and I swung that kettle bell unbroken for all 4 rounds. I feel “Great, Strong and Powerful!”.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I can hardly wait until my next workout.
Heather Cameron
May Long Weekend Schedule:
Saturday, May 22nd – 10:00am (All Levels), 11:00am (Intro session)
Sunday, May 23rd – Closed
Monday, May 24th – 4:00pm – 6:00pm (Open Gym), 6:00pm (All Levels)
Today’s Workout:
Buy In – Obstacle course set-up – each member must help arrange a portion of the obstacle course (see details below) for the class to run through – 10 minutes for first set up of the course.
WOD – “Obstacle Course”
This WOD is different than our usual workouts – it’s all about moving your body around, over, under, across, and any other way. We used to do this as kids but somewhere along the way we became proper and very very linear.
Use the tools available in the Zone environment to create an obstacle course as a group. Think hurdles, low climbing obstacles, monkey bars, limbos, zig zag crawls. Incorporate balance and accuracy tasks (throws, tosses, 1 leg hops etc).
Here are the rules –
- This will be a 40 minute exercise. every 10 minutes something must change about the course. You can change the features, the movements, go through backwards, whatever, but something must change.
- Every trip through the course must involve a 200m run (unless it is super nasty outside)
- It must be safe and be able to be scaled to everyone’s abilities
- At least one portion must always be moving on all fours
- Be as creative as possible
Cash Out – Disassemble the course so the next class has a clean slate