WOD
For time 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, and 5 rep rounds of:
Virtual shoveling [wmv] [mov]
Pull-ups
With an Olympic bar holding only one plate (men use 45 pound plate, women use 25 pound plate), touch the plate on one side of the barrier then the other for one “rep.” Barrier is 24.”
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This is very good article from againfaster.com about pushing trough the pain(Great find Rich).
Don’t Quit
In the bottom of a clean, quads burning, you’ll want to quit. Pulling deadlifts, the skin on your hands tearing, you’ll want to quit. Your body protesting, crying for relief as your veins pump waste, you’ll want to quit.
Your mind will scream from its high perch, commanding you to stop, lest you break, crash, and burn. Feeling the outer limits of your capabilities, it will hit every physical and emotional alarm in the arsenal, rocketing pain, misery, and doubt into your thoughts.
It would be easy to give in to the hot rush of your brain’s emergency brake. To drop the bar. To get off the rings. To let your knees collapse as panic breaths heave through your chest.
Don’t.
Superhuman performance is separated from mere fitness by the undeniable need to persist, to never give up. Those who achieve are resilient. Standing when you want to fall, punching when you want to tap out, and running when you want to walk are the necessities of elite athleticism.
High intensity compound movement, performed with moderate loads, will bring you face-to-face with this crux—quit or continue—faster than anything else on earth. Unique in its ability to elicit pain, this combination of distance and weight will expose your character with every repetition.
When the knurling scrapes your shins, and your traps bunch into knots, you’ll make a decision, one that will affect every aspect of your life. Give in to the agony, and you will always give in. Cave to demands that crush you, and you’ll always cave. Roll to the floor, and you’ll always exist beneath those who choose to stand.
Remember that the walls of the gym are nothing more than physical barriers, meant only to separate us from the elements. What you do within those walls will echo in your daily life, and you would do well to choose your actions wisely.
Push for one more repetition. Live through one more pull. Get to your feet one more time. This decision will accumulate momentum with each iteration, and you will move into the realm of greatness. Like a boulder rolling downhill, you will become unstoppable, undeterred by the falsehoods of your weak mind.
Next time the demons of hardship come rushing forward, push them back. When your muscles bellow for relief, carry on, and smile at the sting. You will become more than an athlete, and you will be amazing.
Pam pushes through a set of jerks at CrossFit Boston. No quit in her. Photo courtesy of The Napping Poet.
Ok, so I apparently need to work on my forearm strength… This shoveling thing took it’s toll on ’em. I don’t even quite remember my time.
29: something… Good luck everyone!
Great work Abby- you always have great times and lifts- this one’s making me nervous (one hour til class)
For time 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, and 5 rep rounds of:
Virtual shoveling # 35
Pull-ups
17:20 🙁
I am really sad I am missing this one! Looks fun?! What was that Lucas said the other night about things not being fun are fun?
Hey,
So I haven’t met a lot of you because I come in the mornings but I would love to one of these days! I wanted to let anyone know, who may possible be interested, that there is a Crossfit Level 1 Certification coming up in Gahanna, Ohio. I just signed up to do it so if anyone is interested, check it out!
Title: CrossFit Level I Certification-Ohio, March 7 and 8, 2009
Location: Rogue Fitness
845 Claycraft Rd, Suite E
Gahanna, OH 43230
Date: Saturday, March 07, 2009 – Sunday, March 08, 2009
Greg- you really pushed hard tonight-nice job.
V/S!!! It was a really good wod…….I rip my hand again and I couldn’t finish my pull-ups, but I did sub them with push-ups.
V/S with 45# all round
Pull-ups 1st & 2nd round, rest of the round push-ups
Time 19 min
For time 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, and 5 rep rounds of:
Virtual shoveling # 35
Pull-ups
17.02