Crossfit Endurance vs Old School: Off-the-rails WOD.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Off-the-rails WOD.

I hit a couple WODs over the weekend as part of the "super-secret" event I was covering. The first one, a famous Crossfit girl, did not go well. Understatement of the season.

Fran: 21-15-9 of 95# thrusters and pull-ups.

mywrite: 8:13. With the adrenaline I expected to have going into this, I also fully expected to PR (6:16) this classic Crossfit WOD. Instead, the wheels absolutely fell off in the round of 15, where I ended up getting scaled down to 75#s for the final round. Even with that, I was two minutes behind. Thankfully, only a few people were watching the abomination, but it pretty much ruined my day.

Sunday's WOD went over better:

AMRAP in 8 minutes: 8 pushups, 10 med-ball cleans (20#), 12 sit-ups.

mywrite: 6 rounds + 8 pushups. Limiting factor was the pushups after round four, but overall this went very well. Redeemed myself a bit.

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CFE v. Old School Concept

Merrill (Merrill) is a 48-year-old runner addicted to a basic weight routine (some might say an incredibly powerful and impressive routine) and 30 miles each and every week.

Michael (mywrite) is a 36-year-old Crossfit devotee of nearly four years who enjoys running, but not 30 miles each and every week.

Wise (old) vs. Youngish (stupid), follow the two as they train for a half marathon in the Spring, and a full marathon in the Fall with their chosen programs.

Michael will use Crossfit Endurance (www.crossfitendurance.com/) and Crossfit as his guides, with a mix of power and Olympic weightlifting, conditioning, sprint and mid-range running workouts.

Merrill will train as he always has, running four times per week 6-7 miles at 7:30 per mile pace with a longish run thrown in once a week at pretty much the same pace, and lifting three times a week (bench, curl, upright rows, triceps, squats and military press). And oh yeah, two sets of pushups (50), pullups (15) and situps (eight minutes) everyday. Like Rainman.