Well Took a few days off to do some lifting this week in the gym. I missed throwing some weight around and wanted to see how much strength I had lost since I have started this CrossFit. I have to say I was impressed by my strength levels but the thing I kept thinking through the whole workout was where is the sweat, the bending over grabbing knees want to lay down beat down feeling? Yeah, I missed it! So yesterday I talked a friend, Dan, into joining me down at the park where I run to do the "deck of cards" WOD. I really felt like this was not going to be that bad. Well today my body is telling me whole different story!
The WOD goes like this:
Take a deck of shuffled cards. Face cards are 10, Aces are 11, and numbered are worth value.
Hearts - pushups
Diamonds - pullups
Spades - situps
Clubs - squats
Joker - run a mile
Good times to say the least. The first joker came early on and we ran a strong sub 9 minute mile. Then it seemed as if the pullup gods frowned upon me and my weak self. It was as if every card was a diamond. I hated that stack of cards by the end. The second joker came with 7 cards left in the deck and as we started the run I could feel the body saying please sit down by this lovely tree and contemplate the meaning of ohh lets say gravity... Well I pushed on and I had to take a few times to walk then pick up the jog again. I could really feel the pullups in my arms and back. We finished the run and the last 7 cards and I was spent. Another great WOD and good company in Dan. I was really impressed with Dan as he pushed himself through this workout. I believe he liked the pullups as much as I did and by like I mean Id rather be audited by the IRS.
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