Day 1 Crossfit Challenge

I have stopped posting workouts based on my FITR Concept.  I think it is a great system, but it didn't seem like any body else in the blogosphere was keeping up with it.  I also missed doing Crossfit too much myself.  Crossfit makes you competative with yourself as well as other people who post their times on the website.  I only do CF in a regular Globogym setting and can't imagine how cool it is to do it in a real CF gym.  I bet I would PR left and right with another set of eyes on my form and with a group setting!   Some day....

So, I have decided to switch the purpose of this blog to following my Crossfit adventures.  I was browsing through my new Crossfit Journal subsciption and read about a soldier that was doing Crossfit and journaling his journey for a year.  I thought that it was a great idea and that since my birthday was yesterday, it would be a good starting point for a whole year of Crossfitting.  My goal is to perform 5-6 CF workouts a week, eat as close to Zone as I can and log my workouts daily. 

I also have a dream of opening my own Crossfit gym/ post-rehab fitness facility and think that blogging will help get ideas for forming my business.  I have been Crossfitting for almost 2 years, have used it with Crossfit Endurance to train for full and half marathons and have found that nothing is superior in results than any other program. 

Yesterday, I did 7 sets of 1 reps of overhead squats.  An overhead squat is a great exercise and not only lower body.  It is all core.  If you don't have core strength, good squat technique, shoulder mobility or thoracic extension you will not be able to perform an OH squat well.  I think my form was actually pretty good this time around.  I did the following weight:

1.  65
2.  75
3.  85
4.  95
5.  105
6.  115
7.  120

The hardest part was actually getting the weight over my head.  I had to unrack the weight in a back squat position (bar behind head on traps) and only did a push press to get it over my head.  I now know to do a split jerk to get it over my head so I don't have to use so much arm strength to get it up. 

I then ran on the treadmill 1 min sprint; 1 min rest x 9.  I was wearing my Vibram five finger sprints for the first time on a treadmill.  It took some getting used to but the form came to me and it felt good.  I don't think I'll keep using them on the treadmill, I'm afraid they will get scuffed on the belt.  I'll save them for CF and outdoor running.  I have some racing flats I'll wear for running on the tmill.