Not sure where the last week has gone, it flew past, but has been another brilliant week down at Reebok Crossfit Glasgow.
After resting last Wednesday, in preparation for the announcement of Crossfit Games workout 13.2, which looked like this
10 Minutes AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) of
5 Shoulder to overhead Men - 52kg, Women 35kg
10 Deadlifts Men - 52Kg, Women 35Kg
15 Box Jumps Men 24inch, Women 20 Inch
So, this was a grinder, just keep moving through it, which was the advice, everyone ended up getting, before they started, especially from those that had already completed it.
I decided to do some mobility work on Thursday and give my legs another day, to get ready for this.
There were all the usual favourites for coming out top in RCG, Steph, for the girls, Andy and Ally for the guys, but I had also been told Gary Wilson (Big Red) was back this week, a strong Glasgow Crossfitter, who I've never met and had been working away from Glasgow.
Steph, as always was straight into it on Thursday and this would be her only attempt this week as she and the other RCG coaches were away on a powerlifting course all weekend.
She stepped up to it and completed an amazing 322 reps. Way ahead of anyone in the box.
So Friday came and I knew, what was ahead of me, Nisha, who had already posted a brilliant 279 reps was available to judge me, just keep moving I told myself, get to 5 rounds without stopping, trying to keep under 1 minute a round, for as long as I could, was the plan.
This worked to a certain extent, although I should of kept going after 5 rounds, instead of the 5 second rest I had, this was gruesome, but it was possible to just keep moving, knackered, but I kept moving, 8-10 minutes seemed like forever, finally the timer ran out, score - 259 reps - Me - Happy with that.
(A pair of Reebok Nanos may of helped, if your reading this anyone from Reebok, :-) )
I did for the briefest of moments contemplate doing it again on Sunday, but reckoned I would only get a few (if any) more reps. Better saving myself for Monday and getting back into it.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday was full on Judging for me, which I was really looking forward to, getting back into that atmosphere and seeing people pushing beyond what they thought were their own limits.
The box was set up and ready for action and it wasn't long till it was full, as you can see
Andy Watson was up for this on Friday and finished with 280 reps, a great score for 'normal' people, but Andy wasn't happy he, was definitely going for this again.
Friday and evening judging went really well, people were, again, proving how deep they could dig, to find their limits, the box, as always got busy, full of athletes, judges, supporters, everyone was 'up' for this.
Saturday morning was the same, Ally was in for his attempt and what an attempt, 310 reps, straight into top of the leader board.
Here is a brilliant video of Saturday morning, 3 hours worth in 3 minutes
Sunday was exactly the same, full of RCG members, working, judging and supporting, some having another go at workout, looking to better their score. This included Andy, who managed to reach the 300 milestone, another brilliant performance from him.
As much as I was impressed with the guys (and girls) hitting high numbers, it was the athletes who, due to the weight of the shoulder to overhead, had to equal or surpass their maximum weight.
Watching these athletes putting together 3 or 4 rounds was truly inspiring, having to do 5 reps with a weight you weren't sure you could do once, then have to come back for the next round and do it again, these are the true champions of Crossfit Glasgow.
I must also mention, the guys that came in to help, in place of Iain and Gavin, who were away all weekend, they had everything running extremely smoothly and got as many people through the workout as possible, so definite hats off to those guys, I would mention them, but scared I miss someone out !
Last session of Sunday, and the weekend, saw Gary up for his go.
We definitely kept the best to last - an astonishing 330 reps, with thanks, as he would no doubt tell you, to Kirk and the group of supporters, encouraging and motivating him all the way through it, he deservedly collapsed on the floor after he was done, wiped out, but smiling (kind of)
Again another brilliant, inspired weekend in Reebok Crossfit Glasgow, if all Crossfit boxes are like this, I'd be truly amazed, this must be up there at the top of the tree for atmosphere, community and efforrt.
Thank you everyone that came through the doors at the weekend, can't wait for next week.
Today, I decided to make up and trial a new fitness test for myself, then forgot to time it. D'oh !!
It looked like this
3 block runs approx (400metres each) 1200metres
750metres on the rower
2 block runs approx 800 metres
500 metre Row
1 block run 400 metres
250 metres Row
I will time it next time and see if I can get that time down, this will help my conditioning, I hope
I also did some kettlebell work, a shoulder press ladder, ranging from 16kg to 32kg.
Tmrw I am trying to learn double unders and kipping pull ups with Steph
Till next time
Craig
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