2 days and counting before my second CrossFit Invitational.

Here are two of the events:

Event 1 – “Triple Double”

For reps:

AMRAP in 2 minutes of CTB Pullups (Males), Chin over horizontal plane (Females)

Rest 2 min

AMRAP in 2 minutes of: Ground to Shoulder (#135/#95)

Rest 2 min

AMRAP in 2 min of: Box Jumps (24”, 20”)

Event #2 “Zipadeedodah”

10 min cutoff: for time or reps achieved. Out of 146 total.

For time:

15 Backsquat from the Rack (#155, #95)

followed by

2 rounds of:

6 pullovers

12 burpees

40 doubleunders

followed by

15 Deadlifts (#155, #95)

As I sit here and ponder the above, I ask myself why am I doing this again?! The main reason I believe is that I am a competitor.  I like to test myself against other girls half my age with no kids and see how I measure up, hahahah… All I can say is that I like it.  The thought of doing a simple 5km sounds boring to me at the moment.

Anyways…on being versatile.  In the events above there are two movements that we have NEVER done.  The main one being the “pullover” and the second one being the one armed kettlebell swing.    A pullover is simply sending your legs over the bar.  (Here is a fairly ungraceful version of it on youtube.) This reminds me of the main purpose of crossfit–that is having the strength to do a wide variety of things that you may never do in a regular workout.  Having the right attitude to just attempt things you’d never do otherwise.  To be strong enough to try.  Or having the humility to get out there and just do it.

And, it’s not just me competing from our local CrossFit box.  We have 12 competitors going!!  4 girls (1 master), 1 master man, and lots of intermediate and advanced men.  Good luck to everybody and thanks for your support!

You can follow the action on Twitter starting at 6am Saturday.