One Hundred Pushups
CrossFit Metro takes on the one hundred push-ups challenge
Internet Marketing Lesson 1: It’s always the simplest ideas that become the most viral on the Internet.
One interesting fitness-related web site called, one hundred pushups, is making it’s rounds around the web and inspiring folks from many exercise and fitness disciplines.
The site claims to have devised a simple program that will allow most anyone to get to a level of being able to complete 100 continuous pushups within in six weeks.
Christian, CrossFit Metro blogger, took the challenge.
Christian says, “Why not throw in a little push-up training to supplement my CrossFit?”, “Grease the groove, baby, grease the groove…”
We’ll report the results of the challenge on September 26, 2008
Lulu - Custom CrossFit WOD
Georgia and Florida, keep an eye on Fay…
Lulu - CrossFit Metro custom WOD
- 32 pullups
- 32 dips
- 22 pullups
- 22 dips
- 12 pullups
- 12 dips
- 25 kettle bell swings 30lbs
- 12 kettle bell snatches right arm 30lbs
- 12 kettle bell snatches left arm 30lbs
- 20 situps
Christian says, “Technically, I am two weeks out from my first 100-mile trail race and should be moving into a ‘taper’ mode; however, I believe CrossFit training actually helps me to recover and I plan to continue training, even scaled if I have to, up until about 5 days out.”
Knowing When to Rest
This morning I struggled.
CrossFit HQ workout looked hard and my body felt battered and sore. How does one truly know when they should rest and allow the body much needed recovery? …and when the mind is playing trciks on you because you just “don’t feel like it today”
My personal belief is both scenarios can possibly be one in the same.
Some days, I feel like a monster and aspire to train as such - and some days, although much less frequently, I feel tired, lethargic, sore, and/or beat-up. Some say it’s being lazy, but others say that it’s your body asking politely for rest - ignore it, and the body may become less polite and just make you sick.
No thanks.
I’ll sit this one out today - eat like a champ - rest, and hammer the WOD tomorrow during the HQ rest day.
Thoughts?
Congratulations Brian!
I have been training “Brian” for about 3 weeks now. He’s a natural for CrossFit - good squat form, decent strength, but lacking in the areas most of are/were when coming to CrossFit - shoulder flexibility, metablic conditioning …you know the deal.
A modified Fran - Gotta start somewhere
Brian currently does a modified Fran of 65lbs and mostly jumping pull-ups, but in two weeks, improved his modified Fran time from 13:28, to 10:58 — and that’s after adding in some real pull-ups with his jump-negatives this week.
Good job Brian!
I speak for all CrossFit trainers when I say “keep it up” and “great work”
Continued Recovery HQ WOD
Three rounds of:
- 250 jump rope
- 50 Abmat sit-ups
Total output: 750 jump rope, 150 sit-ups
Christian says, “I feel as though I almost fully recovered from my mountain trail 40-mile race, so played around with much of the HQ WOD today. I don’t have a GHD, and can’t do double-unders yet, so my WOD consisted of 5x the perscribed double-unders, and RX’d sit-ups”
“Yesterday served as a two-a-day for me as I ran 5K in the evening - which I do with my stepson 2-3 times a week.”
Can you do 100 push-ups?
Someone sent this web site to me, and I did find it interesting and intriguing - I can’t do 100 consecutive push-ups without stopping.
The program idea fits very well into the minimalist approach that we, as CrossFitters, have come to embrace with regards to our CrossFit training methodologies.
Check out: One Hundred Push Ups
Looks like an interesting way to “grease the groove” and perhaps attack as a two-a-day complement to CrossFit WODs.
Thoughts?
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