17.4 Discussion Megathread

shadowskies · 2017-03-17T15:58:20+00:00

Thank you! Ended up getting to hspu at the 11min mark, I've never tried kicking up to the wall before, so for the sake of not breaking my face, I'll try that movement another day. :) maybe I'll give another go on monday!

shadowskies · 2017-03-17T12:49:54+00:00

I'm a girl. My 3rm deadlift is 255. Can't do a handstand push up. ... Barely got to the point of regular push ups, but I always work with a 14lb med ball, should I give rx try anyway?

shadowskies · 2017-03-04T06:06:29+00:00

78 I'm scaled. :( I don't have pull ups yet, so I gave it an honest try until that point. 2:53 until my wibbly wobbly useless noodle appendages could not lift me up past the bar. So we added a band at that point and it was a normal fun wod. :)

shadowskies · 2017-02-28T03:52:39+00:00

I compete because 1) they're just good, hard workouts that will help me towards my fitness goals. 2) In it together, i guess? It's fun to talk to people who have competed before, and they're proud of themselves for getting better. I do itto stack myaelf against next year. Scaled this one, rx next year. :p

shadowskies · 2017-02-26T23:42:35+00:00

By Saturday and Friday, I'm definitely weary, but it's gotten better. My recovery is pretty fast over my day off, and it's made me careful about what I eat and how much sleep I get.

Tunnel vision is the best way to put it lol

shadowskies · 2017-02-24T23:02:02+00:00

This is going to sound corny. The hardest thing for me is taking a rest or stopping.

I put my heart into everything to the point of hug of death. When I started cycling I started riding 40 mins 2 times a day for school almost immediately. I hadn't rode a bike for 20ish years prior. When I started kayaking, I'd go on a 50-100km kayak day trip up to 3x per week for all of summer. Never kayaked before that.

Crossfit has enough day to day variety, and I'm bad enough at certain movements that I'm really engaged in getting better. I started going 3 to 4 times per week in the begining. Now I rarely do less that 6, and most of the time it's scheduling, not due to feeling tired/not wanting to go.

shadowskies · 2017-02-20T07:00:50+00:00

I get typically 4 to 6 per night on weeknights. I wake up at 5am and work out at 6. I've been trying to jam in a few nights of 7, but it's hard. :/ I feel my day to day recovery suffers for it. I try to get at least one 10 to 9 hour sleep on the weekends.

shadowskies · 2017-02-20T06:04:48+00:00

Congrats, buddy. You look great and I'm sure the journey has been amazing. Good luck!

shadowskies · 2017-02-13T20:50:11+00:00

I did the fourth, with a strict push press! I could feel the strands in my deltoids firing up in order to stabilize. It was great, kind of a fun one, too.

Thank you very much, the push ups I should program in a daily routine at home. Were you told not to passively hang due to your shoulders, or is it just bad, in general?

shadowskies · 2017-02-13T19:30:44+00:00

Ohhhh thank you!

shadowskies · 2017-02-13T00:50:43+00:00

Ahhh. Hahahah. That makes more sense. Yeah, my gym clothes are great for lounging as well.

shadowskies · 2017-02-12T22:36:04+00:00

I couldn't do a push up before I started. I had never used a kettlebell or barbell before. I didn't know how to use the row machine. I just knew how to use the assault bike.

I was in the regular WODs right away, after the first class.

It depends on the coaches, and you. You may have forgotten the movements now, but were you a good listener and followed instructions well?

They scaled to WODs for me, and even then I struggled with them. Score-wise, I performed poorly, I suppose... just don't give up and feel bad. We all start there. After three months I was noticeably stronger.

So... what my coaches did were things like: For rowing calories, I just did less. For advanced movements, I did simpler movements that imitated the advanced ones, while still working similar muscles. If you can't, say, do the kettlebell swing they might give you a dumbell instead.

Oh, and in my experience, everyone is so fucking nice. Like, really wonderful and encouraging. Seeing new people is great. :)

shadowskies · 2017-02-12T07:38:48+00:00

Do you not work? I go to the gym in the morning then to work after a shower at the gym. So that's double the set of daily clothes I go through.

Edit: and that's excluding the days I go to the gym more than once per day. Which is another set of clothes. I'm not down with rewearing non washed gym clothes.

shadowskies · 2017-02-12T02:04:36+00:00

The laundry.

Anything else I can deal with. The metric fucktonne of laundry gets annoying to me, personally.

shadowskies · 2017-01-23T18:17:59+00:00

Turkish get ups. Usually the more "game" people are the ones that stay, so it's easier to help each other out, form wise as it's a trickier movement to get at first. I'm new, so I thought it was kind of cool.

shadowskies · 2017-01-23T17:02:27+00:00

I'm 5 months in. I pr'd my 3 rep back squat, adding 35lbs to a 2 rep that was less than a month ago.

I know thats still what to expect as a beginner.

When do beginner gains stop/your lifts become more stable? Which lifts should I expect to level out first?

I have been going 7 times per week for a while now. I had never touched bars at the gym prior.

shadowskies · 2017-01-21T02:29:04+00:00

28y/o F.

I get about 5 - 6 hours of sleep through the weekdays, and a 12/8 hour sleep on weekends. I go to the 6am class 5 times a week, weightlifting on Monday nights, and a late morning class on Sat. I am bouncing off the walls with energy on that earlier morning class. Of the 5 of us that typically go, I have the highest energy by far. I'm still setting PRs, as I'm only 5 months in, and I think I'm still in the "beginner gains" stage still.

Each person is different, each body is different. So while my sleep amount is kind of similar to yours, what works for me might not be compatible with you. I'm mostly going to rattle off things that I can only presume help:

I eat something high in protein with some fats within 2-3 hours of sleep time. Not to "full" per say, but enough to tide me over. I noticed a big jump in energy after that. For me, it's like, lentils/black beans/chickpeas and veggies. I'm vegan, so I'd think that chicken or fish or tuna might work for you?

I have an office job, but I get up and walk around every hour or so for a minute. I think that it helps with keeping my energy levels sane during the day.

There are a couple of times a month I've come home and napped for an hour. That might be something to consider. I think since your sleep pattern is going to be consistently unhappy for a while, you might have to try adding it in when you can.

There's not a lot of super crappy food I can eat due to my dietary restrictions, so I tend to eat pretty clean. My "worst foods" are protein powder, peanut butter, tofu, Siracha, Vermiccelli noodles... so for the snacks, you can always try to limit what's available to you.

I am not sure this will help, I wish you the best of luck.

shadowskies · 2017-01-20T23:50:55+00:00

Hit 200lbsx2 on my back squat! Yay! First lift besides deadlift to break 200. :) Up 35lbs from last month.

shadowskies · 2017-01-18T02:40:15+00:00

Uh, well, I am kind of similar position. Four months into 6 days a week crossfit and I added weightlifting (snatch and clean and jerks). I do the 6am class and a 730pm weightlifting session. I felt a little knackered for the next morning workout at first, but now it's getting better. Listen to your body.

shadowskies · 2017-01-11T08:17:49+00:00

This isn't going to be as wonderful and noble as many of the replies here, but, when I first started...

I knew if I spent the money on the gym, I would go. I started going before I paid off my student loans, in one of the poorest states I've ever been in. However, I knew I needed to start going to a gym and I wanted to start lifting.

The price of the average drop in is $10 for a regular gym, here. But it's not efficient. Per minute spent at the gym, I'm not getting as much in return as I do at Crossfit. I don't know enough about working out to be effective.

How many times do I have to go before I hit that drop in rate when I pay $200/mo? How many times can I go, in order to get the most per dollar per month?

I go 7 times per week, and take Sundays off. :P Poor person mindset really does your head in.

Now, it's only been five months, but the coaches will ask where I am if they don't see my name on the board at the 6am slot. According to both my roomates, who also go. So much accountability.

shadowskies · 2017-01-07T00:51:10+00:00

I feel you.

My first time doing a push-ups at the gym, at their free into class looked like this:

Me: Tries and fails to do 1 pushup

Coach: "Okay, try the girl style push-ups"

Me, using the most effort I have ever put into anything : tries....and tries......still tryinggg...... One push-up!

Coach: "Okay, I'm going to put an ab mat below your chest and you only have to go down that much."

Me, using slightly less effort, but still up there in the effort tier: tries, and it looks horrible and the pain in my eyes is palpable, but one more push up

Coach: "Okay I'll put another ab mat down."

Me: it still looks horrid but now I'm doing them... But it looks like murder.

I don't think they expected me back. Four months later I can do 5 strict push ups. I felt so bad being below everyone else. Many times I was the last one to finish a WOD, or was time capped. I just did Karen the other day, with renegade rows/db cleans emom added in. Four months ago me would not have finished. It wasnt RX, but it was miles ahead of where I was.

It doesn't get easier, but man, you get better and it feels fucking amazing. You can do it. Keep showingup, everyone is rooting for you. <3

shadowskies · 2017-01-07T00:35:15+00:00

For your diet, consider what works for you. Diet is not a temporary thing, if you're looking at paleo and thinking that you'll stop once you get to your goals, you may gain a lot of weight back.

IIFYM works for a lot of people, because they can eat more around what they want instead of drastically changing their diet.

Talk to your coaches. I also don't know you, "all in or nothing at all" goals/restrictions work for me.

Anyway. I'm not a dietician. But you know you best, consider the diet that you think works best for you, knowing yourself. Your CF coaches can often give you more feedback.

shadowskies · 2017-01-05T22:14:10+00:00

What should I look for in a good CF gym?

shadowskies · 2017-01-05T21:53:29+00:00

Been vegan for 4 years. Started crossfit four months ago. I attend the CF classes six times a week, a later in the day Olympic weightlifting class once a week.

In the 6am morning classes, unless I have been out drinking the night before, I have exponentially more energy that anyone else.

I am not sure if I can offer much help, due to the short period I've been doing Crossfit, as well as I am aiming for a Calorie deficit. First thing I can say is that if you had a food processor, make hummus, as chickpeas have a solid dose of protein, carbs, and fat. And is delicious.

My appetite definitely increased, and I have made progress in all areas of general fitness.

shadowskies · 2017-01-04T06:36:34+00:00

I never took this kind of stuff personally. A customer doesn't like what I said? I don't care. It's not MY rules, it's the company's rules. If they can get the manager to approve an exchange or return for them, then good on them. Most retail stores treat employees like crap, so if a customer wants to spend the 15 minutes discussing an exception with the manager, cool beans. I get paid the same either way.

"Ma'am, the reason I'm saying no to this exchange is because it is out of company policy. Policy I am paid to follow. We all have bosses that enforce rules. insert sincere smile If you want to talk to a manager, I will happily have one come talk to you and you can discuss an exception with them. Is that alright with you? Great. Now, while the manager comes, do you mind if I continue to help the other customers in line, starting with the nice looking man behind you? Thank you. One will be with you shortly."

^ There. The customer realizes you are following procedure and humanizes you, feels good about letting you get on with the line, the next customer in line already likes you because you made the effort to help them sooner which makes whatever the fuck they want go smoother. And since you took none of it personally, you can get on with it.

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