Badass person and even more badass results.. CrossFit.. If you don’t know now you know..
How do you celebrate losing 100lbs? How about by getting on a roller coaster, just like the one they wouldn’t let you on about a year ago, please meet my CFBN buddy Steve Stought.
A note we got from the man, the myth, the legend himself…
I started CFBN full time mid July 2011. My starting weight on 3/28/11 was 336 pounds. I think I was down 25-30 pounds by just changing my eating habits at first, but then I needed to make another change and CFBN was definitely the answer. My weight is now 235 pounds. I figure people always wonder what made the spark that fuels the desire to make a change such as mine. My turning point came when I was down in Orlando last spring and wasn’t able to ride most of the roller coasters at Universal Studios. The embarrassment was plenty to make me realize my situation was not healthy. I vowed to return to theme park in the near future and redeem myself. Sure enough last month, I was down in Atlanta and went to Six Flags. To my own surprise, there were no issues boarding any of the rides and I never received any hesitant looks from the staff which haunted me the year before.
I’m excited to now know what I’m capable of and what the future may now hold.
Thanks, Stought
How about +15lb PRs 2 weeks in a row… that’s a 330lb front squat kids
New Deadlift PR today at 490 (+5lbs) and the introduction to straps because my grip apparently says no to that much weight.
STRENGTH
Front Squat 6×1 (Up to 325)
WOD: For Total Time:
5 Rounds:
8 Ring Push-Ups
10 Jumping Lunges
12 Sit-Ups
Rest 90s
50 RKC Swings (71 unbroken)
Time: 8:34
+25lb front squat PR today.. Not sure if it was pure anger caused from the idiots I work with or that I am getting stronger. Either way it felt strong.
Recently I have became hooked on Evernote so I am dropping my iPhone app and starting to use that for WoD/Lift tracking. I will figure out how to link it here but for now if you are interested take a look: https://www.evernote.com/pub/tjheint/crossfitjournal
When I started the open there were 35,108 men competing in the world and 2,558 in the North Central Region.
After 5 weeks I finished as listed below improving on the final workout by 3 reps:
North Central Region: 912th Place
Worldwide: 11,454th Place
Good luck to all of you continuing on to regionals.
Complete as many reps as possible in 7 minutes following the rep scheme below:
3 Barbell Thrusters
3 Chest to bar Pull-ups
6 Barbell Thrusters
6 Chest to bar Pull-ups
9 Barbell Thrusters
9 Chest to bar Pull-ups
12 Barbell Thrusters
12 Chest to bar Pull-ups
15 Barbell Thrusters
15 Chest to bar Pull-ups
18 Barbell Thrusters
18 Chest to bar Pull-ups
21 Barbell Thrusters
21 Chest to bar Pull-ups…
This is a timed workout. If you complete the round of 21, go on to 24. If you complete 24, go on to 27, etc.
Reps:74 (12 rounds + 14 thrusters)
The open is over! Now lets see how I ended up… the goal was top 50% in the world/region. Overall coming into this fresh off of getting my wisdom teeth pulled things went well. Could have used some better scores on the body weight movement WoDs but that has always been a struggle for me. Now time to get my running work up for the single race of the year coming the first week of May.
Edit: I improved 3 reps from this same workout less than a year ago.
Strength:
a) Weighted Pull-Up
3RM (+10 lbs) (Did 5 other sets at body weight)
b) Chest 2 Bar Pull-Ups
2 or 3 sets x Max Reps (5/5)
WoD: 5RFT
3 Power Cleans (~75%) (170)
5 OTB Jumps
150m Run
Time(Rx):9:01
Good pull-up practice for me today. I am not very good at them being weak in the upper body. Grip strength also still brutal for me after 5 or so kipping pull-ups but did some work. The WoD was a nice way to enjoy some unseasonal weather in IL. Cleans felt smooth and makes me hope for them be part of 12.5.
Strength: (Super set)
a1)Deadlift:5×2 (395 / 315 deload)
a2)RKC Swing: 5×10 (2 pood)
WoD: 4 Rds
2 min work/1mim rest
10 Jumping Lunges
10 Clapping Push-Ups
Rounds(Rx): 7 + 4 CPU
Cash-out: 800M run
Worked out the last bit of quad soreness in round 3 of the WoD but overall felt good. Still not taking weight off but keeping a tight hold on the paleo hoping I might turn a corner. Hopes that my 3 woodchuck St Pats day pays off…
