Halloween WOD

Coming for ya!

Halloween

5 rounds for time

Run 200m

30 Box Jumps  @24'

30 Kettlebell Swings @53#

RX - Costume

30:00

I wasn't really planning on working out today. My body has been in revolt lately and for some reason it feels more tired than normal. I didn't want to miss out on today's WOD though because I thought it would be great to workout in a costume with my fellow CraicHeads. The trick was to find a costume that I could have fun with and be able to function in as well. As you can see with the above picture I chose Jason. Easy costume to put together, but I had an issue with my lower half.<---That's what she said!

Now I knew that if I wanted to really go after this WOD I would have worn shorts, but have you ever seen Jason wearing shorts? It was bad enough that I had to wear sneakers, but I sure as hell couldn't have worn boots for my running and box jumps. I ended up finding an old torn up pair of pants I had gotten from Abercrombie a million years ago. They were perfect to wear for mobility reasons, but quickly turned into a nightmare halfway through my first round. My pants kept falling down. I was tripping on them during the run, but the worst part was trying to box jump with them on.  Why was I tripping on them every two seconds? I lost 40 pounds. Guess it's not a bad reason to have. John said that the time cap was 30 minutes and I used up all the time on purpose.  I wasn't trying to break any records today. I had a lot of fun with it. 

Kept costume on the whole time. RX!

We never looked better.

Tonight was the CraicHouse's Halloween party. Like any true CraicHead party we went late and had a ton of fun. Highlights include, drinking, arm wrestling, crazy Pukie tactics, shotgunning of beers, burpee challenge, food throwing, passing out, dancing, bread eating, walking into things, more drinking, jello shots, and more. I know there are pictures out there and I have a few, but they shall not be revealed. CraicHeads only.  I don't think I got home until 4am. Love our parties.

Do Two Goats Make A Right?

When I saw this workout posted I wasn't exactly rushing to get into the CraicHouse to do it.

"Nancy"

5 Rounds

400 meter run

15 Overhead Squats @95#

19:27

Let's see, running and overhead squats. Two of my worst Goats. A "Goat" once again is any exercise or movement you dislike doing or like doing but are weak at, or both. Yep. I suck at running and I really suck at OHS. Not to long ago I would have "conveniently" skipped this WOD, but since I am hell bent on getting better at everything I knew I couldn't resort to my old ways.

Sometimes when I run my legs just kill for days afterward. My recovery time can take forever and it does affect future WODS which really pisses me off. To be fair though I have been getting somewhat better with my running. I am still trying to find that happy running pace that won't crush me when I transition into my other movements. It's getting there.... slowly.

Now OHS! Ha Ha Ha Man do I hate these things. Not too long ago I could barely do them with a PVC pipe.  I was embarrassed that I was so bad at them. So what did I do? I avoided them for months. Well, that didn't work out so well.  After watching some of the CraicsHeads crush their overhead squats while competing at the Garage Games I became determined to improve them. The path is long and hard, but doable of course. I sucked hardcore at Double Unders and now I can rock them pretty much anytime I want.  I did not do this WOD as Rx though. I had to drop the weight down to 75# so I would be able to manage the weight and be able to string together my reps.  It actually worked out well.  By looking at other people's times I knew my goal would be to finish in 20 minutes.  I was happy with my time.  It was also pouring out. Cold rain. That sucked. 

Looking forward to the Halloween WOD tomorrow along with the Halloween Craic party.
Should be fun.