CrossFit update at week 6
It has been about six weeks since I joined Emergent Fitness, so I figured it was time for an update.
I think six weeks is about the longest I have really stuck with an exercise program.
Today we did the CrossFit Total, a “benchmark” of sorts for strength. You can find a video of it here (not of us obviously).
The CrossFit Total consists of three attempts of each of three different lifts. First is the back squat, second the press, and finally the dead lift. All three are demonstrated in the video link above. You take your one rep max for all three, add them up and you get your CrossFit Total score. Today I ended up with the following:
- Back Squat: 205 lbs
- Press: 155 lbs
- Dead Lift: 300 lbs
…for a total score of 660. Now I haven’t ever been enough of a gym rat to know if those weights are good, bad, or indifferent, but on the up side it means I just blindly put them on the internet for the world to see. I think if I had it to do again, I would have pushed the weights a little higher. I made all three attempts in all three lifts, so I suspect that means I should have gone heavier in each case. I think I could have done more in the back squat and the dead lift, but pressing 155 was about right at my limit for today.
My main goal for today was to get a benchmark score that I can compare to in a few months to see what kind improvements there are. So I guess I accomplished my goals.
Today I also brought the elder resource drain offspring to the gym with me. I never realized that a CrossFit gym is really just a playground in the eyes of a 5 year old. I think he completed over 1500 meters on the rowing machine when totaled across the times he was playing on it. They did a scaled down CrossFit Kids workout at the end of the lifts, so he got to participate a little before we ate and went home. He was asleep in the car before we left the parking lot, so I guess CrossFit wears him out too.
