KETTLEBELLGUY

Snowed during the night. I really fought with myself about going to Crossfit this morning. Finally I decided to start off and see how far I could get. Lucky for me at 5:30AM there is not much traffic, even less with this being New Year’s Eve. I only have two spots I worry about for the trip. There is an incline I have to go up with a light, usually red. Then I have another actual hill. During the summer I did some investigation and found a side road I could pull off onto that runs parallel to the main road and comes out below the hill, giving me a straight shot. This was the first morning I had to use that and it worked fine. I made it to Crossfit on time.

Eric, Matt, Karen, Charlie and Monique were there with Brian coaching. No Jerry this morning.

Skill for today was Med Ball Cleans. I can do these without too much problem. The squat portion of the movement does start to tear me up after a while.

WOD “31″ in honor of the 31st day of the last month in 2008.

31 Med ball Clean
31 Knee to Elbow
31 Push Press(45lb bar)

**3 rounds for time***
Results

Charlie–9:39
Matt–11:37
Eric–13:56
Terry–15:00
Caryn–16:44
Monique–17:27

The only thing that saved me this morning was the push press. That movement does not hurt my shoulder and there is no lower body involved, such as a squat. I can really pump these out.

My knee to elbows must look like a man hanging from the gallows, just swining in the air. My shoulders are a limiting factor in this move.

The med ball cleans are ok but my legs really get tired with the squats and my form starts to really suffer. 31 in a row is a lot.