Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: Bike - CrossFit

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Thursday, 5 May 2011

Bike - CrossFit - Bike

Had a busy day at work so was unable to train at lunchtime. But not to worry, as tonight was another Bike - CrossFit - Bike session.

I rode moderately hard to the gym, and had to overtake a moped at one point that was taking up space in the cycle lane - what's that all about?

Today's session was 5 sets of (5 x power clean; 10 x front squats; 5 x jerk; 20 x pull-ups), with 90 seconds rest between each set. Being a weedy cyclist I was doing this with 'just' 35kg on the bar and I'm still using the thin, blue band on the pull-ups. But I smashed through the first set in 1 minute 27 seconds, and was particularly chuffed that I managed 20 pull-ups straight off; a first for me. No surprise that I slowed down after that, mainly because I was unable to do the pull-ups in one go and need to take a rest, and by the last set it was more than one rest! A damn fine session though.

And it was a very enjoyable ride home again. I fully expect to be very sore tomorrow!

All the best