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Last Week’s Workouts + “Fran” Rx

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Hi, guys! Happy Monday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

I love it when other bloggers recap their workouts for the week. I like seeing what they do for exercise and how they balance their various workouts and incorporate rest days, so I decided to recap last week’s workouts for all of you nice people. I also wanted to recap my most recent achievement, which is actually one of my biggest goals””if not the biggest””for 2013. I’m pretty pumped about it. With that said, here’s a recap of my workouts for last week!

Sunday: Off

Monday: CrossFit

wallballs medicine ball

AMRAP 15:
10 Wallballs
200m Run
10 over-the-medball Burpees

This workout was really deceiving. It didn’t seem too bad, but, man, it was rough. My quads were burning, and I was seriously sucking wind by the end of it. The combination of the three exercises just hurt so bad. I was out running my 6th 200 meter when the clock went off, so got 5 rounds + 10 reps. It was an awesome workout, and I actually hope I see it again, which is NOT something I usually say about WODs! Haha! I dunno. For some reason, I liked this one.

Tuesday: Long walk with Murphy + 5 mile run

walk with murphy

Wednesday: Off

Thursday: Spin class at The Handle Bar

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Friday: CrossFit

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Do you see where I am going with this?

Friday was “Franday,” which means our box did “Fran.” You may have heard me talk about this workout on CNC a few dozens times in the past. It’s the CrossFit benchmark workout, so it’s a big deal and everyone gets pumped for it.

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It’s funny to think back to my very first Fran. I was brand new to CrossFit and had no idea what to expect. I scaled the workout””I used #35 for the Thrusters and a #3 band for the pull-ups”” and I still remember finishing Fran and thinking: what the heck just happened? I couldn’t understand how a workout that took me less than 6 minutes to complete, took so much out of me. I also remember thinking there was no way in hell I’d ever be able to Rx Fran. Like never ever. After my first attempt, I actually set a goal for myself to do Fran at Level 1 because I truly thought 65-pound Thrusters and unassisted pull-ups were out of my reach.

Fast forward to five “Fran” attempts later”¦

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Yep, that’s right. I finally Rx-ed her, and I finished in 5:45.

It took me a year and half to do it, but all of my hard work finally paid off. Those 65-pound Thrusters were nothing! Ok, well, by the round of 9, I wanted to die, but I barely dropped the bar. The pull-ups were more of a struggle, and I ended up doing two at a time toward the end, but I had a string of 11 and 7 on the set of 21, so I was pretty happy about that.

Boy, I’ve come a long way since my first Fran. Check out my progress… just another reason why performance tracking is so important in CrossFit. You can see your gains in black and white!

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Awesome, right? I’ve been on a high since Friday. I still can’t believe I did it. Now, I want a sub 5-minute Fran! Proud but never satisfied!

Saturday: Off

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