Linda

Dave and I took advantage of the public holiday yesterday and went surfing at Snapper. You've never seen anyone more stoked to be surfing on a miserable day - Dave is like a little grommet! I must admit though, it was a lot of fun. The first clean-up set that came through, I'm scratching to get over the wave and there's Dave, flying down the face, weaving in and out among the crowd with a massive grin from ear to ear! I only lasted one surf though. A consequence of all this running is that I've lost my layer of insulation that used to prevent me getting cold in the water. Now I freeze like a little girl! I'm glad I don't live in Cape Town anymore.

Thursday morning I introduced Dave to Linda. I love this WOD - it typifies Crossfit for me. You hurt so much during that you never want to do it again, but you have this massive sense of accomplishment when you finish so you know you'll be back for more. The workout is 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of:

Deadlight 1.5 times bodyweight (for me that's 105kg)

Bench press 1 time bodyweight (70kg)

Clean three quarters bodyweight (50kg)

I've never done it as RX'd before and today I did!! I'm absolutely stoked. Yesterday's rest from work must have helped to clear up the cough as well - it's not totally gone, but nearly there. The time for Linda was approx. 21:40. Unfortunately Dave didn't do the deadlifts - after the first round his back wa too sore so he subbed pullups instead. He still had a hard session. 

At the end of my first set of deadlifts (which were not easy  - 105kg is still heavy), some lady came up and had a go at me for dropping the weights. I wasn't even dropping them from a big height - just letting them hit the ground - but she reckons there are apartments below the gym that will be affected. So, I had to complete the last 9 rounds of deadlifts, and all the cleans, without letting the bar touch make a sound when it touched the ground! It certainly adds another layer of control to the exercise!