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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 5, 2016 10:08:04 GMT -8
The good soreness is probably "doms" delayed onset muscle soreness and an indicator you have effectively trained the muscle.It is common starting a routine where you make good gains but gets less common later in training as it gets harder to continue your initial gains. But,I have heard of frequent injuries with crossfit from pushing past where you should due to peer pressure so be sure to heed any body signals you are pushing past good soreness... Crossfit and other higher paced compound movement type activities like that are sure to have injuries over what a standard activity will have. The energy from group encouragement (peer pressure is the negative phrase, if done negatively) is certainly there and is one reason I will continue to go to the sessions even when I know the movements enough to do on my own. You are correct though that a human needs to know when they are pushing the limits or are being foolish. Sometimes you don't know until the snapping or tearing sound lets you know!
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Post by rwtb123 on Jan 5, 2016 10:24:16 GMT -8
The energy from group encouragement (peer pressure is the negative phrase, if done negatively) Just relaying what I had read.I guess it becomes peer pressure when it goes beyond group motivation to the point of injury.My only experience with crossfit is going by where they are training outdoors or with the doors open.Let us know how it goes in as much detail as you care to provide...
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 5, 2016 11:49:01 GMT -8
They are versions of the same thing but it's how a person feels about it or the intent of the pressurer. It's like "C'mon, I know you can jump that ditch filled with crocodiles, what are you, a sissy!?!" I'd probably try to jump the ditch.
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 5, 2016 12:00:08 GMT -8
Let us know how it goes in as much detail as you care to provide... Will do. Day 1 was yesterday. Instead of joining the actual class a trainer spent time with me to make sure I didn't have injuries which would prevent certain movements. They also went over some basic movements and watched my body-weight only form. Well, almost body-weight as they gave me a PVC pipe to simulate an olympic bar to work with positioning on a front squat and then a press. Though I don't have the exact wording committed to memory yet the trainer repeatedly let me know that form came before results and that it was necessary. I think they pound this into people's heads because of some of the bad press which has occurred. She told me that in the early years of crossfit she would cringe when watching the form that people used but like anything else it either had to improve or die on the vine. Hopefully this gym is representative of what goes on now. Maybe not. Maybe they are an exception. Either way I'm glad their focus is form because mine is as well. Results will show up if I do things correctly, no need to try and become a peak version of myself just in one week. So... the workout cycle that I did after working on form was again done under the teaching eye of the trainer. 10 second boat - Lay on back and raise feet, shoulders off ground, hands at side palms up, eyes on ceiling, bellybuttom pressed through back into ground. This simulates what the body feels during an overhead press and is what I believe to be true. 8 Air Squats 8 Strict Presses Repeat that as many times as I can. I am sore today as expected and hoped for.
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 5, 2016 16:36:01 GMT -8
01/05/2016 Skill: Metcon (No Measure) Double unders and wall climbs *Work for 10 Minutes Metcon CrossFit Games Open 13.4 (AMRAP - Reps) Complete AMRAP in 7 minutes of: 3 Clean and Jerk 3 Toes-To-Bar 6 Clean and Jerk 6 Toes-To-Bar 9 Clean and Jerk 9 Toes-To-Bar
I went easy, no weight on bar. Was sucking wind from the warmup. Right now my focus is getting through the workouts. Don't care about weight, don't care about reps, just care about progress.
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 5, 2016 22:25:02 GMT -8
My 2016 goals are the same as always, with a little added on: I want to stay fit and healthy so I can go out in the summer and hike a lot. I'll probably train for and ride at least one Century, and keep on swimming. The twist is that, for the first time, I am looking hard at diet and changes to lose a few pounds (not just waiting for the hiking to take it off; that wasn't enough last summer). (I am happy to say that my weight has stabilized, and I didn't seem to gain over Xmas, despite the ubiquity of cookies in need of consumption).
As for the immediate stuff: I sprained an ankle 10 days ago, so my workouts have been pretty low-key. I am swimming every 2nd or 3rd day, and back in the gym lifting (I missed a bunch during the holidays because we were traveling). I walked a mile today, to work and back, and spent most of my 2.5 hour work shift on my feet without much pain, so that is encouraging. No twisting or jumping allowed yet, though--I can feel what that would do.
I'll be adding some biking (mostly torture bikes; the real thing worries me a bit due to the unexpected things that can happen; I can't use my road bike at all because can't twist enough to get out of the clips) this week, and will probably test slow jog on the treadmill around the end of the week. The sprain wasn't bad enough to see the MD, so I'm doing PT based on internet research and my own memories of fixing these things in the past.
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 6, 2016 4:35:53 GMT -8
Done for today. The world tells you to "Listen to your body!" but your body plays tricks on you. Is your body telling you that you are injured, merely low on energy, or some other thing? Since tomorrow is a non-crossfit day I decided that a sub-par (they are ALL sub-par right now) workout was better than none at all. So I went.
I'm glad it's done.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2016 5:24:49 GMT -8
As for the immediate stuff: I sprained an ankle 10 days ago, so my workouts have been pretty low-key. rebeccad, In case you are interested, for the sprained ankle rehab do "ABC's." With the ankle lifted, such as with the ankle to be worked on over the other leg. Using your big toe as the pen, write out the alphabet.
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Post by rwtb123 on Jan 6, 2016 5:43:09 GMT -8
The world tells you to "Listen to your body!" but your body plays tricks on you. Is your body telling you that you are injured, merely low on energy, or some other thing? No,I'm pretty much the only one saying that and honestly it can probably be best viewed as an advanced technique once you have learned to interpret the signals through experience... ETA For example if you feel low on energy your body is telling you that you are either mentally or physically tired which needs to be address through diet,rest or variety of training or you risk injury...
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 6, 2016 6:07:56 GMT -8
ETA For example if you feel low on energy your body is telling you that you are either mentally or physically tired which needs to be address through diet,rest or variety of training or you risk injury... Correct. A sudden increase in activity that is above what my current fitness level is used to handling and recovering from. However... as a former very overweight person who had a "I'll start tomorrow" mindset I am mindful of that attitude creeping back when the going gets tough. Going to the workout today was the right thing to do. I got through it just fine. Tomorrow is a very light day, Friday a hard one and as we have an indoor tournament this weekend I'll fit in what I can.
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Post by rwtb123 on Jan 6, 2016 7:08:34 GMT -8
Going to the workout today was the right thing to do. I got through it just fine That's what I mean by learning through experience of how much rest/recovery you need from various activities or when you are just being lazy and need to push through that mindset.I had weight trained 6 straight days and attempted a workout yesterday but never made it through the warmup phase as my mind just wasn't there so it became a rest day.Will try again today...
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Post by rwtb123 on Jan 6, 2016 16:21:13 GMT -8
I agree it sounds like they are doing things the right way and they are definitely keeping you moving. I did modified supersets today of deadlifts with pulls from a high cable then low cable.It was my 7th out of the last 8 days training so I am probably pushing towards the edge of my abilities to recover with this schedule.
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 6, 2016 18:16:31 GMT -8
One thing that I am going to slowly add in is additional jump roping. We use the speed ropes during some workouts so I bought myself one. So I don't overload myself I'll just do a set of 10 seconds on, 30 seconds off for about five minutes after each workout. It's hardly anything but it will ensure I continue to allow my body to adjust to these different types of activity. I have time after my morning workouts before I have to head to work and shower. I'd like to use that time for health and fitness reasons. In theory if I push myself hard in the actual workouts I won't be looking for anything extra but I'll do it anyway.
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 6, 2016 22:08:28 GMT -8
I managed a total of 20 minutes on the torture bike today, with a weight workout in the middle. My ankle is handling that fine, but there must be NO twisting. So the real bike is still off-limits. Swimming is okay, but after a while the kicking hurts, so I use the wedge. And who knows when I'll be able to go back to running. Being stupid sucks.
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 8, 2016 4:34:50 GMT -8
Had a pretty good session today at CF. Was able to push it just enough that when it was all over I felt I had given an honest effort and gotten through the exercises and didn't feel anymore would get me anything, though I know that is a small lie.
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