Fitness - The "12 Days Of CrossFit" WOD - 12/18

Came into the gym not knowing what to expect. When I got there a lot of people from the 6 am class were still finishing up the WOD. And they looked like they were hurting. My hamstrings and glutes are really tight from the good mornings yesterday.

No focus today due to time constraints. Just the WOD because it takes some people upwards of 40-50 minutes to finish this long met-con.

It works just like the song, "12 days of Christmas". You start out at 1, then do go 2-1, then 3-2-1, then 4-3-2-1. Building all the way up to 12-11-10. . .3-2-1. The 100m sprint always ends the current round. So by the end of it you'll have done 12x100m sprints, 11x2 bear crawls, 10x3 second handstand holds etc. If I'm making this more confusing just let me know and I'll try to explain it a different way.

WOD: The "12 Days of CrossFit"
1 100 yd sprint
2 bear crawls - 10 meters = 1
3 second handstand hold
4 clean and jerks - 45# dumbbells
5 dive bomber push-ups
6 hanging knees-to-elbows
7 KB swings - 32 Kg bell
8 hanging leg raises
9 ring dips
10 squat thrusts (like a burpee, but no push up)
11 pull-ups (butterfly, chest to bar)
12 pistols (6/leg)

Score/Time: 25:58
Calories burned (warm up & WOD): 712

Wow this was tough. My goal was sub 25 and I missed it by a minute. Still got the fastest time of the gym by 1:04 though, pretty stoked on that. I moved through it as fast as I could.

The bear crawl to sprint at the end of each round was brutal. The ring dips got to me on the last round and I couldn't get more than 3 in a row.

Other than that it was just about keeping moving and plugging away at it. Taking it exercise by exercise, round by round. And before you know it, you're starting round 12 and you can see the finish line.

I look forward to this next year for sure. It was brutally fun.