I did the 9:30 morning crossFit class today. After warm ups, we started with five minutes of butterfly pull up practice.  I didn’t think much of it because I’m accustomed to meeting the bar half way only to fail without a band.

As usually, I say, what the heck and I give it a try with a lot of UMPH….

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Instead of using a box to reach up to the high bar, I jumped up to grab the bar and immediately started my Kipping practice.  Focusing on the movement I practice moving the hips forward, then backward.

Guess what?  After a dose of inspiration (watching fellow crossFit chicks knock out several butter fly pull ups), I gave an extra umph…

Whatta you know….

My chin touched the bar!!!!!

Oooooh…my….gosh!!  High fives and cartwheels are in order!  Who knew that the kipping would get me up there?  Lol!!  Everyone but me.  🙂

The rest of the SWOD was:

3 strict, 3 butterfly, 3 c2b (chest to bar)

With the assistance of green ban, I completed the 5 rounds above.

Moving on to today’s WOD.

WOD:

15-12-9-6-3

Hang Snatch 95/65  75/55   65/45

OHS (Overhead Squat) 95/65   75/55    65/45

Ring Dips

My first 15 hang snatches, I did with 55 pounds; however, by the count of 10, I began to compromise my form, so I removed the weight and used only the 35 pound bar. My form improved so I completed the WOD without using weights.

Also, I knew that I would struggle with the OHS lifting 55 pounds, so I did it the safe and most effective way.

I completed the ring dips with the assistance of a band but that didn’t stop the sweat from rolling.  As I moved from station to station, the volume of sweat intensified.  Hair, clothes, sneaks, and the floor; all soaked.   I feel disgusting but love the sweat pouring from my body.  Sick right?  You’ve gotta love working out to appreciate these moments.

Yes, there was a buy out, which was all ab work.  Sorry, I can only remember the name of one: abmat sit ups.  We did two rounds of 25 reps of three different ab exercises.  My abs were on fire the entire time.

Every day that I awake to see the sun shine, breath in fresh air, move about freely on my own, and spend time with my family is really a good day.  Successfully performing my first butterfly pull up made the day especially good.

I’m here to say, don’t give up and keep it movin’!  🙂