Dead or Alive

I now understand why the CrossFit ladies wear knee socks.

I always thought it was just some cute thing that they did, but no! I wish I'd been wearing tall socks today when I learned how to do dead lifts. Maybe then my shins wouldn't be black and blue. Jonathan managed to scrape his shin in the process even! 

It's one thing to have some sweet/tough calluses from the pull-up bar, but it's quite another to have gross bruise legs all the time. 

Today was a nice day at CrossFit though. I didn't even have any trouble convincing myself to get up and drive to the gym at 5:30 AM. The workout was as follows, and I can feel it in my abs. 

Warm Up:
Repeat 4x
-20 seconds high knees
-10 seconds jumping jacks

I was a little less sophisticated in my execution.

-20 seconds kettlebell swings (I used 10lb)
-10 seconds goblet squats (10lb kettlebell)
-20 seconds roaming plank
-10 seconds mountain climbers
-20 seconds regular plank
-10 seconds rest

Skill:
Learned how to do dead lifts. 

WOD:
5 rounds
-AMRAP (as many reps as possible) dead lifts (I did 37lbs) in 45 seconds
-15 seconds rest
-AMRAP lateral burpees (I think that's what they called them. It's a burpee on one side of the barbell, and then jump sideways over the barbell for another burpee) in 45 seconds
-15 seconds rest

Finisher:
Repeat 5x
-1 minute single or double unders (AMRAP)
-30 seconds rest

Unfortunately, I kept losing count of everything. I think I did about 32 dead lifts and 30 burpees. I haven't got a clue about the jump-rope. I will tell you though, that's another reason for those knee socks. Those wire jump-ropes are Killer.