Crossfit Baseline Results

'All rise king Abdullah of the rowing machine. Sterling effort today from all involved, actually managing to shock ourselves and demonstrate that we are actually getting fitter! All is not in Vain!



Abs HATES cheesy pictures



So Abs and I trotted over to Nas's gym this evening after he put the wee one to bed. Not much was mentioned, but I think we were both quite nervous, neither one of us is nearly as fit as Nas and didnt want to finish miles off his time. I was sick yesterday - so personally I was just hoping not to be sick again!

I obviously let Mr Mukkalled go first in the spirit of good sportsmanship............and so I knew what I was up against

The Crossfit baseline test is as follows:

500m Row

40 Air Squats

30 Sits Ups

20 Push Ups

10 Pull Ups

We didnt see what happened next coming, he went off at a blistering pace and kept it up, in the words of the man himself, his row was "EPIC".  All the way through to the pull ups he kept excellent pace. Finally finishing in 5 Mins and 38 Seconds. An outstanding effort for a man only a few weeks ago balked at the very idea at pushing himself beyond the borders of his comfort zone.

Nas did his this morning with one of the other guys at work at finished in a predictably good time 3.54. Being the fitness monkey that he is

So then It was my turn, still nervous I had a word with myself and cracked on to give it my best shot. I know that a long time ago, in what looked like a different body, I was a very good rower -weirdly, not having remotely the right body type. So I was determined to have a stab at a good time and use upper body strength to my advantage.

The row went well, and I think I finished in about 1.25ish, only problem with this great time is that my lungs were at this point now on fire.

From the AWFUL pictures Abs took, my form in the squats was shocking so Im docking myself a couple of points, leaning far too forward. Sits ups and push ups followed, as did some even more bloody awful pull ups.

All done in 3 mins 52. Nas congratulated me, but he eyes said other things, and they all started with swear words.

That said, Im not taking the quality of that time. I think if the form was better than time would have been much longer. So I can be sure that Nasir still remains the fitness bunny in the group.

On a little high from not being sick and getting a good time I went home and climbed 82 floors in the towers. My legs are now ruined and Im going to bed!!