Can there be too much Kettlebells or crossfit?

June 10th.

"Most people don't run far enough in their first wind to find out if they have a second wind. "

Wm. James.

WO du jour:

warm up especially shoulders for hard session, bands, rollers.

Battling ropes: What a killer with a 2" rope. Your arms turn to rubber in seconds. So to add to the discomfort, we did "Tabata Battling Ropes" AS A WARM UP? Its hot enough jerk.

for time: 50-30-20 reps

Abmats with weight

ring pushups

box jump: 18 inch

Kettlebell snatch:

Kettlebell push press: last set of 20 straight press.

Time 15:15 only rest between chalking hands. first time for this routine so I have to bench mark the weights next time.

I was reading another blog a month ago and remember the negative comments that in the authors opinion, Crossfit was too prone to injury. I believe that person had made up his mind that he was not going to be doing crossfit anyway. If he did find that to be true, then It was not for him, or the people coordinating the program, was not coaching the members to see if they can handle the sessions or performing the with sound technique. You pay big bucks for that service.

This is mostly my concern. Crossfit does not require a certification, formal training in sports science or exercise, so you have sufficient knowledge to keep members from doing stupid technique, or can modify exercise based on the clients ability. This same concern is also for those who have formal training and still do stupid or unsound exercise modalities. If you stay with crossfit long enough you will acquire a considerable education, but a person just getting out to cert training needs to practice for a time or be under a seasoned trainer of crossfit or kettlebells before you are on your own.

Both males and females have egos especially in group environment and in that regard, there is a tend to push beyond ones ability to perform the so called standard weight or rep combination for the WOD. That human nature. Everyone has to push him or herself based on what you have that day and not what everyone else is doing for that session. We all have weak and strong days, so we have to take personal responsibility(what, make myself responsible?) prior to the start of the session, to warm up and test the weight and technique to see how much work load I will be able to handle that session. If your last session was good, you may be in for a advancement in work capacity, however, training adoption is not liner.

So it up to us, the person practicing crossfit or kettlebells, to remember that they both can be very stressful, and effective, to keep within you abilities to train in a crossfit or Kettlebell environment. Do let your ego nor some rah rah trainer push you into something that is not building you as a person.

June 9th.

WO du jour:

20 mile bike ride. rest day pace.

Have a great day suffering and remember the mission is sacred.