Tis the Season…

…to step it up and rock some PR’s before 2010 is over!! We had the opportunity to do a CrossFit Total yesterday, hitting 1 rep max’s on the backsquat, shoulder press and deadlift. I did my first ever CFT back in January, almost a year ago, wow time flies! On that CFT I squatted 165, pressed 75 and deadlifted 205, for a CFT score of 445.  This time I squatted 220, pressed 80, and deadlifted 245, for a CFT score of 545. In all honesty I might be able to get 5lbs on my squat and DL, but I’ve still got 3 weeks before I start making my New Year’s resolutions for 2011. One of my 2010 goals was to backsquat 250, so I’m still 30lbs short, but definitely a lot closer than I was in January! :-)  Becca had an impressive CFT as well, hitting 140 on her backsquat, 80 on her press, and 250 on her deadlift – which btw was a 25lb PR for her! Total CFT score 470, up from her January total of 375 (125 backsquat, 70 press, 180 DL).

We also have a couple other PR’s to boast about…. for me, I got a new maximum height box jump on Monday – 43 inches! And Becca stayed after the CFT yesterday for ladies night where they worked on the split jerk, and she rocked a PR with a 130lb split jerk  – good work babe! :-)

It’s interesting to note that neither of us have really been doing strength programming since we stopped doing Wendler at ACF, until very recently when Becca started doing it on her own again. I personally feel that if you want to improve your strength in specific areas and specific lifts, the strength programming makes a big difference – makes me wonder where we’d be on our CFT if we’d been doing programming all year! But you know, every day is a new opportunity to grow and push yourself, and we’re ready for the challenge :-)