Triple dead lift

Well, I've been walking around like Frankenstein for the last couple of days. Truly, getting back into crossfit is turning me into quite the hoblin' goblin. Yesterday at my bowling league, I tried to work out a way to roll the ball without bending my legs at all. Needless to say, it negatively impacted my average.

Luckily, today's workout did not involve the use of my quads. Instead, the main focus of the workout was the triple dead lift.

Essentially, it is this, three times in a row, but performed by someone who is much more of a pussy. 

The goal was to do gradually build up to the maximum amount of weight one can lift three times without killing themselves. Being that I have never really done the deadlift before, I did not know what my maximum weight was, or even what kind of range I could expect. Wanting to dip my toes in the water, I was told to start out with nothing but the 55 lbs bar and 2 ten pound weights. Eventually, I was able to work myself up to a maximum of 205 lbs. Certainly not the most weight in the class, but somewhat respectable for a new guy like me. I'm not sure how many reps I did total, but it was at least 20 at various weights.

After the dead lift, we moved on to 25 glute hamstring raises. Once again, I will post a video so you have some idea what I am talking about.

These workouts were fun, but hard. I'm sure things will get better as I get stronger. For now, I'm just hoping that today's workout won't give me some other horrible soreness that makes me movie like an old timey monster. Maybe Mummy arms to go with my Frankenstein walk?