Sumo Deadlift + Emma and Teeko

After a terrible week last week, I started this week off well by getting to crossfit today. 

Today's workout started with finding out maximum level sumo deadlift. Here is what that looks like:

Eventually, I got up to 255  pounds on this. Not bad, I suppose. 

After that, we did something a little more interesting. Today is the 6th birthday of Emma, the daughter of one of the crossfit regulars. When Emma comes into the gym, her favorite thing to do is run away from Teeko, the adorable dog who belongs to the owners and the unofficial mascot of the gym. It is adorable: 

In honor of this, Rob (one of the owners) designed a workout to simulate running away from the dog in as many ways as possible. For six minutes, each participant would go as fast as possible and complete this cycle as many times as they could:

-3 Muscle ups (I'll cover that shortly)

- 110 meter run

-7 box jumps (the goal is to jump on top of a box 24 inches off the ground.)

For those of you unfamiliar with muscle ups, they look like this: 

You can probably guess my reaction to people telling me to do this. 

In any case, I did not do that. Instead, I did 6 ring rows and 6 assisted dips. In the end, I got through 2 full cycles, and a thrid which I completed all the steps up to 3 box jumps in 6 minutes. Tiring, but it leaves one feeling satisfied.