This last week or so we’ve been doing some bench mark workouts. These workouts are workouts that we will repeat. We don’t repeat workouts often but we do repeat benchmarks because we want to see how we progress. Many people have asked how they got their names, so I thought it’d be fun to give you the information straight from the people that created these workouts.
Here is an excerpt from a CrossFit Journal Article written in 2006. You can read the whole article here.
According to the National Weather Service the
use of “short, distinctive given names in written
as well as spoken communications is quicker and
less subject to error” than “more cumbersome”
identification methods, so since 1953 storms have
been assigned female given names.
This convenience and logic inspired our granting
a special group of workouts women’s names, but
anything that leaves you flat on your back and
incapacitated only to lure you back for more at a
later date certainly deserves naming.Only by repeating workouts can we confidently
measure our progress. We’ve chosen to repeat
those workouts most challenging, formative, and
expressive of the CrossFit fitness ideal, and these
ladies fit the bill.
11-25-15 WOD
Levels Testing
Met Con:
‘Diane’
21-15-9
Deadlifts (225/ 185)
Hand Stand Push Ups