Agatha's only been with us for about 2 weeks and I think that when she first tried double unders she wondered if it wouldn't be months before she started getting a handle on them. Well, try 2 sessions! In her second day of doing them she not only started getting them, but getting several without stopping! The great thing about Crossfit is that you never get to stop surprising yourself. It's pretty common in our workouts to have to perform movements that we've never even heard of, let alone tried! The really neat thing about Crossfit is that along with intense performance, it also emphasizes skill practice. It can be particularly difficult to execute a new movement at high intensity, and early on in Crossfit skill practice provides us with as much development as the intensity of our efforts. As a matter of fact, the first few weeks of Crossfit can see a great deal of improvement in exercise capacity that cannot be attributed to increase in metabolic capacity alone. The bottom line is, you're just plain getting better by practicing!

** REMINDER **
Today begins CrossFit Los Angeles's 100 Days of Burpees Challenge.
Starting today, perform 1 burpee. Each day, add 1 burpee until Day 100 when you will do 100! It's a great idea to do 100 burpees today to get your baseline time so you can see how much you've improved by Day 100 (no, you can't bank the other 99!). You can count any burpees that you do, whether on their own or part of a workout, but you can't save up any extra. You also do not have to perform all burpees at once, you can split them up over the course of the day. Oh, and you can buy in at any time. The price? All of the burpees you've missed so far, so start early!


Agatha getting her double unders!

Today's Workout
10-8-6-4-2
partner assist handstand push ups
partner assist pull ups
Only give your partner as much assistance as necessary. Allow them to struggle with the movement before providing enough to allow them to finish.

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100 Burpees for time

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