Workout of the Day:
Bench Press
3-3-3-3
and then,
Five rounds for time of:
12 x Bench Press (70% of today’s 3-RM)
12 x Pull-Ups
Big Ben Rides Again
Written by C.J. Martin
A job change recently took Ben S. from us, but it didn’t stop him from rocking his Invictus gear in a recent skateboarding competition. Ben spent a lot of time on his skateboard as a kid (check him out here), and has used CrossFit as his means of getting back into shape to have some fun skateboarding again. Ben put in good consistent work at Invictus for several months prior to this competition, and his hard work paid off. Ben took Third Place in the Masters Division of the competition in Phoenix on October 17. Here is what he reported:
I placed 3rd in the Masters division out of about 15-20 skaters. It was a 5 minute jam style format where 5 guys would skate the entire park for 5 minutes at a time. This is different than your normal 1-2 minute run per skater. Most of the guys got tired after about 2 minutes of skating however, due to the strength and endurance CrossFit has given me, I was able to skate non-stop for all 5 minutes and bang out trick after trick. Is this the first application of CrossFit to Skatebaording? Coincidentally, one of the owners of the skate company is super into CrossFit also. I should also mention, the high for the day was around 105 degrees, and a lot of folks ended up with heat exhaustion, including myself.
And here’s the evidence:
Congratulations Ben! Keep up the good work and keep checking in with us on the blog.