On the first day of his deployment to Iraq in 2005, Dave Castro did his first CrossFit workout.
Well, the first CrossFit workout he went “all in” on.
It was:
5 rounds for time of:
50-ft overhead walking lunges (45 lb)
21 burpees
“Ah, this isn’t that hard; this’ll be an easy workout,” he thought to himself when he read the workout online.
“Boy, was it hard,” Castro recalls. Castro, CrossFit’s General Manager of Education and Sport, is programming CrossFit.com workouts from Aug. 14-29, 2023. Over the last 20 years, he’s created workouts that challenge the best while remaining infinitely scalable and accessible to all.
Comments on Dave's First CrossFit.com Workout Explained
I was late to the Crossfit world. I watched the 14.5 open announcement and decided to do it that night in my living room. I didn't have bumper plates just old iron plates so my bar over burpees weren't RX. I also didn't stop to think the math through so when I got to the round of 12 I thought I was FINALLY half way through. I thought I was going to die before I finished. I had the elbows on my knees, sweat dripping all over my carpet I'm just gonna quit moment, but I decided to finish no matter what. I have no idea what my time ended up being, but I remember being miserable sitting on the toilet for the next several days because I was so sore. I soon as I could walk normal, I walked right into a box and signed up. 6 months later I was sitting in front of Austin Malleolo getting my L1.
That's inspiring!
Great stuff!
Dave's First CrossFit.com Workout Explained
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