The 12 Days of Christmas Workout of the Day

I realized today that I was a day off on my workout schedule that I'm following on the website. As I stated in yesterday's post, Crossfit consists of a 3 day on, 1 day off, 3 day on schedule. Yesterday was supposed to be an off day, so in reality, today was my first day. We'll just consider yesterday's workout a warm-up.

On to today's workout. They named this workout the 12 days of Christmas, but trust me, this was nothing at all like Christmas. There were 12 total exercises. After performing the first movement, you went back to number 1 and then added the next movement each round. For example, the exercises start with 1 Power Snatch, then round 2 is 1 Power Snatch + 2 Overhead Squats, then round 3 is 1 Power Snatch + 2 Overhead Squats + 3 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls, etc..  The workout is over when the 12 Hang Squat Cleans are completed.  BRUTAL!!

Warmup

10 alternating Knee Hugs
10 alternating Quad Stretches
10 Air Squats
10 Duck Walks
10 Sec Butt Kicks
10 Sec High Knees
10 Sec Butt Kicks
10 Sec High Knees
10 Sec Butt Kicks
10 Sec High Knees

Workout

The exercises were:

1 Power Snatch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhF0cbRjxRo
2 Overhead Squats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3VMBdEBB7c
3 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yElE1E_Mco
4 Push Presses - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0gEsMc1JZ4
5 Burpees - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Dq_NCzj8M
6 V sit ups - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlw2Cyon-Ks
7 Push ups
8 Pull ups
9 Abmat Situps - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um44AMM2JgE (You can use a towel behind your back)
10 Thrusters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfIc4DUeapo
11 Deadlifts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op9kVnSso6Q
12 Hang Power Clean - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzQJB9XHd5c

I performed the recommended starting weight of 35 pounds on the bar for all exercises requiring weight.

Cooldown

I did some stretching of my shoulders and core

How did I do

I finished the workout in 29:55

Comments

I learned today why a lot of people don't like Cross fit. When you're doing so many exercises, and mostly ones that you have never done before, your form is terrible which might cause injuries. I found myself slowing down a lot just to keep my form in check. I found overall that if I took my time, it was an excellent overall workout. I also was able to complete all the pull ups today without leaving the bar, unlike yesterday. I also should've realized when I looked at this workout how core intensive it is. My core is going to be screaming tomorrow.

That's it for today. We'll see what tomorrow's workout throws at me.