Bench Press to max
Then: divide your best lift in two. Perform that many pushups, for time. Rest 2:00.
Bench Press to max (hint: may be slightly different than before…)
Perform the same number of pushups as before. For time.
This is Stephanie Parniak (the link is to her facebook profile. Friend her.)
Stephanie has what it takes. She's the new record holder for both Deadlift and Bench Press at the Park (315 and 150lbs, respectively.) Steph's competing in a Virtualmeet with us November 6. Meanwhile, she's the brains behind the Math challenges over on the Ignite site….
After meeting Ty at school, Steph took the plunge and joined us last May. She's brought in a few friends. And so our story goes…last night, she told me how shocked and elated she was to find out how much the Family cared that she'd broken the gym record; that she'd set her own PR; that she'd triumphed.
There's a disturbing trend, just outside the Catalyst stratosphere, of 'almost'-ers: folks who would like to join us, but are scared they're not "fit enough" to do CrossFit. They're orbiting, either doing P90X or training at another gym (or just simply wishing….) until the day when they deem themselves 'fit enough.'
In fact, the LA Times summed up the perception of most "almost"-ers in this article yesterday.
Here's the hurdle: CrossFit seems Hardcore. It's not. It's a big fuzzy bear; a hard shell with a nougat centre. There's no way to better prepare yourself to start CrossFit; you just start. You do OnRamp, or Personal Training, or you just show up and hang on. As Steph ('call me Parnz, with a 'z'') found out: once you're in, you're in all the way.
CrossFit is not a jawbreaker. It's not an all-day sucker, like GoodLife. The sweetness comes easy, if you'll just bite down once……