Bob had a growth spurt!

Great Day, it started early with new recruit Sharlene who did a great 59 rep sit up challenge to almost win the sit up comp if it wasnt for Christie later on in the day. Sharlene also completed several other exercises utilising the 2 minute maximum rep method. Sorry about the stuff up also Sharlene! I cant wait to train you next time.

Next came Sid, feeling better and ready for WAR! She started us off with todays WOD:

Row 1000m
Thrusters 50
Pull Ups or Deadlifts 30
Row 500m
Thrusters 25
Pull ups or deadlifts 15
Row 250m
Thrusters 15
Pull Ups or Deadlifts 10


For time:

(Todays workout proved challenging and it really tested everyone)

Sid clocked a best time for the 1000m at 6:03. Next time I'll have you getting sub 6 minutes Sid. She then got through the 50reps with a 6kg Dumbbell and finished it with Deadlifts using her heaviest weight to date - 20kg barbell. The second and third rounds were tough but easy because they were both half of other. Overall, Sid was in great form and I look foward to tomorrows session.

Ginette had a go next and did extremely well. She set a great time of 25 minutes overall which proved hard to beat. She clocked 4:26 - 2:14 - 1:03 for each of her rowing times, setting a new personal best for her 1000m. She also used 7kg dumbbells for the thrusters and 30kg for her Deadlifts. It great to see the girls enjoying the olympic lifts.

Jen finished off the arvo also using this WOD. She scored 5:59 - 3:23 - 1:20 respectively, also setting a personal best for her 1000m rowing times. Go Jen. She did extremely well with the thrusters, hardly stopping at all, and made the pull ups look easy. She finished the WOD in 29 minutes. Also, thank you for the kind comment on yesterdays post. If only everyone was as kind!!!

Christie was in and fresh and ready for the sit up challenge. She beat everyone, men and women with a score of 71. FANTASTIC CHRISTIE, it was a courageous effort. She also did the days WOD and scored great times in rowing 4:25 - 2:12 - 1:12. Again a personal best for the 1000m. Christie equalled Ginette in the time it took to complete the WOD - 25 minutes - and she also used 7kg dumbbells and did 30kg deadlifts.

Gulnaz was in - her third session in a row. It took Gulnaz 31 mnutes to do the WOD and we had some variations as muscle fatigue was kicking in after the last two sessions. She scored 3:43 - 2:23 - 1:24 for her rowing but it was with less distance 700m - 350m - 200m. Her thrusters were tough and so were the pull ups. Although Gulnaz does deserve a special mention as she is one week away from doing a full pull up on her own. The first woman to achieve this at GarageGYM.

Bob followed her up and did absolutely fantastic. He scored a personal best in his 500m and 1000m in the same row. His times for both were 1:51.7 and 3:54 respectively. He smashed through the thrusters with the heaviest weight of 9kg dumbbells and did excellent form deadlifts - the whole 30 in a row. This allowed Bob to also finish with the fastest WOD time of 20 minutes which made him untouchable... Well Done BOB

Robert finshed the night and almost beat Bob in his first attempt at 1000m. Despite having a big day at work, Robert managed to get the second best 1000m rowing time at GarageGYM of 3:59, five seconds behind Bob. Robert used the second heaviest weights in the thrusters and got through the first round despite being sick, lightheaded, and absolutely smashed from the row, he managed to do the full first round. It wasnt until the second round when he pulled the plug. This man is the essence of GarageGYM. We are not here to pace ourselves but exceed ourselves and Robert proved this by 'hitting the brick wall' - similar to Frank B a few days ago.

Overall all it was a superb day with many new records across the board. Thank you all and see you tomorrow.