2008

J.T. is my nemesis

J.T. is my nemesis
"J.T." is definitely one of the toughest Crossfit W.O.Ds ( W orkouts O f the D ay) that I've been personally challenged to complete. On paper it looks okay, but when you get into the actual workout it becomes apparent that it is a total body blast! After all the 21, 15 and 9 rep progression scheme used in many Crossfit fundamental workouts is something that I'm used to now. But when you're doing hand-stand push ups, followed by ring dips, and then immediately into push ups... well, you get the drift.

By the 9 rep progression set I had to go to 50 pound dumbbell shoulder presses. My shoulders were spent. I couldn't even hold myself in a hand-stand position any longer... complete muscle failure. Sweet! My time for the modified workout was 32:14 -- ahhhhh!

Any way, next time I'll own J.T. but not today.

The J.T.

  • 21 reps of hand-stand pushups followed by 21 ring dips followed by 21 push-ups

  • 15 reps of hand-stand pushups followed by 15 ring dips followed by 15 push-ups

  • 9 hand-stand pushups followed by 9 ring dips followed by 9 push-ups

  • Do all the above for time


For reference (and inspiration) take a look at this video:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VXynBRl_dI]
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