Haters gonna hate CrossFit.. and sometimes rightly so.

Before I get stuck in writing about CrossFit, I have good news: THE NBA IS BACK! That's right, the owners and the players came to an agreement (the players got screwed down to a 50/50 revenue split with a bunch of extra conditions) and assuming the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) is signed, we'll have NBA on Christmas Day! And what an epic day of games to be gifted with too:
• Celtics at Knicks, noon ET (TNT)
• Heat at Mavs, 2:30 ET (ABC)
• Bulls at Lakers, 5 ET (ABC)
• Magic at Thunder, 8 ET (ESPN)
• Clippers at Warriors, 10:30 ET (ESPN) 

I've currently got plans for Boxing Day (which is Christmas Day where the games are being played) but just try and stop me from watching some ball while eating too many leftovers and drinking way too much. Merry Christmas sports fans!

CrossFit and bodybuilders don't mix
So I've started CrossFit now, I've dropped $100 for a 10 pack of sessions of which I've been to two (and thoroughly enjoyed) and I'm eagerly anticipating the next sessions. However, I haven't mentioned the fact that I'm doing it on a weight lifting/bodybuilding forum that I post on - the reason being that it's generally looked down upon for a few reasons which generally include that it promotes bad form (often referring to kipping chin-ups), high repetitions of Olympic lifts are a surefire way to injury, it makes guys skinny plus a bunch of stupid comments like "crossfit = hipsters of weight lifting". Personally, my goals don't involve getting massive and I want to be able to play sport as well as put on a muscle but I do share some of the concerns regarding form and injury, especially when I see things like this:

Watching that just makes me cringe and I fear for the participant's backs.
In any case, I'm going to keep an open mind while I do the remaining 8 sessions and continue to do my own lifting on the side and see how it works for me. If I don't feel I'm getting the results I want, then I'll stop. Simple.


Monday's WOD (Workout of the day)
3 sets of as many reps as you can do in one minute of the following:
Squat cleans (which will evolve into power cleans after some practice
Shuttle runs
Deadlifts
Burpees
Push-press




Tuesday's WOD
10 sets or as many as you can complete in 30 minutes of the following:
10 chin ups
20 push ups/dips (alternating)
30 sandbag squats (tried with 35kg sandbag but failed miserably and had to use 20kg instead) alternating holding the sandbag in the following positions - front/left shoulder/back/right shoulder

This was so much harder than Monday's workout, I think primarily because I'm not that good at chin ups and so many sandbag squats was just brutal. I finished the push ups on the 7th set when it finally hit 30 minutes.

Music
Since Eminem was on tonight and I really wanted to go but couldn't find anyone to come to Sydney with me for the second show, it's only fitting that I post a track from him and Lil' Wayne. Still kinda bummed that I couldn't go but hopefully I'll see him overseas some day.