November 19, 2009

21-15-9
-Hang Power Cleans – 60kg
-Burpees

You have all noticed that with the change in location I also bought new weights. We are now a “kilo gym” meaning that the bumper plates (and eventually all the change) are measured in kilograms. This change has seemingly brought some of you to your knees, a situation that frankly amuses me. I know you have a life outside CrossFit (something I find interesting if not odd) so let me give you a few helpful tips on using weights that have “kg” instead of “lbs”.

The first and best thing you can do is load you bar at the beginning of the workout. Notice that the smaller bars are 10kg and the bigger bars are 20kg. Loading and unloading you bar will gives you an opportunity to get more acquainted with the weight of each individual plate and the different bars. If we have a workout where you will share a bar, work together to load the bar, don’t hog all the load duties to yourself.

Another good way to acclimate to the kilos is to total the weight you put on the barbell. This is the quickest way to know how much it is.

Because the conversion is difficult I have made some fancy cheatsheets for you to use. DON’T use these to avoid learning the kilogram amounts you use in your workouts. I will post workouts (with the exception of mainsite benchmarks) and will only answer questions in kilograms. I am such a jerk. (And remember, I prefer push jerks to split jerks)

With a little practice you too will drive past 132nd ave and think to yourself, “Hey. That’s 60 kilos!”

I told you. I don’t understand this life outside of CrossFit thing.