To Rx or Not To Rx

It has been way to long since I last wrote, where did summer go?  This past week of WOD's plus 9-11 on Sunday has been physically demanding and mentally tough.  A challenging week of Girls/Heroes, very appropriate to honor those that have died for our country because of what happened on 9-11 ten years ago. We wrapped up the WOD's on Saturday with Murph, a long painful perfect CrossFit WOD.

As CrossFitters we are always striving to do the WOD Rx and once we can do it Rx then we try to go faster each time. Many times the Rx means prescribed weight but many times it is just a basic body weight exercise such as the pull-up and push-up in Murph.  This was the first time I did Murph Rx and I really wanted to meet the challenge of all those pull-ups & push-ups as prescribed:  Chin over bar, chest to ground with no snaking.  In the past, one could say I mastered the snake on my push-up so it has been a long journey to remove that pesky reptile from my body.  However I know my snake comes back when I start to tire.  I realized about 50 reps into my 200 push-up that my push-ups were starting to look ugly, so I made myself do game style push-ups: chest to floor with hands off the ground to make sure I was getting full extension, then I worked on making sure my snake was kept in check. So I was doing many 1-2 rep push-ups at a time.  I know I did well over 200 push-ups that day but only 200 I felt qualified  as prescribed.  Same on my pull-ups there were many times my chin did not go over the bar so those did not go into my 100 tally.

I did this workout by myself so no one was judging my form, but do you need someone to judge you if you know you are not doing it prescribed?  You are only cheating yourself.   If you are going for Rx then make sure you are REALLY doing it Rx.  Forget the clock and be proud that you know you do everything as prescribed.