I cant workout, i forgot my gloves...

Someone going to the gym wanting to look all big and buff for the ladies has to skip the workout because he forgot his lifting gloves. OR someone who goes to the gym and used the tough skin he/she has been building up over the past few months with hard work in the gym. If after you gain your strength and in the moment of need you cant use it because your weakest link forces you to fail then your stength means nothing. Find your weakest link during your training and work at it and make it as strong as the rest of your body then you will be a stronger individual then when your start. the moral of this story?? take care of your hand with sand paper and proper care after workouts and you wont ever think of using gloves again, some good ol' chalk will do just fine.

just a shout out to a baddass girl i met at crossfit coastal. check her blog outs! its GREAT!!

http://tstormbecomesbadass.wordpress.com/2009/

WOD

21-15-9

24" box jump

1.5 pood KB swing

75# sumo deadlift highpulls

My time was 8:52 at RXed weight, pretty hard one after fran yesterday!

Crossfit Santa Cruz - hand care

Stop reading for a moment and take a look at yours. Wiggle your fingers a little. Watch the muscles contract in your forearms as you do this. It’s pretty cool, huh. Yep, our hands are a marvelous thing. How much time do you spend taking care of them? Probably not a lot. Sure, you foam roll your glutes and legs. You carefully stretch your shoulders in various planes everyday. I know people that never walk outside the box while wearing their fancy lifting shoes. But how much respect do you give your hands? CrossFit doesn’t have many downsides, but sore hands and wrists are one of them. We subject our handses to a lot, a seriously large amount of stress. O-lifts, kettlebell work, muscle ups, overhead squats, and, of course, the kipping pullup, all combine to tear the hell out of our hands. So how can we take better care of them? First off, there is the callus. A callused palm is the sign of a CrossFitter, but a big thick callus will tear and a torn or blistered palm is nothing but a pain in the ass. If you can pinch a callus it is too big. There are a couple of tools out there that will help you care for your calluses, and I will talk about them, but the key to callus care is a little bit all the time. You need to be like a little monkey, constantly grooming your calluses. If you wait and do it only periodically, not only do you risk a tear, but you also risk making them too sensitive. A little bit constantly will keep your calluses flat and hard. There are a bunch of ways to trim calluses, but none of them are overly dignified. You can use regular nail clippers or small cuticle scissors. A butter knife (I would dedicate one for the task that will stay out of the silverware drawer) can be used to scrape down the callus after a hot shower. A dull razor blade is another option and I even know of affiliates that have a Dremel tool at the box that is used to grind them little buggers down. A fancier approach is a corn shaver from a beauty supply store. These things look like little cheese graters and are sharp so use with caution. Lotion. Get a big bottle and lather up your hands every night. Nothing dries out hands like lifting chalk and, trust me, your significant other will thank you. Be sure to stretch your wrists in flexion, extension, and any way they move. Fingers as well. This will not only cushion your wrists against poor racking on a clean, but will strengthen them too. And finally, massage your hands. A little massaging will go a long way towards keeping them healthy. It will encourage blood flow, loosen little knots, and it just plain feels good. Actually, it feels even better if you can get someone else to massage them for you.