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Write a Haiku

Today’s Rest Day WOD is to write a CrossFit Haiku—now an annual CFSBK tradition! Nothing like a fun little project to get the creative juices flowing. What’s a haiku, you might ask? A haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry characterized by three simple lines. The first line contains five syllables, the second contains seven, and the last again contains five. Think about the images, emotions, and experiences you have at the gym and see if you can’t write your own. Below are three examples courtesy of Mobility WOD:

Psoas unfolding
Like the lotus blossom
I just vomited

Way of the painball
There are no days off
Leopard is supple

My leg is aflame
A sliding tunnel of meat
I shall punish thee


Post your CrossFit Haiku to comments.
Compare to 6.12.2012 and 7.28.2011

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NJ Bears Wandering Around Upright Like They’re Cartoon Characters Gothamist
Growth Happens At Our Limits: Embrace it. Nerd Fitness
Is Your Relationship Making You Fat? US News & World Report
8 Life Lessons I Learned From My Near-Death Experience MindBodyGreen

Comments

  1. Saturday's Programming

    Back Squat

    Fitness: 3 x 5 Linear Progression
    Add 5 pounds to Wednesday. If you didn't squat on Wednesday then start a bit below your last 3 x 5 weight.

    Performance: 90% x 1 x 3

    For Time:
    Row 1000m
    100 Double Unders
    Run 1000m

  3. 6am with NickDowell doing Saturday's programming. Switched to HBBS this cycle after doing low bar since Jan and was pretty sore after the first go-round on Tuesday. I backed off the weight a bit and did 150# x 3 x 5.

    WOD in 14:59. Finished the row in just over 4 minutes and then substituted double unders with lashings from the jump rope. My legs felt pretty heavy after squatting and rowing and double unders were not my friend today. Settled into the run and was able to pick up the pace on the last lap.

    My haiku attempt:

    A tiger attack?
    Did you encounter a bear?
    No, my foe, jump rope

  7. Haiku Fridays are the best!!!

    Question of the day:
    Lift, WODs, dogs, potlucks, friends, laughs?
    Crossfit South Brooklyn

    Oh, I hate the erg.
    "Lies! There’s more than 5 pulls left"
    Fuck you erg. Fuck you!

    Attempting toe taps.
    “Hahaha” My hamstrings laughs
    Hamstrings wins again.

    What did the Fox say?
    "Big chest, eyes straight, dip and bounce"
    Teaching his dance moves

    Classic one from Shawn$:
    sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep,
    sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep,
    sleep, sleep, sleep , sleep, sleep

  16. alarm clock sounds, wake up
    bar complex at Jersey Shore
    miss eighties Fridays

    Not sure I figured out the right syllables …. anyone else clapping out their Haikus? I should ask Bates and GW for a refund!

  18. Fun times reading these,
    Composing them takes effort,
    Kudos to every-one.

    Woke up expecting quad soreness to be alleviated, no such luck, wednesday's workout was killer, i hope im in better shape tomorrow to try the 90% squat.

  20. Hiking with my friends
    They can barely keep going
    Another smoke break?

    The jewel of the gym
    Everyone wants to hold you
    Eleiko barbell

    6am group class
    Grab an abmat and blanket
    We're napping for time

  21. 7am yesterday at Crossfit Kitsilano in Vancouver BC – a beautiful place, either incredible outdoor stuff – kind of an urban paradise of beaches, biking, yoga on standup paddle boards at sunset etc…

    Wod: pauses front squats 4×5 @65% of 1RM (145#)
    Then: overhead lunges with 75# barbell
    10 minute amrap of 8 OH lunges/12 t2b – 4 rounds even
    Ripped my callouses for the first time ever

    Haiku for the day:

    AMRAP thrusters and burpees
    Fleeting ten minutes
    A taste of eternity

  22. i think jay has my favorite one so far hahaha im dyin'

    burpees, oh burpees
    oh my god when will they end?
    same goes for wall balls

  23. A mix of haiku and skakespeare and not new, but what the hell.

    Hail Gluteus Maximus!
    Is it not enough that you exist
    quietly?

    My dearest hamstring
    How I miss
    your silent splendor,
    replaced with
    violent outcries of distress

    Tis better to squat
    than not to squat
    For the WOD god
    eyes us sternly

  24. hahaha, these are so great!!! Michael C's really resonated 🙂

    catching up on posting:
    Wed 4:30pm: did not eat enough during the day before class so was feeling weird and dizzy while warming up. I need to plan my nutrition better; it's getting away from me.

    HBBS: 45×5, 95×5, 125×2, 135x5x3
    Feelin' snappy

    WOD: did not push this at all due to the general dizziness and feeling out of it
    Made it thru 25 WB and 10 K2E into the round of 25's.
    Focused on a proper grip (with bar near knuckles instead of in the center of palm). This felt good and is getting a bit easier, but I could only hang on to the bar for 5 at a time this way. Couldn't really string/kip the K2E except for a few times.

    Thursday's work today at 10AM:
    Snatch Balance: 33# (a few push press + OH squat to warm up) x3, 63×3, 73×3, 83×3, 93×1 (donkey kicked the second and landed with weight too far back to hang on to the second rep). 93×3

    This was fun and useful but having not done PVC droms and/or any barbell drill stuff, I actually didn't quite feel ready to just jump into it. Should've known better and done my own work — tweaked my neck a bit, which is on top of or related to a tweak lower in my back that I felt yesterday. L side.

    Doing some reset work later today.

  25. HAIKU time!

    Penny the pup pup
    loves coming to the gym, too.
    BARK! BARK! Must train more.

    We come to practice
    General physical skills
    Lest we forget them…

    Endurance, power
    Flexibility, strength, speed
    Coordination

    Plus stamina, and
    Balance, accuracy. With
    agility… TEN!

  28. Hahaha! Composed 100% on the walk home:

    I write these daily
    Principally on the subway
    This gym is awesome

    Big time Derp today
    I loaded the barbell wrong
    Trust but verify

    Failed on bench tonight
    I passed the New York bar exam
    But can't add my weights

    I can blame my math
    And I do fear the bench press
    But I should blame me

    Petrarchan sonnets
    Would be pretty hard for me
    But cleans are harder.

    My footwork needs work
    I split my feet like a jerk
    Then I felt like one

    Home!

  30. OG madness

    Snatch, Heavy Single
    220
    242
    264
    275
    286
    297X** PAINFULLY close. Had it locked out but just a bit forward.
    297X
    294X

    Clean and Jerk, Heavy Single
    220
    264
    286
    308
    330
    352PR. The jerk felt perfect on this lift…like that first line of great cocai…anyway…
    357X

    HBBS, 85%x4x5
    375x4x5

    3Rds, NFT
    15 dips
    5 strict chins
    5 strict pullups
    10 ab wheel rollouts.

    Great day.

  33. Guys, you are all so talented! I'm loving these. I wish every day could be Haiku Friday. I've made a couple attempts, but I've got nothing. I did work on a short story that has a weightlifting scene, so maybe that counts…

    Katie Harpz and I decided to try a version of the row/DU/run chipper from the Games at OG tonight. The only change was splitting it up into three even rounds to minimize getting super bored. I finished in about 51 min, oof. One of the hardest things I've done in the gym in a long time. I also tested out one of my old 6-mile routes last night. Def. not in the conditioning shape I want to be.

    Great week of fitness so far! I loved Mon and Wed's programming and am excited about this cycle.

  35. hmm.. my rhyme scheme was all wrong – i did 7-5-7. Serves me right for thinking up haikus while following my 1 year old around the Vancouver science museum.

    OK one more try:

    Sweaty lifting shoes
    Breathe in their dank aroma.
    Fragrance of crossfit

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