It's time for the classic throw down between me and Toni, HC Triplet number 4 is about to happen. It's taking place on Saturday 10.5, let's see how many athletes we're gonna see there. There's a rumor going on that my bro and his training partner plus one other fellow athlete is coming too. So it's either me and Toni or max 5 competitors.
We've had three HC Triplets prior to this one. It's something we have decided to do every half a year or so. The idea is to compete in three different events in as many ways as possible, classic crossfit stuff. Originally we didn't have much equipment with us, just a kettlebell and jump rope, and that's pretty much we want to keep it like. It's not gonna require lots of barbells or other tools to play around. Bodyweight and some iron, pull-up bar, let's see what it turns out to.
It's probably the only time of the year we hit three workouts in short time during one day. It's gonna be cruel, lots of mental game is in play and muscles will be sore for couple of days. You better have a day off the day before and prepare your body not to be fresh the day after. This far we have enjoyed these events together tremendously and even though we are nowadays working out separately with Toni, this is the time we hit it definitely together. It wouldn't be the same, not even close, without having my best buddy there with me.
HC Triplet I
Take a look at the earlier HC Triplets. The first one took place 8.9.2012, this was the first year, we had just started crossfitting couple of months earlier when it hit me one beautiful day that what if we would do couple of workouts back-to-back. Toni got enthusiastic right away so we scheduled one Saturday afternoon at Malminkartano's "Jätemäki".
Final wrap of the first Triplet (in Finnish though…)
HC Triplet II: In To The Woods
For the second Triplet we changed location. We wanted to have a pull-up bar plus a track so the perfect location was found at Pirkkola. Still, lots of bodyweight was moved around but the kettlebells got heavier and Sandy was also built up just days before the throwdown took place. That's a 25kg sandbag that killed our hamstrings on the weighted lunges. This Triplet was a little different as we completed the last event indoors at our gym. Thus we were able to incorporate some movements that were impossible outdoors.
Clipse for event number 2
HC Triplet III
Back to Pirkkola. The heaviest Triplet, no doubt. Kettlebells were thrown in the air, swings, clean & jerks, snatches. Still, a lot of bodyweight movements. And running, which is an essential part of these events. We both felt like we don't have anything left before the last event but somehow we managed to suffer through all three events. Great finish in the end.
Recap of the last Triplet
HC Triplet IV. Let's see what the day brings us. Once we know the exact number of participants we're able to write down the workouts. We've sketched some awesome workouts for single athletes but if there are multiple athletes we might need to go teams this time. Go figure, we'll see. It's two weeks from now so it's getting closer and the tension is growing.
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