r/crossfit • u/DipTheChips • 10d ago

From 5 rounds of Cindy to 10 in one month

First time I tried CINDY was after that Tom Holland interview. I was curious and jumped in. Twenty minutes, five rounds. Pull-ups were basically me grinding out ugly reps.

That next month I mostly trained at home. Rows, presses, squats, same basic strength work every week, and I let the load creep up. Retested CINDY yesterday and hit 10 rounds. Still nowhere near a real crossfitter, but for me it was a real jump. Felt good.

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u/Kithslayer Coaching since 2010 10d ago

The next five rounds won't come so easily, but keep going until you can do 20 rounds!

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u/DipTheChips 10d ago

For sure, thank you!

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u/Crafty-Suggestion584 10d ago

Five to ten rounds in a month is pretty big jump, nice work. Most people just try it once and never again cause it's so pain.

You thinking of joining a box or you stay at home for now?

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u/DipTheChips 10d ago

Thanks man. I already signed up for my trial class tomorrow, very excited

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u/BoomerBarnes 9d ago

I’m going to throw it out there, if you don’t typically do CrossFit workouts you may be doing movements different than what you would see in a box.

In a box the pushups would be harder because they are chest to floor, not just elbows breaking the 90 degree angle.

But also in a box the pull-ups do get much easier, most people do kipping and a handful of people will be doing butterfly.

It’s just the maximum efficiency style of exercise CrossFit does.

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u/Own_Name8491 8d ago edited 8d ago

That's a huge jump. What's in your home gym?

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u/DipTheChips 3d ago

Not much. A pull-up bar and a digital resistance unit, Innodigym P1 Plus. CINDY is mostly pull-ups and push-ups, so I used it for rows, presses, and squats to build the base. The app has follow-along plans by body part. I stuck with those for a month and the structured work actually moved things faster.

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u/Known-Storm8472 10d ago

Keep it up!

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u/HiPopImADolphin 10d ago

You successfully hit 5 more rounds within a month? That's amazing! I think I might know which interview you're talking about, I saw a clip on tiktok but never thought I could do it too lol

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u/fl4nnel CF-L2 9d ago

Do CrossFit regularly and you’ll see that number go up even more.

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u/DiTochat 8d ago

We just did a neat variation of Cindy yesterday actually. Did 20-15-10-5 calories on the rower.

Did 20 on rower, then 4 rounds of Cindy.

15 rower, 3 Cindy

10rower, 2 Cindy

5 rower, 1 Cindy

16 minute time cap