My internet has been being weird the past week/I haven't been creative enough to post. I am going to attempt a summary of the past week but I will start with today.
4 rounds
500m row
3 rounds cindy (5 pull ups 10 push ups 15 air squats)
I was worried about this taking me absolutely forever, but I scaled the push ups, and was able to finish in 31:40. I just kept trucking and had some fast fast ladies to chase. My pull ups felt good (thanks to Lori's pull up ladder) I just lost grip a couple times.
This week has been pretty rough as two coaches had birthdays, so we have had some ridiculous wods, including one that went 9-15-21. We have done pull ups either in the wod or warm up three days this week, so I was leery about going today, but I think my pull ups are finally improving. I was able to deadlift 205 off the ground which is the first time in like 6 months, so I still kinda have it.
John and I attended Ashley's nutrition seminar on Saturday. He decided that he was gonna try a whole 30. I said I would take advantage of having a partner so we are doing it together. I mentioned that I probably should go longer as I slip up into bad eating habits so now we have gotten ourselves into a whole58. Why? so yes I have some LBs to lose, but I also believe this is the best way for me to eat, I feel better physically and mentally...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
a lotta pushups...
Today is a gorgeous North Carolina day, it is supposed to hit mid 60s, it is just quite windy. Today at crossfit Ashley led us through an easy kettlebell warm up...which is a bit of a funny as she had received comments that her warm-ups were too hard, which I didn't really agree with, and then the strength work was overhead squats. Lori was in class today, so I worked with her hoping her brute strength would rub off on me. I got up to 95 and couldn't keep my core tight enough, I know I can do it as I have done it before so it was a mental issue. I did manage to drop the bar and let it roll into my shin, but nothing like the last time I did that.
The workout was an interesting format, max reps of push ups, then run 50 m, rest only as long as it takes you to walk back to the push ups. I knew I couldn't get that many on my toes so I did knee push ups for this, and had trouble sliding as we worked out outside (because it is freaking gorgeous)...but it was on an incline. I got up to 83 push ups and was satisfied with that. The torturous part was the smell of french fries wafting over to our area, now I want some bad.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
VD!
Today John and I competed in the VD challenge at Crossfit Durham (couples throwdown official title). The prize was a gift certificate to Dos Perros and a fancy trophy (the one thing our apartment decor is missing) and while we came in dead last, we had a ton of fun. We figured out a few things about ourselves along the way.
The first wod was
Partner 1 (me) eats 15 hershey kisses
Partner 2 rows 1000m
both do 20 abmat situps
Partner 1 rows 800 m
20 situps
Partner 2 rows 600 m
20 situps
partner 1 rows 400 m
20 situps
partner 2 rows 200 m
20 situps
Partner 2 eats 10 mini Reese's cups
1. The Hills are not good at eating fast. I was dead last in eating the kisses, when Jed next to me was done I still had like 8 left, most others found the challenge in unwrapping, I was really good at that part... John wasn't that quick either. While I don't like losing, I don't take it personally that we just eat slow, we made up some time on the rows, John did much better than me.
2. This Hill doesn't like the cold, or mud...both is gross.
The second wod was:
AMRAP 10 minutes
10 burpees
25 m walking lunge
but with our legs tied together like the worst three legged race imaginable...
3. We do burpees (drop to the floor with chest to deck, stand back up and hop) completely different. I found my leg going out before his or after, so eventually I just lifted my leg off the ground, and let his carry mine until I could figure out the rhythm. While Paul provided excellent counting and coaching skills, we still ended up last in this one.
We still had fun, and went back to do a ridiculous wod with Ashley, but as my stomach was still not quite right after the milk chocolate I was an excellent cheerleader. John trucked through like a champ...(Ashley crushed it)
Amrap 40 min:
1. 300 double unders
then
2. run 100 m
10 clusters (95/65)
10 box jumps (30/24)
10 burpees
run 100 m
10 burpees
10 box jumps
10 clusters
It was quite beastly looking, and while I would like to try it, I can't see myself doing this one alone, or convincing any of the people that did it today to do it again...Jonathan and I cleaned up their bars and boxes as they didn't look like they were moving any time soon...
The first wod was
Partner 1 (me) eats 15 hershey kisses
Partner 2 rows 1000m
both do 20 abmat situps
Partner 1 rows 800 m
20 situps
Partner 2 rows 600 m
20 situps
partner 1 rows 400 m
20 situps
partner 2 rows 200 m
20 situps
Partner 2 eats 10 mini Reese's cups
1. The Hills are not good at eating fast. I was dead last in eating the kisses, when Jed next to me was done I still had like 8 left, most others found the challenge in unwrapping, I was really good at that part... John wasn't that quick either. While I don't like losing, I don't take it personally that we just eat slow, we made up some time on the rows, John did much better than me.
2. This Hill doesn't like the cold, or mud...both is gross.
The second wod was:
AMRAP 10 minutes
10 burpees
25 m walking lunge
but with our legs tied together like the worst three legged race imaginable...
3. We do burpees (drop to the floor with chest to deck, stand back up and hop) completely different. I found my leg going out before his or after, so eventually I just lifted my leg off the ground, and let his carry mine until I could figure out the rhythm. While Paul provided excellent counting and coaching skills, we still ended up last in this one.
We still had fun, and went back to do a ridiculous wod with Ashley, but as my stomach was still not quite right after the milk chocolate I was an excellent cheerleader. John trucked through like a champ...(Ashley crushed it)
Amrap 40 min:
1. 300 double unders
then
2. run 100 m
10 clusters (95/65)
10 box jumps (30/24)
10 burpees
run 100 m
10 burpees
10 box jumps
10 clusters
It was quite beastly looking, and while I would like to try it, I can't see myself doing this one alone, or convincing any of the people that did it today to do it again...Jonathan and I cleaned up their bars and boxes as they didn't look like they were moving any time soon...
Friday, February 11, 2011
lindsay gets crafty!
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| so my photography skills need work, and i have no idea how it uploaded sideways or how to fix it... |
This project took a max of fifteen minutes and now I have a place to hang earrings so I can see them... I was searching for my tar heel earrings for the game and while I only found one, I found a bunch of other earrings I love but haven't worn in a while. I was inspired by this tutorial... I used an IKEA frame I had laying around, $2 worth of lace and an old t-shirt...and yes I crafted the earrings as well, while they aren't my most creative gems, they were within reach.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
no wod is okay...
This morning I woke up earlier than planned, and had trouble falling back asleep, so I resorted to coffee, and started my day, by the time we got to crossfit, I had a bit of lack of motivation, so I wasn't quite prepared to warm up or do work, but I kinda got myself ready to go. I decided to make up the deadlifts from yesterday. it was a tough battle to decide not to go yesterday, but I needed that rest day, but DOMS was a bit of a beast today so my legs felt pretty tight from Monday's wall balls. I have kinda come to terms with my poor deadlifting abilities lately, but am determined to get back to my 1 RM (255) and then some. I was hoping today for maybe 215...maybe just maybe 230...but I couldn't pull 200 off the ground...tell me where does 56 pounds go, how do I lose that??????????????? It is frustrating as I don't really know what was different then from now...
The wod today was:
40 30 20 push ups (i pushed up from my knees to avoid the snake...i hate snakes)
50 40 30 double unders (I realized today my rope is DOOK blue and am now on the market for a carolina blue one and swirly wirly laces)
30 20 10 back squats (my legs were in rebellion so I did 45 instead of the Rx 65)
This was tougher than it looked in writing, (as they all are) so I trucked through with the slowest time on the board today womp womp as usual. a nap may be in order.
Monday, February 7, 2011
take a wall ball to the face!!
I've never been in a fight... and only have one person that has ever wanted to fight me and so I did think of strategies in the event that I had to use them... I think now if I ever had to fight someone, best case scenario it would happen in the vicinity of a crossfit gym. I would stun them with a med ball to the face and then do what I needed to do...why might this work? Because I took one to the face today and it surprised me pretty bad, but I kept it moving.
Yesterday I realized that I had been 3 days in a row, with a semi rest day the day before that and two days on the day before, so while I felt well, I could take rest without feeling bad...Then I saw the strength work was snatches, and I haven't been able to work on them this year due to knee issues and scheduling so I wanted to go...except the wod was Karen, 150 wall balls for time.. and numbers above 20 freak me out, so 150 is crazy. I was perfectly happy doing things around the house relishing in being home, when John called to have me deliver a phone to him at work...I figured I might as well make it worth my while, so I went to workout. I debated the endurance wod but then thought about multiple rounds of 8 minutes and decided against it. My snatches felt medium. I started at 53 which felt amazing but then as I got higher I found myself power snatching and riding it down, I don't know why I kept going higher, but next time will stay low for efficiency. Watching Phil get a pr was pretty awesome as his form is pretty amazing, but today wasn't my day...So I whined about the wod, to anyone who would listen, I would have shouted it from the rooftops... but I am trying to do better about how I talk about things I don't want to do. As expected 150 wall balls is pretty terrible. My initial strategy was kinda 10 at a time, but that went to crap. Once I got to 75 Dave kept an eye on me, and we found I did the second half as fast as the first, so really I could have gone faster, but it is such a mental thing, and you have to be sure to throw it properly each time, because hitting myself in the face or missing the wall really screwed me up. All in all I am glad I did it and got it over with, though 14:37 is not the time I was hoping for and would like to try to do it faster but don't see myself doing this on my own time.
Yesterday I realized that I had been 3 days in a row, with a semi rest day the day before that and two days on the day before, so while I felt well, I could take rest without feeling bad...Then I saw the strength work was snatches, and I haven't been able to work on them this year due to knee issues and scheduling so I wanted to go...except the wod was Karen, 150 wall balls for time.. and numbers above 20 freak me out, so 150 is crazy. I was perfectly happy doing things around the house relishing in being home, when John called to have me deliver a phone to him at work...I figured I might as well make it worth my while, so I went to workout. I debated the endurance wod but then thought about multiple rounds of 8 minutes and decided against it. My snatches felt medium. I started at 53 which felt amazing but then as I got higher I found myself power snatching and riding it down, I don't know why I kept going higher, but next time will stay low for efficiency. Watching Phil get a pr was pretty awesome as his form is pretty amazing, but today wasn't my day...So I whined about the wod, to anyone who would listen, I would have shouted it from the rooftops... but I am trying to do better about how I talk about things I don't want to do. As expected 150 wall balls is pretty terrible. My initial strategy was kinda 10 at a time, but that went to crap. Once I got to 75 Dave kept an eye on me, and we found I did the second half as fast as the first, so really I could have gone faster, but it is such a mental thing, and you have to be sure to throw it properly each time, because hitting myself in the face or missing the wall really screwed me up. All in all I am glad I did it and got it over with, though 14:37 is not the time I was hoping for and would like to try to do it faster but don't see myself doing this on my own time.
stupid shoelaces....
I love walking in to a huge class at crossfit, especially with some of my favorites. Colin coached and lead us through a squatastic and push uppy warm up, in which Paul filed his callouses and offered gum to the cllass. The skill work was on double unders, I planned my outfit poorly as my pants (and underpants cause you wanted to know) would not stay up...then my shoelaces messed me up... So I love shoes as I have a great appreciation for them and have several pairs. If I had it in me I would go back to school for design and work on making super cute functional shoes for all fields (dance, fitness, and fashion), I just feel that physics and or biomechanics might be necessary and I can't. My point with this, I have a pair of Nike frees and Saucony racing flats that I had to special order...why can't these shoe companies get it together, I shouldn't have to double knot my shoes and still have to tie them in the middle of a work out!!!!!!!!!!!! Paul told me about elastic shoelaces I could by, but I am in the market for the swirly wirly shoelaces you purchase for children...I used to pair mine to match my slouch socks.
The workout was the chief. As many rounds as possible in 3 minutes of 3 power cleans, 6 push ups, 9 squats, rest one minute, for a total of 6 rounds. I have been going through my old notebook which will not stay together, and typing up my wod book, so I know my rounds to beat was 15 1/3. Yesterday I managed 17, but I didn't Rx my push ups, as I started snaking in the first 3 minutes. I have been trying to analyze when my performance started to suffer, and I haven't quite pinned it, but I did notice that we often did cash in and outs, which we don't necessarily always do, and I am pretty sure I have been much more lax in my warm ups so the past few days I have made sure to cash out with at minimum my pull up ladder, I also am working on a core movement as well, yesterday I did sets of 15 situps then head stands.
Melissa of Whole 9 posted this awesome article today as well... There are times when I upset myself too much about things that go on at the gym, but really it is one aspect of my life...not me as a whole. I am also an awesome wife, a bomb cook and baker, a snazzy dresser, a hip aunt Z, and shwerking dancer....thanks.
The workout was the chief. As many rounds as possible in 3 minutes of 3 power cleans, 6 push ups, 9 squats, rest one minute, for a total of 6 rounds. I have been going through my old notebook which will not stay together, and typing up my wod book, so I know my rounds to beat was 15 1/3. Yesterday I managed 17, but I didn't Rx my push ups, as I started snaking in the first 3 minutes. I have been trying to analyze when my performance started to suffer, and I haven't quite pinned it, but I did notice that we often did cash in and outs, which we don't necessarily always do, and I am pretty sure I have been much more lax in my warm ups so the past few days I have made sure to cash out with at minimum my pull up ladder, I also am working on a core movement as well, yesterday I did sets of 15 situps then head stands.
Melissa of Whole 9 posted this awesome article today as well... There are times when I upset myself too much about things that go on at the gym, but really it is one aspect of my life...not me as a whole. I am also an awesome wife, a bomb cook and baker, a snazzy dresser, a hip aunt Z, and shwerking dancer....thanks.
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