I woke up this morning tired and not wanting to workout. I started by cleaning up my apartment some, but the task got daunting, the maintenance guy stopped by and I wanted to make sure he got everything, so I skipped 1130, but made it in for 5 pm. We started warming up with 100 sledgehammer swings. There is something so satisfying about swinging a hammer, and I hope to one day be able to swing it like Tripp who doesn't need to use a top hand guide, just like Thor. They got tiring after about 50 though...
We started Wendler 531 programming today, and I am excited about the change. This is a great way for me to make sure I get all the major lifts in every week, and track it in an organized way, and GET STRONGER! We worked on press today which sucks.
The wod was 10 down to 1 chin ups and push ups. I hopped up to the bar to see if I could go unassisted on the chin ups, but the reverse grip feels so wierd, so I used a band, and did girlie push ups to keep it quick.
I stayed for endurance (go me!) which I hope to make at least a 2 time per week deal. Today we rowed 20 seconds on, 50-40-30-20-10 off, 3 rounds of that. I made it a total of 1373 m. I should have strategized better, as I didn't know the total amount of time, so I didn't have a goal for meters, but tried to keep splits at 2:00, (which didn't quite happen) but feel like I could have squeezed out some more meters if 1500, or so was my goal.
So tomorrow we start our clean up whole 58 (we go out of town on day 59, so I make no promises for 60 days). I have spent a good amount of the weekend thinking of meals to savor in my nonpaleoness which means I have also have had heartburn for the past four days... I am now sick of eating crap, so I am excited for a clean up. My concerns are my meal planning skills which are currently lacking, I usually go to the grocery store and buy what is on sale, so at this point I am prepared only for a couple days, but it will probably also take a bit to get used to 2 paleo eaters in the household.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
seven...
So the other day I heard some people in the gym talking about this crazy wod they were gonna do...I said hey that sounds cool and somehow got myself involved in the shenanigans... The Seven is a hero wod in honor of 7 CIA officers killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. If you think about how badass you need to be to be in the CIA and multiply that by 7 per officer...then to the next power for being killed doing something knowingly dangerous for the USA then times it by a little more.
The Seven...
7 handstand pushups
7 thrusters (135/95) I did 75
7 knees to elbows
7 deadlifts (245/205) (145)
7 burpees
7 kettlebell swings (70/52)
7 pull ups.
So it is a terrible wod if I get excited for the bodyweight portions of it. HSPU's you either can do or can't do...I can't so they weren't that bad, I should have gone heavier on the thrusters as they were challenging but not terrible, my knees don't quite touch my elbows, but soon. The deads were terrible. I have some tightness in my low back so I know I was using my back rather than my legs, something to work on...burpees were a rest, Kettlebell swings were probably my favorite part...and pull ups were pull ups. Badass Ashley finished in 32 something while I was on round maybe 3. After round 2 I figured out I wasn't going to finish in a timely manner anyway, so I finished at round 4 in 49:01.
Then Gabe and Chad decided to do 11:30, which involved deadlifts and Annie. I had enough deads, but wanted to do Annie, so I sucked it up. The warmup felt fine, and then I tried to go light on deadlifts, but my back said no thank you...so I just used that time to mobility and roll out. It came time for the wod, and I started but couldn't get even 10 double unders together, I got through 50, sat down for situps and my body didn't work so I called it a day.
So while I am disappointed that I didn't finish, or even get anywhere close to Rx, my body hurts enough for a regular wod. I would like to attempt this again after my whole 58 to see the improvement.
The Seven...
7 handstand pushups
7 thrusters (135/95) I did 75
7 knees to elbows
7 deadlifts (245/205) (145)
7 burpees
7 kettlebell swings (70/52)
7 pull ups.
So it is a terrible wod if I get excited for the bodyweight portions of it. HSPU's you either can do or can't do...I can't so they weren't that bad, I should have gone heavier on the thrusters as they were challenging but not terrible, my knees don't quite touch my elbows, but soon. The deads were terrible. I have some tightness in my low back so I know I was using my back rather than my legs, something to work on...burpees were a rest, Kettlebell swings were probably my favorite part...and pull ups were pull ups. Badass Ashley finished in 32 something while I was on round maybe 3. After round 2 I figured out I wasn't going to finish in a timely manner anyway, so I finished at round 4 in 49:01.
Then Gabe and Chad decided to do 11:30, which involved deadlifts and Annie. I had enough deads, but wanted to do Annie, so I sucked it up. The warmup felt fine, and then I tried to go light on deadlifts, but my back said no thank you...so I just used that time to mobility and roll out. It came time for the wod, and I started but couldn't get even 10 double unders together, I got through 50, sat down for situps and my body didn't work so I called it a day.
So while I am disappointed that I didn't finish, or even get anywhere close to Rx, my body hurts enough for a regular wod. I would like to attempt this again after my whole 58 to see the improvement.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
catch up...
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...
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...
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.
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