Got a little taste of Carbon!

I will never get used to the 5 AM thing. I’ve done it on and off since 2007 and I still hate it. I don’t know how my dad has done it for the past 23+ years and is so chipper in the morning. I slept like a rock last night and boy was I pissed to have that alarm startle me awake this morning. It doesn’t make it any easier that I hate my job and dread going to it every.single.day. I desperately need to find a new job this year. Fingers crossed! If only I knew what I really wanted to do…

Today was an exciting day, 6 months and counting with the boy. Who woulda thunk I’d finally have a great guy in my life. Not I, but I’m glad I finally do! :) It was also exciting to visit some good friends of mine that I haven’t seen in weeks. Myself, K-Tuck, and Jer went to go visit Pete and Ivy and Steph at their box, CrossFit Carbon, that they just opened a few weeks ago. The place is HUGE! They’re very lucky to get a place of that size and I’m sure within time they’ll have plenty of members to fill it up. Pete is a great coach and gave me some tips the next time I work on the push press. Maybe next time I'm there I'll get the full effect of the weightlifting platforms with some Oly lifts. I'll be back soon, friends!

I’ve missed them a lot at the Fort, dead lift/tall sock Tuesday just isn’t the same without Ivy. I also haven’t seen them as much outside the Fort either, so we need to work on that. Hopefully now that they're up and running, they can afford some time to be friends again. ;)

Breakfast: 3 eggs, 5oz chicken breast and 2 Clementines Lunch: 4.5oz burger and 2 cups of stir fry veggies Dinner:went to Friday's with Jer after Carbon.... 10oz sirloin with a side of sweet potato fries and vegetable medley which had squash and zucchini. I ate a little more carbs today than I would've liked, but at least they mainly consisted of veggies, so I'm ok with it!

Since it's deload week at the Fort, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to go check out Carbon. I'm still amazed at how large the gym is!

Strength: Push Press 5-5-5 none of us (K-Tuck, Ivy, or I) remembered our numbers so we kind of just went with it. I followed them with 65-75-85 and Ivy said that was too light so I did another set at 95. Felt pretty good, I don't have a 1 rep max in push press, so now I know I can do 5 reps at about 44kg. I just need to work on keeping my core tight and not rounding my back and really opening my hips and driving that bar up. Thanks for the tip, Pete.

WOD: 5 rounds of: 15 wall balls (14#) and 2 wall to wall sprints (there and back twice)

Wall balls are kind of my thing, so I was looking forward to this wod. I needed to go a little deeper on some of my reps, but overall the wall balls felt great. The sprints were tricky coming out of those wall balls and probably could've been faster. But overall I was happy with my 5:36 time. I also want to say I'm super proud of Jer for trying his first CF wod. After his cancer treatments he's really lost a lot of his strength and stamina, so it was tough for him, but I'm happy he did the best he could. That's all I could ask for! And thanks to Pete and Ivy for really working with him and understanding the condition he's in after his treatments! Overall it was a great day, but this girl is TIRED! night world