Holy crap, I haven't updated in a week! My bad. Life calls my name and takes away my time from this blog. so we'll start way back from last Thursday...
Thursday strength: Front squat: 5(65%)-5(75%)-5(85%) 45kg-51kg-57kg
All I remember from this was that the last couple reps in the last set felt heavy. Front squats have really felt heavy that last few times it's come up...
WOD: with 15:00 on the clock:
run 1 mile
max burpees
7:28/62
My goal with this one was to try and beat my old time or come very close to it. With the summer of not so great eating, I figured it would've been a little slower. But to my surprise, I came in at the EXACT same time as my old PR. I'm just glad it wasn't slower. Then I took about 1:00-1:30 to start the burpees. I was just trying to catch my breath and since I was wearing my glasses it threw me off. I probably should've had at least 70 burpees...
Friday Speed: 3 Jerks @ 60% of 1rm (30kg) on the minute for 8:00
Wod: "Cindy"
5 pull-ups
10 push-ups
15 squats
11+28
I can't say that I'm not disappointed in this. I thought I was doing so much better and was going to get around 13 rounds....blah. Pull-ups were unbroken for the first 7 rounds. And the push-ups are what got me. I made sure to do my best not to touch my hips and worm up. If I did, i would redo that rep. First couple rounds were unbroken, then it was 5-5, then sets of 2. yuck. Really need to get better at these...
Saturday, I went to the Whole9 seminar with my mom, Season and her sister. It was a long day. I knew a good majority of the information already, so it was kind of repetitive, but there were some points I didn't know and they were pretty good ones, so it was worth it just for that.
Sunday: Team wod at PreVail with Nicole, Rosie, Jennie F., Whitney and Julie
Team run 455 1/2 m
227 wall balls
227 sit-ups
227 push-ups
230 air squats
team run 455 1/2 m
*one person works at a time
*finish one movement before going to the next
28:35 first girls team to finish
We pretty much split this up with a certain amount of reps to aim for each, but if we felt good to keep going. I think I did 30 wall balls, 30 sit ups, 40 push ups and 60 air squats. We got to the last 30 squats and I decided to just finish them since those are easy for me to fly through and then it was off on the team run. I almost stumbled a little becuase my legs were jello, but I was out the door. At the end I tried chasing Zach down, and totally would've had the guys not said something, but I was about a step behind him. This was such a great way to spend my morning. SO incredibly excited another box is opening up so close to home and that I can share this experience with a lot of my friends. Looking to a lot more time being spent there! :)
Tuesday Strength: BACK SQUAT!!!!!!!! 5-5-5 105#-123#-140#
Holy crap, I haven't done a back squat since January. And I was SO excited to do these yesterday. But also realized, it's been a LONG time since I've done this movement. I feel like I should be much stronger at these, but given that we don't do them, I'm not. I decided to go with 60%-70%-80% of my 1RM. And it's a good thing I did because the last two reps were kind of rough. But every rep was below parallel, chest high and felt great!
WOD: 10:00 Amrap of:
20 Double Unders
10 KB swings (35#)
5 pull-ups
7+31
My goal for this was to get 8 rounds/beat Dan Berry. :) I didn't make the 8, but I beat Dan by 1 rep! haha. My double unders were pretty solid yesterday, I think the 5th and 6th rounds were the only two that weren't unbroken and had one trip up each. KB swings were all unbroken. And pull-ups the first 3 rounds were unbroken, then it was 3-2,2-2-1, 2-1-2, 3-1-1-1, 1. Pull-ups are still definitely something I need to work on, but my left forearm was on fire!!!
Cash out: max handstand hold 2:00 after wod is over. 1:07
I was shooting for 2:00 to beat Brandon, but sheesh once the minute came my arms were shaking like no other and I felt like I was going to collapse on my head.
A great day of training with great people. Can't wait to go back! :)
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Floor Press, row, 3 rnds, run
First day back at work yesterday wasn't too bad. I just keep reminding myself that there is a light at the end of the tunnel now that I'm doing something to make a change in my life. The end result is almost 3 years away, but there is a slight glimmer of hope...
Strength: Floor Press 5-5-5 34kg (65% of 1rm) - 40kg (75%) - 45kg (85%)
We haven't done floor press since back in February, so it's clearly been awhile. I remember trying to establish a 1RM and only going up .5kg and being super bummed about it. But any time we get in some extra strength work that will help me with other upper body work, is good for me!
WOD:
1000 m Row
then:
3 rounds of:
10 Jerks (60kg/40kg)
10 Ball slams (30#/20#)
10 sit ups
Then:
400m Run
11:10
I was actually looking forward to this workout. It was just the push I needed to get my motivation back. A longer row sandwiched with a triplet and a sprint, was a great way to end my day. My goal for the row was to pretty much just finish under 4:00. I didn't want to go all out on the row and be drained for the rest of the wod. I'm pretty sure I got off the rower around 3:55, headed down the stairs and got straight on that bar. My Jerks were unbroken, 5-5, and 5-3-2. I knew this would be my goat in the wod, but they actually felt really good. The only reason the last round wasn't 5-5 was I slipped up and lost balance on the 8th rep. Ball slams and sit ups were all unbroken and flew through those. The run was definltey slow, it's a lot easier when someone else is out there running to give you a push, but since we all finished randomly it was just me trying to push myself, which didn't go all that well. Either way I finished in the goal time of 9-12:00, so that was a good thing.
I also noticed on my run, how much it SUCKS to run/workout when you've put weight back on. Yesterday was quite the slap in the face to be quite honest. And it's really making me want to get my shit together. I haven't felt this awful in a long time. This summer has pretty much destroyed me and I need to get back to myself....
Monday's Eats
Breakfast: 3 eggs and 6 strawberries and 1.5 oz almonds
Lunch: 1.5 cups of chili
Dinner: salad with cucumber and tomato and about 2 cups of chicken stir fry
Dessert: almonds, dried cranberries and dark chocolate chips
Strength: Floor Press 5-5-5 34kg (65% of 1rm) - 40kg (75%) - 45kg (85%)
We haven't done floor press since back in February, so it's clearly been awhile. I remember trying to establish a 1RM and only going up .5kg and being super bummed about it. But any time we get in some extra strength work that will help me with other upper body work, is good for me!
WOD:
1000 m Row
then:
3 rounds of:
10 Jerks (60kg/40kg)
10 Ball slams (30#/20#)
10 sit ups
Then:
400m Run
11:10
I was actually looking forward to this workout. It was just the push I needed to get my motivation back. A longer row sandwiched with a triplet and a sprint, was a great way to end my day. My goal for the row was to pretty much just finish under 4:00. I didn't want to go all out on the row and be drained for the rest of the wod. I'm pretty sure I got off the rower around 3:55, headed down the stairs and got straight on that bar. My Jerks were unbroken, 5-5, and 5-3-2. I knew this would be my goat in the wod, but they actually felt really good. The only reason the last round wasn't 5-5 was I slipped up and lost balance on the 8th rep. Ball slams and sit ups were all unbroken and flew through those. The run was definltey slow, it's a lot easier when someone else is out there running to give you a push, but since we all finished randomly it was just me trying to push myself, which didn't go all that well. Either way I finished in the goal time of 9-12:00, so that was a good thing.
I also noticed on my run, how much it SUCKS to run/workout when you've put weight back on. Yesterday was quite the slap in the face to be quite honest. And it's really making me want to get my shit together. I haven't felt this awful in a long time. This summer has pretty much destroyed me and I need to get back to myself....
Monday's Eats
Breakfast: 3 eggs and 6 strawberries and 1.5 oz almonds
Lunch: 1.5 cups of chili
Dinner: salad with cucumber and tomato and about 2 cups of chicken stir fry
Dessert: almonds, dried cranberries and dark chocolate chips
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Long weekend!
So I am long overdue for some updates here... my bad. But whatever, I've been off of work the past 5 days and have been in the BEST mood I've been in, in a long time. It was so nice to sleep in and relax and do whatever I wanted for 5 days. And not worry about an alarm waking me up. I took full advantage of the ability to take naps as well! :) However, the 5 days off caused me to be pretty weak on the diet front and ate pretty poorly. Blah. Jer and I are going to set up an incentive thing for the two of us to keep my diet on track and him with some of his stuff he needs to work on. Should help a ton...I just need to buckle down and do it! sheesh, enough already!
Thursday Strength: Push Press 3 @ 60% of 1RM (33kg) on the minute for 7:00
Not much to say here...just focused on driving off the heels and keeping my core tight.
WOD: "Helen"
3 rounds of:
400m run
21 kb swings (16kg)
12 pull ups
13:21
This was just down right awful. Mom and I were out and about all day running around, so I barely drank any fluids or ate anything. I normally drink anywhere between 4-8 24oz bottles of water throughout the day, so I was severely dehydrated. I also felt sick going to the fort and it was like 95 degrees and humid and gross. So all that combined made for a 2:00 gain to my Helen time. yuck. Oh well...as the pattern shows, I'm sure this one will be coming up again...
Friday Strength: Hang Power Clean 3(35kg)-2(40kg)-2(45kg)-1(50kg)-1(55kg)-1(60kg PR)
If you've read before, you're aware that I have issues with anything that has "Power" in front of it and we're going for a 1RM. I have a physical/mental block on dropping under the bar, but staying above parallel. Bu for some reason on Friday, it clicked! And I was able to drop to just the right height for 60kg! 55 kg my feet landed pretty wide, but 60kg i managed to keep them under control! I probably could've gone for 62-63kg, but I felt satisfied with the 60kg.
WOD:
4:00 Double unders
2:00 Rest
3:00 Power Cleans (60kg/40kg)
2:00 Rest
2:00 Pull ups
2:00 Rest
1:00 Burpees
162/32/23/24 = 241
Pretty disappointed with my double unders during this one...with my foot still giving me issues, while I workout, but not-so-much after, it hinders stringing together DU's. I was definitely hoping for at least 200 du's during this, but that pesky foot...
Power cleans I was ok with, did a strong set of 10 within the first 40 seconds and kind of slowed down from there and did sets of 2 or 3. Probably could've gotten 2 or 3 more out here.
Pullups were a struggle again. The bar was slippery and just wasn't feeling them. I got a couple sets of 4 and then some 2's then it was singles to the finish.
Burpees was all out for me. It was the last minute and no time for rest. RTL was going next to me, so I was trying my best to keep up with him, he finished with a couple more than me, but I feel like I did a pretty good job keeping up with him!
Saturday:
I woke up and just laid in bed for awhile. I had no motivation to get up and go to the gym. This is why I need an intervention. I've lost motivation for some stuff at the gym and my diet. I've gone off the edge. Hopefully I'll find a spark here soon and start kicking ass again.
So I missed oly class and then there was an odd number of people so I didn't participate in the 31 Heroes wod. I talked to Alyson for a good part of it, which was absolutely fantastic, beause I've missed her dearly. Then around the 9:30 remaining in the wod, I started my own of
21-15-9
Row cals
GHD sit ups
Burpees
and I finished right when everyone else finished. The row was all about strong pulls, no all out sprint here. GHD was pretty hard. I barely get up to use this machine and I'm still a little nervous it will effect "Louis", but all was good. Just a real burner. And burpees were as fast as I could. Pretty good fast wod...
Monday Strength: 2 Deadlift @ 50% of 1RM(55kg) OTM for 12:00
Again, not much to say here. Just focused on proper form. Keeping that back tight and driving through the heels.
Wod:
"Diane"
21-15-9
Deadlift (70kg) - used 55kg
HSPU - used box
4:06
I went light on the deadlifts just because we haven't done these much and I didn't feel like really pushing it on my back. Still kind of nervous when in comes to deadlifts and my back...the box hspu were way too easy. I would've preferred to use the bands, but lack of space didn't allow for it.
Ready to kick my ass in gear and get some motivation going. It's rather depressing when I don't see the people at the Fort that I used to on a daily basis that would give me that extra bit of a push...
Thursday Strength: Push Press 3 @ 60% of 1RM (33kg) on the minute for 7:00
Not much to say here...just focused on driving off the heels and keeping my core tight.
WOD: "Helen"
3 rounds of:
400m run
21 kb swings (16kg)
12 pull ups
13:21
This was just down right awful. Mom and I were out and about all day running around, so I barely drank any fluids or ate anything. I normally drink anywhere between 4-8 24oz bottles of water throughout the day, so I was severely dehydrated. I also felt sick going to the fort and it was like 95 degrees and humid and gross. So all that combined made for a 2:00 gain to my Helen time. yuck. Oh well...as the pattern shows, I'm sure this one will be coming up again...
Friday Strength: Hang Power Clean 3(35kg)-2(40kg)-2(45kg)-1(50kg)-1(55kg)-1(60kg PR)
If you've read before, you're aware that I have issues with anything that has "Power" in front of it and we're going for a 1RM. I have a physical/mental block on dropping under the bar, but staying above parallel. Bu for some reason on Friday, it clicked! And I was able to drop to just the right height for 60kg! 55 kg my feet landed pretty wide, but 60kg i managed to keep them under control! I probably could've gone for 62-63kg, but I felt satisfied with the 60kg.
WOD:
4:00 Double unders
2:00 Rest
3:00 Power Cleans (60kg/40kg)
2:00 Rest
2:00 Pull ups
2:00 Rest
1:00 Burpees
162/32/23/24 = 241
Pretty disappointed with my double unders during this one...with my foot still giving me issues, while I workout, but not-so-much after, it hinders stringing together DU's. I was definitely hoping for at least 200 du's during this, but that pesky foot...
Power cleans I was ok with, did a strong set of 10 within the first 40 seconds and kind of slowed down from there and did sets of 2 or 3. Probably could've gotten 2 or 3 more out here.
Pullups were a struggle again. The bar was slippery and just wasn't feeling them. I got a couple sets of 4 and then some 2's then it was singles to the finish.
Burpees was all out for me. It was the last minute and no time for rest. RTL was going next to me, so I was trying my best to keep up with him, he finished with a couple more than me, but I feel like I did a pretty good job keeping up with him!
Saturday:
I woke up and just laid in bed for awhile. I had no motivation to get up and go to the gym. This is why I need an intervention. I've lost motivation for some stuff at the gym and my diet. I've gone off the edge. Hopefully I'll find a spark here soon and start kicking ass again.
So I missed oly class and then there was an odd number of people so I didn't participate in the 31 Heroes wod. I talked to Alyson for a good part of it, which was absolutely fantastic, beause I've missed her dearly. Then around the 9:30 remaining in the wod, I started my own of
21-15-9
Row cals
GHD sit ups
Burpees
and I finished right when everyone else finished. The row was all about strong pulls, no all out sprint here. GHD was pretty hard. I barely get up to use this machine and I'm still a little nervous it will effect "Louis", but all was good. Just a real burner. And burpees were as fast as I could. Pretty good fast wod...
Monday Strength: 2 Deadlift @ 50% of 1RM(55kg) OTM for 12:00
Again, not much to say here. Just focused on proper form. Keeping that back tight and driving through the heels.
Wod:
"Diane"
21-15-9
Deadlift (70kg) - used 55kg
HSPU - used box
4:06
I went light on the deadlifts just because we haven't done these much and I didn't feel like really pushing it on my back. Still kind of nervous when in comes to deadlifts and my back...the box hspu were way too easy. I would've preferred to use the bands, but lack of space didn't allow for it.
Ready to kick my ass in gear and get some motivation going. It's rather depressing when I don't see the people at the Fort that I used to on a daily basis that would give me that extra bit of a push...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
DT
It's pretty disappointing that I can't make it to the Fort on Monday's because of class. But, that just makes me go harder on Tuesday. Hopefully soon I'll be able to get some work in on Sundays. The last few weeks have been pretty rough emotionally. Right now, I'm just taking it one day at a time, that's really all I can do. And the fact that I have one less day to go to the Fort to releave some stress and emotions, kind of sucks. Just trying to stay afloat.
Tuesday's Speed: 2 Snatches @ 60% of 1RM on the minute for 10:00. 30kg
I technically was supposed to do 28.8 kg, but I just rounded up 1.2kg. I originally was going to work my full squat under the bar and drop as low as I could every time. But for some reason or another, changed my mind last minute, and just focused on my bar path and staying back on my heels. I also tried to focus on my overhead position and making sure I didn't throw the bar too far back.
WOD:
"DT"
5 rounds of:
12 Deadlifts
9 Hang power cleans
6 Jerks (70kg men/50kg women) - I used 40 kg
9:35
I think some people were really expecting me to go with the Rx'd weight on this. Normally I'll do the prescribed weight, but 50kg is heavy. I probably could've done this workout at 50kg, but more than likely it would've taken me at least 16:00-17:00. First let's take a look back at the two times I've done this in the past....
September 3, 2010 at 25kg 9:00
December 28, 2010 at 30kg 7:16
um can you say improvement?! Almost a year ago, I did this wod 15kg lighter and it took me 35 seconds less. THAT is crazy. I'd say I've gotten a bit stronger in the last year. When I did this back in December, I went a little lighter than I probably wanted to, but I know I did because that was a few short weeks after "louis" appeared and I was taking it easy. But adding 5 kg, I respectively dropped almost 2 full minutes.
This time around, I added 10 kg. I could've done 45kg, I could've done 50kg, but I chose to go with 40kg. Was I being a chicken, was I staying in my comfort zone, was I not pushing myself? I don't think so. I think I was being smart my current hang power clean PR is 56kg, this is old, but still what I currently have, my Jerk is 60kg, my deadlift is 105, but I wasn't worried about that. I wanted to gauge my progress at 40kg, plain and simple. I know this wod will come up again in the future, or I can do it on my own sometime in the future to gauge my progress again. I was simply getting a time so that I have a goal for next time. There's no reason to go through this at 50kg and take 17:00 just to get on the whiteboard. I don't really care, all I wanted was a benchmark for myself.
I'm happy I stuck with 40kg. I was able to keep proper form throughout the wod. I could feel my back in the 5th round tighten up and that's what slowed me down in that round. That right there alone, confirmed that going at 40kg was just the right load. Good WOD and great to see everyone push themselves through 5 round yesterday. SUPER proud of all you guys! :)
Tuesday's Speed: 2 Snatches @ 60% of 1RM on the minute for 10:00. 30kg
I technically was supposed to do 28.8 kg, but I just rounded up 1.2kg. I originally was going to work my full squat under the bar and drop as low as I could every time. But for some reason or another, changed my mind last minute, and just focused on my bar path and staying back on my heels. I also tried to focus on my overhead position and making sure I didn't throw the bar too far back.
WOD:
"DT"
5 rounds of:
12 Deadlifts
9 Hang power cleans
6 Jerks (70kg men/50kg women) - I used 40 kg
9:35
I think some people were really expecting me to go with the Rx'd weight on this. Normally I'll do the prescribed weight, but 50kg is heavy. I probably could've done this workout at 50kg, but more than likely it would've taken me at least 16:00-17:00. First let's take a look back at the two times I've done this in the past....
September 3, 2010 at 25kg 9:00
December 28, 2010 at 30kg 7:16
um can you say improvement?! Almost a year ago, I did this wod 15kg lighter and it took me 35 seconds less. THAT is crazy. I'd say I've gotten a bit stronger in the last year. When I did this back in December, I went a little lighter than I probably wanted to, but I know I did because that was a few short weeks after "louis" appeared and I was taking it easy. But adding 5 kg, I respectively dropped almost 2 full minutes.
This time around, I added 10 kg. I could've done 45kg, I could've done 50kg, but I chose to go with 40kg. Was I being a chicken, was I staying in my comfort zone, was I not pushing myself? I don't think so. I think I was being smart my current hang power clean PR is 56kg, this is old, but still what I currently have, my Jerk is 60kg, my deadlift is 105, but I wasn't worried about that. I wanted to gauge my progress at 40kg, plain and simple. I know this wod will come up again in the future, or I can do it on my own sometime in the future to gauge my progress again. I was simply getting a time so that I have a goal for next time. There's no reason to go through this at 50kg and take 17:00 just to get on the whiteboard. I don't really care, all I wanted was a benchmark for myself.
I'm happy I stuck with 40kg. I was able to keep proper form throughout the wod. I could feel my back in the 5th round tighten up and that's what slowed me down in that round. That right there alone, confirmed that going at 40kg was just the right load. Good WOD and great to see everyone push themselves through 5 round yesterday. SUPER proud of all you guys! :)
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Grace
There's not question about it....last week was a terribly long week. Each day I was home for no more than an hour at night to eat, pack my food for the next day, shower, then go to bed. But hey, that's what I got myself into, so I'm going to have to deal with it.
Friday's Strength: 2 OHS @ 60% of 1RM (37.5kg) OTM for 10:00
Here I was working on driving through those heels again and trying not to come up onto my toes/balls of my feet. I also tried to keep my feet a little more forward than turned out.
WOD:
"Grace"
30 Clean & Jerks (40kg)
3:26
The last time we did this back in February I got 4:00 even. My goal this time was to strictly beat that. I tried my best not to rest at all, but the fact that I would just drop the bar instead of keep my hands on it and follow it down then right back up caused me some time. I also lost a but of time when I failed the 29th clean (just stupid). But I got right back up and finished with a 34 second PR. I'll take it! Next time, shooting for under 3:00!
Friday night I was able to enjoy dinner with some friends. We haven't been able to all get together in awhile, so it was a nice evening. I was absolutely exhausted by the end of the night, but it was great!
Saturday morning was hard to get up. I was considering sleeping in and not going to Oly class. Instead I got up and made my way to the Fort. Decided to work on my heavy cleans. My shoulders were destroyed from this week, so these were just uncomfortable. I couldn't even get my elbows around for a 60kg clean. ugh.
Team Saturday was a good one and quite a few people showed up. The wod was:
In teams of 2 complete 1 round for time:
20 pulls on the rower (each)
X wall ball shots (14#) 74 reps
30 Overhead Squats (25kg)
2Y double unders 150 reps
40 Burpees
Z Power Snatches (25kg) 102 reps
*1 Person working at a time
*x=100-calories rowed
*y=number of seconds to complete overhead squats
*z=number of seconds to complete burpees
17:48
I really enjoyed this WOD. I got to work with "bad" Tiffany. haha, despite the name she is far from bad. This is the second team Saturday I've been able to work with her and the first time was her first team sat! Needless to say in just a few shorts months she's come a long way. We had a good strategy going throughout the wod. I think we were given more reps on the double unders and snatches because Bill didn't hear us right away when we called time, but whatever, extra credit work right? The power snatches destroyed me at the end because my shoulders, but we moved as fast as we could through those. Overall a great workout and was followed by a great breakfast!
Friday's Strength: 2 OHS @ 60% of 1RM (37.5kg) OTM for 10:00
Here I was working on driving through those heels again and trying not to come up onto my toes/balls of my feet. I also tried to keep my feet a little more forward than turned out.
WOD:
"Grace"
30 Clean & Jerks (40kg)
3:26
The last time we did this back in February I got 4:00 even. My goal this time was to strictly beat that. I tried my best not to rest at all, but the fact that I would just drop the bar instead of keep my hands on it and follow it down then right back up caused me some time. I also lost a but of time when I failed the 29th clean (just stupid). But I got right back up and finished with a 34 second PR. I'll take it! Next time, shooting for under 3:00!
Friday night I was able to enjoy dinner with some friends. We haven't been able to all get together in awhile, so it was a nice evening. I was absolutely exhausted by the end of the night, but it was great!
Saturday morning was hard to get up. I was considering sleeping in and not going to Oly class. Instead I got up and made my way to the Fort. Decided to work on my heavy cleans. My shoulders were destroyed from this week, so these were just uncomfortable. I couldn't even get my elbows around for a 60kg clean. ugh.
Team Saturday was a good one and quite a few people showed up. The wod was:
In teams of 2 complete 1 round for time:
20 pulls on the rower (each)
X wall ball shots (14#) 74 reps
30 Overhead Squats (25kg)
2Y double unders 150 reps
40 Burpees
Z Power Snatches (25kg) 102 reps
*1 Person working at a time
*x=100-calories rowed
*y=number of seconds to complete overhead squats
*z=number of seconds to complete burpees
17:48
I really enjoyed this WOD. I got to work with "bad" Tiffany. haha, despite the name she is far from bad. This is the second team Saturday I've been able to work with her and the first time was her first team sat! Needless to say in just a few shorts months she's come a long way. We had a good strategy going throughout the wod. I think we were given more reps on the double unders and snatches because Bill didn't hear us right away when we called time, but whatever, extra credit work right? The power snatches destroyed me at the end because my shoulders, but we moved as fast as we could through those. Overall a great workout and was followed by a great breakfast!
Friday, August 26, 2011
FBG Prep Round 2
Been utterly exhausted this week. Every night I've been home for just enough time to eat, pack my food for the next day, shower, then hit the sack. So that's like an hour. Last night I was able to get home a little earlier and enjoy some girl time with mom! It was nice to relax for a liiitle longer.
Thursday's Strength: Thruster 6-4-3-2-1-1 26kg-31.5kg-36.5kg-42kg-47kg-55kgfail-53.5kgfail
Ok....so you know how I say I hate Jerks....well I think thrusters have moved ahead of them. This movement absolutely destroys my shoulders. I felt the pinching even on the first and lightest set at 26kg!!! So freaking annoying. Every set was just uncomfortable and I didn't enjoy any second of it. After the second set I almost just called it quits. I cleaned 55kg then went to stand it but was forward and my elbows were dropped so I just dropped the bar. Got 53.5 almost up, but not enough. Just didn't have it in me and this movement just irritates my shoulders way too much.
WOD: 2 rounds of FGB at 110% of reps from last week with 5:00 rest in between
Wall ball shots - 33 reps
SDHP - 33 reps
Box jumps - 27 reps
Push Press - 22 reps
Row - 16 cals
6:10/6:45
The first round I was able to push through most of it fairly well. Obviously had some breaks in between. On all the movements I did half the set took a couple breaths then the second set, with the exception of box jumps, those were broken up a lot more. Second round was just awful. I was getting like one or two wall ball shots at a time for a good 10 reps, sdhp was 10-6-4-8-2-3, box jumps were all over, but better than the first round, pp was 11-11 and the rower was just big strong pulls. Definitely tiring, and even more so that I had to coach right after since we ran so late. It's kind of making me nervous for FGB though because I feel like I'm not doing as well as I should be...
Thursday's Strength: Thruster 6-4-3-2-1-1 26kg-31.5kg-36.5kg-42kg-47kg-55kgfail-53.5kgfail
Ok....so you know how I say I hate Jerks....well I think thrusters have moved ahead of them. This movement absolutely destroys my shoulders. I felt the pinching even on the first and lightest set at 26kg!!! So freaking annoying. Every set was just uncomfortable and I didn't enjoy any second of it. After the second set I almost just called it quits. I cleaned 55kg then went to stand it but was forward and my elbows were dropped so I just dropped the bar. Got 53.5 almost up, but not enough. Just didn't have it in me and this movement just irritates my shoulders way too much.
WOD: 2 rounds of FGB at 110% of reps from last week with 5:00 rest in between
Wall ball shots - 33 reps
SDHP - 33 reps
Box jumps - 27 reps
Push Press - 22 reps
Row - 16 cals
6:10/6:45
The first round I was able to push through most of it fairly well. Obviously had some breaks in between. On all the movements I did half the set took a couple breaths then the second set, with the exception of box jumps, those were broken up a lot more. Second round was just awful. I was getting like one or two wall ball shots at a time for a good 10 reps, sdhp was 10-6-4-8-2-3, box jumps were all over, but better than the first round, pp was 11-11 and the rower was just big strong pulls. Definitely tiring, and even more so that I had to coach right after since we ran so late. It's kind of making me nervous for FGB though because I feel like I'm not doing as well as I should be...
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Mental battle
Every day I search and apply for jobs, I'm constantly reminded why I hate this process. First, there are minimal to no jobs out there. Second, they're all contract. Third, they all want experience. Fourth, you apply and NEVER hear anything back. This I think is by far my biggest frustration with the job application process. You sit there and spend time fixing up your resume, writing a cover letter specific to each job and company, and they don't say a damn word back to you. I've applied to many jobs over the last year and a half, and only a handful have given me any sort of feedback. Normally all you get is a automatic "thanks for your application, expect to hear from us soon" or some crap along those lines. Pretty much it's saying "nice try, you suck, don't expect to hear from us!" It absolutely bothers me that they don't have the decency to in the least bit, send an email saying "thank you for your interest, but we have filled the position, please keep your eye open for future openings." If you filled the position let us know! If you didn't like my application/resume/cover letter, let me know!!! Yes, I understand that a bajillion people apply to these jobs, so critiquing everyone would be hard. But if you have an automated "thank you for applying" repsonse, isn't it just as easy to have a "we filled the position" response?!?! I absolutely hate this processs and feel like I'm never going to escape this place. ugh.
Anyway, now that my rant is over. Because my class has started at CLC, I can't work out on Monday's anymore for a few weeks. Sad face!! Now I'm down to 4 days a week, which, maybe it will be better for my body? I don't know. Stuck in a rut, need to get out.
Tuesday's Strength: 3-3-3 Deadlift 75kg(70% of 1rm) - 85kg(80%)- 95kg(90%)
Deadlifts are feeling good these days...heavy, but good. Don't do them often enough, so they feel heavy, every time we do them! Ever since my back issues came about in march, I've really been focusing on my form with every movement, especially the DL. So I made sure to keep that back tight and my shoulders back.
WOD: 3 Rounds of:
15 pull-ups
15 Front Squats (30kg)
30 Double unders
I think I ended around 8:54
Started the first round of pull-ups as 6-4-5. I was pretty happy with that. To some of you that may sound awful, but for me that's pretty good. Front squats were unbroken and the du's I believe were 15-15. Second round pull-ups were 5-4-3-2-1, front squats I broke into sets of 5, but never dropped the bar, just kept it in the racked positioned. Double unders were 20-10. Third round pull-ups definitely fell off track and were 4-2-2-2-1-1-2-1, Front squats were again sets of 5 but never dropped the bar and du's were 20-9-1. I hate when I slip up on the last du! I was disappointed in how my du's were during this wod and that I couldn't go through more front squats unbroken. I think it was more a mental battle than a physical battle. just need to push through.
Anyway, now that my rant is over. Because my class has started at CLC, I can't work out on Monday's anymore for a few weeks. Sad face!! Now I'm down to 4 days a week, which, maybe it will be better for my body? I don't know. Stuck in a rut, need to get out.
Tuesday's Strength: 3-3-3 Deadlift 75kg(70% of 1rm) - 85kg(80%)- 95kg(90%)
Deadlifts are feeling good these days...heavy, but good. Don't do them often enough, so they feel heavy, every time we do them! Ever since my back issues came about in march, I've really been focusing on my form with every movement, especially the DL. So I made sure to keep that back tight and my shoulders back.
WOD: 3 Rounds of:
15 pull-ups
15 Front Squats (30kg)
30 Double unders
I think I ended around 8:54
Started the first round of pull-ups as 6-4-5. I was pretty happy with that. To some of you that may sound awful, but for me that's pretty good. Front squats were unbroken and the du's I believe were 15-15. Second round pull-ups were 5-4-3-2-1, front squats I broke into sets of 5, but never dropped the bar, just kept it in the racked positioned. Double unders were 20-10. Third round pull-ups definitely fell off track and were 4-2-2-2-1-1-2-1, Front squats were again sets of 5 but never dropped the bar and du's were 20-9-1. I hate when I slip up on the last du! I was disappointed in how my du's were during this wod and that I couldn't go through more front squats unbroken. I think it was more a mental battle than a physical battle. just need to push through.
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