I miss CrossFit! I did one pushup yesterday and it felt like my head was going to explode.. dammit! I thought I'd post a lil something, even though I haven't done any wod's.. I may not be able to do CrossFit right now, but I can still talk about it! :)
At the hospital (before the 'procedure'), the nurse took my blood pressure and stuff.. so I asked her, you know, how am I lookin? She told me my heart rate is close to (if not) perfect, and that my body is exchanging oxygen into my bloodstream at 99% efficiency (she had a special word for the whole O2 exchanging bit, but I can't remember). She said, can't get much better than that.. what I heard was, CrossFit is the shit!
Not only is CrossFit a fun sport, gets you in good shape, and introduces you to great people, but it does wonders for your health as well. How can you beat that?!!
Anybody have any similar stories?
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
August 27
Part 1
OHS with 45lb bar: First the minute do 1 rep the second minute do 2 reps and so on until you cannot complete the required reps in the minute. Maximum time is 20 minutes your total score is number of reps.
Part 2
Weighted pullups 3-3-3-3-3
Take your total weight for each round and add it up. Ist round you did 3 reps of 25lbs your sore is 75. If your chin does not go over the bar or you do not get full extension in the bottom postion then it does not count. If you only complete 2 reps then you are done for that round so choose your weight wisely. If you cannot do a weighted pullups but can do 1 pullup then your score for the 1st round may only equate to 3 reps total. Another words you did 3 single pullups
Take your score from part 1 and score from part 2 to give you a total to see who will be top male and top female.
OHS with 45lb bar: First the minute do 1 rep the second minute do 2 reps and so on until you cannot complete the required reps in the minute. Maximum time is 20 minutes your total score is number of reps.
Part 2
Weighted pullups 3-3-3-3-3
Take your total weight for each round and add it up. Ist round you did 3 reps of 25lbs your sore is 75. If your chin does not go over the bar or you do not get full extension in the bottom postion then it does not count. If you only complete 2 reps then you are done for that round so choose your weight wisely. If you cannot do a weighted pullups but can do 1 pullup then your score for the 1st round may only equate to 3 reps total. Another words you did 3 single pullups
Take your score from part 1 and score from part 2 to give you a total to see who will be top male and top female.
OHS= 15 rounds
Pullups= 25x3, 25x3, 25x3, 25x3 and 30x 2 on the (kipping) pullups.
The last rep with the 30's, the weight slipped! I think I could have got it though.. the first two my chin cleared the bar no problem.
Tonight was an AWESOME night at the gym!!
I want to congratulate Larry and Chad for getting their first MUSCLE UPS!!!
Also, I want to say how proud I am of Jen Deacon (aka deacs ;) ) for getting her first pullup! All those blisters payed off! :)
Last thing, I have to put my burpee challenge on hold.. I am getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow. Not looking forward to that one. Anyways, I'm taking the easy way out and instead of making up all the burpee's I missed, I'm just gunna start at 37 when I'm feeling better.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
August 26
5 Rounds
3 - Power cleans 135/95
6 - Pushups
9 - squats
Do this as many x in 3 minutes and then rest 1 minute you just did 1 round
I had a horrible workout today. I could not get under that bar during the power cleans. Pushups and squats I had full ROM and they felt good but not those damn power cleans. Michelle had a great wod today, I was working beside her and was trying hard to keep up. During one of our minute breaks she gave me advice not to think so much and just feel out the power cleans. That helped a lot but I still felt like I ripped myself off.
3 - Power cleans 135/95
6 - Pushups
9 - squats
Do this as many x in 3 minutes and then rest 1 minute you just did 1 round
I had a horrible workout today. I could not get under that bar during the power cleans. Pushups and squats I had full ROM and they felt good but not those damn power cleans. Michelle had a great wod today, I was working beside her and was trying hard to keep up. During one of our minute breaks she gave me advice not to think so much and just feel out the power cleans. That helped a lot but I still felt like I ripped myself off.
Monday, August 25, 2008
August 25
Today's class looked like fun, I love partner workouts and wallballs are a weakness of mine. Although we always hate our weaknesses, working on our weaknesses is a big part of crossfit and will get us stronger WAY faster! Unfortunately we got tied up and couldn't get to the gym in time. We ended up doing a wod at about 8:00 at night. The WOD is called MURPH!
Murph:
1 mile run
100 pullups
200 pushups
300 squats
1 mile run
Time's Dad: 42:41 Leanna: 50: 41 Mom: 52:07
I split it up into 20 rounds of 5 pullups, 10 pushups and 15 squats. We measured out the mile in mums (injured) car before the workout and the runs felt surprisingly good today. The squats and pullups felt great but the pushups were brutal!! I kept thinking 'keep moving ' on the pullups and squats because I knew my time would suffer on those pushups. I kept moving the whole time, No breaks besides putting my knee's down during the pushups. My mind was definately in the dark place during this one.
I am amazed how I can get myself into that state of mind. It's like I just hate everything. I feel like a total bitch during wod's and it seems like that's the only way I can get through them. That's not weird is it? It's funny, my mind feels like its full of fuzz during wods (especially this one) and the only thing I can think and actually focus on is *blank* more, Only *blank* more reps. I try and trick myself into thinking it's gunna be easier than it really is. for example 10 pushups = 1 set of 4, 2 sets of three. haha sad eh.
This workout felt great ( well now it feels great, not so much during) and it was good to sweat out all the carbs I ate and drank on Saturday. I hadn't done a WOD since Saturday morning and it felt good to get my CrossFit high again. I'm nice and relaxed now, feeling good again.
I have to say, I like this workout 50 x more than Fran. Although it takes about 5 times as long for me, I cannot STAND those thrusters! (which is why I am pissed I missed out on wallball today)
OK, off to do 67 burpee's.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
August 23
150 pushups with a 400m run each time your knee's hit the ground
Can't remember the numbers but I got 20 the first time and the rest were 10's and 15's. At the end I had 29 left and the clock was running out so Coach let me just take a couple breaks on the pushups without running in order to get all my pushups done. It was tough and a great wod, especially for a saturday morning.
Can't remember the numbers but I got 20 the first time and the rest were 10's and 15's. At the end I had 29 left and the clock was running out so Coach let me just take a couple breaks on the pushups without running in order to get all my pushups done. It was tough and a great wod, especially for a saturday morning.
Friday, August 22, 2008
August 22
Burpee's 31, 32 I was feeling the burpee's today so I thought I'd get myself a day ahead. They are getting easier :)
Thursday, August 21, 2008
August 21
Bear Complex
65-75-80-95-85
This one kicked my ass!!! My mind wasn't into strength training today so it was a mental battle as well as a physical one. Before the 95lb round, I went up to coach and said ' I have a problem, I'm reallly not feeling this' so he coached me through it which totally helped me out. The only shitty thing was I had to put down the bar between reps to let my body rest and I couldn't push jerk it from behind my neck for some strange reason. So after the 95 i went down to 85 which was still hard but I didn't have to break before i did my deadlift and I could get the last push jerk all the way up.
When I lowered the bar to the back of my neck from the push jerk, I discovered I had a bruise there from the situps yesterday! Man do we ever get beat up in weird places. I think CrossFit has made me aware of muscles I didn't know I had (by making them sore of course) :P I think tomorrow my neck is going to be bruised from the cleans, that'll be a nice look to go out with haha a nice conversation starter.
I worked with Chad today and man is he getting strong. It's kinda depressing. I used to be able to keep up with him! He did 110 today! He had to take breaks before the deadlift but 110 is pretty damn heavy!
Anyways, I can hear the rower singing and mom grunting away so I think I'll go see what the rest of the weirdo's are doin. Good night!! :)
65-75-80-95-85
This one kicked my ass!!! My mind wasn't into strength training today so it was a mental battle as well as a physical one. Before the 95lb round, I went up to coach and said ' I have a problem, I'm reallly not feeling this' so he coached me through it which totally helped me out. The only shitty thing was I had to put down the bar between reps to let my body rest and I couldn't push jerk it from behind my neck for some strange reason. So after the 95 i went down to 85 which was still hard but I didn't have to break before i did my deadlift and I could get the last push jerk all the way up.
When I lowered the bar to the back of my neck from the push jerk, I discovered I had a bruise there from the situps yesterday! Man do we ever get beat up in weird places. I think CrossFit has made me aware of muscles I didn't know I had (by making them sore of course) :P I think tomorrow my neck is going to be bruised from the cleans, that'll be a nice look to go out with haha a nice conversation starter.
I worked with Chad today and man is he getting strong. It's kinda depressing. I used to be able to keep up with him! He did 110 today! He had to take breaks before the deadlift but 110 is pretty damn heavy!
Anyways, I can hear the rower singing and mom grunting away so I think I'll go see what the rest of the weirdo's are doin. Good night!! :)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
August 20
The last few days I have been feeling totally run down, tired and just weak all round. I am eating well, so I figure it has to be because I have been getting to bed late and my sleeps lately have been really shitty. I missed yesterdays workout, which I thought my body might thank me for by allowing me to freakin sleep, but NO.
Today we saw the wod and were freeked out. I haven't rowed that much in a while. I miss the box and all the crossfitters that go with it. I wanted to go to class but mom was going to Chad's practice and we always have fun hanging out and drinking our .. zoned starbucks :)
So after we got home from the rainy, gross practice, I thought 'fuck what my body feels, since when do I listen to my body? If I listened to it, I would never finish a crossfit workout!' also I got in a lot of shit from a few of you guys for missing yesterday so i didn't want to dissapoint you :P haha thanks for weirdly motivating me :) so anyways, I put on my favorite pair of shorts and hopped on our new rower. Mom and I pumped out Coach Clarke's bad ass wod.
500m row
50-ab mat weighted situps 25lb DB held behind the neck feet anchored
500m row
50- K2E
500m row
50-ab mat weighted situps 25lb DB held behind the neck feet anchored
500m row
50-K2E
we subbed leg throw downs for KTE's because we don't have a bar just yet. I know that KTE's are way harder and those leg things felt like they were against crossfit morales and just plain retarded. We didn't know what else to do though but we did get full ROM!
I used a 25lb DB behind my head for situps and mom did 25 on her chest.
My time: 31.00 Mom's : about 30.00
I had some timing difficulties with her, it's hard to time when your still fucked up from your workout!
I feel quite a bit better after doing the workout, more strong and healthy, even though the row's were hell. I made a LOT of noise during that wod. My poor puppy didn't know what the hell was going on! Rower+Me=scared pup .
Oh and I did my 29 burpee's!
( I know this post is all over the place and probably confusing, but I'm getting tired and am still a bit fucked up from the wod, please bare with me) :)
Here's some pictures:
Mom said that this picture is for you DC!!! For putting us through that damn wod!
hehehe
Today we saw the wod and were freeked out. I haven't rowed that much in a while. I miss the box and all the crossfitters that go with it. I wanted to go to class but mom was going to Chad's practice and we always have fun hanging out and drinking our .. zoned starbucks :)
So after we got home from the rainy, gross practice, I thought 'fuck what my body feels, since when do I listen to my body? If I listened to it, I would never finish a crossfit workout!' also I got in a lot of shit from a few of you guys for missing yesterday so i didn't want to dissapoint you :P haha thanks for weirdly motivating me :) so anyways, I put on my favorite pair of shorts and hopped on our new rower. Mom and I pumped out Coach Clarke's bad ass wod.
500m row
50-ab mat weighted situps 25lb DB held behind the neck feet anchored
500m row
50- K2E
500m row
50-ab mat weighted situps 25lb DB held behind the neck feet anchored
500m row
50-K2E
we subbed leg throw downs for KTE's because we don't have a bar just yet. I know that KTE's are way harder and those leg things felt like they were against crossfit morales and just plain retarded. We didn't know what else to do though but we did get full ROM!
I used a 25lb DB behind my head for situps and mom did 25 on her chest.
My time: 31.00 Mom's : about 30.00
I had some timing difficulties with her, it's hard to time when your still fucked up from your workout!
I feel quite a bit better after doing the workout, more strong and healthy, even though the row's were hell. I made a LOT of noise during that wod. My poor puppy didn't know what the hell was going on! Rower+Me=scared pup .
Oh and I did my 29 burpee's!
( I know this post is all over the place and probably confusing, but I'm getting tired and am still a bit fucked up from the wod, please bare with me) :)
Here's some pictures:
Mom said that this picture is for you DC!!! For putting us through that damn wod!
hehehe
August 19
Yesterday I took A rest day. I wasn't feeling the greatest and my body was saying LOVE ME not BEAT ME UP. Now though, I am dieing for a workout.
Oh but I did do my 28 burpee's
Oh but I did do my 28 burpee's
Monday, August 18, 2008
Tabata Something Else
Complete 32 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest where the first 8 intervals are pull-ups, the second 8 are push-ups, the third 8 intervals are sit-ups, and finally, the last 8 intervals are squats. There is no rest between exercises.
This workout was really hard (no shit) . All of my reps added together was 308. Pushups brought my score down big time. Mom's total was 310. Soo close!
Here's my #'s
Pullups 12-10-9-7-7-7-7-6
pushups 6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4
situps 13-11-13-13-13-12-12-11
squats 17-14-14-13-12-13-10-14
Then, I went with mom to Chad's practice. When we got home I did my 27 burpee's in 2:40.
This workout was really hard (no shit) . All of my reps added together was 308. Pushups brought my score down big time. Mom's total was 310. Soo close!
Here's my #'s
Pullups 12-10-9-7-7-7-7-6
pushups 6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4
situps 13-11-13-13-13-12-12-11
squats 17-14-14-13-12-13-10-14
Then, I went with mom to Chad's practice. When we got home I did my 27 burpee's in 2:40.
Ring of Fire
This is a cool write up I found on the .com site. I just love it, it totally hits home for me. Check it out if you have a few minutes to spare :) I bet you will all relate to it.
"Ring of Fire"
It's a lie. There is no "happy place." You know what I'm talking about--when you're in the middle of a WOD and some well-intentioned person says, "Go to your happy place"--well, that's just bull****. In CrossFit, great performance demands something much deeper, much darker than some stupid old memories of Grandma's sweater and warm chocolate chip cookies.
Where you have to go is a dark, horrible, dirty place. And you have to learn to stay there, at least for a little while. For a Personal Record, ignore yourself. Just like you ignore a bleeding callus and finish your pull-ups at the end of "Fran"; ignore the mental pain and drive on.
Shut off the part of your brain that loves you and turn on the part of your brain that doesn't like you so much. For outstanding achievement, learn to bypass the Happy Exit and head straight into Hell, because hardly anybody gets a PR with a smile on their face. The smile usually comes after the effort.
A PR is often won with anger and fear and sometimes downright self-immolation. People don't like to admit that, but it's true. You find a bad place and you stay there, for a little while. You go down, down, down into that "burning ring of fire" that Johnny Cash sang about, down into the fire you could see in Muhammad Ali's eyes, down until you don't even hear your own groans, or any of the people around you in the WOD.
You go down into the parts of your soul that nice people don't talk about. You go there. And then here's the really great part: when it's over, you come back again. To the surface. To the happy place. You emerge back into the light--and you're a better person because of it. You forced yourself into a personal hell and you walked back out again. That's the difference between a "really good workout" and a PR in a CrossFit WOD. That's also the difference between just existing and really living life.
So, what works best is to go straight into the pain. Don't try to mitigate, rationalize, forget, or in any way distract yourself from the pain. Go straight into it. And learn to live there, at least for a little while. Go get a PR.
(Text by Lisbeth Darsh/Intellectual Property of www.crossfit.com.)
"Ring of Fire"
It's a lie. There is no "happy place." You know what I'm talking about--when you're in the middle of a WOD and some well-intentioned person says, "Go to your happy place"--well, that's just bull****. In CrossFit, great performance demands something much deeper, much darker than some stupid old memories of Grandma's sweater and warm chocolate chip cookies.
Where you have to go is a dark, horrible, dirty place. And you have to learn to stay there, at least for a little while. For a Personal Record, ignore yourself. Just like you ignore a bleeding callus and finish your pull-ups at the end of "Fran"; ignore the mental pain and drive on.
Shut off the part of your brain that loves you and turn on the part of your brain that doesn't like you so much. For outstanding achievement, learn to bypass the Happy Exit and head straight into Hell, because hardly anybody gets a PR with a smile on their face. The smile usually comes after the effort.
A PR is often won with anger and fear and sometimes downright self-immolation. People don't like to admit that, but it's true. You find a bad place and you stay there, for a little while. You go down, down, down into that "burning ring of fire" that Johnny Cash sang about, down into the fire you could see in Muhammad Ali's eyes, down until you don't even hear your own groans, or any of the people around you in the WOD.
You go down into the parts of your soul that nice people don't talk about. You go there. And then here's the really great part: when it's over, you come back again. To the surface. To the happy place. You emerge back into the light--and you're a better person because of it. You forced yourself into a personal hell and you walked back out again. That's the difference between a "really good workout" and a PR in a CrossFit WOD. That's also the difference between just existing and really living life.
So, what works best is to go straight into the pain. Don't try to mitigate, rationalize, forget, or in any way distract yourself from the pain. Go straight into it. And learn to live there, at least for a little while. Go get a PR.
(Text by Lisbeth Darsh/Intellectual Property of www.crossfit.com.)
Sunday, August 17, 2008
August 17
I didn't really feel like working out today, but I didn't do my burpee's yesterday sooooo I decided to do a little wod that made doing burpee's more .. 'fun'
21-15-9 Burpee's and DB swings w/ 30lb
totally forget my time :( it didn't take too long though
Then 6 more burpee's after to make 51
done days 25,26!!!
Who got everyone into this damn challenge anyways.. geesh.
21-15-9 Burpee's and DB swings w/ 30lb
totally forget my time :( it didn't take too long though
Then 6 more burpee's after to make 51
done days 25,26!!!
Who got everyone into this damn challenge anyways.. geesh.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
August 14
Burpee's- 23
Mom had to miss the class today because of Chad's soccer so she did the .com wod at Newland's. Knowing how much it sucks doing CrossFit alone, I decided to join in on the fun.
Three rounds for time of:
50 Jump rope, double unders
50 Hip Extensions
50 GHD Sit-ups
The DU's were nice and fast, on my first set I actually finished the 50 in just under a minute :) It was shitty cuz the GHD was upstairs where the ground sucked, so we had to walk downstairs and down the hall a bit to do our DU's. It cost us some time but it was a nice break I must admit.
My time was about 28:00 (about means I don't know the seconds and I don't feel like finding the journal to find out) :). The Hip extensions were the hardest but the situps were a close second. I broke the extensions into sets of 20-15-15 which helped a lot, although between the sets i had to actually get off the machine completely because my legs were so sore (I guess because of the lactic acid building up). So that took a bit of time. The Situps I tried to do sets of 10, but did some 5's near the end.
During my second round I asked mom if she could get me a bucket in case I met our favourite crossfit mascot, Mr Pukie . She found a box filled with a bunch of bs. She dumped the stuff on the ground and we both did the workout with that big blue bucket right beside us, just in case. We tried to keep our sweat and our bucket on 'our side' and our swearing quiet and to a minimum so we didn't disturb the girl doing yoga beside us.
Things I hate about globo gyms - ppl who read magazine's while working out, the music, people doing bech press with their feet litterally in the air, funny looks we get.
Next time I'm wearing my, 'train to not suck at life' shirt.
Later that day, I went to the box for some lifting!
Overhead squats, my favourite
5x 65lbs 5x 75lbs 5x 80lbs 4x 85lbs 5x 85lbs
I think I could of done 90 pounds but I decided to make sure I could get 5 reps of 85 instead. I got to work with Michelle on this one which is so fun.
I stayed for the second class as well and got to watch Jenn Deacon get the OHS technique down. More importantly though, I made her tear her hands up doing pullups so she looks like a bad ass- or as Dane Cook likes to call 'em- a BAMF. Check out Jenn's new blog here! (feel free to leave a comment as well, I know she loves them hehe)
It was a fun day but I'm freakin tired now. Have a nice rest day tomorrow everyone :) I know I will!
Mom had to miss the class today because of Chad's soccer so she did the .com wod at Newland's. Knowing how much it sucks doing CrossFit alone, I decided to join in on the fun.
Three rounds for time of:
50 Jump rope, double unders
50 Hip Extensions
50 GHD Sit-ups
The DU's were nice and fast, on my first set I actually finished the 50 in just under a minute :) It was shitty cuz the GHD was upstairs where the ground sucked, so we had to walk downstairs and down the hall a bit to do our DU's. It cost us some time but it was a nice break I must admit.
My time was about 28:00 (about means I don't know the seconds and I don't feel like finding the journal to find out) :). The Hip extensions were the hardest but the situps were a close second. I broke the extensions into sets of 20-15-15 which helped a lot, although between the sets i had to actually get off the machine completely because my legs were so sore (I guess because of the lactic acid building up). So that took a bit of time. The Situps I tried to do sets of 10, but did some 5's near the end.
During my second round I asked mom if she could get me a bucket in case I met our favourite crossfit mascot, Mr Pukie . She found a box filled with a bunch of bs. She dumped the stuff on the ground and we both did the workout with that big blue bucket right beside us, just in case. We tried to keep our sweat and our bucket on 'our side' and our swearing quiet and to a minimum so we didn't disturb the girl doing yoga beside us.
Things I hate about globo gyms - ppl who read magazine's while working out, the music, people doing bech press with their feet litterally in the air, funny looks we get.
Next time I'm wearing my, 'train to not suck at life' shirt.
Later that day, I went to the box for some lifting!
Overhead squats, my favourite
5x 65lbs 5x 75lbs 5x 80lbs 4x 85lbs 5x 85lbs
I think I could of done 90 pounds but I decided to make sure I could get 5 reps of 85 instead. I got to work with Michelle on this one which is so fun.
I stayed for the second class as well and got to watch Jenn Deacon get the OHS technique down. More importantly though, I made her tear her hands up doing pullups so she looks like a bad ass- or as Dane Cook likes to call 'em- a BAMF. Check out Jenn's new blog here! (feel free to leave a comment as well, I know she loves them hehe)
It was a fun day but I'm freakin tired now. Have a nice rest day tomorrow everyone :) I know I will!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
August 13
Today the Haglund's invited us over for a CrossFit total day! Of course we couldn't refuse. We set up the 'slow down' sign, because us kids were at play :)
We started with squats which felt great today. I ended up with a 145 pound back squat which felt awesome!! I tried 150 and failed but I want to try it again :) (145 was a PR but I have only achieved it once before)
Next was strict press. Such a weird movement. I don't like strict press because I don't have the strongest shoulders. I ended up getting 70 pounds easily, but failed at 75! Weird eh? It's amazing what 5 pounds can do.
Then deadlifts. Oh man this one made me mad. My deadlift PR I got at the CrossFit Langley Challenge was 245 lbs, but I don't know how I did it! I managed to squeeze out a 210 today but my technique was horrible. I have to work on my heavy lifting some more.
So my total was 425. Not bad, but I am going to kill that score next time. Jeff and his wife Ruthanne took a bunch of pictures with their sweet camera. Check out his blog for some pictures, I think he's posting them tomorrow. I might steal a couple for my blog ;)
Thanks Sterling and Michelle for having us over and letting us hang out with your girls as well :)
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
August 12
Couldn't make it to CrossFit Langley today so I just did a light 5k jog (in the rain), took me 30 minutes.
+ 21 burpee's
+ 21 burpee's
Monday, August 11, 2008
August 11
100 Hanging squat cleans
Men 125lbs/ ladies 85lbs
Every time you put the bar down do 10 chest to bar pullups.
Men 125lbs/ ladies 85lbs
Every time you put the bar down do 10 chest to bar pullups.
I ended up with a mere 59 reps in 45 minutes. I'm telling ya I wanted to die after twenty reps (two rounds). 85 got heavy real fast. The pullups weren't too difficult although I could probably of got my chest a bit closer to the bar.
My dad was the only person to finish their 100 reps as RX'd (besides coach)! Such a proud daughter :)
Burpee's - 20
Sunday, August 10, 2008
August 10
Finally! I did my 100 burpee's for time!! Time: 12:53
I did 8 per minute and 10 for the last two rounds. It wasn't too hard, the break was nice. I usually finished each set within 20 and 30 seconds. This makes up for today and the last two days.. so days 17-18-19 :) missed out on the 5k though.. bummer.
I did 8 per minute and 10 for the last two rounds. It wasn't too hard, the break was nice. I usually finished each set within 20 and 30 seconds. This makes up for today and the last two days.. so days 17-18-19 :) missed out on the 5k though.. bummer.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
August 9
7 Rounds
8 Calorie row
10 SDHP 75/55lb
18 sec ring support
15 box jumps
10 wall balls 20/12lb to ten ft target
10 ab wheel rollouts
8 Calorie row
10 SDHP 75/55lb
18 sec ring support
15 box jumps
10 wall balls 20/12lb to ten ft target
10 ab wheel rollouts
Thursday, August 7, 2008
August 7
Backsquat
100-115-125-135 (with spotter)
Deadlift 185-185-185-185
Backsquats felt good today, my technique felt a lot better than usual. Deadlift felt like shit, couldn't even get close to my PR which sucks big time. I am eating major zone now, it's hard during the summer when I have no real routine but I feel like I've gained a bunch of pounds (when I have actually lost some, weird!!) so something needs to change.
I worked with Michelle today which was awesome. Congrats on getting a deadlift PR of 240lbs!!! Your Crazy girl!
I'm off to go watch Kenny vs Spenny and eat some apple's and nuts and cheese :)
100-115-125-135 (with spotter)
Deadlift 185-185-185-185
Backsquats felt good today, my technique felt a lot better than usual. Deadlift felt like shit, couldn't even get close to my PR which sucks big time. I am eating major zone now, it's hard during the summer when I have no real routine but I feel like I've gained a bunch of pounds (when I have actually lost some, weird!!) so something needs to change.
I worked with Michelle today which was awesome. Congrats on getting a deadlift PR of 240lbs!!! Your Crazy girl!
I'm off to go watch Kenny vs Spenny and eat some apple's and nuts and cheese :)
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
August 6
Have been very busy the last couple days. Had a rest day yesterday and watched Chad's soccer practice. Hopefully I will feel up to working out tonight. My tummy is feeling gross right now..
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Late night Grace
At about 11:00 last night, we convinced my aunt and uncle to do a modified grace. My uncle Jay is a great athlete so we tried to get him to do it RX'd, but we didn't' want him to hurt himself because he has never done clean and jerks before. He did 115lbs 30x and his time was 5:57.
My auntie Karen is so sweet. She is a teacher and isn't a big sports nut. She wanted to do 45 but we convinced her to do 60. Her time was 7:04. The cleans were easy for her, just the push press was tough.
It was so fun to watch! Both their technique were awesome, especially for the first time weightlifting!
After they were done, they said it SUCKED but it felt good now that it is over. Sounds about right.
My auntie Karen is so sweet. She is a teacher and isn't a big sports nut. She wanted to do 45 but we convinced her to do 60. Her time was 7:04. The cleans were easy for her, just the push press was tough.
It was so fun to watch! Both their technique were awesome, especially for the first time weightlifting!
After they were done, they said it SUCKED but it felt good now that it is over. Sounds about right.
Monday, August 4, 2008
August 4
Grace
Today was awesome. We had a lot of people rough Grace up. I think the best way to do this workout is to get a pace and keep it, not to crank 'er up at the begining and hope you'll last (like I did). I want to try this workout again!
Thanks to the Haglund's for a great weekend. Thanks Jeff for all the pictures. Your picasa album was so fun to got through, that camera is awesome! You totally captured the pain we were going through.
Awesome Job to everyone who did Grace today! :)
Today was awesome. We had a lot of people rough Grace up. I think the best way to do this workout is to get a pace and keep it, not to crank 'er up at the begining and hope you'll last (like I did). I want to try this workout again!
Thanks to the Haglund's for a great weekend. Thanks Jeff for all the pictures. Your picasa album was so fun to got through, that camera is awesome! You totally captured the pain we were going through.
Awesome Job to everyone who did Grace today! :)
Sunday, August 3, 2008
August 3
Helen Day At the Haglund's!
Today was a beautiful day to try Helen. The sun was out and the energy was awesome, as it always is when your working out with the Haglund's. The partner's were Sterling and Chad, then Brandt and me, Mom and Dad and then Michelle with support from Chad. Brandt was awesome to work out with. It's amazing how far he's come in the short time he has been CrossFit'ing and zoning.
The part of Helen that killed me was the run. The pullups and KBell swings were not horrible, but the run took a lot of gas out of the tank.My time was 11:50. I'm not sure of anyone else's times (selfish! :P) but I know either Sterling or Chad will have them on their blogs.
Personally I didn't hate Helen. She's like a friend I'd call up every once in a while. Fran is the type of friend that when she called me, I'd press ignore. The only way we'd see each other is if my friends were chilling with her and forced me to come along. Tomorrow, I meet Grace.
Anyone who wants to come over tomorrow and attack Grace, Feel free! We can scale back the weight if need be. (Grace = 30 clean and jerks for time). It is a good benchmark to have.
Call my cell for the address 778-241-3097
We are hoping to start at 11:00 but we will play it by ear :)
Today was a beautiful day to try Helen. The sun was out and the energy was awesome, as it always is when your working out with the Haglund's. The partner's were Sterling and Chad, then Brandt and me, Mom and Dad and then Michelle with support from Chad. Brandt was awesome to work out with. It's amazing how far he's come in the short time he has been CrossFit'ing and zoning.
The part of Helen that killed me was the run. The pullups and KBell swings were not horrible, but the run took a lot of gas out of the tank.My time was 11:50. I'm not sure of anyone else's times (selfish! :P) but I know either Sterling or Chad will have them on their blogs.
Personally I didn't hate Helen. She's like a friend I'd call up every once in a while. Fran is the type of friend that when she called me, I'd press ignore. The only way we'd see each other is if my friends were chilling with her and forced me to come along. Tomorrow, I meet Grace.
Anyone who wants to come over tomorrow and attack Grace, Feel free! We can scale back the weight if need be. (Grace = 30 clean and jerks for time). It is a good benchmark to have.
Call my cell for the address 778-241-3097
We are hoping to start at 11:00 but we will play it by ear :)
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Agust 2
Fran Day!!
Today, The Haglunds, The de Boer's and The Woodruff did Fran! It was awesome and everyone was just pumped up. As Chad and Michelle wrote, Mom and Sterling went first, then Chad and Jesse, then Michelle and Dad and then me. We have everyone on tape, working their bums off :) Our time's are on Chad's blog. Mine was 11:39 or something like that. I'm not sure if I beat my old time, if I did it was only by a few seconds. Those damn thrusters are a big weekness of mine. I have to work on those babies.
After the workout, we hung out at Sterling and Michelle's for a long while. It's hard to believe other ppl can talk about CrossFit as much as we do, and never get bored of it :) We probably stayed for 4 or 5 hours just chatting away. They are so sweet to have us over, thank you so much Haglunds!! We will see you tomorrow for another butt kickin :)
Oh and congrats to Jesse for getting a new backsquat PR
Below is Dad during his Battle w/ Fran. Below that is Jesse, me and half of dad.. waiting our turn :) We have everyone's battle on tape, I think Chad is going to post it after he edits the footage.
Oh last thing, I did my 11 burpees :) It's getting hard.
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