Reminders

It's days like these where even though I know I have a long way to go, I've already accomplished quite a bit. Today was a bear:

15-12-9

thrusters 85 lb
kb swings 45 lb

13:46 (or thereabouts)

I definitely am a ways from doing it as Rx'd, and two months ago I probably could have done the same weights a little faster, but after I finished and was done being catatonic, I realized that just a few months ago I couldn't have done 45 thrusters even at 65 lb...here's to progress, no matter how small!

Post-Vacation Update

Ok, so we're back from what felt like a million-year vacation in Minnesota. Don't get me wrong - it was awesome, and in some spots physically challenging (4 days of canoeing and portaging around northern Minnesota isn't a piece of cake), but I'm happy to be home and get back into the swing of things.

So I took last Saturday and Sunday off, mostly because of Alex's brother's wedding. Monday through Thursday was then spent on our canoeing trip, which was a lot of rowing punctuated by short bursts of carrying a 70 pound canoe on my shoulders on sections of rocky trail. Good times. Anyhow, we got back on Thursday night, and on Friday immediately proceeded to Alex's family's cabin in the woods of Wisconsin. Did a mini-Cindy on Saturday, which consisted of:

10:00 AMRAP

1 ring pullup
10 pushups
15 squats

7 1/3 rounds

I wasn't pleased with my pullup performance, but what can I expect after basically a month and a half of inconsistent workouts, right? Alas. Today I was home and raring to go, and we did

4 rounds

400 m run
40 squats

12:49

I probably should have pushed myself harder, but overall I felt ok about it. I was really dreading the runs, and they weren't pretty, but it's all good. No more vacations in sight, work is all freelance for the moment, and class is under control, so I'll be around the gym much more consistently. Which is good, considering I signed up for the Level 1 Cert at the end of October! I have a goal of being able to do Fran as Rx'd by then, but that's a lot of pullups, so we'll see...

out of town

Wednesday was a 2 exam day, and Thursday was a travel day, so not much time for WODs. Alex and I are in the Twin Cities for his brother's wedding and a canoeing trip, so we did the following workout on his front lawn this afternoon:

150 pushups for time, and every time we needed to rest, we ran 100 meters

12:10

rest, then tabata:

on back, legs together, straight, and in air (kind of an upside down plank)
squats
supermans

Glad we could get something done before the rehearsal dinner...

Did yesterday's WOD today, since I hardly ever get to do snatches:

Snatch

1-1-1-1-1

55-65-65-70-75-80(f)

Got a lot of technique help from Jimmy, which was awesome. Really focused on getting my butt down to start and keeping a good head-to-butt ratio through the first pull. Felt pretty good about this, considering it was the first time I'd ever done any kind of real weight with the full snatch.

Then did the mini metcon, which was

3 rounds

50 situps (unanchored)
50 hip extensions

10:50

Brutal, is all I can say.

Friday's WOD was in New Orleans, in between huge meals:

tabata handstand holds, squats (106?), situps (100), and superman holds

Flew back today, and had chem so I couldn't get to the box. Did Sunday's WOD:

10:00 AMRAP

10 BW deadlifts (just about - did 135 lb)
15 box jumps

5.5 rounds

Deadlifts were beastly, and I definitely have lost some form, but I'm glad I forced myself to do it. Operation pullup took a brief holiday, but I'm back on it today. I've only done 1 so far, but I plan to get 9 in by the end of the night.

Today's WOD was

Hang power clean

3-3-3-3-3

rest

Annie (not as Rx'd)

20-18-16-14-12 DU
50-40-30-20-10 situps

Numbers were 65-85-95-100-85 and 8:59. Curtis's coaching on the hang power cleans really helped me get that 100 lb set up, which I'm pretty sure is a PR. And I had a double under revelation mid-Annie which I am hoping will vastly improve my double under performance henceforth - my hands drift out, which effectively makes the rope shorter and causes me to trip up.

In other news, today is day 2 of Operation Get More Pullups, which means that every day I vow to do at least 10 pullups. Yesterday I managed to do 15 throughout the day. The count today is at 12, and I'll see if I can't bang out 3 more later today.

Saturday was the 4th, which I spent on an EMS bike team on the GW Parkway. I wouldn't call it a workout, per se, but we did bike about 25 miles over the course of the evening.

Sunday and Monday were off days.

Tuesday's WOD was

Push press

3-3-3-3-3

rest

Front squat

3-3-3-3-3

I managed 65-85-95-100-105(f) and 85-105-125(f)-110-115. Should have started a little heavier on the push presses, since I was pretty gassed on my last attempt (and was reasonably sure I could have gotten 105 up had I tried it in an earlier set). Both quads tightened up considerably on the third set of the squats, which was kind of a bummer. Altogether the workout was a little disappointing, but to be expected given my lack of commitment in June. This, and the fact that I signed up for the Level 1 Cert in late October, only increases my motivation to put my nose to the grindstone these next few months...

Yay! I'm unemployed!

Thursday's WOD was:

AMRAP 5:00
9 thrusters
5 power snatches
(both at 55 lb)

rest 3:00, repeat cycle twice more

1 - 3 rounds
2 - 3 rounds
3 - 3 rounds minus 1 snatch

Felt pretty good considering my half-assed workout regimen lately.

Friday's WOD was

"Karen" - 150 wallballs

10:14, with a 16 lb pound ball

No way I could do these using the 10 foot target. Oh well...