Sunday was a rest day. Geaux Saints!

Monday was

5x3 Back Squat (125-135-145-145-145)

Then

3 rounds

5 weighted pullups (5 lb)

10 hang power DB snatch (25 lb)

5 burpees

4:17

Back squats felt pretty good. I likely could have gone a little higher but chose to hang out at 145 lb and really focus on driving through my heels. Metcon was fine, I kept the 5 lb weight in my sports bra and it kept coming loose, which slowed me down...

Friday was a work/rest day, which was mostly restful except for carrying that lady up a flight of stairs to her house...thankfully she was small.

Saturday I did

walk a mile to box in snow wearing turnout pants and boots

"Angie"

50 pullups

75 pushups

100 situps

100 squats

22:45

walk a mile back home in snow wearing turnout pants and boots

I'm pretty pooped now, not gonna lie.

Today was my first Oly Lifting Foundations class. We didn't sling any real weight to speak of, but we worked a lot on snatch drills, first with PVC and then with the bar. Sadly, my shoulders were a little tired toward the end of the hour. I then farted around the gym waiting for Alex's Foundations class to end; I ended up doing some skin-the-cats, a quasi-Death By DB Press (7 rounds at 25 lbs), and a tiny bit of kipping pullup work before calling it a day.

Today was my first day back in the box after a couple of days of being laid out on the couch. Still feeling a little weak, so I only did the strength component:

Push Jerk (2-2-2-2-2-2-2)

85-95-100-100-100-100-ran out of time

I then worked on my kipping pullups while the rest of the class rowed. Felt pretty good considering it's been a few days, and I actually managed to crank out 5 in a row! I probably could have done another one or two, but I was so surprised/pleased that I popped right off the bar, oops. This makes me feel better about my goal of getting 10 in a row by the end of February.

January Review

So in keeping with my goal-making at the beginning of the year, here's a look back at the month:

Food: pretty dang Paleo, with the exception of the end of the month when I was sick.

Fish Oil: pretty good, except for the end of the month when I couldn't really keep much down.

Sleep: not so great, mostly because of work. This is the area that I feel like I need to improve on the most, because it affects so many other areas of my life (including my ability to work out). I am attempting to cut down on my hours in an effort to improve the number of quality sleep hours I get every week.

Goats: Met and exceeded my double under expectations. Not quite there on kipping pullups, but made good progress. Besides working on keeping a good rhythm, I can also use an increase in upper body and grip strength.

WOD attendance and stretching: I didn't meet my goals for the month, but I am certain that my sleep is the major reason for my downfall in these departments.

Besides trying to work less and sleep more, in February I'll continue to work on kipping pullups. I really would like to increase the number of consecutive ones I can get to 8-10. I'll also be working on Oly lifts - something I'll be accomplishing through the twice-weekly Oly classes I'll be taking with Jon.

Still sick today...

Yesterday I came down with some kind of nasty GI bug that I think I picked up from a patient, so Sunday and Monday are both ending up as rest days. Blech.