Friday was a work day.

Saturday was Quarter Gone Bad, which was

5 rounds

15 sec thrusters (85 lb)

45 sec rest

15 sec deadhang pullups

45 sec rest

15 sec burpees

45 sec rest

My final total was 72. I ended up with 5 thrusters in the first round and 4 in the last 4 rounds, 4 pullups in the first round and 3 in the last 4 rounds, and 7 burpees every round. Considering I did this workout about 10 months ago with 65 lb thrusters and kipping pullups with a tan band, I feel pretty good.

By the way, I recently hit my 1 year mark at PCF. I haven't made as much progress as I might like in my first year, but I do recognize that a. I've made some pretty big strides despite at times not being as committed to training and nutrition as I wish I was, b. this is all a journey anyhow, and I'm really glad I've found an athletic outlet that I really enjoy, and c. PCF is a uniquely wonderful place!

Olympic lifting class only tonight. Worked on cleans - first second pull, then first pull, then some complexes, then full squat cleans. Did several squat cleans at 95. Felt good, once I worked on fast elbows and lay back (bar was hitting my boobs a lot). The only serious limiting factor (relatively speaking) when I'm really focused is my front squat ability.

Back in the box after a slightly longer than anticipated break. Did

Bench Press 3x5 (85, 90[4], 85)

and

5 rounds

30 double unders

20 KB swings (1 pood)

10 jumping lunges

12:11

Still getting used to the wider grip for bench press. Felt ok. Double unders still slowed me down more than I would have liked, but I was just glad that my teeth didn't hurt at all during the WOD so I'll take whatever I got today and be happy about it.

Last weekend was a marathon of work, as I had shifts Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Yesterday and today I've been dealing with a wicked abcessed tooth (and subsequent root canal). Hopefully the pain will have subsided enough by tomorrow to allow me back in the gym...

Today was

Power Clean 3x3 (hung out at 105 for all of these)

Clean 3x2 (85-105-110)

Really tried to work on a good first pull and fast elbows.

Metcon was

4 rounds

5 Front Squats (85 lb)

25 DUs (scaled down from 50)

6:26

More practice on front squats is always a good thing. Double unders were hard, especially because I was a. tired and b. I was doing them for the first time in WL shoes.

An hour later was Oly Lifting class. We worked on snatches, moving from OHS and behind-the-neck snatch-grip push presses to snatch balances, tall snatches, and then a receiving-position complex (muscle, power, half, full squat). Learned tonight that I really need to concentrate on a. pulling myself under the bar quickly, b. keeping a neutral gaze, and c. staying tight at the bottom. Put a little weight (55 lb) on the complex at the end and was happy to discover that it still felt good even though I was a little tired.

Tonight the box was closed (due to blizzard), so I stayed home and did Death By Assisted HSPU, in which Alex held my ankles and pulled when I needed help (which was often on the pushup part). Managed 5 complete rounds on that one. Whew. Then after a sizeable Caps-watching break, I did 3 sets of 10 second flexed arm hangs, and finished everything off with a little GFIT warmup work - namely, the tucked L sit and the straddle position.

Tonight was Jackie, which is

1000m row

50 thrusters (35 lb)

30 pullups

My time was 11:34, which is about what I got last time with banded pullups. I felt good about the row, so-so about the thrusters, and really really hope that I'll be able to string pullups together while tired sometime soon.

I then went to the Olympic Lifting class, where we worked on the first pull of the snatch. Good times.