Grace

Didn't feel great this afternoon, so I decided to do a short workout at home instead of the longer one at the box. It was also nice to talk my boyfriend through another WOD - he did the 3x5 hang power cleans with the rowing/box jumps met con afterward. Now if he could only fork over the money for a PCF membership, I'd be in heaven...

I did Grace at only 75 lbs, in 5:30, and really tried to focus on doing quality cleans every time. I still feel a little bit weaker/more winded than I would expect out of myself, and think I am capable of doing at least 85 lbs when at my best, but I was glad to do something. I also practiced double unders a bit beforehand, which was good - I got out of the habit of practicing them, and subsequently got worse, of course.

So my couple days of not working out turned into an entire week, mostly because I've been a little sick and a lot stressed out. Egh. Hopefully things will improve next week, though, when I'm done with my job! Saturday I got back on the saddle and did Friday's WOD:

Push Press
3-3-3-3-3

AMRAP 10:00
9 thrusters (45 lb)
1 strict pullup

Push presses went 65-75-85-95f-95. Really focused on breath control in the last set and was pleased to see that I could get the weight up. Managed 7 rounds of the second half of the workout - I don't know if it was continued weakness from being sick or just being a little out of tune because I didn't work out all week, but those thrusters were a doozy.

Didn't work out Monday (class) and couldn't get to the box on time Tuesday (work), although I did do a number of kipping pullups during my gym cleanup this evening. Wednesday isn't looking so hot either for making it to the box, but I am going to try to do a short WOD at home tomorrow after class...

Did Saturday's WOD today (Sunday) at home again with the boyfriend. My rowing machine counter is a little f-ed up, so I subbed situps for the row portion:

Tabata Fight Gone Bad
6 rounds of:
Situps
Box Jumps
Push Press, 55 lbs
Sumo Deadlift High-pull, 55 lbs
Wall Ball, 12 lbs

269 as Rx'd

Felt pretty good throughout. Everything was roughly even through the rounds except for push presses (I did 10 in the first round, and things got kinda ugly after that).

Took Friday off because I was feeling lazy. Couldn't get into the box, so did yesterday's workout today (Saturday):

AMRAP in 15 mins:
5 Front Squats (85#)
7 Burpee Box Jumps

7.5 rounds

Couple my hatred of all things squat-related with the fact that I did the workout outside in the heat a few hours after having 2 glasses of wine, a piece of cake, and 3 egg-salad sandwiches at a baby shower. Needless to say I was not pleased with my performance. Since my squat weight was quite a bit lighter than my previous max and probably a little lighter than I should have done, I did try to focus on my form, which felt pretty good.

Today's WOD was

7 Rounds, Each Round 2:30
7 Deadlifts
7 Pullups

The goal was to try and do as many unbroken rounds of the deadlifts as possible. I did 170#, and had to break up 3 of the rounds. Pullups were with 2 tan bands in the first 2 rounds, and the blue band in all subsequent ones. All in all pleased with my deadlift performance, frustrated with my lack of pullup progress.

Poultry Days

Friday was an exam and travel day, so no WOD. On Saturday and Sunday I was in southern Ohio, eating chicken, drinking beer, and playing a little frisbee. Diet was not spot on by any stretch of the imagination, so I was actually glad to play quite a bit on Sunday (despite not intending to play at all). Today (Monday) will be another rest day due to another exam and the studying that needs to happen before I take said exam. Sigh.