Friday was a work day, Saturday was an extra rest day, and Sunday I did

5 rounds

5 power cleans (105 lb)

10 pullups

15 box jumps

14:06

Power cleans took some time as I was dropping the bar every time, but I was able to keep a decent rhythm on them and they felt relatively good, especially when I caught the bar a little lower. Looking forward to the day when I can cycle my pullups better - once that happens, I could finish a WOD like this a good 2-3 minutes faster or be able to up the weight on the cleans without going grossly over on time. Box jumps are nothing else but a gut check, as always.

Today was graduation day for Oly Lifting Foundations. We worked toward 1 RM snatch and 1RM clean and jerk. For the snatch, I managed to stick 70, and failed at 75 a number of times. All of my problems can be traced back to f-ing up the first pull and me getting in my own head. The clean and jerk portion of the evening went much better - I got one at 115, and caught 120 but couldn't get it out of the bottom of my squat. I'll get it next time, though!

Today was

Push Press 5x3 (85-95-105-110f-105[2])

Then

30-20-10

DB snatch (30 lb)

Situps

Box jumps

7:45

Push presses felt ok - I worked a lot on keeping a good "porch" so the bar didn't slide on me. Erika gave me a good cue about pushing my knees out that I think will help keep my torso more upright. My limiting factor during the metcon was the quart of milk I drank at about noon today. Ew.

In the interest of not overdoing it (given my crappy sleep on Sunday night), I decided to only do the Oly lifting class tonight. We worked on the split, which previously has terrified me but is now less scary. I then did a handful of a few clean and split jerks at pretty light weights and then 95 lbs, and they all went up easy!

Once home I did another 5 rounds of Death By Handstand Pushup.

Monday was a rest day due to an extreme lack of sleep the night before. I think I jinxed myself by bringing gym clothes with me on my Sunday shift, in the hopes that I could just go straight to the box after work...

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.