Thursday was an unintentional rest day as a result of some last minute cramming for my immunology final. Sigh. Friday will be another rest day unless something miraculous happens, like the transmission falls out of my ambulance tomorrow morning. Dare to dream...

More Starting Strength at home today:

Back Squat 3x5 (135)
Bench Press 3x5 (75)
Deadlift 1x5 (182.5)

Good times.

Filthy Fifty

Today was my first real crack at this monster of a sexy metcon. For those who aren't in the know, it's 50 of

Box Jumps (20")
Jumping Pullups
KB Swings (25 lb)
Walking Lunges
Knees to Elbows
Push Press (35 lb)
Straight Leg Deadlift (65 lb)
Wall Balls (12 lb at 8')
Burpees
Double Unders

I did all but the last 38 double unders in about 29:00. The gym got super chaotic at the end, and I got frustrated and packed it in. Oh well. What really slowed me down in this was the knees to elbows. Mind you, my ability to actually do them has improved immensely - all 50 of my reps touched my arm, if not my elbows - but I was slooow. Everything else was fine, with the exception of the burpees and obviously the double unders.

Sunday was another inadvertent rest day.

This afternoon I did

Back Squat 3x5 (132.5)
Press 3x5 (62.5)
Power Clean 5x3 (95)

Then

Toe-Assisted Ring Dips 4x5

After I got home from class, Alex wanted to do the PCF WOD at home, so I worked on

Front Squat 5x3 (95-105-105-105-105)

Light enough that I didn't have any problems with it, but heavy enough that I had to focus. I then practiced a couple sets of 5 box jumps on the 18" box and did 3 sets of 20 second flexed arm hangs (while watching the Caps game).

Friday Alex's parents were in town so I was indisposed. Saturday morning I was working so I couldn't go into the box, but in the afternoon I did do

Back Squat 3x5 (130-130-130)
Bench Press 3x5 (72.5-72.5-72.5)
Deadlift 1x5 (177.5)

Then

4 rounds
10 pushups
20 box jumps (16")

3:59

All box jumps unbroken. Time to step it up a few inches.

Today's WOD was

Clean and Jerk 2-2-2-1-1-1 (120)

Then

5 4x10 shuttle runs (10.49)

Pretty excited about setting that clean and jerk PR; I actually did 120 twice: the first time wasn't pretty, the second still had a little press out, but it was much better. I then managed to clean 125, which is a PR for that! I'd love to be able to get a bodyweight clean and jerk by the end of the summer, so it was nice to make progress toward that end today. Shuttle runs were a little disappointing but fun. Overall, this was the most fun I think I've had during a WOD in awhile!

Tuesday was a rest/work day.

Wednesday I worked out at home with Alex and did a little box jump work (3 sets of 15 on a 16 inch box), then

Back Squat 3x5 (127.5)

Press 3x5 (60)

Power Clean 5x3 (92.5)

Wanted to do today's PCF metcon but ran out of time because Alex and I had to get to a screening of Fresh the movie (www.freshthemovie.com), which I highly recommend to anyone who takes a serious interest in their food.

Anyhow, after we got home, did

3x20 sec flexed arm hang

Don't know if I'm just weak or my abs are still feeling Annie from a few days ago, but these were hard!