subtle and steady goes it…

2:1 schedule still going ...

5 rounds @ 10:48
• 10 Box Jumps @ 20"
• 10 pullups
• 10 pushups
• 10 situps
• 10 squats

kept box, situps, and squats unbroken, pullups in 3-4's, pushups in 4-5's, and breaks at no more than :05 ... goal was to do sub 2:00 rounds, so i still have work to do

Post:
• 3x10 TTB
• 2x250m row @ sub 2:05
• 5x7 GHD

... i'm sure DOMs from yesterday's masochist-fest will set in tomorrow ... get some!

keeping with the paleo diet, I’m finally getting into the swing. I let myself become such a junkfood junkie that getting myself to cheat only 1 day a week was a struggle

for me, it’s helping me recover more efficiently and lets me work harder (ie, less suffering during workout). got a routine finally and now matt is on board… more on that laer

eyes dotted, T’s crossed, and the little promises

This is a photo of me having sushi ... kinda like my birthday sushi fun fest on Friday ... talk about junk food hangover the next day!
Suz’s comment the other day highlighted it best, “it’s funny, those little promises you make to yourself”. She’s spot on. I’ve noticed that Crossfitters have their little unspoken “code” of badassness.
Going lighter? Then must go unbroken. Going RX? Only if they are good reps. Going to break? Then only for 5 seconds.

... the things we rationalise in our heads to let ourselves be human
So I thought, “yeah, your digestive tract played hard, so make it up to yourself ... old school!”. Do a 2-a-day this week!

SURE. Just try it, how bad can it be if you rest at least 4 hours in between?! Just eat more ... you’re in pretty good shape, right?! how bad can it be?!

um. really bad. really really really really bad. Oh boy, I think I’m gonna be sore on Thursday... I can tell and I totally see the foolishness of my ways. BCAA’s and yoga, don’t fail me now! Bad ego! Bad! Bad!

Made up Monday’s workout:

filthy 50 @ 29:34

• 50 box jump
• 50 pullups
• 50 lunges
• 50 TTB
• 50 push press @ 45#
• 50 back extensions
• 50 wall balls @14#
• 50 burpees
• 50 double-unders

OMG, I love chippers… my first filthy 50 and it was delightfully awful.

Idid this @ home: subbed KTE with TTB… pretty broken up but v-short breaks … had to go 45# bar and 14# ball because that’s all we’ve got @ home.
goal was sub 30:00 … 29:34 … YEAH BABY!!!

Saturday’s workout:

150 kb swings (10 min cap)

Every break = 5x 2-for-1 wall balls
LOVE LOVE LOVE KBS ... HATE HATE HATE WB ... 6:02

i hate WB so much that i REFUSED to let that thing go... nothing lighter than 1 pood at home, so
if broken means putting the KB on the ground, then i went unbroken.
um. no post or pre-wod ... not a chance.

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Notes: eating enough solid food throughout the day made the difference ... 4 solid meals of at least 25g protein and several snack sessions got me through today... that and hearing matt tell me that he didn’t want to climb with me if I was going to whine and make excuses.

I know myself well enough that I don’t come out of the gates with guns blazing or always have eyes dotted and T’s crossed ... in fact, I usually need a red hot poker shoved up to get me going ... but once I do, I can keep going ... and going ... so we’ll see how I feel. I’ll just try to work out tomorrow and see how it goes...

Sunday 5/15: Paleo Challenge Day 0 ... Planning & Mentally Preparing

Ok, I gotta come clean. I kept oscillating between starting the Paleo challenge Saturday, Sunday, or Monday and messed myself up. Gotta come clean - I had feta cheese in my omelet, hashbrowns, and a bagel during brunch with the gang today. So I guess I have to start the challenge on Monday after all.

Ugh. I let peer pressure get to me and realise how impressionable I can be ... where once I was a leader now a follower be...

Also, one of the coaches busted me on FB ... sheesh. I deserved that too.

I was going to post a photo of said brunch, but I also promised Elisabeth that I wouldn’t post naughty foods until the end of regionals. BTW, not that it makes it ok, but she was at brunch too!

Anyway, I made up a workout from last week.

Pre-WOD:
3×10 GHD + little ab wheel thingy of pain
50 double-unders

WOD: Made up Wednesday’s @ 8:46

2 Rounds @ 8:46
15 Deadlift (75)
15 Push-ups
10 Power Clean (75)
10 Burpees
5 Power Snatch (75)
5 Handstand Push-ups

Post-WOD:
10 deadhangs (3-3-3-1)
(#?) double-unders and yappy hallow ring fun ... I just love the CFC gang because they tolerate my silliness

I really scaled down weight (75#) and HSPUs were reduced to 2-sec handstands, but I’m glad my snatches went unbroken, I maintained ROM integrity, and that I kept breaks really short when I took one. I can’t say how much I appreciate other CF’ers pushing me to stay consistent. I wonder if they’ll ever know what kind of pathetic slob I’d be if left to my own devices... seriously, if it weren’t for climbing and my love for the outdoors, I’d be well on my way to becoming morbidly obese with all kinds of health issues like the rest of my family.

... keep calm and carry on ...

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ranking from 1-10 today...

sleep: 9  (a full 8+ hours!)
diet: 4 (I blew it with brunch)
health: 6 (allergies?!?!)
recovery: 7 (stiff, but not sore)
physical energy: 8 (really felt great after WOD and hanging with the CFC gang)
mental energy: 8 (see above)
stress: 6