Fran ... she's mean, she's ugly, and today... she's carrying a few extra pounds.
Today’s Mainsite Workout
- 135 pound Thruster, 15 reps
- 35 pound weighted Pull-up, 15 reps
- 95 pound Thruster, 21 reps
- 20 pound weighted Pull-up, 21 reps
- 65 pound Thruster, 36 reps
- 36 Pull-ups
Tery’s sissy-scaled down version: (somewhere under 21:13?)
- 65lb Thruster, 15 reps
- 5lb weighted Pull-up, 15 reps
- 55lb Thruster, 21 reps
- un-weighted Pull-up, 21 reps
- 45lb Thruster, 36 reps
- un-weighted Pull-up, 36 reps
Notes on the WOD:
Yeah, I scaled it by almost 50%, I’m not above admitting that I have a lot of work to do and a ways to go. If I can do it before, I can totally do it again.
But OOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMGGGGGGG!!!
It was slow going, but steady-ish. I‘m not sure how my thrusters looked, but given what I know about my bad habits and history, I'm sure I would have benefitted from having a coach there going into the last round... it’s frustrating because I really want to get it right and I struggle with some movements ...
Speaking of trying to improve, I remembered to do something I used to do to keep myself honest. I mentally measured the bottom of each thruster where my tricep would almost touch my knees – whenever I’ve taken this approach I seem to get better depth and full range. But my hips and legs are going to be SORE! I guess that’s punishment for taking too much time off and getting complacent about my overall fitness and diet. Yes, yes, lesson learned.
Anyhoo, my back doesn’t feel sore but I can tell my abs and arms will be tomorrow, so I’m guessing that I didn’t move too poorly overall. I rested at the top of the thrusters and never put the bar down, so that helped. Pullups were single/doubles in the 3rd round and I was annoyed at how uncooperative my arms were being.
I hit the wall towards the end of round 2 and started thinking of my 2 friends with MS, fellow West Buttress climber, Pascal, and one of my personal heroes, Joe Puryear to get me going a bit more, but it was such a struggle and I’m sure I was still cursing up a storm. I’m going to have to think about why I have to work myself into such an emotional tizzy in order to get past the finish line each time. I know it can be annoying to others and is definitely something I can’t do near children, but it seems to be the only thing that works for me... any help or suggestions are welcome.
This would have been a great WOD to at the CFC box, but the storm would make my 12 mile round-trip take a couple of hours. A bummer, but OMG, I am just LOVING this storm!
Today, the intention was to focus on getting my head back into training, taking only 3-breath breaks only at the halfway point in between each round, and trying to move consistently and better instead of being “faster” or “stronger”. I think quality over quantity will help me in the long run – I’m naturally strong, but it doesn’t mean that I move efficiently to be stronger.
...Yeah, I ponder things a lot, but that doesn’t mean that space cadet here remembered to stop the timer (or even look at it) upon completion and total collapse. (I think there was dry heaving somewhere in round 3, I‘m honestly not sure). I think it took me longer to get up than the time it took to do the workout and I felt so traumatised that I totally forgot – thus the lack of accuracy in completion time. Seriously, I think my IQ drops by 75% and I become a mono-syllabic beastess when I workout. Anyway, I remember somewhere in round 2 seeing the clock around 9:24 ... not sure if there has been any improvement given how inconsistent I’ve been these last 3 months. But I can say that I haven't suffered this good in a long time
Consistency. Perhaps that is the ONE skill I should aim for in the next months.
* sleep: 5 (started using alarm to get to bed/get up at same time)
* stress: 8 (it hasn’t changed)
* health: 80% (coughy, but ok)
* diet: 4 (see below)
* physical energy: 7 (meh)
* mental energy: 8 (the storm is getting me excited, what can I say?!)
Diet: I’m guessing around 2000 calories, but I’ll start an online intake log and get better readings soon. One step at a time.
Before 11am: Only had 1/2 c of coffee... given my 4+ cups a day habit, this is a big improvement. God, I am SO addicted to this stuff.
Around noonish: whey protein with coconut milk. Also a couple of teaspoons of almond butter and avocado.
Around 3-ish: hot dog, plain. I was at costco and there wasn’t anything else available. Bad excuse, I know.
Really bad part ... forgot to eat again until almost 7pm. Yes. I went THAT long without good calories. Got in a 4-egg omellete with some fresh turkey breast and an apple. It was my pre-wod.
Post WOD: endurox, water, and laying about on the floor.
[yummy mini key lime pie, fruit tart, and carrot cake cupcake] 