12/31/10 12pm @ 12th Street Gym

Shoulders are pretty sore and tight but felt better as I moved around.

5x5 tuck jumps for height (no way to measure, really, but these were fun and got my blood moving)

2K row
9:05

*Couldn't see my pace, I didn't set the display correctly.

*Breath was not the issue, muscular endurance was. This is both good (that I wasn't dying of lack of breathing) and bad (that my muscles want to stop after 1K).

*Damper was at 8 but it still felt like I wasn't getting much distance per stroke, like I wasn't getting enough resistance from the damper? The 12th Street rowers suck. Taping your feet to the rower is also a little claustrophobic. haha.

*Followed by max time side/front/side plank [15sec on left, hah, 1:30 front, 35? on right]. My arms and hands were burning really painfully. Blood rushing back? Lactic acid that I ignored then became aware of after I collapsed to the floor after?

*That's what I get for taking a month off and then doing this my 3rd day on. I don't know why I am annoyed by this more than anything else that has dropped after time away. Damn it all. NEVER AGAIN. Sub-8:00 row, you are my ***** in 2011.

For comparison:

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12/30/09 - 9:35
6/17/10 - 8:35

12/21/10

Breakfast - coffee, small piece of homemade banana bread, 2 hardboiled eggs

Lunch - giant salad w/ baby spinach, grilled chicken, avocado, cherry tomato, olives, artichoke hearts, vinegar

Dinner - sausage, egg, spinach scramble

Taste testing of some Christmas treats. Oops. Haha.

12/20/10

Wow, been awhile. 

Short on time for food shopping this week so I'm playing "clean out the fridge/freezer"

Skipped breakfast except for coffee. Bleh.

Lunch - 2 hardboiled eggs w/ salt, 1/2 sweet potato with butter and cinnamon. This tasted so delicious.

Dinner - Weird. 1.5 sausages that I pulled out of the freezer. They're from the butcher, no Jimmy Dean crap, but I have no idea what kind they are. Heated them up on the stove and put some homemade marinara over them (also out of the freezer). Annnd may or may not have eaten an entire pound of brussels sprouts, but still felt REALLY hungry after this. Not enough fat in this meal. Just now I ate about 2/3 cup of frozen blueberries with 2-3 tbsp coconut flakes (unsweetened) over them. Jesus, must grocery shop.

10/16/10 11am

Nancy (5 rds of 400m run/15 OHS @ 65#)

First time trying this with the RX'd weight but I decided to stick to 3 rounds, just because I'm going to be in the gym a lot for the next couple of days before the wedding.

3 rounds in 14:08

Last time I did 5 rounds @ 45# in 20something, so I'm pretty sure I was on par to match that. OHS were no problem really, did all straight through. The heavier weight did a number on my legs though. The runs were sooooo slow.

After, I decided to try some heavier OHS just to see. Threw 85x3 up with no problem. Ready to go heavy.

10/17/10
9am @ CFCC

GRACE (30 C&J @ 85#)
4:48

First time attempting this RX'd. Done in sets of 5. I feel great about this. RX's girl/benchmark workout COMPLETE.

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3/1/10 6:30 PM

"Grace"
30 power cleans + push jerks [from the floor w/ 75#]
=9:10

This was harder than I thought it would be. So yeah. I also am a little nervous that I lost count and maybe did a few less than 30.

9/23/10
quads still sore from thrusters

Power: broad jumps

Strength: deadlift, worked up to 195x2

Metcon:
5 rds
5 DL (185/225)
10 burpees
=9:34
Yes, I did this RX'd, too wiped to cheer. so, so hard.

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2.27.10 Sectional Prep @ Crossfit KOP (Not doing sectionals this year but wanted to hang out) WOD #2 5 rds for time 5 135# deadlift 10 knee pushups (scaled from burpees, not allowed!) = 4:35ish *135# felt pretty light. I think I could have done even 155 for this one even though it would have been hard. Arms were shredded after 50 knee pushups. GOTTA GET BETTER AT THESE.

holy hell.

9/8/10 6am @ CFCC
Sweet Potatoes & Whey + CINNAMON beforehand (OM NOM NOM)

Warmup: full body + some pec stretches, worked on my legs with the Stick.

Strength: Overhead Squat, Heavy triples
35x3, 45x3, 55x3, went for 65 and got this weird stabbing horrible pain at the base of my right pinky finger. Have commenced to googling this and will report back. I'm SO ****ED. I KNOW I can do SO much heavier with these. But I was really excited to get to do them again, I missed them.

Metcon: NANCY
5 rounds for time -
400 m run
15 OHS @ 45#
= 20:06

65# was RX'd - I could have done this. Effing finger. Next time. Was debating whether to even use the bar because of the pain in my hand but I seriously had to, mentally. Ugh.

HOWEVER. I finished it! Last time I did Nancy, it was a world of suck, and the OHS's were what did it. Blurry vision, numb hands, etc. This time the OHS was the EASY part. DAMN THE HAND. The runs were just...you know. Every time I was counting steps and trying to go faster but I am proud to say I did not ever stop! All runs unbroken. All OHS unbroken. Next time this **** is RXd baby.

Friday, 7/23/10

6am 

Banana + iced coffee w/ espresso on the way to Crossfit

*Another stellar session, although I felt very sleepy this morning. MUST SLEEP MORE.

11am 
 8ish ounce chicken breast (baked w/ adobo seasoning), 1 delicious apple from the farmer's market. There's a bag of frozen broccoli calling my name right now. Eating clean makes you have weird cravings.