A Ridiculous Amount of Catching Up

November 27, 2010
SNPP 73x3x5

WOD
5 Rounds
6 snatch balance 43#
16 lateral hurdles 12"
10 KBS 35#
Time: 8:02

Loved the snatch balances in this one, and I didn't love the hurdles, but I was able to do them even though I was sure I wouldn't be able to.

November 28, 2010
Muscle Snatch 48x3x3

Front Squat
83x3
113x1
143x1
163x1
183x1
195x1 (PR!!) Yeah, super happy to get this one!

Butcher Sprints
2 rounds with 35# plates

Side Bends
1x10 35#
2x10 45#

November 29, 2010
Power Snatch
53x2
63x2
68.5x1x5

WOD
40 Squats
15 push ups
8 hang power cleans 73#
Time: 6:27

Hmmm, I failed to write down the number of rounds. I must have been still a little fuzzy brained.

GHD sit-ups
3x15

November 30, 2010
Front Squat
153x2x4

WOD
5 rounds
1 min max burpees
1 min rest

14/14/14/13/14=69

Certainly a wod that plays to my strengths. Burpees are fabulous, and this was just one great fabulous fest.
My two goals for this wod:
1. make every burpee an honest burpee with jumps down into the push up/flop on the floor and jumps back up from the floor. I wanted to have no burpees that included using my knees to ease my way down and up. Goal met. I was incredibly tempted to muddle some of those burpees, but I really wanted to cement the new pattern in my brain.
2. I wanted to never drop below 14 in a minute. Goal not met. And I tried really, really hard to get 15 on the last round and just.could.not.do.it!

December 2, 2010
Front Squat
worked up to-
163x1
173x1

The 173 was of questionable depth. Time for some super honest blog confession. Green tea right before the class+a lifting belt+front squats=a recipe for possible bladder control problems. It is true. This is my super honest confession of the year. I didn't really feel like dealing with it, so I just didn't go quite below parallel.

Counting can be hard

Important goal for next week-get these posts written on time...

Tuesday
9/14/2010
Snatch Push Press
53x5
63x5
73x5
83x5

I WILL be able to get more weight up over my head. I will.

WOD
3 rounds
5 min. ARMAP
5 DB snatch 25#
7 push ups
9 box jumps 20"
1 min rest

Rounds 3/3/3

Have you ever been in the middle of a wod, working really hard to keep with it, and at the same time trying to keep track of your reps and rounds? Seems like something I should have plenty of practice with by now, right? But in fact, I have no idea how many box jumps I actually did. I am sure I did at least 9 each round, but right in the middle of the 2nd round, I was counting my box jumps-7,8,9,10,11,12. And then I realized that I only had to do 9.

Reverse Hypers 90#x10x2

Knees to Elbows?!?

SNPP (behind the neck)

73x5

83x4

93x3

103x2

113x1

WOD
All 2 minute rounds

4 rounds:

100 m shuttle

15 plate sit ups (25#)

(subbed to 7 GHD sit ups for the last 2 rounds)

4 rounds

150 m row

10 T2B, subbed to almost K2E

I liked the rest in each round. That worked well for me. :) Joc is good at pushing us to work nice and hard with these wods. She is giving me lots of practice in getting my breathing under control...

When I was done, Kyle muttered something about knowing my secret. What secret? I have no secrets!! Well, it turns out that he thought that I was indeed able to do the actual K2Es and that I was just sandbagging. No, I can't do them! I know I can't. I've never been able to come even close, so I just pull my legs up and engage those abs. I have been getting better, but nope, can't actually do them. Kyle didn't agree.

So I told Kyle that I would show him that I couldn't do it.

Then I tried it again. I did it. Bummer! Now I'll have to actually do real K2Es. :)

In keeping with my goal to make sure I was eating really well this week, my menu for today-

Breakfast

eggs, Italian sausage, tomatillo salsa, and avocado

Snack, post wod

almonds

Lunch

grilled pork tenderloin with peach salsa

roasted broccoli with caramelized onions

Dinner

grilled hamburger patty with tomato, avocado, and tomatillo salsa

roasted broccoli

Dessert

strawberries and blueberries with coconut milk

Jump, Jump, Jump

Snatch PP
63x5
73x4
88x3
98x2
108x1
118 fail

SLDL
83x3x5

You do enough of those behind the neck presses and jerks and you learn to absorb that weight a little better! You do those SLDLs and they just remind you that your hamstrings exist and complain a bit if you don't give them enough attention.

WOD
8 rounds
8 Box Jumps 20"
8 KBS 44#
50 m run
Time: 11:56

I could say that the difference between completing 36 jumps on the 20" box last week, coupled with almost no other leg work, compared to the 64 jumps, coupled with the runs, was just a tad noticeable. If you want a more honest assessment, I'd have to say that it was tough to even finish. Blah, like leaning against the wall, wondering why I put myself through this stuff kind of tough. I'll admit that I felt pretty proud/hard-core/legit for actually completing those box jumps, but it was hard to get them done.

And guess who actually completed a double-under? Yep, and then I was able to do it again. I was just too overwhelmed with the thrill of a double-under to get the rope around again...

On a diet note, I went to Whole Foods yesterday, fell so in love with all the fabulous fruit that the produce guy kept giving me to taste that I decided to add fruit back in for the summer. It is good to eat seasonally, right? I think I'm going to have figs and prosciutto tomorrow.