Rest Day

Today is an unplanned rest day. Stele isn't feeling well so I won't be able to CF, but it's probably good because my arms are cashed...

Tic Tok

Strength/Skill Work Hang clean 2-2-2-2-2-2-2

35x2, 55x2, 65x2, 75x2, 80x2, 80x2, 85x2- so, so UGLY

WOD

7 Rounds of:

5 burpees

50ft weighted walking lunge (25lb sandbag)

5 pull-ups NO BANDS

For time. 9:11

15 minute time cap. This WOD was last completed on 100930. Old time 9:47 w/ purple band

Tues 110104

Bent Arm Hang Test= 1:27

Strength/Skill Work

Back squat: work to add upwards of 10lbs to your previous 5RM.

Previous= 118 x 5 depth questionable, 120 x 5 shaky- PR

WOD

Complete 5 rounds for time of:

8 Push-press (55lbs)

16 lateral jumps (16″)

Time=6:28

A Run in the Sun

Had Saturday and Sunday off so I was itching to get back in the box!

Strength/Skill Work Push jerk: Spend 15 minutes working up to a heavy set of 3 (with NO PRESS OUT!). If you find your max weight prior to the 15 minutes go down 20% and complete 3×3 at that weight with ~30 seconds rest between lifts.

95 x 5

WOD- "A Run in the Sun"

5 Rounds of:

200m run

12 burpees

1 minute rest between rounds.

Subtract 4 minutes from overall time and post to comments.

Time= 8:14

I did this WOD at 6:30 pm and it was freezing- my lungs were burning. Running felt good, it had been a while.

Carolina Challenge II

WOD

In the order of your choice complete max reps in two minutes of:

Kettlebell swings (35lbs)- 50

Box jumps (20″)- 39

Deadlifts (115lbs)- 20

Double unders- 53

One minute rest between each two minute period.

Total score= 171

Goals for the New Year

I am going to start putting my workout log here so I have a public record and am forced to blog- makes for a very interesting read later. So here are the goals for 90 days:

1. No sugar (haven't had any in a really long time so shouldn't be too hard)
2. No chocolate (so sad)
3. No dairy (except in coffee)
4. No processed (including sugar free candy- my nemesis)

Training Goals for the year

1. Consistent and consecutive double unders
2. Deadlift 200 (now 162.5 x 5)
3. 100 lbs overhead
4. Bodyweight C&J 114 (now 85 x 5 clean and 95 x 5 jerk)
5. Snatch 90 (now 60 x 5)
6. Compete in the Carolina Fitness Challenge December 2011

Hmmmmm... Paleo really?

Seems I have found a remedy to the never ending hunger... protein... Since I have never lifted before, I was so surprised at how much protein my body craved. So, I have added eggs and fish to my diet in an attempt to curb the hunger with wonderful results. The hunger has stopped and my progress have increased... Hmmmmm. I intend to grill some wild caught salmon for dinner and am feeling okay about my decision. It has been really hard after years of being vegan to admit that my body was craving more. However, making conscious choices is making the transition easier.

That being said, I am now doing official WOD's and they are much harder than the on ramp. Todays was particularly brutal for me. It looked like this:

AMRAP in 12 min.

100 m sandbag sprint (25#)

21 KBS @26lbs (35 Rx, but I'm not there yet)

I finished 6 rounds + 100m and 2 KBS- The KBS were brutal!!!

I thought I would kill on this but the weight was so different from just dragging around my body weight.

This week I start 4 days per week... wish me luck:)