I’ve rested a lot this week, as I was starting to feel burned out and knew I needed some extra days off. The only day I worked out pretty hard was Tuesday when I did a workout plus 10 muscle … Continue reading
This morning I did my first SEALFit WOD. I love to do extra challenging wods to test myself not just physically but mentally. I like to see if I can finish, how hard I can push myself, and what kind of effect it has on me.
Today’s SEALFit WOD was:
200 m run, 20 pull ups
400 m run, 20 pull ups, 50 push ups
800 m run, 20 pull ups, 50 push ups, 75 sit-ups
1 mile run, 20 pull ups, 50 push ups, 75 sit-ups, 100 squats
800 m run, 20 pull ups, 50 push ups, 75 sit-ups
400 m run, 20 pull ups, 50 push ups
200 m run
It took me 66:12 to finish. The hardest part was the push ups!! Everything else was easy in comparison!! I would definitely do this WOD again!!
Back Squats
5@ 115
5@ 125
6@ 130
Feeling great on Back Squats. Getting my energy back and re-adjusting to Low-Carb/Keto diet again after a few weeks of slacking!
Tabata Bottom-to-Bottom Squats
100+ (I lost count!)
Immediately follow with a 1 mile run – finished the mile in 8:03.
I’m so glad my energy is coming back and that I’m feeling good again. Changing up the diet is always rough the first few days!
Back Squats
3 @ 110#
3 @ 115#
7 @ 120#
Felt great on Back Squats today!!
then did a 20 minute Tabata WOD of:
Rowing
GHD Sit ups
Kettlebell Swings (35#)
Air Squats
Plank (w/ 25# plate)
The Tabata felt great! I haven’t done a good Tabata WOD in a long while, so it was fun doing one again!!
Tomorrow I get to REST!!!!! YAY!!! I’ll be doing some stretching and mobility work to make sure I go in to Saturday’s competition feeling GREAT! I may get out for an easy run – we’ll see!! I’m looking forward to testing myself Saturday. I don’t expect to be the fastest or even at the top. I just hope to do really well – for ME! Several of the mini-WODs will give taller people an advantage, but I’ll still work hard and do my best!
For the last couple of days I’ve been on basically a carb-binge. I’m not sure why, but starting Thursday I just had some massive cravings for sugar and just went with it. I don’t know what caused it, but I was stressing out and just didn’t feel like fighting it. Its been 2 months solid of low-carbing and this was the first time I really felt this kind of cravings. Stress + cravings = hard to deal with!
Today I did:
Back Squats
5 @ 100#
5 @ 110#
10 @ 115#
then I did Angie: 100 pull ups, 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 squats. I believe I finished around 22 minutes, but the Coach turned off the clock to reset it for the next class when I was halfway through my sit ups, and he wasn’t sure what the time on it was at and I also missed time going to grab a timer to finish timing. That really sucked too because I was hoping to beat my previous PR of 23:01. Now I have no idea if I actually beat my PR or not. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to do it again soon!
Posted in Air Squats, Back Squat, Pull ups, Push Ups, Sit ups
Just feeling “blah” today. Feels like something is lingering in my throat and chest – not like sickness but like the threat of it and I think it is making me tired. I’ve been sleeping more lately (or at least am in the bed more hours), but still don’t feel rested or energetic. Its a bit annoying.
I tried doing my CrossFit Football Totals today (1 rep maxes of Deadlift, Bench Press, Back Squat and Power Cleans). They sucked horribly and I didn’t even hit my previous PRs so I gave up on that and did a Metcon instead. The Maxes were pissing me off because I didn’t like the equipment I was using (different gym) and so I just decided it would be better to do something I could do and that would burn off some angry energy.
I started out planning to just do 4 rounds, but ended up doing 10 rounds of: 10 pull ups, 20 squats, 10 push ups, and 20 box jumps on 24″ box. It took me 35:53 to finish. I think the people there (it was a globo gym) thought I was crazy. It was pathetic watching the trainers training their people, and watching people train themselves. One lady with her trainer in front of my made up station was doing step ups (on the steps used in step aerobics class) with little dumbbells doing bicep curls. A guy with his trainer was doing floor sweepers with like 65# (I can do 115#) and he couldn’t even keep his arms locked out – his elbows were bent almost to the ground. Then a guy and his girlfriend next to me were doing bicep curls with a cable machine and on the down motion he wasn’t even straightening his arm – it was pathetic! I wanted to smack them and shout “what are you doing you wussy people?” AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! This is why I won’t do well working out at a globo gym!
Posted in Air Squats, Box Jumps, Pull ups, Push Ups, Workout of the Day
It was Jill’s 42nd Birthday today, so we put together a great WOD!
2 rounds of 21 exercises (21 reps each, except on the run):
1. Air Squats
2. Sledge Hammer
3. Pull ups
4. Sit ups
5. Superman
6. Burpees
7. Walking Lunges
8. Wood Chop
9. Push ups
10. Box Jumps
11. Push Press 45#
12. KB Swings 35#
13. Back Squat 45#
14. Turkish Get ups 10#
15. Wall Ball 10lb
16. SDHP 45#
17. Tire flips
18. Double Unders
19. Knees To Elbows
20. Hanging Power Snatches 45#
21. Run 200 m
It took me 1:07:10 to finish the entire thing twice! YIKES!!!!!
I spent the last couple of days feeling crappy, with a rough headache. I’m not sure what it was but I don’t normally get headaches like that so it was pretty crummy. There were two WODs I wanted to make up from the days I didn’t get to the gym (Tues, Wed, and Thurs) so I decided to do them back-to-back with only a 5 minute rest between.
Fran
21-15-9 of
65# Thrusters
Pull ups
I finished in 6:25 – NOT a PR
“Jungle Fever”
75 Hang Power Snatches (50# – was supposed to be 55 but I didn’t know that)
Do 1 round of Cindy every 2 minutes
(Cindy is: 5 pull ups, 10 push ups, 15 squats)
I finished this in 21:21 – definitely NOT a PR – the last time I finished in 11 something!
then I rested about 10 minutes (driving home) and then walked briskly for 30 minutes.
Posted in Air Squats, Pull ups, Push Ups, Snatches, Thrusters, Workout of the Day
“Murph”
1 mile run
100 pull ups
200 push ups
300 squats
1 mile run
I finished in 1 hour 22 minutes. It took longer because I was wearing a 20# vest. I did the pullups, push ups and squats as 20 rounds of Cindy rather than finishing each exercise before going on to the next. Either way – it was really hard because the mile runs were half mile of uphill during each mile, and the other stuff was super hard wearing the vest!! But, it is cool to know I could do it and actually finish!
Doing all these WODs with either heavier weight or with the weight vest on has been interesting. I like testing myself, and I am looking forward to later when I do WODs with these exercises but use lighter weight and/or without the vest to see how much different it is. My hope is that everything will seem much easier! I’m looking forward to the end of the month when we do our bodyfat test and re-test our Benchmarks!
