Monday, May 28, 2012

Today in uselessness

Four shirtless Ukrainian men performing a cover of Rammstein's Du Hast.  Of course.



I wanted to repost this Gawker find so I have it saved for random, convenient reviewing as needed. Because it brings me a great deal of joy.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

RANT, RANT, RANT!!!



I miss Duckman.

I ranted on the interwebs today.  Saving said rant for posterity.

Our culture is messed up when it comes to pretty much everything. Everything from agriculture, public policy, our industrial food system, the disconnect between the biological sciences and nutrition sciences, the industrialized food complex, chain restaurants, the media and how bodies are presented, perceived and written about and consumed. You name it, we are a dysfunctional crew about it. Be thin. Thin is healthy and good. Unless you're too thin. Or don't have big boobs. Then eat a cheeseburger. OMG!!!, you're now a fat cow. And hate the environment. But don't care, you're a real woman with curves unlike all those fake women out there. Or unless you have muscles. Then you are a man and, just, eww. For the love of all that is pink, never use more than 3lb dumbbells. But carry around this heavy purse that weighs 20lbs and costs $600. Let's not make clothes larger than a size 12. Let's just make size 12 bigger. But expect women to be a size 0. Want a fat free yogurt? It's the official food of women! Unless you're vegan. Then, you're a skinny bitch! Buy, buy, buy! Consume, consume, consume! Never be good enough because so long as you're never good enough, you'll spend. So, we've made sure you can NEVER be good enough.


Piss on that.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Feeling the squats and sit ups today

Sleep - 11:30 until 7:30

Eats
 - 8:00 coffee, water, vitamin D, fish oil
 - 10:30 4 ounces roast Moroccan beast and 2/3's cup of bacon brussel sprouts
 - 11:45 10 pieces AlterEco 85 percent dark chocolate
 - 1:30 4 ounces roast Moroccan beast and 2/3's cup of bacon brussel sprouts
 - 4:00 4 ounces roast Moroccan beast and 2/3's cup of bacon brussel sprouts
 - 8:30 2  ounces roast Moroccan beast
 - cals 1839, fat 131g, cho 46g, pro 124g

Forgot my water bottle at home so I was lower on water.  Also low on the protein today.

Training
Rest day, mofos!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Made the Bacon Brussel Sprouts

Not so good as the cabbage.  But bacon does make everything better.

Sleep: 12:00  - 7:45 and okay-ish

Eats
 - 8:00 water, coffee, fish oil, vitamin D
 - 10:30 5.5 ounces sundried tomato chicken with 1 medium sized slice tomato, water
 - 1:00 same
 - 2:30 10 squares of AlterEco 85 percent dark chocolate
 - 4:30 same as the morning
 - 8:15 3/4 cup cherries while driving back from the grocery store after my workout
 - 9:00 the same for the chicken but with 2/3's cup of bacon brussel sprouts, water, magnesium
 - cals 2126, fat 124g, cho 92g, pro 172g

Training
Front squat 5's @ 145, 160, 175lbs (my old PR prior to November for 1 for 5's so woo!)
Pistols 5 unbroken each leg x 2
Kipping HSPUs 5 to 1 abmat, added 10lb plates to either side and did 3, 2 then some slow negatives to 1 plate
Metcon of 2 minutes each of lunges, toes to bar, sit ups, burpees, squats, two minute rest then squats, burpees, sit ups, toes to bar, lunges.  Did 267 and 252.  Easier going up then down.  Toes to bar were right deplorable (strung together the first 10 and then all singles).  What saved me was the squats. 
 -

Monday, January 09, 2012

No sleep! Overcaffinated!

But the caffeine is wearing off.  Boo to that.  So, tossed and turned and could not find comfy spot in what generally is a very comfy bed until 3:00 a.m.  And then I got up at 8:00 so I'm running on no sleep today.  Wired and tired, I do believe Robb Wolf referred to it as.  Except I'm more wired than tired.  Tired is coming, I'm sure.  Or maybe not since I'm also not sleep deprived most days?  We'll see.

8:30 - coffee, fish oil, vit d, water
12:30 - 6 ounces of chicken sundried tomato bake (thighs) and a cup of winter braised red cabbage with bacon, water x 2
3:30 - 5.5 ounces of chicken sundried tomato bake (thighs) and a cup of winter braised red cabbage with bacon, more water x 2
 - 8:30 5.5 ounces of chicken sundried tomato bake (thighs) and a cup of winter braised red cabbage with bacon, magnesium, more water
 - 2 squares 85 percent dark chocolate (Lindt)
 - 2166 cals, 158g fat, 41g cho, 143g pro

Really enjoying the chicken and cabbage.  Very nice!

Training
I like the look of the workouts this week.  Going to be a grinder!
 - Power Snatch 3's @ 85, 95, 100 (F only got 2)
 - Metcon of 500m row, 25 55lb kbell swings, 500m row, 25 55lb kbell swings, 500m row, 25 55lb kbell swings, 500m row in 15:04.  Slow on the transitions.
 - Mobility work with the lacrosse ball

Ps.  Taryn, I saw the shout out.  LOL!  Good luck down in Cali!

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Stalking my friends on twitter

I'm not actually on twitter because new things scare me and I need to spend at least a few years doing the online version of poking said new thing with a stick until I decide to try it.  Anyways, so yes, I stalk.  And I stalked myself into a new recipe to try this evening thanks to "a" because I'm flirting will full on terminal food boredom (aside from the coconut chicken soup, which still makes me all warm and fuzzy and happy).  I'm going to get this made this afternoon along with leftovers to last at least a day or two.  Taryn's pizza in a bowl was another option but my hippie food store of choice is out of the pastured, gluten free bison sausage I can actually eat without having some sort of unhappy reaction.

Sleep - 2:00 ish until 10:00 ish.  Could not fall asleep.  Could not find comfy spot.  If I found something that felt comfy, within 5 minutes it was ALL WRONG.  Also too much coffee+Walking Dead, super fun dream-y times.  Can't remember the particulars but I remember having to kill zombies again.  Just wait until Spartacus premieres!  I'll be killing Romans, bay-bee!!!!!

Food
 - 10:30, coffee, water, fish oil, vitamin D
 - 12:30, 6 ounces roast beef, 1.25 cup cooked carrots with 2 tsp ghee
 - 1:30 3 squares 85 percent dark chocolate (Lindt)
 - 7:30, 6 ounces cooked chicken thighs with sundried tomato and fresh basil, 1 cup winter braised red cabbage with bacon
 - 9:30 5.5 ounces cooked chicken thighs with sundried tomato and fresh basil, 1 cup winter braised red cabbage with bacon, magnesium
 - 2144 cals, 154g fat, 44g cho, 141g pro

Winter Braised Red Cabbage with Bacon
Cook 500g reduced salt bacon in a very large pan until crispy.
Add 1 head of red cabbage, slivered and cored
4 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp dried sage
1 tbsp dried thyme
Sea salt and fresh pepper to taste

Cook on the stove top, ensuring that you stir the cabbage so it doesn't burn.  Use a fairly high heat.  Cook until the cabbage is soft.  Quite yummy and it makes the house smell really good. All in all, a good experiment  and all because the east end was completely sold out of brussel sprouts, apparently.

Training
 - It's a rest day, yo!

Saturday, January 07, 2012

I'm so screwed.

"I'm so screwed."

This is what I shouted midway through my first 21 thrusters today.  I had to break up my 15's.  I have NEVER broken up my thrusters in Fran.  EVER!  Meh.  Not sure if it's left over flu continuing to destroy my cardio or switching over to lower carbs and it'll just sort itself out in a few weeks or needing to eat more.  No juice in the legs.  I'm also down to 140 today from 143 a week ago.  I think it's water, for the most part.

Sleep:  11:30 until 9:10

Eats:
 - 9:30 coffee, water, fish oil, vitamin D
 - 10:00 a.m. 4 ounces of beef roast with some sauteed onion, celery and mushroom, water
 - 1:30 same as 10:00 a.m. with a decaf and a thingie of water (found my water bottle!!!!!)
- 3:00 12 oz Americano with 2 ounces cream (basically, I'm mainlining the java today)
 - 4:30 5 eggs fried in 4 tsp ghee with half an avocado and half a cup of salsa, water
 - 8:30 3 cups of roasted kale in 2 tbsp ghee with 5 ounces of beast mixed with red onion, mushrooms and celery, a thingie of water

Training
Worked up to a 135lb clean and jerk.
See above for my Fran experience.  Faaaaack.  Anyways, it was Fran on an 8 minute clock with the remaining time to find a 1RM clean and jerk.  Score was every second over 3 minutes for Fran minus your heaviest lift.  Finished Fran in 5:06, almost a full minute slower than just a month ago (see video) with broken up thrusters (bah!).  Did a 65lb clean and jerk to get on the board.  Slapped on a pair of 25's and got 115.  Threw on some 5's but then failed the jerk twice.  Score was -11.  Then I rolled around on a lacrosse ball nursing my wounded ego.  Got my hair did after so at least I look pretty.

Here's a picture of  my cat, The Sneak, doing obscene things in my dining room.  May it bring you joy.

Friday, January 06, 2012

Trying out Cool Springs Ranch

Ordered a sampling of meat and eggs from Cool Springs Ranch.  Arrives on the 14th.  Shall see how we like it.

Sleep - 11:30 until 7:30 but not of super high quality

Eats, etc
 - 8:00 a.m.Coffee, water and 5g fish oil, 5,000 i.u. vit D\
 - 10:00 a.m. Small Americano with a dash of cream, and a lovely visit
 - 11:00 a.m. 4 ounces of beast (groc store blade roast so not ideal choice) with mushroom, celery and red onion reduction, OMFG ROASTED KALE (om nom nom nom)!!!!!!!
 - 12:45 a.m. same as at 11:00 a.m.
 - 2:30 p.m. same as again
 - 8:00 p.m. same as again with some magnesium
 - Cals 1914, fat 133g, cho 51, pro 135
 - Was really peckish last night after eating.  Wanted more meat.  Then I wanted dark chocolate.  Then I wanted more meat again.  

Training
Good night in the gym.

Power Clean 2′s @ 135, 145, 155 (PR)
Power Clean 1′s @ 160 (PR)
Squat Clean 1′s @ 165 (Fx3 but soooo close, got under it all three times but I was too far forward to get my elbows up to stand up with it… looked like my butt was coming up in the first pull)
2011 Open WOD #4 of 10 minute amrap of 60 bar facing burpees, 30 90lb OHS and 10 MU: 91 reps (same as last year including a fail on the first MU - got to them at around the 8:15 mark so plenty of time to get 3-4 if gravity and I were better friends)

Thursday, January 05, 2012

I need kale. Lots and lots of kale.

I don't know what it is about kale but I can't go very long without an almost insatiable desire to eat all of the kale everywhere.  Picking some up after the gym tonight.  I know this sounds like nutritionalism-style bragging right up there with those bitches who are all "omg but I just crave wheat grass shots like so much" and you know they are just saying that to feel food-choice superior.

This isn't about that.

If you've ever roasted up yourself some kale with some fat and some salt and pepper - you know what I'm talking 'bout.  It's some delicious shit.  Crave-worthy, for sure.  That or you'll hate it with the burning fury of a 1,000 raging suns.  There is no middle-ground with kale.  This dark leafy green is a polarizing SOB. 
Kale - It instills passion.

Sleep - 10:45 until 7:30 and reasonable quality.

Eats, etc
 - 8:00 a.m. 2 cups coffee, 5g fish oil 5,000 iu vitamin D
 - 10:00 a.m. a serving of coconut chicken soup
 - 1:00 p.m. another serving of coconut chicken soup
 - 4:00 p.m. another serving of coconut chicken soup
 - 8:15 p.m. two squares lindt 85 percent dark chocolate while I cook kale
 - a whole head of kale, toasted up with 1/4 cup butter, 4 ounces of Moroccan beast and magnesium
 - can't do math because FitDay is down.  I'm guessing I'm somewhere around 2100 cals and 145g pro?  Carbs will be under 50g.  Fat will be high.  Hmm, maybe this is why I'm not lean?  I could honestly eat a whole other head of kale and an extra serving of meat at this point and not bat an eye.  Or eggs with avocado and salsa.  Mmmmm...
 - Fitday is up.  Holy snot! 2530cals, 192g of fat, 84g carb, 136g pro.  I am really bad at estimating!  Also, I remember when I used to eat 1300 cals a day.  Mwahahahahaha.

Training
Same refrain.  Green goo in my lungs makes my cardio something something.
Shoulder Press 5's @ 70, 75 and 80lbs
Metcon with 45 PLU then 21-15-9 power snatch, row for cals in 11:00 on the dot.  Had to wait for 30 seconds for a rower to be freed up but I'm still pissed with this.  It's only 7 seconds faster than just after getting back from the Games in 2010.  I had juice to go but I was panting like a dog and could not stay on top of my breathing.  At least I'm having this now as opposed to at FrostFit or during the open.  The kale is making me feel better.
Then I did a bunch of mobility as I coughed up gunk.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Resty McRestersons

I rested like a mofo today.

Sleep - 10:45 until 7:30.  Good one, too.

Snacks were three servings of coconut chicken soup and then, when I got home from the gym, I had 5 ounces of Moroccan slow cooked beast with coconut milk and a sliced tomato.  I'm going to have another 2.5 ounces of beast.  Still hungry.

Stats
Cals - 1776 cals, 117g fat, 41g carb, 148g pro.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Now this is stuck in my head...

Got this song stuck in my head.  It's a far better choice than others.



Sleep - 10:30 p.m. until 7:30 a.m. Woke up feeling almost completely human. This flu, it is going down!

Morning - Two cups dark roast, a thingie of water, 5g fish oil 5,000iu vitamin D.

Breakfast - 5 ounces grocery store eye of round slow cooked in coconut milk and Moroccan spice mix, a tomato with sea salt and cracked pepper, a thingie of water


Lunch and second lunch will be the same thing.

Training was okay tonight.  More cardio, less picking up heavy things and my cardio is hurting a bit post flu.  Sadness.

5x30 double unders (dun!)
2,4,6, etc burpees on the minute - did 16burpees+17 (so friggen close... to doing more burpees)
skill work:  walk span shuffles, shoulder touches and toe touches (made it a foot for the wall span shuffles, could not touch shoulders and made it about half way down controlled with the toe touches)
Then I stretched.  And coughed up something green.  Yay!

Came home and ate 2.5 ounces of my beef.  Yes, that sounds like a very precise measurement doesn't it. Oh, and another thing of water.

Now I'm making coconut chicken soup, of which I'll chow down a delicious bowl.

Check it out!  And here's the recipe.  Delicious.

And here's a shout out to two products in said soup.  First off, Arroy-D Coconut Milk from Walmart.  You are cheap and you contain no crap, unlike most of your coconut milk bretheren.  Your coconut-ness is next to awesomeness.  You are delicious. 

Next up is Kitchen Basics.  This stuff is just vegetables.  JUST VEGETABLES.  For reals!  No anything else other than vegetables.  Sobey's carries it.

And here is a picture of me eating a bowl, drinking a thingie of water and blogging about eating a bowl and drinking a thingie of water.  How meta.  *yawn*  Had this with a magnesium pill.



And then I had another half serving.  Still hungry!

Numbers for Mike.  Cals 1888, Fat 112g, Carbs 35g, Protein 188 g

Monday, January 02, 2012

Aaaand we're back

Less of a snot factory but still not back to 100 percent.  Don't feel feverish anymore, though.  Woo.

Sleep - 1:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.  Last day of holidays.

No photos of my food but, shoot, I will start that back up.  Might as well.  So, I'll just list it out and start the photos tomorrow again.  Attempting greater accuracy with food journaling juuuuuuust in case Mike has a spot open to take me on as a client.  Whatever I've been doing isn't quite working.  My recovery seems pretty decent and I feel like I'm seeing some gains (flu notwithstanding) but I'm not leaning out like I should be.

Brekkie
2 cups coffee, a thingie of water, 4 omega eggs, sauteed in 1 tbsp of butter with 2/3 cup mushrooms, 1/2 cup red onion with 1/3 cup avocado and 5g fish oil

Ps - size of "thingie" of water

Training:
Front squat 2′s @ 165, 175, 185lbs

Metcon
Leighanne with on the minute rounds of 2 125lb clean and jerks, 6 55lb kettlebell swings
- did 4 minutes, took a minute break, did three minutes, took a minute break, did one minute
 - first time doing this weight for jerks in a metcon.  Still a HUGE goat but getting to be a less huge goat these days.

Deadhang Pull up 3′s @ 5, 10, 15lbs (x2)

Post Training:
Coffee.  Yeah, this sucks for PWO.

Lunch at La Bodega with Sarah.  Had the pecan chicken salad with extra chicken (about 6 ounces total of roasted, shredded real bird - La Bodega serves real food - and the salad was about 3 cups mixed baby greens, some red onion, candied pecans and some baby tomatoes with a citrus-y dressing - didn't ask what kind of oil it used but it was for sure all gluten free) with a mint tea and water.

Had a couple thingies of water whilst futzing about not really accomplishing much this evening.  Then I ran to the store with a massive craving for ketchup.  Don't ask.  I don't get it, either.  That shit is disgusting but I love it so much.  Anyways, picked up some Herdez brand salsa (best salsa if you're too lazy to make your own ingredient-wise), an avocado and a couple of clam shells of blueberries. 


5 omega eggs fried in 1.5 tbsp butter topped with half an avocado (about 1/3 cup) and half a cup of salsa + 170g of blueberries.  And another thingie of water.

I'll likely eat the other thing of blueberries, as well.  Then, I'm thinking an early bed time.

Edited to add - yep, ate the other 170g of berries and had a few more thingies of water. And I did math.  Don't like doing math.  2100 cals, 150g fat, 87g carbs, 118g protein.  Too low on the protein.

Sunday, January 01, 2012

So I qualified for Nationals...

Yay!  No PRs for any of my lifts and because I came in at 66 kilos, even though I increased my meet total by 15lbs, my Wilks score was lower than last year.  In my defense, I was not 37 degrees and felt like kaka still.  It was a good day and I liked having the chance to visit with Shantelle and lift with Christian and Angdesj. 

Last Chance Meet
Squats: 231lbs, 253lbs, 264lbs (F - dammit, I have this in me, I KNOW)
Bench Press: 110lbs, 115lbs, 121lbs (Telle said I had more in me)
Deadlift: 264lbs, 275lbs, 286lbs (F - dammit, this is there, too)

Singlets... Just, no.  No, no, no.  Even chucks, funky socks and our innate awesomeness can not overcome the horror that is a shiny spandex onesie.

For nationals in April, I want to be in the 63 kilo class.  I know I can beat both current records for the squat and deadlift (classic division, not equipped because I am WEAK SAUCE and these are new records).  But in the 63 kilo class NOT 72.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Sort of more human

No more fever.  Yay!  Still a raging snot factory.  Ugh.

Sleep:  11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Time to get back to the business of kicking ass, taking names - you know,  that sort of thing.   Verses the being sick thing, which mostly has involved laying on the couch, playing Skyrim and wondering how to get my housecarl, Lydia, back now that she's disappeared after I became a werewolf.

Have you seen my housecarl?


^See what the flu does to me?  Scary!

Edited to add:
May have been a little quick to announce the end of the fever.  My core temperature, it is not normal.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Still sick as a dog

I'm still sick.  No training, just a lot of sleeping.  That and eating carbs (paleo carbs, but still).  So, I'm not making weight, either and I'm cool with that.  Unlike weightlifting, powerlifting doesn't have a 69 kilo class so I'm in the 72 kilo class.  I took a look at the qualifying totals and I think, if I'm reading the chart right, I can still qualify for nationals if I only hit my first attempt for each of the lifts.  I'll be lifting unequipped.

Here's my plan.  I went conservative with my numbers  based on the fact that I've had a raging fever for the last week and walking up a flight of stairs makes my quads burn (WTF?):


Squat: 111kg, 118kg, 122kg
Bench Press:   50kg, 53kg, 55kg
Deadlift: 120kg, 125kg, 130kg

Bench press is not a PR at all.  The final lifts for squat and DL are PRs but not huge increases (10lbs for both lifts).  

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Supine and feverish

Merry Christmas!

I'm going to go lie down again.

Friday, December 23, 2011

You're welcome!

You're welcome.  Really, it was nothing, nothing at all.

No, really.  I LIKE sharing what I have to give with my friends at the gym.  Including my cold germs.

Wednesday was a rest day.  Slept from 11:30 until 8:00 a.m.  Had a fun shift in the gym.  Felt a little like a cold was setting in.  Hit bed at around 11:00.  Fell asleep closer to 12:00 and was out until 8:30.  Woke up feeling okay-ish but kind of not awesome.

By 11:00 a.m., I was popping extra strength tylenol and kind of feeling amazed at how sweaty a person can get while sitting all still and quiet in an office chair.

By the afternoon - SWASS.  Wrote a communications tactics piece and tried to ignore it.  I was even wearing my Lulu pants under a sweater dress.  Those feckers are supposed to breath.  More extra strength tylenol.

By 5:00, my hair follicles have become very aware.  I have a fever despite the massive tylenol dosages.  What do I do?

Go home?                         no

Go home to bed?                           no

Go to the doctor and then home to bed?            um, no

Go PR on the clean and jerk whilst sharing your cold bug?         yep

In my defense, I had begged Robin to have Dallas move up oly club to 6:00.  He rearranged his schedule and then most of the people who said they'd sign up didn't.  I really didn't want to ditch.  Also, he is a really good oly coach and I'm starting to make some headway with my faulty technique.

Anyways, training was as follows:
Clean and Jerk 1′s @ 125, 135, 145lbs (Counts for CrossFit PR!!!)
3′s @ 125
Snatch OTM @ 85lbs
Bench 3×5 @ 105lbs
Around the world/strict toes to bar: mixed it up and did 20 in total
10 min amrap towel pull ups, pistols: 4+12

Jerk was a press out.  Dallas noted I might be better served training push jerk and that my landing seems to be the problem.  I don't drop straight down once the weight gets heavy for me but instead try to shove it out in front.  So, maybe it's not switching to push jerk but being less of a raging chicken.  Ha!  The AMRAP was completed as slowly as possible, which defeats the idea of an AMRAP entirely.

It's about 12:30 and I'm hitting the hay.  No work tomorrow (yay!) so I'm going to go share my bug with shoppers at the mall if I'm well enough to venture forth (i.e. I take even larger doses of tylenol).  You're welcome!   I'm just a giver in that way.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

What day is it?

Oh, yeah, Tuesday.  Since I'm no longer posting about my love affair with kale on a daily basis, I kind of forget that I'm still posting my sleep and training.  The good news is the diet is all cleaned up.  Funny how that works...

Monday
Slept until almost 8:30 a.m. that morning.  Rushed around, tired and cranky all day.  So, no surprise that I also had a crappy training session.  Meh.

Snatch 1′s @ 95, 100, 105 (F x a lot… grr)
Snatch 1×3 @ 90lbs
Clean and jerk OTM for 10 minutes @ 115lbs
GHD – done
Metcon with 55lbs = 8:17

As always, though, I felt much less tired and cranky while at the gym and I continued to feel better as the night wore on.  CFR does that.  It's my happy place. 

Tuesday:
Slept from 12:00 until 8:00 a.m. and woke up feeling less bagged than the day before so, woo.  And squats were on the menu.  Any day I am going to squat is a day where I am going to feel like unicorns exploding rainbows from their asses. This image is going on a t-shirt along with the letters "P" and "R".  No, really, it is.  If you want one, let me know.  Bella brand from Flo Print! 

Low bar back squats:
1′s @ 235, 245, 255(PR), 260lbs(PR - and there is more in there for sure)
2′s @ 235lbs
3×3′s @ 220lbs
Snatch Push Press 5@85, 4@95, 3@105, 3@115, 3@125lbs
Good morning 3×5′s @ 125lbs
Turkish Get ups 35, 45, 55lbs (F)
1000m row – 3:48

Everything felt good tonight.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Friday and Saturday

Sleep was okay-ish.  Friday morning I was kind of symptomatic with the dystonia.  Boo-urns to that shitty business.  Didn't get to bed Friday night until Saturday morning (2:30 a.m.) and then was up at 10:00a.m. to make it to the gym to WOD by 11:00a.m.  Saturday night was actually Sunday morning at 1:00 a.m. with sleep until 9:30.  Had some unpleasant dream about kicking the ass of some creepy sex offender in the basement of the mall in Yorkton.  Parkland Mall is in the heart of the community.  Between the zombie killings and the sex offender beatings, my naps are super, happy fun times.  This could explain why it's 11:45pm Sunday evening and I'm blogging about sleep instead of sleeping like a proper person. 

Friday Training:
Back Squat 4×5 @ 200lbs
Shoulder Press 5×3 @ 72lbs
3×15 PLUs (unbroken)
30 second L-sit hold (unbroken because I can’t follow directions)
50 strokes on the rower: 758m

Saturday Training - The Grossest WOD in the World
Taryn shared her workout with us this weekend.  It was really quite disgusting.  The parts I thought would be grossest (thrusters after 30 burpees) really were quite unpleasant.  My results have been edited after being posted to the CFR blog as Ang is a better record keeper than I am and I didn't so much remember how I actually did verses how many more of things she did than me.

You have two minutes to complete each of the following movements before moving onto the next.
2x 20 yard suicide Sprints: 52 seconds (I think – same as Ang)
15 105lb OHS: 59 seconds (unbroken)
30 burpees: 1:33 (unbroken)
15 105lb thrusters: 8 (these were horrible)
300m row 1: ?
300m row 2: 1:18
300m row 3: 1:17
15 105lb clean and jerks: 10 (power cleans and jerks instead of a proper clean as I am again, unable to follow directions)

Thursday, December 15, 2011

The end of the boring food posts

No more boring food posts.  Between that and trying to make weight for Last Chance, I see it as a recipe for a giant food meltdown where I end up curled in the fetal position covered with cookie crumbs.

I'll still post my training logs and sleep, though, as the blog seems kind of a handy place to stuff that info.

Sleep - 11:45-8:30a.m.  Didn't want to get up.  Dreamed I killed a zombie with a stick.  Pretty low energy today and the dystonia is kicking up.  Giving myself a pep talk to go be a badass in the gym after work.

Snatch 5×1 @ 90lbs
Clean and Jerk 3×1 @ 120lbs
Front squat x 1 @ 180, 3×3 @ 170lbs
Romanian Deadlifts @ 100lbs
3 sets DU’s @ 82, 42, 72
Yesterday’s metcon (5 rounds of 10 135lb power cleans, 10 burpees) in 14:12 as rx'd

Lifts felt east and light tonight, save for the first front squat.  Oly seems to be coming along nicely.  Also, I think the wall walks are helping, too.  Been making sure to do them in my warm ups and cool downs.