Recap time! I’m sorry, I have a hard time keeping up daily with blog posts, please forgive me! So here’s a bunch of CrossFit stuff for y’all!
Monday 11am class: I was super excited to see included DEADLIFTS in the strength portion, I feel like I miss a lot of the deadlift days. Today was a deficit deadlift; standing on 45# plates (5×5). I started out light, to warm up…and moved up to 225#. I was very happy about that…felt good, and felt strong.
Monday (2/17/14)WOD:
4 Rounds
20 WB (20/15)
15 burpees (as fast as possible. No rest)
Rest 1min between rounds
My score: 9:58 Rx
Ohhh, wall balls & burpees, my two favorite things (not). The rest was very nice, but going (literally) balls-to-the-walls for each round was a lung burner…and leg, and arm burner. Chris and I did this one together, and I snuck ahead of him the last round. We weren’t really racing (yeah, right)! Haha! BOOM! Beat ya!
TUESDAY 5:00pm class. Strength: C&J from position 2. Work your way up to a heavy 3RM. 110# was where I felt like it was my max. I felt much better about that weight…from position 2. 120# has been my 1RM for my C&J (from the ground), so I think I’ll have a new PR soon! YEAH!
TUES (2/18/14) WOD:
10min AMRAP
30DU
10 T2B
10 C& PUSH Jerk (125/85)
My Score: 2 + 43 Rx
This suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked! After the double unders and T2B my forearms were smoked. I felt like I could barely grip the barbell. Ugh. And, I kept getting caught up in the rope, it was just not my day. I still felt like I got a great workout…but WOW! I just wanted to fall over after that one.
(today)WEDNESDAY 5:30am class. I think I’m starting to like the 5:30am class. I don’t know that I’d want to do it ALLLLL the time…but it’s a good change. Strength:15 minutes Back Squat 3×5 @ 70% 1RM. My 1RM back squat is 225#, so 70% of that is 157.5# oops…I went up to 165#. I just realized that now. I hardly do math in my head normally, and then to ask me to do it at 5:30am….nope, not happening.
Wed (2/19/14) WOD:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Front Squat (115/75)
S2OH (115/75)
My score: 9:41 Rx
This was okay until about the 7’s…I did all push jerks for my S2OH (shoulders to overhead). I thought about doing split jerks, but I figured that would take more time. SO, yeah, this was a good one. I enjoyed it actually…but for some reason my feet hurt afterward. The Nano’s don’t seem to have much support, I wonder if it’s okay to put inserts into them…if it affects the lifting performance at all…anyone know???
IT’S A HAPPY WEEK SO FAR!!! We also have 10 days left of this Paleo/Zone challenge. AND I can honestly say, I’m ready for it to be over. I will continue to eat paleo…but in my opinon: zone is for the birds! I am not one to count, or measure everything…and I know that I was successful when I followed paleo, so I will use what I learned, and what (we) cooked, and continue on with that…just not as strict on the measuring blocks and what-not.
I’ll be interested to see my before and after pics and take measurements! STAY TUNED….and stay classy!
(It’s a balmy 43 degrees here in Wisconsin…snow is melting, sun is shining…people are HAPPY! And all is well in the world!
Cheers!
The girl that (actually) likes to lift weights 
wall balls and burpees are a crazy combo! good luck finishing up. i had a hard time with super strict paleo, but i’m curious about zone!
Zone is kind of easier to figure out measurement-wise, but it allows so much more than paleo. (Cheese, alcohol, breads)…
I’d rather find things that I like to eat, and not have to measure them. But I also think BLOCK-STYLE eating gets me more in-tune with how much food my body requires to move BIG WEIGHTS.
Damn girl…you are the RX queen! Keep rocking it sister!