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WEDNESDAY 7.2.14
SWOD: 10 min to work up to 90% clean and jerk
4 min amrap at 75% clean and jerk

WOD: 20 min amrap (As many reps as possible)
min 1 – calorie row
min 2 – burpees

Forget the SWOD. This WOD was the longest 20 minutes in my life!!!!

Rarely during a WOD do I look at the clock, but today I snuck a peek.

Through the sweat burning the mess out of my eyes, I could barely see the time.

I started out so strong, but by the end, I felt like a helpless and weak fish laying on a boat deck, who fought a hard battle and lost! Lol!! For real!!

When I finished, I stood hunched over in front of the huge orange floor fan, palms resting on my thighs, while laughing and reminding myself why I love the torture.

We counted burpees and rowed for calories then combined the total score.

Burpees:  109
Calories:  108

Total:  217

Don’t be deceived by the number. We worked our butts off today. I wore the right shirt.

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Seriously, you either love CrossFit or you hate it.

The key to a steady fitness routine is to try different regimes (yoga, boot camp type class, spinning, CrossFit, weight training, walking, biking, or something else). Pick two or three that you enjoy and mix it up weekly. Most importantly, HAVE FUN!!

Happy 4th of July and enjoy the weekend!

Saturday’s WOD

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The CrossFit games are going on strong and so am I.

I see that the 14.3 was a beast!  While I am missing out on this round of the games, there will be others.

It has been nearly two weeks since completing my last WOD, so I was highly motivated to get to this morning’s class.

WOD: 5 Rds @ high effort:

250m Row
10 Thruster (75/55)
10 Pull Ups (24/20)
10 burpees
* mix order of movements each Rds

Stronger… I definitely am!  I did the thrusters at 55 pounds. There was a time, when the bar was the only option.

Not to get side-tracked, but speaking of options. The alternative to CrossFit this morning was a flapjack breakfast fundraiser at Applebee’s for B’Dazzle’s school.  Now don’t get me wrong, I support my son’s school 200%, but clearly, I would have been down right miserable picking over a plate loaded up with scrambled eggs while visions of burpees danced in my head!  Thankfully, hubby took him and his friend.

Anyhow, that’s the beauty of strength training and CrossFit.  Maintaining consistency with a healthy nutrition plan will produce amazing results. Your physic, performance/strength, attitude, and confidence all increases. That’s better than any drug!

Five rounds of pull-ups, nets 50. 45 of my pull-ups were using a thin blue ban.  So tell me why chicken-head, that’d be me, downgrade to a green band for the last 5 pull-ups?  I’ll tell you why.  I was tired, which is a BS excuse, but in retrospect, I got caught up in the time trap. Rarely does that happen to me, but it did today. I wanted to finish the WOD, so I slid over to the green band.

There is a solution though.  Next time, I won’t bring a “just in case” second band.  If I only have one on hand, no other option will exist and that’s what I’ll have to work with.  Clearly if I can complete 45, 50 is a done deal. So what if it takes me longer!  Next time! SMH!

Surprisingly, the temps were mild at 8 o’clock this morning, so I opted for the 250 meter run instead of the row.  Any excuse to run!

Happy Saturday and enjoy the weekend!

~ Keep it movin’!

Workout Of The Day

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“To the timid soul, nothing is possible.

To the aggressor,

everything is possible.”

– John Bach, NBA Coach

Monday, December 16, 2013 –  (8 more shopping days til Christmas)

Warm Up:       3 Rounds – 5 Jump Squats, 10 Push Ups, 10 Air Squats

Mobility: 7 Min

WOD: 21 – 15 – 9

Power Clean (115/75)
Burpee
Rest 2 Min
**REPEAT**
20 Min Cap

SWOD: 5 Min EMOM of

5 Strict Press **Go Up As Needed**

Buyout: Cal Row 2 Min AMRAP
Rest 1 Min

2 Min AMRAP ABMAT Sit Up Wall ball (20/14)

The word “timid” is often and inappropriately associated with females.  Growing up I was surrounded and dominated by males my age and older. One particular cousin made it his business to try— notice the word “try” to show me that boys always win over girls.  Ha! Ha!  Pre-puberty years created an equal playing ground and I also enjoyed the wins.

Only two months separated us in age, but once the teen years arrived, the physical battles became an uphill battle.  In my mind, beating 15-year-old Curt was always possibly.  To win, I physically fought hard and sometimes dirty.   In the back yard, I took the hits, never let him see me cry, bit down and came back fighting with a vengeance.

Today we laugh at the silliness of our competitive spirits, but those early years seasoned me and toughened me well for life.

The WOD today was definitely not for the timid.  LOL!  As with many WOD’s, the door to the mental opportunity to quit is always cracked.   From the start, you’ve gotta slam the door shut.  If not, you’re done.

21 – 15 – 9 Power cleans and burpees were exhausting today.  I tried to make the 20 minute cap, but ran out of time after my last 9 power cleans.  I fell short, by 9 burpees.  But the good?  I did my first 21 at 75 pounds!!!  Heeey!!  I dropped down to 65 pounds for the 15 and 9.  What a different 10 pounds can make!    I am also mindful that I cannot afford injuries while training for the spring’s figure competition.  Better safe than sorry.

Okay, so the 5 minutes of strict press were no joke either.   I completed the first minute with 55 pounds.  I managed to squeeze out 4 on minute two.  When I could not get the bar past my the top of my head without using my legs, I knew I needed to decrease my weight.  There’s no shame in my game.  Respectfully I finished the rounds with 45 pounds.  I’m getting stronger!

I’m finally running out of steam and need to re-energize…   SLEEP!

Sweet dreams!

Painful But Bitter Sweet

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Warm Up:
Round1
12 jumping jacks
Spiderman lunge
5 burpees

12 jumping jacks
inch worm
5 burpees

12 jumping jacks
Charlie angels
5 burpees

Mobility: 7 min

SWOD:
8 min EMOM
2 Clean and Jerk (add weight when needed)

WOD:
10-1 (Do 10, then 9, 8, 7, etc….)
Push Press 95/75
Burpee Box Jump
T2B (Toes to Bar)

Crashing my shin AGAIN on the box, somewhere around half-way through was frustrating, painful, and BITTER!

Setting a personal best record by completing the Push Press with 75 Pounds was SWEET!

I was on my set of 4’s when the next to last person finished. Completing the PUSH PRESS was the hardest part of the WOD. I told myself if I had to stay for another hour, so be it, “I am going to finish this WOD!”

Seventy-five pounds was so hard, but focusing on my technique and encouragement from classmates helped me finish.  Lord! Thank you for my strong legs and for my determination to not give up. Afterwards I did the math… 10 + 9 + 8…..  equals 55!  Yikes.  I am so glad that “10 – 1”  was written on the board and not 55 reps.  It really is all mental.

The key is to avoid counting yourself out.  At the very moment you want to quit, stop the negative thoughts and coax yourself along.  Be mindful of your personal goals and focus, and tell yourself that you can do it.  It works for me.

My calves are still sore from Monday’s leg workout, so a soothing bubble bath is in order. Look at this shin! LOL!

Sweet dreams!

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Friday’s WOD

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WOD:  “Helen”

3 Rds of

Run 400m

11 pull ups

21 KBS

Rest 2 mi

SWOD: 5 Rds of:

OTM 1: 3 strict pull ups (+ weight if needed) + 3 burpees

OTM 2: 5 Strict Dips + 6 Box Jumps (24/20)

My body knows when Friday arrives.  Immediately after work and about an hour before CrossFit class, my body needs a 16 oz. dose of caffeine (hazelnut cream and sugar).   I need time for the caffeine to take effect.   I know.  I know.  Eating clean means that I should avoid the cream and the sugar.   I’m working on that.

For now, my compromise is driving around with sandwich bags stuffed with Sugar In The Raw packets in my glove compartment.  Whenever I buy java on the road, I add my sugar.  The Sugar In The Raw is natural unrefined sugar.  Yeah, it’s still sugar, but more natural than the other options.

Although challenging, today’s WOD was refreshing compared to yesterday’s “Halloween Gone Bad,” it still was no picnic.   Completing 5 rounds of strict pull ups with a thinner blue band was super sweet!  Gotta love progress!

B’Dazzle (my son) completed the 400M runs with me, so that was fun.  By the way, “B’Dazzle” is what he insists we call him; before B’Dazzle, he insisted we call him “medium.” He was tired of being called “little man.”   I think, B’Dazzle, has a lot to do with his football game and how quickly he gets into the backfield!  He’s cute!  B’Dazzle did burpees for most of the hour long class.  Kids have so much energy!

He’s excited about fitness and that’s the way it should be with kids.  I set a good example for him and he’s certainly picking up on my lifestyle.  Last week hubby called me to tell me that B’Dazzle ordered a veggie sub over something with meat!  Oh man!  Those kind of choices get my hyped, especially because I wasn’t present.  He is enrolled in the kids CrossFit  and loves the class.

Today when I got home, there was a medium size white envelope on the kitchen counter.  The envelope was addressed to my mom, but had a written note, “For Tanya, love mother.”

Today is not my birthday, so it was a “just because” gift.  Ironically, I just picked up a cool “just because” gift for her.   Mother saw this night-shirt in a catalog and felt it suited me perfectly!  Lol!  We rarely see eye-to-eye on anything, so this gesture is huge!  Thanks mom!

Well it is another late night and it’s definitely time to crash.   Sweet dreams!!

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This is a t-shirt dress (night gown) that mom brought me today.