Trying to get into a routine...

I hate that I've been MIA from the work-out scene for this long.  Baby girl is at a stage now where she's content to play by herself, somewhat, so I'm trying to get into a routine to work out at least three times/week.  This is my first week, so I'm going at it slowly.  I can't afford to miss sleep due to soreness (on top of missing sleep b/c of baby duty:)haha).  It's also QUITE depressing to see how much strength I've lost since becoming pregnant.  I feel like I worked so hard before to get close to doing a DH pull-up and now it's back to square one.  Oh well, no use crying over it now!

My plan is to work out on my lunch break while DH watches the baby for me.  This requires having lunch ready and baby settled (fed/changed) BEFORE he gets home.  It's quite a balancing act, and I'm sure I'll slip up, but hopefully I don't just GIVE up when I slip up.

So for this week, I've done:


Monday, 3.7.11 -
2 min. walk, 3 min. run (@5mph), 10 push presses (10#), 20 KB swings (15#), 10 push-ups (no knees!)


Tuesday, 3.8.11 - 
5 min. row, 10 push presses (10#), 10 push-ups, 10 KB swings (15#)
6 rounds of 100m sprints (5mph, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5mph).  Times ranged from 29 sec. to 49 sec.


Thursday, 3.10.11 - 
5 min. on treadmill (2 min. walk, 3 min. run at 5mph), 10 push-ups, 20 sit-ups (full ROM), 10 push jerks (10#)
Death by pull-up for me equated to 10 ring rows:).  That's it.  See-ya upper body strength! ;)

It's supposed to be a pretty weekend, so we plan to go to a St. Patty's Day parade downtown.  Lots of walking with baby in the ergo carrier (I hope!).

I'm also trying to get back into paleo.  It seems like as soon as I have a stressful day at work, or the baby doesn't nap ALL DAY LONG, I revert back to my early postpartum days of junk food eating.  I'm trying to curb this, and DH is helping. :)  It also seems to go hand in hand with exercising.  If I'm more active, I have a greater desire/motivation to eat healthy.  I'm not trying for 100% paleo yet (still eating steel cut oatmeal for BF reasons and other grains on occasion), but working towards healthy, somewhat paleo eating.

SealFit 10.9.09

"If things seem really under control, you're not going fast enough." - Mario Andretti

SealFit.com 10.9.09 (scaled): Ugh Squat Cleans Again!

Warm Up: Sand Bag Drills (get ups, cleans, lunges, presses w/ 70-90# bag)
(*Scaling to 15# TGUs, maybe some handstand practice, pull-up attempts, ring dips)

10 TGU's (5 on each side), 3 almost deadhang pull-ups, 3 pathetic ROM dips w/1 band, few handstand attempts, but had elbow pain, so the push-up part of it didn't happen.

Strength: 3RM Squat Clean & Push Jerk

Load: 45# only and I did hang power clean & jerks instead

Stamina: 5 rounds: 2 x SC&J @ 3RM, 20 KB Swings (55#), Hip Mobility Drill
(*Scaling to 3 rounds, SC&J @ 45#, KB's @ 20#)

Time: 5:12
*Did hang power clean & jerks instead. DB swings were the toughest on this one. The final 20 were difficult.

Work Capacity:
AMRAP 30:
- 3 muscle ups (sub 3 rope ascents or 9 pullups)
- 20 SDHP (55 - 70# KB)
- 10 1-Arm DB snatch (35#, ea side)
(*Scaling to 3 rounds of 3 (1-band) pull-ups, 3 (1-band) ring dips, 20 45# SDHP, 10 15# snatch (1-arm at a time))

Time: 6:57
*Scaled back even further to 10 SDHP's. Really disappointed with my ring dips

After this... maybe some tire flips for fun.

Two dog walks instead (it was getting dark and I wanted to make sure to get these in.

SealFit 9.26.09

Ants Never Cry "Uncle"
-Charles Ghigna

Consider the little ant.
He never says, "I can't."
And so it comes as no surprise,
He carries things ten times his size.

SealFit 9.26.09:

Warm Up: Row 2,000M at moderate pace
**No rower, subbing 25 SDHP, 45#

Strength / Stamina:
- Deadlift 10,000#, run 400
- Clean 7,500#, run 800
- Press, PP or PJ 5,000#, run 1 mile

**Quartering (or almost) all the total weights, so my workout will be as below:

--Deadlift, 30 reps @ 75# (2250#), run 200m (0.12 mile)
- Clean, 30 reps @ 55# (1650#), run 400m (0.25 mile)
- Push Jerk, 20 reps @ 55# (1100#), run 800 (0.5 mile)

Do this while only taking short breaks for hydration and at a pace that is fast, but with perfect form.

Time: 17:11

Durability: Yoga or Active Stretch

Warm-up was done really slowly, I did 10/10/5 for the SDHP, really concentrating on form. My back has been a little sore the past couple of days b/c I've been increasingly sloppy on soft back when I lift. Trying to correct this. The DL, HPC, & PJ's were done in 15/15, 15/15, 10/5/5 and I concentrated on form again. Push jerks were the hardest, I was very fatigued through the last 10 reps.

Running, as always, sucked ass. 7mph on a treadmill for all but the last 800 (which had about 0.1mile walking and some running at 6.5mph).

Felt like quitting the SealFit workouts today, started the negative head-games, thinking it's too hard for me, even scaled. Then I just did the workout. I need to stop over-thinking it. Who cares if I have to scale, it's okay to scale and have pride in just finishing... or so I tell myself:).

SealFit 9.25.09

SealFit.com 9.25.09: Pushing Curtis

Warm Up: SB Get ups & Squat Cleans
**Subbing 15# KB get-ups, 45# squat cleans

Reps: 10 of each

Strength: 1RM Push Press, then 1RM Push Jerk

Load: 75# each

I thought I had 65# on the bar, and was feeling really weak until I realized it was 75#:).

Stamina: 5 rounds at steady pace as a team (if applicable): 2 x PP, 1 x PJ @ 80% 1 RM PP weight, 10 x HSPU, 5 x L-pullup
**Subbing toes on bench HSPU and 1-band assisted "H" pull-ups

Time: 7:38

HSPU starting round 3 were with knees on the bench.

Work Capacity: AMRAP in 30 minutes: 3 x Curtis P (95-115#), 5 x burpee
**Curtis P = Power clean, 2 weighted lunges, push press x 2
**Subbing AMRAP in 10 minutes, 45#s, lunges were w/15# overhead

Rounds: 3 or 4

This workout was mentally & physically challenging... way too much counting, so I'm not sure if I did 3 or 4 rounds. I'm thinking it was four, but I'm not positive.

Durability: 10 x 100 yd sprints, 20 seconds between sets, 200 situps, 50 GHD back extensions (or 100 from floor)
**Subbing 75yrd sprints (b/c I know this measurement in my yard)

Time: 6:25, no rest between sprints

Scaled this back to 100 situps and 50 supermans. I didn't think I would ever finish. The sprints felt great, but the situps and supermans were a struggle. I figured it would be the other way around.

SP, PP, PJ + HPC's & KTE's (Take 2)

Warm-Up:
Burgener warm-up
20 Ring Rows
10 Ring Dips
10 KTC's
20 ball sit-ups

Shoulder Press 1-1-1-1-1
Push Press 1-1-1-1-1
Push Jerk 1-1-1-1-1

Loads: 45# x 5 for each movement

Just not feeling it today. I'm so exhausted, I don't know what's going on. I'm guessing it's diet.

Shoulder Press, Push Press & Push Jerk

Dinner night with mom, so it's heavy day for me:) - and I'm secretly avoiding doing FGB.

Warm-Up:
Burgener warm-up
20 Ring Rows
10 Ring Dips
10 KTC's
20 ball sit-ups

Shoulder Press 1-1-1-1-1
Push Press 1-1-1-1-1
Push Jerk 1-1-1-1-1

Loads:

Then from The Fitness Conduit:

AMRAP in 10 minutes of:
7 Reps Barbell Hang Power Clean Push Press (Males 95lbs/Females 65lbs) *I'll scale to 45#
7 KTE (subbing knees to chest)

Rounds:

Rest day today... feeling very tired and having serious hunger issues:). I'll do this tomorrow.

"D.T."

Dinner tonight at a Japanese steakhouse with a group of friends... not sure what I can eat that's paleo there (& veggie). It's either lots of rice or fried vegetables. I think I'll go with the fried vegetables... ugh.

Warm-Up:
1 x 400m sprints (@ 7mph)
20 Ring Rows
10 KTC's
10 Ring Dips (2 bands)
10 HSPU progressions (toes on bench)

D.T. (puppies):
Three rounds for time of:
45# Deadlift, 12 reps
45# Hang power clean, 9 reps
45# Push jerk, 6 reps

Time: 3:26
--Round 1: 1:08
--Round 2: 1:13
--Round 3: 1:05

I feel like I must have been doing something wrong last time, either that, or I did something wrong this time. I should have gone up in weight, next time I will do 55#. PR on this by almost 4 minutes.


Wonderful read from Aaron at Potomac CrossFit. I need to work on being uncomfortable... especially outside of the fitness realm:).

Power Snatch & Push Jerks

Well, the WOD today is 75# Power Snatches for 75 reps. NOT quite there yet with the power snatches. I still need to try to get the form down, so that's what I'll be working on today.

Warm-Up:
2 x 400m sprints (1 @ 9mph, 1 @ 8mph)
10 Ring Rows
10 Push-ups
5 Handstand hold attempts
5 Ring dips (2 bands)

WOD:
Power snatch practice

then,

Push Jerks
3-3-3-3-3

Loads: 45-65-75-65(2)-45

The last rep of the second set of 65# was incomplete b/c I popped myself in the jaw with the bar. I felt like an idiot, but no permanent damage done except a red & sore chin:).

The snatches felt extremely awkward. I'm going to have to study some videos and try to work it out in pieces b/c it's just not clicking.

Now off to 4th of July festivities (they do fireworks on the 3rd)!

Happy 4th of July!!!

Turkish Get-Ups, SP, PP, & PJ

I watched Speal's video of his Wife Turkish Get-up and thought it was hilarious, so I'm going to try to do this today (not with the hubby!), but with a kettlebell:)haha.

Warm-Up:
3 min. jump rope
30 burpees
5 min. punching bag
20 ball sit-ups
28 burpees
Turkish get-up practice x 10 (up & down) w/ 15lb. KB
20 burpees

WOD:
Should press x 7
Push press x 7
Push jerk x 7

Loads:
Shoulder Press 45-65-75(F)-65-65-65-65
Push Press 45-65-75-75-65-65-65
Push Jerk 65-75-95(F)-75-75-65-65

Push Jerk (plus Pull-Ups)

Today I'll do both the pull-up WOD from yesterday (got to stop this from becoming a habit) and the push jerks.

Warm-Up (taken from yesterday):
5 min. jog
5 min. punching bag
10 push-ups
20 ball sit-ups
10 KTC's
10, 20# DB Swings
10, 5 sec. ring stabilization
36 Burpees

Double/Catch-Up WODs:
Pull-Ups Rounds
Puppies:
5 rounds for time of:
5 assisted or beginner pull ups
10 practice kips on the pull up bar
(Puppies if you are unable to kip at all, max hang each round)

then

Push Jerk
1-1-1-1-1-1-1

Pull-Up WOD
Time: 5:47 (did 2 band-assisted)
Max hangs: 27 seconds/10/15/12/12 - thought this would be really easy... it was not! My arms were shaking after the first round:).

Push Jerks
Loads: 45-65-95(F)-75-75-75-65

Felt strong with these PJ's, wish I could have attempted 85#s, I think I could have pulled it.

SP, PP, PJ - Day 76

Butt is sore today after all those lunges:). I like being sore, as long as it's not debilitating, which this isn't even close to. Last time I did that WOD, I could barely get out of bed, so that's improvement for ya! I also did half as many reps last time and my time was slightly less than double. I love being able to measure my improvement over the course of this 90 days. I can't wait to see how much more I can do in the future as well.

Lifting day today. Should be interesting with all the blisters on my hands from yard work on Sunday. I'll just have to wear gloves again today.

Warm-Up:
5 min. jog
5 min. jump rope
10 jumping pull-ups
10 push-ups
20 ball sit-ups
10 KTC's
10 HSPU progressions (shins on bench)
10 KB swings, 15#
7 Burpees

WOD:
Shoulder press 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Push press 3-3-3-3-3 reps
Push Jerk 5-5-5-5-5 reps

Loads:
SP - 45-65-75(F)-65-65
PP - 65-55-75(F)-65-55
PJ - 55-75(YES!)-65-65(ugly)-45

And here are some pics of me doing these!:) I always get such bad markings on my collar bones when I do any time of bar work. Maybe I'm relying on it too much to hold the weight;).

Push Jerk - Day 35

Push jerks... the movement that makes me look like an idiot with no coordination:). I'm going to take some time to watch the videos before the WOD tonight to try to figure it out.

I did take the pups for a walk yesterday. I took them separately and all went smoothly. I just kept saying, "head up, shoulders back, be confident" to myself. I am going to try to start doing this more regularly as the weather improves.

Warm-up:
10 min. jog - X - did 5 min. jump rope instead (failed on DU attempts)
7 push-ups
5 jumping pull-ups
20 ball sit-ups
10 hspu progressions (shins on bench)
10 KTE's
5, 10 sec. ring stabilization
10, 10lb. push jerk practice

WOD:
Push jerk
1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

Load: 45# x 7 reps

I worked on form instead of trying to max out b/c I still don't feel comfortable with this movement. I went to dinner with Mom, Rachel and the girls tonight, which isn't so good for my trying to stick to the zone diet, but I tried to stick with a healthier option.

SP, PP & PJ - Day 16

Today's WOD is the presses. The coordination on the push jerk is always a little tough for me. I'll have to review some videos before I attempt it.

Warm-Up:
5 min. jump rope
15 girl push-ups
5 jumping/reverse push-ups
20 ball sit-ups
10 hspu progressions on ball
10, 15lb. kettlebell swings
10, 10lb. bar of each movement below

WOD:
Shoulder press, 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Push press, 3-3-3-3-3 reps
Push jerk, 5-5-5-5-5 reps

Shoulder press - weight: 45, all reps
Push press - weight: 45-55-55-55-55 - had trouble with form on this & wrist pain.
Push jerk - weight: 45-55-55-45-45 - wrist pain continued, but felt more confident on form.

Back at it

Well, I've been out of the cycle for a few days now. Had a touch of some stomach bug that has left me feeling like a big puss again. Yesterday's WOD and times are below (it was a pathetic showing for me - hope to be back at it tonight).

WOD - 9/10/08
Five rounds for max reps of:
* Body weight bench press (subbed push jerks with 45lb. bar)
* Pull-ups (No added weight - band assisted)
* Body weight back squat (45lb. bar)

Only completed 1 round:
10 Push Jerks
3 Band Assisted Pull-ups
12 Back squats

Today is Hero WOD of our choice. I'm choosing "Daniel", details and scaling below. I'll post times tonight after I complete it.

Daniel WOD:
Daniel Crabtree
Dedicated to Army Sgt 1st Class Daniel Crabtree who was killed in Al Kut, Iraq on Thursday June 8th 2006.
* 50 Pull-ups
* 400 meter run
* 95 pound Thruster, 21 reps
* 800 meter run
* 95 pound Thruster, 21 reps
* 400 meter run
* 50 Pull-ups


Buttercup Scaling:
* 15 Pull-ups
* 200 meter run
* 15-35 pound Thruster, 15 reps
* 400 meter run
* 15-35 pound Thruster, 15 reps
* 200 meter run
* 15 Pull-ups
(Pull-ups will be combo of band-assisted and jumping)

Crossfit Blog Post #1

I'm starting this blog to keep a running tab on my progress as I work out to the Crossfit.com program. I will post the WOD's and how I've scaled them (taken from the BrandX Crossfit site) and my times/rounds/measures. Here goes for today:

WOD: Push Jerk 3-3-3-3-3 -- 45lb. bar

Warm-up - 10 pushups, 6 band assisted pullups (2 small bands) and 10 ball (modified GHD) situps, and 15 push jerks using the 10 lb. bar.

Still no pull-ups yet, but can now do 3 band assisted pull-ups in a row. YIPPEE! :)