Taking a bit of a break...

Well, it's no secret that I haven't been hitting it in my downstairs gym lately:). Unfortunately, it will probably continue, at least for a few more weeks. Due to a medical issue (not really ready to disclose it to the "world"), I am going to take it easy and basically just walk. I might do a few short metcons, but nothing that involves heavy lifting or overexertion. I can't wait to get back at it, but right now, it's just not worth the risk.

I'll be living vicariously through all my blog buddies, though! :)

Rest Day

Rest day today and dinner with my mom. Might come home after that and lift something heavy tonight.

I also want to try to get the hubs to take the dogs for a walk around the neighborhood with me. If not, it'll be two dog walks.
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Ugh, hate short days in the winter. Got home after it was dark... so no dog walk and no lifting, drank a big ole cup of coffee instead and sat my butt on the couch:).

Rest Day

Rest day today.

Rest

Rest day today. CRAZY time at work (it's the end of our fiscal year today) and dinner tonight with mia mama. Should be a good day! :)

Yard Work

Yesterday, we did yard work from sun up to sun down. I am tired today, but not that sore. Hopefully we will be walking for hours at a HUGE flea market today.

Rest Day

I'm resigning myself to the fact that I probably won't be doing typical CrossFit workouts this week of vacation. It happens every time I'm on vacation... I have these hopes that I will workout, but it never happens. If my routine is disrupted, I don't work out.

Instead of working out, I painted my home office and moved furniture around. Tomorrow will be filled with yard work.

Rest Days

Rest day today & tomorrow.

Today will be spent sealing the driveway with Adam. Tomorrow, not sure yet:).

Rest

Rest days continue... just don't have any energy. I really should just tough it out and quit being such a whiny-baby, but I just don't want to. :)

Rest... or FC WOD

I'm not sure if I will even attempt to work-out tonight. Maybe if I post it here, it will give me that extra umph to actually do it. I just feel TIRED lately, and no amount of sleep or rest is doing it for me. Walking up the three flights of steps at work today made my leg muscles weak... I mean, what the hell?

Warm-Up:
250 single unders
20 Ring Rows
10 Ring Dips
10 KTC's
20 ball sit-ups

WOD 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 Days 8/1 & 8/2

Rest days today & tomorrow.

I went 4-wheeling with the hubby today & my father-in-law. It was the first time I'd been and it was a BLAST!

7/25 - 7/26 - Rest Days

Rest day today & tomorrow.

I ate beef last night and it was DELICIOUS! Adam wanted to marinate the steaks, so we did hamburgers instead. I used Son of Grok's BBQ sauce and it was delicious! I put it in the burger patties with 1 egg and then also on the side of my burger. Had cheese on it (but could have gone without), onions and fresh tomatoes from my mom's garden. YUM! I probably could have eaten two, but figured I should stick with one just to be safe:).

No pictures. Adam made fun of me last night b/c I take pictures of what I eat... okay, it's weird, but so what!

Rest Days 7/18 - 7/19

Rest days this weekend. Adam and I took our 2 & 3 year old nieces to the zoo today. Nothing planned yet for tomorrow:).

Rest Day

Decided to take a rest day today and do "Nate" tomorrow. My body is just feeling sluggish and sore, so I'm going to take it easy today.

Rest Days 7/4 & 7/5

Rest day yesterday and today. Saturday was spent doing yard work; today was spent being a lazy butt.

Rest Day Weekend

Rest day today and tomorrow. Plenty of yard work to do and gotta wash the MILLIONS of bugs off my car. I hope to get a hike in there sometime, but that might not happen.

Here's a video from CrossFit.com that shows proper form on KB swings.

Rest Day - 100 Burpees

I'm going to take today as a rest day, because my body is just worn out.

30 min. AM run with Lucy
20 Burpees

Plan to do:
80 burpees in 20 rep increments

Happy Rest Day! Here's a video I stole from Bill Ellsworth's blog. Craziness!

Run, Burpees, Rest

I woke up early again and went for a 30 min. jog with Lucy (my dog). She seemed more worn out this time, maybe b/c we went a little further than last time and did more running than walking.

I plan to do my 59 + 20xtra burpees this afternoon after taking my other dog for a short walk.

Then... rest:). My body is tired and I'm looking forward to this!

(Pic above is me & Lucy a few summers ago. She has since porked out, so I've got to get her back in fighting shape!)

Rest & CFJax.com, 5/10/09

I took a much needed rest day yesterday and spent a few hours with my family for Mother's Day. Then came home and laid out in the sun (now look like a tomato b/c I accidentally fell asleep!). I ended up not doing my burpees, so it'll be lots of burpee fun today!

Warm-Up:
5 min. jog
5 min. punching bag
40 Burpees
10 band-assisted pull-ups (try for 1 band only)
20 ball sit-ups
10 KTC's
21 Burpees

CFJAX.com WOD 5.10.09
15-13-11-9-7-5-3 for time of:
wall ball shots
box jumps
20# DB swings

Post work-out: 20 Burpees

Time: 11:12:49

It's amazing how non-threatening these workouts look at first glance. I thought wall balls, box jumps & KB/DB swings... no biggie! Pfft... once I did the first set of 15, my legs did not want to do anymore:). This was a fun workout!

Burpees were tough, couldn't finish all 81 in the warm-up, even with partitioning them in half. So I did almost all of them and then finished them up after the workout.

Rest Day

Rest day... thank God!! :) Yesterday was the toughest day for me so far in my CrossFit journey. That, plus the yard work, and overindulging in alcohol last night... I'm happy to not have to work out today. My body feels battered, but in a good way, I guess:).

+ 33 Burpees

Rest Day

CrossFit.com Rest Day.

+ 29 Burpees

I also decided to finally try out the pilates video I've had since Christmas. It was fun. I felt very uncoordinated:) and I was only doing the abs part. I could definitely have done better!