Water Intake

I drink a ridiculous amount of water every day. Ever since i discovered Crystal Light, I am an addict. I swear they put crack in those little packets.

I sometimes wonder whether I could be drinking TOO much water every day, so I decided to do some research (aka a google search). Recommended water intake is 8-12 (8oz.) glasses of water a day (which everyone knows b/c it has been drilled into our brains by the USDA). I average ~14 each day, so slightly above that. The past few days when I work out in the afternoons I feel like I'm still carrying about 8 glasses in my stomach (especially when jumping rope).

I can't see myself being able to cut back though. It's such a habit now.

Completely pointless post, just bored waiting on work stuff to finish. :)

Oh, and the hubs comes home tonight!! I'm so excited! :)

Pull-Ups & Dips - Day 65

Today is my company's end of the month/quarter, so it's going to be a long night. I'm going to try to squeeze this in sometime between doing that:). Hence the shortened warm-up.

Warm-Up:
5 min. jog
5 min. jump rope
10 push-ups
20 sit-ups
10 KTC's

WOD/Puppies:
Ten rounds for time of:
5 pull-ups (jumping/band-assisted)
5 dips (bench dips)

Time: 9:06

Did jumping pull-ups for the first 7 rounds, then had to switch to band-assisted for the last 3. I should have done 10 of each per round... I wasn't nearly tired enough.

Side note: Work went really well and I won't have to work late tonight!:)

Run 800m - Day 64

Running... bah! That's alright though, the WOD says to "rest as needed between efforts", so that should be a comfort:)haha.

Warm-Up:
5 min. jump rope
5 min. punching bag
10 jumping pull-ups
10 band-assisted pull-ups
10 push-ups
20 ball sit-ups
10 KTC's (I am renaming these knees to chest, since that's what I'm actually doing)
10 HSPU progressions (shins on bench)
10 burpees

WOD (as Rx'd hopefully!):
Four rounds, each for time of:
Run 800m (~0.5mile)
Rest as needed between efforts

Rounds/Times:
--Round 1: 4:17 (rest - 2.5min.)
--Round 2: 4:34 (rest - about 4min.)
--Round 3: 4:17 (rest - 4.5 min.)
--Round 4: 4:41 (ran out of steam on this one)

Man, I hate running:). Halfway through the second round, I was like screw this! But the shame of only finishing 1.5 rounds got me through to the finish:).

Front Squats - Day 63

PR'd with 65#'s last time, DEFINITELY have to load up more than that this time.

Warm-Up:
5 min. jog
5 min. jump rope
3.5 min. punching bag
10 jumping pull-ups - felt really strong with these!
10 band-assisted pull-ups
10 push-ups
20 ball sit-ups
10 KTE's
10 HSPU progression (shins on bench)
10 burpees
5, 10# front squats (practice)

WOD:
Front squat
3-3-3-3-3 reps

Load: 45-65-75(f)-65-75(PR)

Well, I thought I was stronger than I am apparently! I had trouble with the 75#s at first mainly b/c I couldn't clean it. I have trouble getting under the bar.

Rest Day - Day 62

Rest Day...

I definitely need this. My body felt pretty beat up yesterday during the WOD. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on this 90 day challenge now and I'm getting excited! :)

I'm going to work on perfecting the basics once this is complete as well as continuing to push myself with the WODs and zoning. I could definitely use a bit more rest every once in awhile though.

Had trouble sleeping the past two nights due to neck pain. Not sure if this is from the latest set of WODs or just pillow issues:).

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I feel somewhat lost on rest days... like I don't know what to do with myself without having to plan to get the WOD in:). I might need to get a life. Does anyone else feel this way on rest days? Maybe I need a hobby to fill my rest days.

"Karen" - Day 61

Today's WOD is wall ball shots. I only have a 4-6# ball, so I'll have to use that instead of the scaled 10# ball. This will be a combo of buttercups & puppies scaling.

Warm-Up:
5 min. jog
5 min. jump rope
10 push-ups
10 jumping pull-ups
10 band-assisted pull-ups
20 ball sit-ups
10 KTE's
10 HSPU progressions (shins on bench)
10 burpees

"Karen": puppies/buttercups
100 wall ball shots, 4-6# ball, 8' target

Time: 5:18:27

Planned to do these in sets of 20, but after the first set, I had to go down to 10s. I read the CrossFit Journal article today about the importance of perfecting the squat. I think I really need to start working on this b/c I know my technique leaves something to be desired.

Lynne - Day 60

Today I'm going to scale this to a pack/puppies combo. I was going to just do the "puppies" scaling, which eliminates the bench press, but Adam called me a puss, so I'm going to try it out with him spotting me. At least he can help me with form on this since he is familiar with this type of lifting. I'll probably just stick with the 45lb. bar, possibly try for 55lbs. on the last set or something. I don't want to push it since I've never really done bench presses before.

Warm-Up:
5 min. jog
20 ball sit-ups
10 KTE's
10 HSPU progressions (shins on bench)
10 burpees

"Lynne" (scaled):
Five rounds for max reps of:
Bench press (45-55#)
Pull-ups (jumping/band assisted)

Time: 26:43 (12 minutes of rest)
--Round 1 (time/reps): 19 bench (45#)/17 jumping pull-ups, 3:55
--Round 2: 17/8 (band assisted) + 6 (jumping), 2:52
--Round 3: 20/10 (jumping), 3:18
--Round 4: 21/7, 3:09
--Round 5: 14 (55#)/7, 2:29

Deadlifts & 400s - Day 59

Almost 2/3 of the way done with my 90 day challenge! Plan to concentrate on my form with these... don't want to sacrifice form because of the pressure of the ticking clock:).

Warm-Up:
5 min. jump rope
10 band-assisted pull-ups
10 jumping pull-ups
10 push-ups
20 ball sit-ups
10 KTE's
10 HSPU progressions (shins on bench)
10 burpees

WOD (scaled to puppies/women):
For time -
55# deadlifts, 15 reps
Run 400m (~0.25 mile)
55# deadlifts, 12 reps
Run 400m
55# deadlifts, 9 reps
Run 400m

Time: 10:26

First 400 was at 7mph on a treadmill, second was at 6.5mph and the final 400 was at 7mph. Probably could have pushed it harder on the runs... but I have an aversion to running:). That and my back was quite sore. I kept my core very tight throughout the lifts and the running, so that helped. I can't see if I'm rounding my back at all on the lifts. I wish there was someone who could watch me do them and critique me. Guess I just need to suck it up and get some help somewhere... possibly at an affiliate. There are 2 near me, but I just can't justify the expense when I have all (well... almost all) of the necessary workout equipment in my house.

Rest Day - Day 58

Rest day today... my legs are very thankful. I'm still having trouble walking down steps, sitting... I feel like my quads are locked up or something. But the run yesterday definitely helped.

I didn't do that pilates video last rest day, so I might try to do that tonight. That or a yoga video.

Finished "Lone Survivor" last night. I was in tears throughout most of that book, but it was a wonderful read. I learned alot and feel more proud of our troops than I already did.

Pull-ups - Day 57

Pull-ups and more pull-ups. I'm having to scale this one b/c I just can't do a full dead-hang yet, much less a weighted dead-hang:).

Warm-Up:
10 min. jog
10 push-ups
20 ball sit-ups
10 KTE's
10 HSPU progressions (shins on bench)
10 burpees

WOD:
Five rounds for time of -
5 band-assisted pull-ups
10 practice kips

Time: 6:46

Well, I felt very awkward doing the "practice kips". I ended up doing 1 round with the kips, then switched to doing 3 rounds of 5 jumping pull-ups. Finished off with a last full round of both the jumping pull-ups and the 10 practice kips.

Felt pretty beat through the warm-up.