Yesterday I was looking up a bunch of inspirational quotes. I love a good quote to get me through a workout. Sometimes you can find the perfect one that you can use as a mantra when you don't think you can go on. I even found one that I think is tattoo worthy. Get ready for it:
PAIN OF DISCIPLINE
OR
PAIN OF REGRET
How good is that?!
Today's workout was an AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) in 20 minutes of:
135# back squats x 7
35# dumbbell overhead lunges in right hand x 10 steps
7 burpees
35# dumbbell overhead lunges in left hand x 10 steps
I did 6 rounds and got all the way to 7 burpees in the 7th round!
The fittest woman in the world and woman champion of the 2010 Crossfit games, Kristin Clever did this exact workout and did 10 rounds + 7 squats!
Here is a video of some other crossfitters doing the workout.
I cashed out with some press work:
10 shoulder press @ 65#
8 push press @ 85#
6 push jerk @ 95#
6 push press @ 85#
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Week's worth
I'm back. It was a tough week. I've been sleepy, burntout and ready for a little rest all week.
Monday was a rest day, nice!
Tuesday I did "Roy"
5 rounds of:
155# deadlifts x 15
box jumps x 20
Pullups x 25
Time: 20:32
I loved doing this workout. I figured out after the fact that I probably wasn't doing my box jumps to full extension at the top. Meaning I didn't stand up straight. I'll keep working at that next box jumps.
Another thing I found out was that using chalk on your hands is AWESOME! It makes gripping the bar and pullups so much easier. After 150 pullups and 75 deadlifts, I had no blisters. Kelsa ended up going to REI and got some rock climbing chalk and a bag to hold it. It's amazing stuff.
Between then and today I didn't workout. I basically just took 3/4 of a cycle off. I was so tired and drained from work for some reason, I decided I needed a little recovery. Saturday started the new cycle and I still needed a day off, especially since we were celebrating Kelsa's birthday. (Cheesecake Factory!)
We decided to do a two a day. This morning we did 4 rounds (6 prescribed) of 400 meter run and 25 burpees. It was 89 degrees and 50% humidity and it sucked!!!! It was also on a high school track, so the track surface plus the grass were making it even worse. I wanted to do the 6 but the conditions were too gross. It was the closest I had been to puking in a long time!
Time: 23:54
I was at my 100% max heart rate for a bit, that sucked. I burned about 350 calories.
Workout two was 5 rounds of:
Cleans to thrusters @ 95# x 5
Chest to bar pullups x 10
Time: 9:39
This was a blast!! My biceps felt on fire from the extra range of motion on the pullups. I was also pumped about doing 95# clean thrusters.
I cashed out with max reps of 85# of:
Shoulder press x 3
Push press x 9
Push Jerk x 9
Shoulders = jell-o
Monday was a rest day, nice!
Tuesday I did "Roy"
5 rounds of:
155# deadlifts x 15
box jumps x 20
Pullups x 25
Time: 20:32
I loved doing this workout. I figured out after the fact that I probably wasn't doing my box jumps to full extension at the top. Meaning I didn't stand up straight. I'll keep working at that next box jumps.
Another thing I found out was that using chalk on your hands is AWESOME! It makes gripping the bar and pullups so much easier. After 150 pullups and 75 deadlifts, I had no blisters. Kelsa ended up going to REI and got some rock climbing chalk and a bag to hold it. It's amazing stuff.
Between then and today I didn't workout. I basically just took 3/4 of a cycle off. I was so tired and drained from work for some reason, I decided I needed a little recovery. Saturday started the new cycle and I still needed a day off, especially since we were celebrating Kelsa's birthday. (Cheesecake Factory!)
We decided to do a two a day. This morning we did 4 rounds (6 prescribed) of 400 meter run and 25 burpees. It was 89 degrees and 50% humidity and it sucked!!!! It was also on a high school track, so the track surface plus the grass were making it even worse. I wanted to do the 6 but the conditions were too gross. It was the closest I had been to puking in a long time!
Time: 23:54
I was at my 100% max heart rate for a bit, that sucked. I burned about 350 calories.
Workout two was 5 rounds of:
Cleans to thrusters @ 95# x 5
Chest to bar pullups x 10
Time: 9:39
This was a blast!! My biceps felt on fire from the extra range of motion on the pullups. I was also pumped about doing 95# clean thrusters.
I cashed out with max reps of 85# of:
Shoulder press x 3
Push press x 9
Push Jerk x 9
Shoulders = jell-o
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