Ouch....a plan.....and the freakin' pullups!

Yes, I am a hypocrite - I've been nagging at Patty because she's been neglecting her blog - BADLY!....and here I am, slackin' away.  Back away from the Facebook addiction!  Just take a step back.....you can do it...

Week 2 after the Hawaii trip - things are getting better, but not quite back to normal.

Monday:

Jumping Squats/Overhead Press 35#: 50/40/30/20/10 - the one workout that is very consistent in it's painful after effects.  I definitely felt this one in my endurance.  The first 20 or so, kind of bugged my ankle a bit (I believe I've got some tendinitis flaring a bit, not in last year's ankle, but the other one.).  After the first 20 or so it seemed a bit better.  I finished this is 16:54 - 8 seconds longer than the last time.  Doesn't seem so good - but last time, it was just me and Joe G, so I was trying to keep up with him, and it was when I was rockin' everything out. So, overall, I'm ok with the time. I definitely have a love hate with this one. Hate it when doing it....love the feeling right after - hate the effects 2 days later.

Tuesday:

Bench Press: 12/12/12/12 - Huge relief that this is not a big leg workout.  We have never done sets of 12 - so I wasn't really sure where to go with this one.  I like to think I can Bench Press with the big boys...but not so much, which, I guess is ok, since I'm a girl! :)  

I can't tell you how I did, good, bad or ugly, because I just don't really have a line to base it off of.  I did 95 / 115/120 (10, then 2), 115 (10, then 1).  

I've decided that I think I'm shootin' for 185 by the end of the year, or if I do actually compete in November - by then.  I think 185 for a girl is pretty darn good. 

Today:

Jumpin' Helen - 200 jumps, 21 KB swings (16kg), 12 pullups (red bands/highbar) - 3 rounds.

Well........ I cruised through the jumps, and my KB swings felt awesome - I think they were downright good, form wise, I could be wrong.  Not sure what that was all about, but they definitely felt good.  Then onto pullups.   Pullups.......are slow.  I'm not certain why they have gotten so slow - my only thought, guess....is that I've gotten to the point that I won't let myself just jump, and play on the momentum.  Instead I am doing one - maybe two at a time. Taking the big deep breath before I do them, then making sure I have enough to actually either get over the bar or come to what I perceive as "close to over".  I don't know if this is good or bad.  My time (15:54)  increased by at least a full minute over last time we did jumpin' Helen, but I know I'm not bouncing through the pullups.  So, I just don't know...I think the pullups are confusing me, because it's basically the same modifications - but how much I'm jumping, how much I'm pulling, am I REALLY getting over the bar, etc...are so subjective at the time.  I think I'm working harder on them, to actually make them closer to legit, but in reality, I'm not certain.

Freakin' pullups....

Now, in other pullup news, I tried the regular pullup grip dead hang in the blue bands yesterday, and they weren't bad at all. ....yes, I broke my vow and stepped back into the big blues to see where I was with the different grip.  Shocking, I know!

Today, I tried it in the red bands and was able to get one or two in, again with the "pullup" grip.   

Again, I say.....Freakin' pullups....