I've been failing miserably at this...so here's a short synopsis of the last week.
Tuesday - we did Power cleans, kind of a functional focus. Working on weight until form breaks down. I actually did fairly well on these 95/100/105/110...110 is where my form started to fall apart. The cure, I fear, might be a future of 115 lb cleans.....
I stayed after to do Annie. Well, I did get 10 double unders in a row, but my feet paid the price. My time ended up at about 15:34. Well above my best time. The bad news, I'm taking jump rope off for a bit, my left foot does not like jump rope one bit.
Wednesday was Bench......and I have no clue how I did. It was unremarkable, as my bench has been lately We followed that by 3 rounds of The Chief. (3 Power cleans, 6 Pushups, 9 Squats - as many rounds as possible in 3 minutes) I ended up getting in 4/3/3, and I think there may have been some extra cleans in there, but I'm not positive. I have this fond regard for the Chief...and I'm not sure why - the Chief kicks your butt something fierce!
Friday- We did the ZAP workout - Zombie Attack Preparedness. It was a mixed bag of fun done stations style. Taking a sledgehammer to a Zombie's head (AKA sledgehammering a tire), whacking the head of a Zombie with a baseball bat (AKA hitting a punching bag with the bat), Swinging and kicking the head of a Zombie (kip and kick from the pullup bars), jumping on things to get away (AKA box jumps), and crawling through sewers to escape (AKA crawling under weight benches). All the while kicking and screaming at the zombie attackers! Unconventional, yes. A HOOTENANIE! ABSOLUTELY! It was a low key, fun time!
Saturday....was. A full moon, hormonal typhoon came running through my system - the likes of which have been seen rarely. We did backsquats. Lots and lots of backsquat. The storm erupted just after failing at 225 for the 2nd time. 225.....that is 10 lbs below my PR, and I couldn't get it. That is when the whollop came....No PR's on anything in months......many, many months. Then the WTF feeling of miser descended....why was I working so hard, changing my diet, being very good about everything...and my butt is still here, and to make matters worse, I seem to be getting weaker!! The haystack blew, and a mess ensued. It was ugly.....I cannot lie. By Sunday, I was sick of the pity party, so I started telling myself to put up or shut up.
Monday - a new day, and I really hoped I could master the emotional side with the mental side! I went in with a new mindset. Did it work?? Yes and no. Yes, I was able to workout without busting into an emotional hissy fit. No, it didn't really help me do any better when lifting.
We did Bench Press - I did 5x115/ 125/ 130 then 3x 135, 2 x 140 fail on 2rd twice (I may have only gotten one in on the last set, I don't remember for sure). Then we did one and a halfs. This was a new thing on bench. I started at 95 lbs. That was a tad bit on the light side, so the next two sets were at 115. The good news - despite the numbers above - up until I wrote them down, I was doing bad barbell math, so thought I was having issues with 130 lbs. A good 25 lbs below my PR, and I still didn't fall victim to the full moon tears that seem to be striking women everywhere. So, when I realized my bad barbell math, I was downright...not happy - but relieved that I don't suck as bad as I thought!
Tonight- we did Heavy CrossFit Stations #2 - Three rounds
- Pull-to-inverted hang - In my case, it's Jump to inverted hang. Round 1, I got in 6, round 2 - 4, round 3 -5
- Box jumps (20") - These were ok - I'm slow on the 20" box - I ended up getting in about 10-12 per round
- Weighted Pullups (25) - HA! Gotta be able to do a pullup before I add weight! So these were dead hang in a red and a mini band. Well - I got a couple all the way over - but not as many as I would have liked. As far as the ones that I counted, it was 3-4 each round.
- Thrusters (95#) - I'm just gonna say it - these were kinda sucky after everything else!! I should be used to these by now....but they were kinda difficult. Go figure! I got in 7 or 8 of these each round.
- KB Swings (24 kg) - these were the money makers. This is where I made up for lost time. I got in 14 or 15 each time. ...and don't be fooled this sucker is heavy! I think it's 53 lbs to be exact!
Total score round 1 - 46, round 2 - 42, round 3 - 44 for a total of 132. Not bad for a total ass-kicker of a workout! It was good - but difficult!
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