04.19.10 - Thruster Mania

3 Rounds for Time:

50 Thrusters (45/35#)
40 Sit-ups
30 Push-ups

Time: I'm guessing around 24 min? The clock got shut off before I finished! Rude.
Comments: Four days off and back at it for another three in a row, I felt recovered from the body torture last week. I say body torture in a good way. It felt good to be all-over sore again and I actually LIKED doing the three in a row.

This one was rough even though I went down to a measly 15# to do the thrusters. It's the down/squat part that kills me, with or without weight. 50 squats alone are rough for me. Pushing the bar overhead wasn't so bad until toward the end of each set of 50 when I started feeling it in my shoulders. My legs took the brunt of the beating. I loved hearing someone yell, Keep going! You can rest during the sit-ups! I believe only in Crossfit could you consider doing sit-ups "resting" – but it's true – that was the time to "rest". Push-ups almost broke me at the end. I could barely keep my body off the floor with each one.

We sorta checked out with some Turkish Get-ups. I was so weak I just kind of tried lamely to do two on each side with a 15# kettlebell.

04.12.10 - Do you Crossfit?

5 Rounds for Time:

500m Row
400m Run
Rest 90 Seconds

Checkout: 100 Wall Balls (20/14#)

Time: 30:44 (4:50/6:25/6:25/6:20/6:24)
Comments: Back at the box after a 12-day hiatus. No bueno. This actually was a pretty good one to go back with. Running/Rowing. Don't tell anyone, but we ditched out on the checkout...

What kept sticking in my head was the message that accompanied the workout on the website this morning. Things like "Step out of your comfort zone" and "push yourself to 110%". I really tried to go as fast as I could, but that wasn't very fast I'm afraid. I tried to keep my rows under 2:00 average, not going over 2:10. The running killed me, especially hearing Katy's footsteps getting closer and closer and catching me each round.

There was also a quote from the (I think) inventor of Crossfit, Coach Glassman:

"Performance is directly correlated with intensity. Intensity is directly correlated with discomfort."

I was definitely 100% uncomfortable, so I must have been doing something right. Solid, 30-min. workout. Nice to be working with Tim again. Held some decent 10-sec+ headstands in Warm-up #2.

01.13.10 - NTRVLS

6 x 500 meter Rows
2 minute rest interval

Checkout
5 x 1 minute Planks
1 minute rest in between

PNF Stretching
3 x per leg/hamstring
passive 30 sec/active 20 sec

Time: 2:07. 2:04. 2:08, 2:10. 2:08, 2:08
Comments: This one for some reason made me so nervous I was sick to my stomach when we left for the gym. Rowing hurts in all kinds of places, and I wondered what would fail me first. In between the sets, my forearms felt it a lot. Lots of tingling and even red blotches. During it was hard to tell what hurt most. My quads definitely went in the first round. For the first two rest intervals, I didn't get off the seat because I was afraid to try and stand up. I got up after the third, but not again until it was over. Lots of sweating for a non-sweater.

Followed by planks. Are you kidding me? I failed at this. I mean, I did the best I could and tried to keep my hips down, use my abs and all that, but common. I definitely "rested" by putting my ass up in the air, and once or twice went so far as to put a knee down for a sec. After about the third one I said to Katy, I think this might be worse than the rows.

I am already sore across the top of my back and in my shoulders and it seriously might be from the planks! I am also actively thinking of transitioning to a more Paleo way of eating. Nothing crazy, just more conscious.

Highlight: When Josh said, "I don't see any grimaces? This should be FUCK-KING HOR-RIBLE."

REMINDER: Going to $5 Tuesday Wine Night the day before a workout does NOT make it any easier.