+ two and a half more days until the holiday break!!! can't wait!!
CrossFit 12.7.09
strength
5-5-5-5-5 OHS
weight= 42lbs
WOD
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
thrusters (32 lbs)
burpees
time= 9:34
CrossFit 12.9.09
strength
1-1-1-1-1 push jerk
weight= 62 lbs
WOD
4x 200m sprints
times= 29/27/28/27
i don't love sprinting, but my times were good. it gave my arms a little extra rest too, which they certainly needed after monday.
CrossFit 12.11.09
strength
5-5-5 deadlift
weight= 93lbs (workout weight, not max)
WOD
"diane"
21-15-9
deadlifts (93lbs)
handstand push-ups (subbed pike push-ups)
time= 5:11
my dl weight may have been a tab ambitious for the WOD as i was really struggling by the end, and it showed in my time... not my strongest performance for sure.
CrossFit 12.14.09
strength/skill
rings:
dips (small band) 3x 10
body holds 3x 10sec
negatives (starting in up position and slowly lowering body; practice for solo ring dips, one of my goals)
WOD
5 rounds of:
12 hammer swings (medium hammer)
12 sit-ups
12 pull-ups (medium band)
time= 8:53
this one was tough... the pull-ups nearly killed me. i ripped two callouses off, but luckily they weren't as deep as the last one. my time wasn't great, but it wasn't bad. some girls did body rows, which would have shaved a bunch off of my time. my swings and sit-ups were pretty solid. hadn't done pull-ups since before the wedding and i felt it!
CrossFit 12.15.09
strength
3-2-1-1-1 cleans
max weight= 77lbs
hadn't done these in a while, wasn't unhappy with the weight. hope to go up at least 5 more lbs by next time.
WOD
30-20-10
wall balls (6lb ball)
double unders
time= 6:21
this one was exhausting, a great cardio workout. i should have been able to use an 8lb ball but i didn't feel up to it... next workout i will though!! gotta start moving up if i'm ever going to get to the 12lb ball like my goal says...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
i'ma tell you one time...
+ i got to coach donny in another CF workout today. my edamame for dinner hit the spot. finally got donny his new toms (had to exchange and they are hot ticket items, waited a month for the shipment to come in). and he likes them!
was having a conversation with people about songs that we are ashamed to love... a popular choice was "party in the usa" which i do enjoy, but right now my top guilty pleasure has to be the song in the title of this entry. you know, that "love" song the little 15-year-old boy (whose voice slightly resembles a pre-pubescent MJ's) sings. love. it. it's been in my head all night.
this friday is the last day of the 6 weeks, which means squeezing in therapy minutes and then frantically writing progress notes by the time report cards go home next friday. fun stuff. but aside from that little bit of stress, work is going ok. i'm making it and don't feel on the verge of a nervous breakdown even with the wedding so quickly approaching, which is pretty much the most i hoped for at this point.
red light cameras in college station got voted down in the election yesterday. in theory, i should be in favor of these cameras. surely they help detract from the dangerous driving behavior of running red lights. but in practice... well, i've personally recieved a ticket from one of those techno-police. actually, my parents received the ticket because my car is registered at their address. they called me the day they got it, and our convo went about like this...
dad: so, got something interesting in the mail today.
me: oh yeah, what's that?
dad: did you run a red light on april X, 2009?
me: what?
dad: you got a ticket.
me: huh??
dad: there's a sequence of pictures that show you running the red light. don't try to deny it.
i'm nearly married, a grown up with a real job, and i'm still getting "busted" for traffic tickets by my 'rents. not cool, college station, not cool. and now, not legal! so yes, in theory i should not be celebrating their demise, but in practice... hell yeah, good riddance.
yesterday's workout, and then today's...
CrossFit 10.3.09
warm-up
3 sets of 10:
pull-ups
squats
strength
5-5-5-5-5 front squat
weight= 62 lbs
WOD
30-20-10
box jumps
kettle bell swings (25lbs)
push ups
time= 7:19
this was the 2nd strongest time of all females. i also went up in my kb weight by 5lbs. the workout was exhausting but i felt good about my performance.
CrossFit 10.4.09
warm-up
400m row
3 sets of 10:
ring dips
wall balls (8lb)
strength
3-3-3 snatch balance
weight= 42lbs
WOD
"death by OHS (overhead squat)"
1st minute- 1 OHS
2nd min- 2 OHS
3rd minute- 3 OHS
...and so on, until fail to get required number of squats in one minute
weight= 42 lbs
completed 8 rounds
not that strong (but not the weakest either) my goal was to complete 10 rounds. if i had decreased my weight by maybe 5 lbs, i'm pretty positive i would have done at least that. it was a heavy, challenging weight for me. the 9th round i got 6 OHS', so i wasn't too far from finishing it. my arms were pretty much dead though. was a little disappointed in today's performance.
when i got home i coached donny through yesterday's WOD (30-20-10 box jumps, kb swings, push ups) he got really dizzy and his feet started cramping, so he only completed the first two rounds. i think he's starting to see how strong i've become through CF as he sees firsthand how difficult the workouts are.
was having a conversation with people about songs that we are ashamed to love... a popular choice was "party in the usa" which i do enjoy, but right now my top guilty pleasure has to be the song in the title of this entry. you know, that "love" song the little 15-year-old boy (whose voice slightly resembles a pre-pubescent MJ's) sings. love. it. it's been in my head all night.
this friday is the last day of the 6 weeks, which means squeezing in therapy minutes and then frantically writing progress notes by the time report cards go home next friday. fun stuff. but aside from that little bit of stress, work is going ok. i'm making it and don't feel on the verge of a nervous breakdown even with the wedding so quickly approaching, which is pretty much the most i hoped for at this point.
red light cameras in college station got voted down in the election yesterday. in theory, i should be in favor of these cameras. surely they help detract from the dangerous driving behavior of running red lights. but in practice... well, i've personally recieved a ticket from one of those techno-police. actually, my parents received the ticket because my car is registered at their address. they called me the day they got it, and our convo went about like this...
dad: so, got something interesting in the mail today.
me: oh yeah, what's that?
dad: did you run a red light on april X, 2009?
me: what?
dad: you got a ticket.
me: huh??
dad: there's a sequence of pictures that show you running the red light. don't try to deny it.
i'm nearly married, a grown up with a real job, and i'm still getting "busted" for traffic tickets by my 'rents. not cool, college station, not cool. and now, not legal! so yes, in theory i should not be celebrating their demise, but in practice... hell yeah, good riddance.
yesterday's workout, and then today's...
CrossFit 10.3.09
warm-up
3 sets of 10:
pull-ups
squats
strength
5-5-5-5-5 front squat
weight= 62 lbs
WOD
30-20-10
box jumps
kettle bell swings (25lbs)
push ups
time= 7:19
this was the 2nd strongest time of all females. i also went up in my kb weight by 5lbs. the workout was exhausting but i felt good about my performance.
CrossFit 10.4.09
warm-up
400m row
3 sets of 10:
ring dips
wall balls (8lb)
strength
3-3-3 snatch balance
weight= 42lbs
WOD
"death by OHS (overhead squat)"
1st minute- 1 OHS
2nd min- 2 OHS
3rd minute- 3 OHS
...and so on, until fail to get required number of squats in one minute
weight= 42 lbs
completed 8 rounds
not that strong (but not the weakest either) my goal was to complete 10 rounds. if i had decreased my weight by maybe 5 lbs, i'm pretty positive i would have done at least that. it was a heavy, challenging weight for me. the 9th round i got 6 OHS', so i wasn't too far from finishing it. my arms were pretty much dead though. was a little disappointed in today's performance.
when i got home i coached donny through yesterday's WOD (30-20-10 box jumps, kb swings, push ups) he got really dizzy and his feet started cramping, so he only completed the first two rounds. i think he's starting to see how strong i've become through CF as he sees firsthand how difficult the workouts are.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
happy birthday weekend, D
tomorrow is my soon-to-be hubby's 25th birthday!! i can't believe how fast we are getting older. it makes you realize that you really have to take advantage of each day. you can't let your life just pass you by as you watch from the sidelines, although sometimes it seems to do just that despite your best efforts. but that's enough deep, reflective musing for now...
+ we are in houston for the weekend, celebrating donny's quarter-century birthday with our families (including our niece and goddaughter, kate!). we also saw the place where stacy is most likely booking the "rehearsal dinner", and it's awesome! also, we are already getting lots of online rsvp's, which is exciting- keep 'em coming :)
had a lovely girl's night lingerie shower for donny's coworker/my friend, tiffany, last night. it was a funfilled (and certainly wine-filled) evening of good company, good laughs, and good... well, mostly decent... "karaoke" on Sing Star. fun times!
i made it through a long week at work, and i accomplished my CF goal of 4 workouts... next week will be 4 again (due to my out of town bachelorette weekend in austin!!). after that, i'm hoping to increase to 5 workouts per week.
CrossFit 10.2.09
warm-up
200m run
strength
3-3-3-3-3 OHS (over head squat)
weight= 32lbs
weeeaaaak. this was so hard for me and i'm not sure why. holding the weight overhead made me feel so off balance, like i was going to topple over at any given second. i think both my arms/shoulders and my core aren't strong enough for this. plenty of room for improvement on this one...
WOD
AMRAP (as many reps as possible) in 10 minutes of:
5 toes-to-bar (hanging from a pull up bar and try to pull feet up to touch the bar... i could hardly get my knees up to my elbows!)
10 push press (10lb dumbbells in each hand)
15 squats
total= 8 rounds
i did not like this workout at all, though i'm not sure why. and i did terribly. i don't know what my problem was. i didn't finish winded or very sweaty, which makes me think i just wasn't working hard enough. i think the movements were challenging for me, so i couldn't do any of them extremely quickly. blah. better luck next time i guess.
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