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My CrossFit Journal (Year 1, week 24)

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The short:

  • Yoga x2
  • Run x2
  • CrossFit x1

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year 1, week 24, day one

I went to Yoga again, but this time I went solo. I don’t remember much of the class, but I do remember not liking the instructor as much as another woman who does the class later on in the week. It’s funny how it works out that way…
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year 1, week 24, day two

4.25km run by my self — I had planned on going for 6km but I ended up turning around early. I thought I had only ran 3k, but when I mapped it out it was 4.25k! The sweat was pourin’ off me, it was super hot that weekend.

Sorry. That photo is probably nasty. Either way, I wanted to break up the texty blog post with some photos of my SWEAT. lol

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year 1, week 24, day three

Get out of town.

6:30pm CrossFit class followed by an 8:00pm 6km run with my co-worker. Moses. I was feeling it on the run, that’s for sure. I even let out huge sighs and “are we there yet?”‘s hahaha!

 

EMOM 15
1 Snatch

EMOM 5
1 Snatch Press
1 Overhead Squat

That was the prescribed workout above , a 20 minute time limit. You do 1, every minute on the minute. Instead I did 20 snatch press to overhead squats, and I did 60lbs for the full duration!


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year 1, week 24, day four

Yoga!!!

I think this is the one where I mentioned that I nearly got kicked out of yoga (for laughing). Not to worry, a blog post will be coming up soon about that.

I found this particular class very useless. I felt like I didn’t workout, just got a few minor stretches in. lol Again, total blog post all about this class coming up.

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year 1, week 24, day five

Okay this doesn’t really count as working out but I wanted to include it in my roundup.

(click to enlarge image)

Steph and I went to the local climbing gym because I knew there was going to be a bouldering competition happening that evening. “Summer Sweat Fest” sponsored by MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-Op). It was so great seeing my “old buddies” again. I haven’t really climbed hard since February, and then just going in there for an evening and watching everyone work the boulder problems, definitely made me want to get back into it again!

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My CrossFit Journal (Year 1, week 21-23)

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 The short:

Week 21: Went to CrossFit twice
Week 22: Zero workouts
Week 23: A mix between Yoga, Muscle Pump, Running and CrossFit!

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year 1, week 21, day one

3×5 Thrusters (complete 200m Run immediately after each set)

I think I used 65 or 60lbs. I didn’t write it down! :(

20-16-12-8-4
Supines
Pistols

We had to do pistols and get our butt to go low on the medicine ball. Once everyone got the rhythm down it was fairly “easy” to do the pistols (or one legged squats).

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year 1, week 21, day two

Swod:

Good Mornings
5-5-5-5-5 (70lbs was my limit for Good Mornings, they were hard!)
Kipping HSPU (We tried
5x Max Efforts

Wod:
Tabata  (20 seconds off 10 seconds off – 8 rounds of each)
Box Jump Burpees
Double Unders (I did regular skips)

Regular skipping during the Tabata/interval workout = whipped arms! :(

I didn’t do kipping HSPU (handstand push up’s) because that’s crazy talk and takes a lot of strength. So we practiced just regular handstand pushups and I bent my arms more than I thought I would going down, so I’m getting stronger in the shoulder area! Yay!!

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year 1, week 23, day one

I went to Yoga with my co-worker at the local YMCA (and blogged about it here). It was a nice change, and I’m interested in keeping it up. But not interested in the price it costs to attend one class. 

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 year 1, week 23, day two

Muscle Pump was a very busy, packed class and of course since I was new the class flew by. I don’t think I’ll be attending this one again. It was at the YMCA again with my co-worker. I just found it to be too busy, and didn’t make me sweat as much as CrossFit would. Which is why I hopped on the treadmill and did an 8:08/mile to sweat a bit before heading home.

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year 1, week 23, day three

Yoga again. I’m addicted. It’s so relaxing, I can’t help it!

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year 1, week 23, day four

CrossFit after this workout, and a 6k run with my coworker L. I literally felt like my legs were made out of lead when I was on the run. It was a rough night of exercising and I didn’t get home til about 10pm! Whoops! I hadn’t even made supper at that point. Pizza it was :)

 

SWOD:
7×1 Pwr Clean + Clean and Split Jerk (I managed to get to 75lbs, once I tried to put 80lbs on in total, I dropped the weight. Guess I found my max!)

DWOD:
AMRAP 12
30 Alternating Superman
20 OH Lunges 45/25 (I used 25lbs)
30 Double Unders (or 90 regular skips)

I completed 3 full rounds. Everyone else did 5+. The overhead lunges with the 25lb plate definitely slowed me down. Ah!

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year 1, week 23, day five

Yoga again! This class flew by so quickly that I decided that I’m officially hooked on Yoga. I went up to the instructor and asked if she taught anywhere else. I love her style. She kept coming over to everyone and adjusting their movements. She even “fixed me” twice.

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We love CrossFit

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Ashley said it well on her blog, earlier yesterday: For the Love of CrossFit. She always says what I’m thinking in my head, about CrossFit but rarely write about. I love her blog.

Last week I took a “break” from CrossFit, and now this week I’ve been attending the local YMCA with my co-worker doing Yoga (really fun, seriously) and Muscle Pump (no thanks). I skipped out on going to the YMCA last night to go to CrossFit again, because I wanted to sweat. This was our SWOD/DWOD:

For the SWOD I ended up doing a total of 75lbs, and when I went to 80lbs I dropped the weight on the ground since I couldn’t lift it at all lol.

AMRAP stands for “As Many Rounds As Possible” in 12 minutes. I managed to get 3 rounds in, while everyone else got 5+. I’m very weak in the shoulders and found that lifting a 25lb plate over head while doing lunges really slowed me down. Plus, I suck at skipping. I got some pretty gnarly bruises from the 90 regular skips (since I can’t do double unders we have to do 3x the amount of skips). Who gets bruised elbows from skipping? Seriously. So weird.

When my co-worker saw my bruises she called me a maniac. Which then reminded her of her favorite movie Tommy Boy, and thought I may have looked like him while I was skipping. I don’t think I’ve laughed so hard seeing that scene from the movie. Just watch…

After my CrossFit workout last night, I ran with my co-worker around town! Awesome way to end the evening. 6km with some sprints at the very end. My favorite! My legs honestly felt like they were made of lead by the end. SO heavy. But we did it! I don’t think I’ve sweat in places I’ve sweated before. It was interesting and maybe traumatizing.

P.S. I totally found a random photo of me the other day.

These two photos are almost 10 years apart from each other. Looks like I’m going backwards in age ;) Either that, or I’m thanking that my Boyfriend asked me to stop in tanning beds!

Off I go to Yoga again! I don’t think I’ve worked out this much in months. 4x already this week!

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