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

 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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OOTWW

Happy weekend everyone! Happy long weekend to those of us who have the civic holiday! Ooooh yeah.

Time for the outfit of the work week post!

What does everyone have planned for the weekend? I think I’m going to end up going for a run on one of the days, and most definitely going to Yoga on Sunday. I went last night and the class literally flew by. I walked up to the instructor and asked if she taught anywhere else besides the YMCA. She’s really good, and keeps coming around to make sure you’re in the correct posture or try to get you lower in a warrior stance etc. Really good stretches, I feel so relaxed after. It’s a strange, but good feeling.

Don’t forget to enter my Sharpie contest. (Canadians only) :)

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I’ve done it now!

Well, I’ve done it now! I’ve managed to get another co-worker hooked on the Fossil brand! Score.

If you’re new to my blog, or just missed the posts. I’ve blogged a few times about my Fossil items. You can see my brand new Fossil watch & purse here. My co-worker L, purchased two Fossil watches shortly after, and now Laura my other co-worker, bought a Fossil purse!

Since Laura is a reader of the blog, I asked her if she’d like to be featured this week. She happily accepted and posed with her new beaut for some photos.

Laura had been looking for a new purse for a few months but the stores she went into didn’t have the best quality of purses. Laura spotted mine when I received it in May, and has been asking if she could have it ever since. (Um. No.) She and her daughter were shopping in the local mall and randomly decided to just go on into the Fossil store. Knowing that Fossil bags were pricey, once she spotted the Explorer Tote and was indecisive as to whether or not to make the large purchase. Her daughter finally convinced her that she needs to spend some money on herself from time to time!

Good for her I say, she deserves to spend a little money on herself. Each morning, without fail I come into work, I pop by Laura’s desk and have a quick chat with her. Immediately I knew something was up, since she had this big grin on her face. She pointed to the floor where her purse was laying. When I realized it was a Fossil bag I think I gasped, then we both started laughing and I started touching and idolizing this foxy brown soft leather bag.

Laura ended up buying the Explorer Tote. It’s the larger version of my medium sized, Explorer Flap. The girls at the local store where she purchased it, said it’s a new color for Fall and Laura was one of the first people to buy it. That gal — what a fashionista! I was eying up her purse all day and kind of wanted to borrow it ;)

One thing about Fossil merchandise, is that they brand everything with keys, which I think is a great little subtle touch to branding their pieces.

Looks great on her right? Here’s Laura sporting her knockout purse of hers. Literally, she could knock someone out with it. Her bag was already filled to the brim and about 7lbs heavy, ha ha!

Even though Laura’s Explorer Tote is the larger version of my Explorer Flap, there still is a few slight differences in our bags!

Are you a fan of Fossil purses?

Are you a shoe girl, purse girl, or clothing kind of girl?

As you know, I’m a huge fan of Fossil products. Between their purses, watches and bracelets. I think I need to invest some stocks in Fossil ;)

I’m a purse and a shoe girl.

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