Thursday, February 26, 2009

Sigh...

6am guys getting in extra work
Frick. I feel like I have regressed. Don't get me wrong, I am getting in the gym more, finally. I just feel so out of it. There are so many things that I just want out of my life. It's frustrating knowing that I am so out of it. However, when I have been in the gym, I feel great again. I am realizing that it's a competition with myself more than it is with other people. I am fighting against my own thoughts, ya know, the ones that say I can't do it. It really helps having a great support system in and out of the gym. On that note...
Yesterday felt really good. I couldn't do rx'd because of my damn shoulder. It was a great workout. I didn't get up at 6, so I had to get in at 12. It was fun working out with the nooners. I would much rather workout at noon every day, I just don't have the time.
Today, we did Cindy on steroids. It sucked. My hands hurt. My shoulder hurt right after because of all the pushups, but my goal was 3 rounds so I was happy.
WOD's:
5 rounds - 5 clean & jerks & 200 m - 10:03 (88#)
AMRAP in 20 min - 15 pullups, 30 pushups, 45 squats - 3 rds + 12 pullups

Monday, February 23, 2009

Woot Woot

Amanda B doin work
I really enjoy Monday morning workouts. It used to be because I would have nothing to do afterwards, but that story has changed. It's just a really good way to start off the week. Sadly, I no longer have a day off on Mondays. Today is the first real day for me for my new job. I'm pretty excited. It should be fun. I'm just glad I picked a place where everyone likes the food...and drinks. :)
It's been a really long time since my last post. I'll do my best to relay the workouts that I actually did...which were few and far between. I am working on getting my ass into the gym on a more regular basis. However, it's getting easier to go in and I feel better when I am there. Today, I should find out what the real results are from my MRI that I got a week ago. Keep those fingers crossed.
WODs:
5x500 m row - 1:50.7, 2:05, 2:04, 2:02, 2:01-ish
Power Cleans 1RM - 125# (hung over and no improvement from the last time)
Back Squats 3 rep - 142# (knees buckled and I decided to not try more wt)
Hang Power Snatch 1RM - 80#
Dead Lift 3 rep - 185# (my back started hurting early on, so I just called it quits)

Monday, February 16, 2009

2/16/09

My snatch. Ha.
I've been so lazy...It's disappointing. I hate how much I loathe going into the gym. I know it will turn around. I will keep going, regardless of how I feel. There was a time when I didn't even take rest days; I want to get back to that. I want to get back to waking up in the morning excited to get to the gym. I get the MRI results tomorrow...
Anyway...the workouts have gone pretty well. Friday's afternoon classes got snowed out, which means I wasn't the only person that missed out on a day. Saturday, we did push press x2 and dead lift x5. The dead lifts felt better than they have in a while. After that we did amap double unders in 2 minutes then 50 knees to elbows. That killed my shoulder more than the push press. Damn. Sunday was snatches and some weird, fun box jump combination. We broad jumped over 4 reds then vertical jumped onto a 24in box with plates on top of it. It was a fun change from what we usually do. Today was supposed to be a rest day. Since I didn't work out Friday and neither did Megan, at noon we did cleans x2 and front squats x5. The squats felt really good, but I couldn't get my body to do a clean.
WODs:
Push Press - 88 (stopped for shoulder...)
Dead Lift - 184
Snatches - 80
Cleans - 95ish
Front Squats - 110

Thursday, February 12, 2009

2/12/09

Here's my new tattoo.

Well, hells bells. I was a lazy pile yesterday so I decided to kick my own ass today. My first class of the day got cancelled, so I decided to do a workout then after my 2nd class, I went in to the gym for CFO's workout. I am so exhausted...But, I am heading to see my surgeon today! Yay. I finally get to figure out whether it is just me being a pansy ass or that there is something actually wrong with me.
Either way, I did the running squats workout during class. It killed my legs. I was going to plan on doing Cindy at noon, but after taht, I couldn't. Then I did the CFO workout at noon. It was a great workout and tore up my arms. Good day...but now am SO tired. I'm going to try and get in at 6am tomorrow depending on the workout.
WODs:
4 rounds - 400 m run & 50 squats - 13:10
6 rounds - 20 lunges & 20 jumping pullups - 9:10

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

2/10/09

A whole lotta work being done...
So, I have been SUPER lazy lately. I have had absolutely no desire to work out, ever. There are some things going on that make it really hard for me to go into the gym. I hate that things in my head deter me from getting in and rocking it out. With that being said, my head hasn't completely been there when I am in the gym.
Yesterday, we did a tabata mash up. It was KB swings and pullups. I felt better about pullups in this WOD than I have for a really long time. Which is funny because they tear up my shoulder. The swings went really well, though.
Today's WOD sucked. I HATE rope climbs. Hate. Plus, thrusters make it feel like someone is digging a screwdriver into my shoulder. So much fun...Either way, the box jumps were supposed to be 36 inches, but on the first jump of the workout, I bit it and now my shin looks like shit. So I took off one red bumper and only did about 32ish inches. And only did 88# on thrusters. Awesome. Not the best of days for me...
WODs:
Tabata Mash Up - 105ish...
AMRAP in 20: 2 rope climbs, 4 thrusters, 8 box jumps - 5 rds.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

2/5/09

I love Crossfit Omaha. It is an amazing group of people and I really enjoy spending so much time with all you crazy, stinky bastards!
These last few workouts have been great. Although, I have not been as consistent as I should be in the gym, I have worked really hard at making sure I am fully there when I am in the gym. On Monday I got in and did too many pullups and dips. Tuesday, my hands were too torn and other excuses...Wednesday, I did 5 rep back squats.
Today, though, we switched it up a little. Ricky is taking us off the main site and concentrating more on gaining power and working on our weaknesses...which for me are many. Basically, you can name a lift/movement and chances are, its a weakness of mine. I will slowly but surely knock them off my weakness lift, though. Today's WOD was 3 rep power cleans and 9 rep OH squats. I finished up with an ab workout. Was pretty happy, although the shoulder crapped out on me for OHS. I really enjoy doing cleans.
I am getting more and more excited for the Qualifiers! With there not even being 100 women entered, CFO has a HUGE chance of sending multiple women to represent. Keep your fingers crossed!
9 rep OHS: 70
3 rep Power Cleans: 115
5 rep Back Squat: 137
Abs: 3 rds - 30 sec weighted planks (yellow plate) & 30 situps

Sunday, February 1, 2009

2/1/09

2 of my favorite kids ever!

Welp...it's official. I am registered for the 09 Crossfit Games Qualifiers. I am a whole lot more excited about it than I thought I was going to be. It's going to be a long ass road; I'm going to get beat down. I am, though, really excited to see where I am in 3 months. It's going to take a whole lot of mental toughness, but I think I can make it through. Here's hopin!
As for workouts, I decided to take today off and get back to my regular routine of Mon-Thurs and Saturday. I will make up the missed workouts on rest days. Yesterday, I made my own version of a past .com workout that I had missed. I found out that I suck at pushups again. Another thing to get added to my weakness list that seems to be neverending right now...

5 Rounds:
30 sit ups, 20 back extensions, 10 pushups
11:04
O yeah, and I got my lovely tattoo on 1/30. It's beautiful and I love it! My big sis got one with me. Pretty stinkin cute.