WOD 090922 - 090926

Not sure anyone really reads this blog besides me, but if you do, sorry for my lack of writing about the WOD's. As I look back and try and piece this together, I'm probably missing some things. Nevertheless, I don't recommend FGB, redecorating a small bathroom, 2 doctor appointments, and preparing for two family birthdays all in the same week. It sets up for the worst combination of stress, little sleep, poor eating, and ultimately lousy workouts.

I'm not sure if I had a WOD on the Mon the 21st, just that I didn't make it to CFOT,
Ditto for Tues the 22nd, as I know I missed Grace's birthday Tabata FGB.
Wed, the 23rd I hit a PR on 3 RME Front Squat at 105#. That was also the day that I started kicking into overdrive preparing for the weekend
Thurs, the 24th I missed Sean's Barbara birthday
Fri, the 25th I missed the 5K.

I don't think I went the whole week without hitting the elliptical at the neighborhood gym, but I honestly can't remember much more than rinsing lots of paint brushes and relearning that a powder room is a tight space. Ditto for the fact that it takes me forever to clean my house to my satisfaction when I'm doing it alone.

Saturday was our Fight Gone Bad and I was really disappointed with only scoring 184. It didn't help that I drank too much beforehand and at the last minute needed to make yet another head call. I was in the bathroom when 3,2,1 went off. I was pretty much whipped by the third round... that sort of stumbling delirious look, but I was able to finish. I am still trying to console myself with the fact that I couldn't have even thought about doing this last year and that I did it at the Rx weights. My efforts at fundraising were absolutely miserable, which is particularly frustrating when your dad has prostate cancer and none of your sibs ante up. Yep! I just put that out in the blogosphere. I am really grateful to everyone who gave to this cause. I was really cheered by the number of small donations given throughout the country and the reminder that doing little things can make a big difference. Pretty much like when you put a group of people together in a box to workout, something synergistic happens that gives you a whole greater than the sum of the parts. Unfortunately I missed the group pictures, so we will have to rely on my memory that I was there... oh dear!

I also was a counter for Erin in the second flight. It was great to see her really blast through it with a whopping 247. I hope to hear about that mythical 300 from her next year at her next duty station. We had some confusion moving through the stations, which was probably my fault and if I do count again next year, I think I will make sure it isn't for the flight immediately after mine. Dazed and confused is not the way to go about counting... even if you are part of the 0515 Math Club!

FGB next year? Sure, but probably not after a week of sucking the VOC's of a paint can!

WOD 090918

FBG Prep 5 rounds of 5 exercises :40 work :20 transition. No rest between rounds. Record total.

I've played the sleep card a bit this week and hit the 1230 class today. I'm hoping that it helps settle down all the chaos that is soooo September. I suppose that a workout that is 85% perfect is better than no workout, so even though I don't enjoy mid day, it was go to get in the box. I loved the way this WOD hurt though. Working to exhaustion is a great feeling the rest of the day.

LOTS of trouble today with KBHP's. I am thinking I want to try this with a barbell, so that I can focus on what I do reasonably well with deadlifts. Box jumps were consistent as were the push press. My numbers were nothing to get excited about, but I was happy to be doing the work Rx'd... something I couldn't even think about last year.

Now I could live would the lowest score in the gym for FGB, but I'm NOT happy that I can seem to raise a single cent for two worthy causes. Ugh!

WOD 090915

More FGB prep.
Warm up... run Montgomery, 15 box jumps or slam balls, 10 burpees

3 RFT 400 m run, 20 Push Press, 15 KBHP, 10 Pull ups. 21:22

Nothing like adding pull ups to a little FGB work. This was hard. The 53lb HP's are still kicking me pretty hard. I can't do the "plyometric" "kinetic" push press either; my stance widens which tells me I'm leaving the floor and maybe even rebending.

I felt a little alone on this workout today. Erin is out for injuries and Maureen must be on travel. The other women in the gym were either subbing for an injury or scaling, so I missed having a pacer.

This left me laying on the sidewalk...

WOD 090911

Day of Infamy... best handled by a WOD of infamy... FGB

I did the pack version of our FGB prep or 3 rounds 30, 20, 10.
I really struggled with the 53lb KBHP - to the point where Jerry had to give me form correction. This didn't make me happy since KB's are usually where I can keep it together. But since I've only once before used more than a 35, I can be happy that I got through this. Need to sink that butt more and press through the heels.

Of course I had a box jump miss too. Doing these right after the KBHP is a real quad burner.

I really tried HARD to go with good form on the push presses and it seemed to pay off with getting my head through to active shoulder. Thinking traps is really helping this without me goose neckin' it and ending up all kinds of sore.

So about those goals... hang for the next post please.