Thursday, March 31, 2011

3/31/11

Strength: split jerk

165 5x3

I had been doing rack position so I did them from the front today. I wanted to do sets at mid-weight.

Bench:

135x10, 155x5, 165x5, 175x5, 180 3x3

Metcon: 4 rounds

20 push press 95lb
25 burpees
30 pullups

Time: 20:26

Super hard wod. I wanted to do a mentally challenging push/pull wod. I took too many breaks in the second round. The third and fourth I was moving.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

3/30/11

Metcon: AMRAP 20 min

2 DL 315lb
4 HSPU
8 Ring Dips

Rounds: 14

Super good WOD. I was sweating so much it was crazy. My DL has gotten weaker just because I've been trying to rest my back a bit over the past 6 weeks. My goal was to get just 13 rounds, so I was glad I beat that.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

3/29/11

Strength: Front Squat

185x1, 205x1, 225x1, 235x1, 245x1 PR, 250x1 (f)

Metcon: 5 Rounds

15 Power Snatch 75 lbs.
20 FS 75 lbs.
25 Sit ups

Time: 18:06

Holy crap I was slow. I had a cough attack in between the 1st and 2nd rounds and that took a lot of my time. There is no reason that WOD should have taken that long.

I did, however, get a PR on my front squat. That was a 10 lb. PR. I failed on 250. I was thinking of trying it for a second and third time but it was getting late. It's almost 10:00pm and I just finished. I'm still going to do 300 pushups while watching TV.

Monday, March 28, 2011

3/28/11

Strength: thrusters 7x3

135x3, 140x3, 145x3, 150x3, 155x3, 160 2x3

Metcon:

75 squats
50 pullups
20 dips
50 squat
35 pullups
20 dips
25 squats
20 pullups
10 dips

Time: 9:26

I killed this wod. Both of these were the mainsite wods for yesterday and today and on the metcon I beat most people by 2-3 minutes. Good wods to rest my back.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

3/26/11

Skill: 4x30 Pull Ups

Metcon:

800m run
21 DL 225
800m run
21 DL 225
800m run

Time: 13:46

I officially have lower back issues. It's not just muscle tightness like I originally thought. While running the second 800 I can feel a sharp pinch at the base of my spine and it was with each step. Not cool. Oh well, I'll just program running wods with lifts that don't use my back at all. I can do bodyweight + run chippers, run + presses/jerks, run + box jumps/burpees etc.

Tonight I'm doing a variation on a CrossFit classic. It's gonna be tough.

Metcon 2: 3 Rounds

30 kb
30 wb

Time: 8:46

Lower back is shot. I need a true rest day tomorrow and then smart programming for Monday and Tuesday.

Friday, March 25, 2011

3/25/11

Skill: 
5x20 Ring Dips

Strength:
Bench: 135x10, 145x10, 155x10, 165x5, 175x5, 185x1, 190x1

Metcon:

100 pc/j 95 lbs.

Time: 18:52.

Slow.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

3/24/11

Strength: split jerk

135, 150, 165, 185, 205, 215f

205 went up easy but I couldn't get under 215 for some reason. My third try was close. I'll give it a try on Saturday again.

Metcon: 3 rounds

4 hspu
8 jerk 135
12 burpees

Time: 9:02

I was slow. My shoulders were on fire.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

3/23/11

Skill:

Pull Ups: 7x20

Strength:

Back Squat: 225x3, 255x3, 260x3, 270x3, 275x3

Bench: 135x10, 145x5, 155x5, 165x5, 170 3x5

Metcon: 3 Rounds

15 Deadlifts 255
30 Air Squats
500m Row

Monday, March 21, 2011

3/21/11

I went to Tianna's gym this morning because I'm on spring break and she wanted me to come with her. Holy crap, that's the last time I'll go to a regular gym. I seriously felt so awkward in there and I felt like I was cheating on CF.

I did heavy DL's while there and also messed around with my push press at 155. I'll do a lot more push press and press this week.

Strength: Dead Lift

225x5, 255x5, 275x5, 295x5, 315x3, 335x3

Metcon:

70 Burpees
60 Situps
50 KB
40 Pull Ups
30 HSPU

Time: 15:02

This is the mainsite WOD for the day. Kristen Clever got like 9:57 using 1 pood KB. I beat the top Rx time by like 35 seconds or so. It's weird though cause I was honestly on pace to get in the upper 13's but then I did terrible on the HSPU's. Seriously I was dropping down after like 2-4. Usually I can do 22-10 and then a couple more. I think my shoulders were tired from this morning. It was still a fun WOD. It's the first chipper I've done in a long time.

3/19/11

Strength: front squat

135x5, 185x5, 205x3, 215x3, 220x3

Metcon: 5 rounds

7 burpees
14 kb 2pd
21 dips

Time: 11:52

Friday, March 18, 2011

3/18/11

Strength: Split Jerk

95x5, 135x1, 150x1, 165x1, 180x1, 200x1 PR, 210x1 PR

That was a huuuuge PR for me tonight. My previous PR was only 185 and it was back in June. I hadn't been heavy jerking for a while because it fell on my neck a while back and also my form had been super poor. I wanted to give it a try today though because I push pressed 160x5 with ease the other day and also 170 push jerk was going up easily. Anyway, 180 went up like it was nothing. Seriously it felt so easy that instead of taking it slow I went straight up to 200. It also went up fast but I had to stabilize it at the top. I went for 210 and failed the first two attempts. I slid under easy enough and had it over my head but for some reason I just couldn't lock it out. It didn't feel heavy, it was just a technique thing. On the third attempt I made sure to slide under super fast and lock out my arms and I had no problem at all standing it up. I didn't go for any heavier because it was already my third attempt at 210.

I'm super happy with that result today. I should be hitting 225 before too long. Now that I have my confidence back, I'll start doing working sets around 175-185 for the next two weeks to build up strength.

Metcon: Death by Pull Ups.

21 Rounds

My PR is 23 and change. I don't really care though cause of my jerk results.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

3/17/11

Strength: Dead Lift

225x5, 275x5, 295x5, 315x3, 330x3

Those all felt super solid and went up easily.

Metcon:

Thrusters/K2E

30-20-10

Time: 10:21

Oh man I was moving slow. Should have been a 6:30-7 minute WOD. I wasn't even THAT tired but I was taking huge breaks. CrossFit has not been kind to me this week. I've definitely been metabolically challenged this week. Pushups are even making me winded! It's just not my week.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

3/16/11

Strength: Back Squat

225 5x8

I needed to rest my elbow a bit because it's still hurting from yesterday and I didn't use it at all. Instead of going heavy and low rep, I wanted to go medium weight and higher rep. They were going up even faster at the end which was nice. It was kind of nice to just do some strength tonight instead of trying to squeeze in a metcon too.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

3/15/11

Strength: Bench

135x10, 150x5, 160x5, 170x3, 180x2, 185x5

My tendonitis is killing me.

Metcon: Wittman 7 rounds

15 kb
15 pc 95lb
15 box j

This is the second time I've tried this WOD and haven't been able to finish it. It's been the same thing both times. My lower back tightens up to the point that I can hardly move. I think it's the combination of kb and pc. I'm bummed.

Monday, March 14, 2011

3/14/11

Skill: 3x33 Ring Dips

Strength: 

Push Press: 135x5, 150x3, 155x3, 160x3 PR

Back Squat: 225x5, 255x3, 265x3

On the back squats I thought I was moving up to 275 and I couldn't lift it. I thought I was just having a bad lifting day only to realize about 10 minutes later that I had 305 on the bar. Oh well, I'll squat again on Wednesday.

Push Press felt good and went up easy today. I haven't done push press strength in forever. 160x3 was a PR for me but I could definitely do more on singles.

Metcon: 7 Rounds w/ 25 lb. vest

10 wb
10 pull ups

Time: 8:10

I modified this WOD a bit to make it harder. The mainsite WOD was w/o the vest and they were getting in the 4-5 minute range. I obviously did it with the vest and I was breathing pretty hard. Good WOD.


Saturday, March 12, 2011

3/12/11

Strength: Dead Lift

225x3, 255x3, 275x3, 295x3, 315x3

Those went up easily.

Metcon: Roy

5 Rounds:

15 Dead Lifts 225 lbs
20 Box Jumps
25 Pullups

Time: 23:52

Terrible time today. That's about 3 minutes slower than my PR. In comparison to the CF community its still a great time but I just hate not beating PR's. I should've programmed this for the beginning of the week. I always trick myself into thinking I'll have tons of energy for burly WODs on Saturdays, and I never do.
I'm just glad I finished this one. I almost quit like 4 times, haha.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

3/10/11

Strength: Split Jerk

135x3, 145x3, 155x3, 160x3, 170x3

The last set went up super easy but my tendonitis kicked in big-time and that was the last set that I could do. Had I done 10 sets of singles I could've pushed for 190-ish. It's been a long time since I've done jerks so they felt relatively easy which was nice.

Metcon 1:

21-18-15-12-9

SDHP/Push Press 75 lbs.

Time: 7:48

I was moving pretty slow. I definitely should have taken a rest day today. That should have been a 5 minute to sub-5 WOD. I don't really care though.

Metcon 2:

100 KB

Time: 4:57 PR

I took about a 5 minute break in between WODs and was able to pull off a PR even with a bum elbow. I think my previous PR was like 5:40-something. I felt weak today and was still able to get a PR which was nice.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

3/9/11

Strength: Lynne

5 Rounds Max Reps: Body Weight Bench Press (140 lbs) + Pull Ups

21/36, 20/38, 18/35, 18/35, 17/40

My arms are literally shaking right now. That was sosososososo hard. I freaking killed it though. I blew the competition out of the water. Austin Malleolo was getting 13/29, 11/28, 10/15 on his last three rounds. James Hobart: 9/33, 7/30, 6/26 on his last 3 and his max bench was 13. Granted he weighs 180, but we're all lifting our body weight.

I got pissed at myself on the last round for only getting 17 bench presses and pulled out 40 pullups. Those silly CrossFit guys sure know what they're doing though. Who knew that this combo would cause so much fatigue. I've never felt so much shoulder fatigue other than the first two times doing JT.

I need Advil. I aggravated my tendonitis in a major way. Oh well, it was worth it.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

3/8/11

Skill: 5x11 Dead Hang Pull Ups

Strength: Back Squat

135x5, 225x5, 255x3, 275x3

Metcon:

21-18-15-12-9

Power Cleans 115 lbs
Toes-to-Bar

Time: 12:21

For some reason the hardest metabolic WODs, for me at least, are ones with cleans in them. They are  even harder than thrusters, rowing, burpees. I get absolutely gassed when I do cleans. They're my least favorite lift by far...and my worst. Dang.

Monday, March 7, 2011

3/7/11

Strength: Ring Dips w/ 30 lb. vest

5x10

Skill: Press

5x7 95 lbs.

Metcon: Diane

21-15-9
Dead Lifts 225 lbs
Hand Stand Push Ups

Time: 5:03 PR

Huge PR today. My previous time was 7:40 and Alex's PR was 5:26. It was a pretty solid performance for a smaller guy like me. Some of the heavy guys get in the low 3's. I think I can get there in a couple of months.

3/5/11

Skill:

10x20 Pull Ups

Skill/Strength:

5x5 Push Press 140 lbs.

I did this the other day and forgot to post. I was planning on doing much more but then spent 3 1/2 hours in the ER with Bentley...he's fine.

This week I'm literally going to kill myself on both strength and metcon's. It's starting to get marginally warmer so there will be a lot more running incorporated in my WODs. Tonight I'm doing an amped up version of Diane + DL strength and dip strength.

Friday, March 4, 2011

3/4/11

Metcon: Filthy 50

50 Box Jumps
50 J-Pull Ups
50 Walking Lunges
50 Kb
50 Push Press 45 lbs
50 K2E
50 BE
50 WB
50 Burpees
50 DU's

Time: 22:33 PR

Knees to Elbow and burpees were sloooow. I was probably getting 12 burpees/minute. Still, I think I think I beat my PR by like 7 minutes. I was shooting for 19-20 minutes.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

3/3/11

Skill: 3 Rounds Max Rep Ring Dips

33-30-34

Strength: Press

5x3 110 lbs.

Metcon: Elizabeth

21
15
9   Cleans/Dips

Not even going to post my time it was so bad. I was so far off my PR it was pathetic. Cleans have always been a MAJOR weakness of mine and at this point I'm not too sure how to increase the strength. I guess I just don't do them enough. I also don't press/push press/jerk enough.

I'm finding that it's hard to work on weaknesses while still maintaining and improving my strengths. I just don't have the time at night. It's hard for me because I want to do a metcon every day. I think I just need to choose shorter metcons while I work on clean/shoulder strength.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

3/2/11

Strength:

Front Squat/Back Squat: 1-1-1-1-1

The idea is to go up in weight each set.

Front Squat: 195, 215 PR, 220 PR, 230 PR, 235 PR
Back Squat: 245, 255, 275, 290 PR, 300 PR

Metcon: 4 rounds

500 m Row
7 Thrusters 135 lbs.

Time: 15:57

My goal was to get anything with a 15 on it and I barely made it:) This was a mainsite WOD a while back that I've been planning to do for some time now. It fit in well today because of the heavy squat session right before. I'm sure my time would have been much faster had I not lifted heavy, but I like to have a metcon that has the same strength movement. Heather Bergeron got 15:53, Hack got 11:45 and there were other times in the 12-13 minute range from the top athletes.

The squats were awesome today. Obviously I set tons of PR's which was sweet. This was my first time hitting 300 which was cool. It was hard, but it went up. Also, I've already reached my goals that I set in January that I was trying to reach by the second week of May. I've at least hit the squat goals. I still need to hit the clean, deadlift and bench goals.

3/1/11

Skill: 10x10 Pull Ups with 30 lb. vest

Metcon: Randy

75 Power Snatches 75 lbs.

Time: 6:46 PR

I thought I would get a faster time. My previous PR was 6:53 and my last time was like 7:14. Still a PR and an improvement, but I honestly thought I would've scored faster. Next time.