It’s off topic from what I normally post here, but I recently relaunched my personal photography site. If you all get extremely bored, or need something to aid you in going to sleep, take a few minutes to cruise around the site.
The wifey had car troubles so we spent this morning dealing with that when we both really wanted to be at CrossFit. Oh well, some things just take priority. Glad it wasn’t anything major and we were able to get it taken care of. While my girls napped this afternoon, I headed over to the globo gym to get a workout in.
Strength - Alternating descending & ascending rep ladders:
Barbell Shrug:
Dumbbell Curls:
WOD - 6RFT:
The WOD was somewhere around the 16 minute mark. My goal was to do all of the swings unbroken, which I did. I got some funny looks from the meatheads with chicken legs that spend all of their time doing chest. My time included going up and down a flight of stairs to get to the track upstairs. I am guessing on the distance and times to run them. I took it a little easier on the run, testing my ankle out. Right now, everything feels good. Legs are toast but I feel great.
Thankful for the ability to get in and workout.
On June 4, 2011, the Run for Romania 5k was my first 5k. This morning I ran it again. It’s been quite a year! I’m still not a speedy runner, but my time improved quite a bit. Last year- 43:52 and this year- 36:38
(Source: paleobites, via progenex)
That awkward moment when the woman you’re dancing behind bends over so you can grind it, then you realize she just lost an earring… and that no one else in Starbucks can hear your iPod.
Breakfast at Starbucks with @bendempsey and had a turkey and egg white wrap (also raspberry iced pound cake) with skinny vanilla latte. Snack 1: wasa crackers, light Laughing Cow cheese, turkey slices. Lunch was a steal burrito bowl with the trimmings. Snack 2: bran muffins and hard boiled eggs. Dinner: turkey & baby spinach stir fry topped with salsa, banana. #eatrealthings (Taken with instagram)
Brenna is great because you can throw a workout her way and instead of complaining about it, she just does it, regardless of how easy or hard it may be. When I “suggested” this gnarly 5K, she just replied with “done”. Clearly, Anna stepped up to the plate as well. Like a boss.
I can’t have fellow best friend internet visitors without doing some sort of workout. So we went to a local park to get our WOD on.
Jason challenged us to Hell’s 5k:
1 mile run
10-20-10-20 burpees & situps
1 mile run
10-20-10-20 pushups & situps
1.1 mile run
10-20-10-20 air squats and situps
Big thanks to our lovely photographer, Gill! We obviously refueled well with froyo and mexican, like champs.
Breakfast: Fruit protein smoothie/shake. Snack 1: Apple & almonds. Lunch: baked chicken & mixed greens salad. Snack 2: Greek yogurt with strawberries, pecans, and flax seeds. Dinner: turkey burger lettuce wraps with crappy microwaved veggies. (Taken with instagram)
@110playharder #compression socks. Had em on all day. They feel awesome. (Taken with instagram)
I modified the WOD this morning to remove running and jump rope to allow less impact on my ankle. Those movements are still painful. Yet other movements, such as KB swings, where my feet are pretty much locked down, feel fine. So I am going to keep going as I have been so that I can get back to 100%. That said, here was the WOD I did:
20 minute AMRAP:
I had two goals with this, the first being to keep every 500m row under 2 minutes and second, to do all of the swings unbroken. I made it through 5 1/2 rounds and accomplished both goals. Moving the 70# KB is starting to feel more natural and as crazy as this is going to sound, it didn’t really totally challenge me until the last set. Of course by then the row felt like someone was tugging on the other end as well.
Post-WOD:
Deadlift:
And with that, I am officially tired of deadlifts this week. Taking the pressure off my ankle with certain movements has really helped. Figure I will keep that trend going this week and late next week try going for a slow run and see how that goes.
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Breakfast: Kashi Go Lean cereal, hard boiled eggs, banana, coffee. Snack 1: Celery & hummus. Lunch: Veggie burger on Ezekiel bread with side salad. Snack 2: Apple & almonds. Dinner: Baked chicken w/Sriracha, broccoli, grain rice. #eatrealthings (Taken with instagram)
Got my issue of @WODTalk in the mail. Looking forward to digging through this tonight. #crossfit (Taken with instagram)
Really cool template from this CrossFit discussion board thread.
Oh, and go follow this lady. All kinds of awesome.
Planning out the rest of the week. About to do this grocery store thing. #eatrealthings (Taken with instagram)
