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The CrossFitters were nestled all snug in their bed, while visions of burpees danced in their head…
Posted: December 9, 2012 in UncategorizedYes I can turn anything into CrossFit. I thought of this at one of the awakened intervals of the night while my feverish Firecracker crept into our bed. Because my sleep was interrupted so many times last night I had about 100 different dreams, all about CrossFit…and Satna. This is what happens when you watch the Santa Clause and CrossFit vids before bed, add a big bobsled challenge and you can imagine the kind of reindeer CrossFit games going on in my head. Hey I have never claim to not be insane on some level.
So today is Saturday my long day at CrossFit Regeneration. I start my day there with the running class where we did some drills then a gnarly wod of 6x400m with 1 min rests between. We were supposed to stay within 2-3 seconds of our pace for our mile time so based on the chart I needed to stay about 2:15 each round since my mile time was 9:18.
400m times
1 – 2:08
2 – 2:11
3 – 2:11
4 – 2:11
5 – 2:18
6 – 2:15
Total time 12:74
Now if you add my first 4 splits you will get an idea of my mile time…here let me do the math for you. 8:41, yes that is what I said 8:41. Now this was not a consistent mile, we will be doing that next Saturday, but DANG!! I blame my perfectly balanced meal from this morning haha. It was something I felt like I was dying but it was a good dying.
After my running class I chugged a protein shake made with coconut water and swapped shoes for the coaches & competitors class. Today we learned clean squat thrusters & pistol squats. Hear me now if I see a single workout containing cleans next week I will cry. My cleaning muscles are done…hear me? Done! At least for the next two days until there is a new WOD and I go back on what I just said because I am this hopeless addict who will subject herself to whatever crazy insane workout is on the board for the day! haha.
There were two workouts today, one involved jumping rope and since I had already done a bit of tinkling during the running warm up I sat it out…I wasn’t prepared for a good jumping workout, drats…sitting on the bench SUCKS!! The only good thing was getting to take some fun pics of other peeps working out.
Here is the workout I did do…
10 min OTM
2 clean squat thursters
2 pistol squats
65# & green band squats
I like the on the minute workouts, you can go a little heavier on the weights because you are doing smaller reps but it is also a good workout. A minute goes by faster than you realize! I decided to go with 65#, it was just the number that popped in my head, I should have probably done like 80% of my max or something but honestly I would have been happy with a pvc pipe because my cleaning muscles are just angry. Regardless 65 was a good weight and perfectly hard so I am glad I went with it. Pistols are hard! I am super happy I did these for the first time today because any earlier and it would have been really…really ugly. I can squat like a queen but there is something about taking that leg away and my body & mind get all crazy and weak. Future goal…you freaking bet.
Today was one of those days that make you go THIS is why I CrossFit. It was a hard day with great banter. Today’s class was really big and lots of fun. Lots of camaraderie and such. These people were so awesome that when I told them about the always awesome FitChick’s #merryplanksmas challenge they were totally game. Check out this level of bad ass!!!
They were more than willingly did this for me, I have been talking about it trying to get more people to do this challenge because it isn’t just about improving your core but it is giving great support to a chick who is doing amazing things with her life and weight loss. I am so inspired by her, she keeps me eating clean, working hard and never giving up. If you have not checked out her site do it! (click the button over <<<there) Fitchick is amazing and besides being a great person and a great friend she is a dang beast at achieving her goals. She has the resolve of an ox. She also doesn’t want to just do things for herself but also encourage others, I mean her husband has lost 46lbs just from being around her and getting inspired. If you aren’t participating in #merryplanksmas you should!! What is the worst that could happen? You get a tight core? Get off of the couch? win win…
After class we were talking about just stuff and I shared my favorite (and totally sick) pistol video, fun times. It is nice to be around people who are just as jacked on some CrossFit as I am. I don’t care if they put me in a padded room just make sure there are some barbells…apparently I am in good company and not alone in spending hours watching CrossFit vids on you tube. I may be more normal than I realize! Har ahar!
So today’s eats…
Breakfast – 3 eggs lazy scrambled in butter, banana and almond butter, coffee with heavy cream. {omegas, vit d}
Snack/post wod #1 – 1 scoop protein mixed with coconut water
Lunch – 1 3oz brat, 1 cup sauerkraut, 1 cup brussles sprouts, 1 pickled tomato, water {omegas}
Junk snack – cheese stick (started out good) mug of egg nog (ended bad)
Dinner – Chili with cheese & sour cream, coke ( I know gag) {omega}
I want to take a look back at my supplements for the week. First off I am back on the 3 grams of omegas finally and I can really tell, I have been teetering with trying 4 grams, I am kind of chicken. I am also noticing a serious lack of general tenderness and soreness and I absolutely think that the omegas play a big part in that, I can’t help but think that the Vit C is playing it’s part as well. Remember I have done a wod every day since Wednesday morning so by rights I should barely be moving! I might also add that I have yet to come down with the kid plague (knock on wood really hard!) so all in all I am going to stick with this. As for the Vitamin D, we haven’t had sun in a few days and I have yet to notice a huge change in my mood from my seasonal effective whatever crap, so I think it is doing it’s job as well. Two thumbs up.
Before I am out I want to say thanks again to everyone for being a good sport and planking for me, you all are ROCK STEADY!
I really didn’t think this post was going to happen, the kid plague has hit our house and it has been a rough day. I had one who was over the sickness but still needed to stay home from school and the other who was just started the sickness so I got to watch them fuss at each other all day not to mentioned there was some heavy button pushing going on for Momma…
It was the an entire day that came to a head with Firecracker peeing all over my and the bathroom…ugh. So to keep me from jumping on the crazy train Daddy-O came home early to run interference. The bonus of this was I could actually attend the Olympic lifting class at CrossFit Regeneration…I was super excited Yo!
I know I have said it before I lurve lifting, it is seriously in my top 5 fave crossfit things, it may actually be numero uno. Regardless I was so psyched about this class, less so about the time. However whenever Daddy-O is off or takes off early I will be there and that is better than nothing so I will take it.
Tonight’s class focused on clean & jerks…yes my shoulders just are NOT getting a break this week. These are another fave so I was excited. We started out by warming up and working toward a 1 rep max which I capped at 85#, then after working the actual workout I ended up with my 1 rep max being 95#…yep 95#. I would have never dreamed and honestly had my shoulders and everything else needed for clean & jerks not been sore and in recovery mode I bed I could have broke 100#…also I mentally can’t lift as much as I actually can physically…luckily I have Coach Charlie & Kari to give some outside perspective because I can almost always do what they say I can.
I do carry a lot of self doubt in CrossFit…I am too old (my biggest), I am too out of shape, I am not strong enough, I can’t yada yada, it is endless. I have said it before I am my own worst enemy and in CrossFit it is you against you every, single, workout.
I kept things pretty tight eats wise again today but I did skip a snack mainly because I had more inportant things to do like snuggle with my babies when they were feeling bad.
Here is what I did eat…
Breakfast – left overs – 2 oz chicken, sweet potato bake, brussles sprouts, 1 egg and a banana to complete all of my blocks. Coffee with cream, water {omega, vit c}
Lunch – 2 turkey/cheese rolls (1.5 oz ea) 1.5 cups grapes, 3 almonds, water {omega, vit d}
Post wod – 1 scoop protein powder with 8 oz coconut water
Dinner – 3 oz steak, 1 med potato with butter & sour cream, Tea {omega}
Treat – small mug of eggnog (what can I say I am kind of a junkie)
I am dying to make some paleo truffles. I totally turn into a treat junkie this time of year. Thank goodness for my allergies because I would totally OD on some Trader Joe’s treats…that place is evil! But since the kid plague has taken over who the heck knows when they will get made…I have everything I need just waiting for healthy peeps and some time. For now I will just indulge in a small (and I mean espresso small) mug of eggnog. I bought the real deal this time not the coconut, mainly because it was there, I was there and bam…that happened.
I have 2 classes tomorrow so I better get some sleep…
You actually see this line a lot in CrossFit land but it is one of my favorite lines from “Sh*t CrossFit Girls Say”. I remember when I went to my very first class I was like wow they aren’t joking. After time went on I thought less of that and then today happened…introducing our new warm-up…warm-up…
5 min warm-up
Min 1 – 5 dead lifts, 5 hang cleans, 2-5 pull ups
mins 2 – 5 front squats, 5 presses, 2-5 pu
min 3 – 5 push press, 5 split jerks, 2-5 pu
min 4 – 5 back squats, 5 snatch balances, 2-5 pu
min 5 – 5 squat snatches, 5 overhead squats, 2-5 pu
I love this warm up, it gets the blood pumping. You have the option of a pvc pipe or a bar so I used a 15lb bar. I did only half of this warm up because I was late this morning. Apparently the people driving in front of me didn’t know I had to friggin get to CrossFit!! So after this monster we did the following…
10 min OTM
3 press
2 push press
1 jerk press
@ 80% of press max which was 55# for the first 5 min, 45# for the remaining
then (yes wait there is more)
Nicole
20 min AMRAP
400 m run
max rep pull ups
53 pull-ups total, 5 rounds plus about 200 m
There was no cherry today but I decided to do my #merryplanksmas. Coach Kari came up with a med ball plank…
What else can I say about this workout…ouch!! It was the most awesome pain ever. I was really fighting on the shoulder press failing on the 3rd rep for the last 3 sets. Then as we started Nicole, of whom I actually like, I didn’t think I could do more than maybe 1 pull up and went from doing 4 all of the way up to I think 9 when I should have been going down haha. It was Coach Kari’s fault, she kept urging me to do more and I did so then I thought well why not try even more. The running felt better as I went too, the whole thing was funny.
Now being later in the day I am full on CrossFit swagger, I sat for an entire hour trying not to have to move while working and when I did finally move it was awful. So while dinner was baking in the oven I took one of my new vices and overly hot shower. We actually talked about this today, which I was happy for because I have noticed a slow and steady desire to take long hot showers haha. I typically don’t take long showers or very hot ones because they dry out my skin but skin be damned I have been getting out looking like a red roasted chicken. A perfect scenario is super hot scalding shower then bed so my torched skin heats the bed up and my muscles feel like they are melting. Apparently this is actually good for you and from the 2 others I was talking to today I am not alone in enjoying these.
So enough about hot showers. I missed CrossFit, 5 days off was too many so of course I am in overdrive wanting to workout therefor, today I woke up planning on eating like a boss so I could do the amount of workouts I want to for the rest of the week. I kept things really tight measuring everything and having a day that looked like this…
Breakfast – 3 eggs lazy scrambled, 1.5 cups grapes, coffee with cream. Water {omegas}
Post wod (snack) coconut water with 1 oz protein powder
Lunch – coconut red curry – 1 cup green beans, 1 cup broccoli, 2.5 cups shredded cabbage, 3 oz roast beef. 1/4 cup coconut milk, red curry sauce. {omegas, vit d}
Snack 2 – 1 oz cheese, 3 almonds, 1 clementine
Dinner – 3 oz chicken topped with mayo parm sauce, 2/3 cup sweet pot/butternut squash, 3/4 cup brussels sprouts {omegas, vit c}
I will have to say that this plan is right on, I think that this is the best I have felt eating on a heavy workout day. There was no time where I was extra hungry, I do think that maybe a little more protein was neeed, but I won’t know until tomorrow after I see how sore I am. But I feel great enough that I have actually been considering going again tomorrow…cray cray! Don’t get my wrong I am worn out from today and can’t wait to get to bed tonight but on the other hand I feel good enough where I think I could do a workout…well as long as it isn’t some crazy shoulder workout! HA
So there is a lot of talk about the open lately here, there & everywhere! We even talked about it today, hear me now had I started this when I was younger and sans kids I would own this open (at least in my mind) Coach Kari was encouraging me to enter regardless and you know I might do it because well we all know I am crazy. Having goals and something to train for is always motivating to me. My motivation first started out in the form of getting away from sickness and to wellness. Then it was get my power back (yep I had power once) then I started going more superficial with my body and getting it to look better. So if I enter the open through my box I can just pretend to be an elite crossfit athlete and stay super disciplined…in theory haha.
So who knows what I will do as far as a workout tomorrow, maybe a rest day, but then again Firecracker doesn’t like to be out done by her brother and decided to spike a fever, so kid plague round two. I am also getting a little more tender but I am hunkering down with my hot water bottle while I watch Vampire Diaries to try to melt away some soreness, I may even bust out the foam roller!!!
Annoying aren’t I? Yeah I know it, it is what you get from me when I get up in the middle of the night to go wod! Yes 4:30 is the middle of the night!
So without further adieu and in case I forget completely this morning’s workout deets…
Nasty Girls
3 rounds for time
50 air squats
7 muscle ups (scaled 21 pu, 21 dips)
10 hang cleans (45#)
Time 23:45
No cherry, I was tanked!
Man it feels good to be back after such a long break!! I also can honestly say that besides my kids there isn’t anything else I would voluntarily get up at 4:30 for. I always feel great afterward but it is that first step out of bed. I was welcomed into the morning air by an ominous fog…that kind of zombie mist you know…yikes! Nasty Girls is a fun workout, albeit hard and since I am no where near a muscle up I was left to the scale of 21 pull ups, 21 dips…as hard as MU are I would almost rather do the 7 of those haha.
I am not saying that I will do this every morning but this is a way for me to get more workouts in. The 2 biggest challenges for this are 1) I hate mornings, 2) I can’t seem to get my body out of bed early enough to get a good breakfast in. I ate before my workout today but I only got it in 30 min before my workout which isn’t really enough time to even absorb it…thank goodness for coffee. Here are my eats for today.
Breakfast – 3 eggs lazy scrambled with butter, 1 banana, coffee with cream
Post wod – 8 oz coconut water, 1 scoop protein powder (shaken not stirred)
2 hours after workout & starving – chicken soup (no noodles) with a tsp coconut oil and a slice of cheese for added protein
2 hour after that – 1 cup meaty chili with sour cream (finally felt sated)
Dinner Fail – buffalo wings with potato fries thingys
I will have to play with early workout days if I want these to happen more often. I was almost passed out hungry at 8:30 and it is really early for lunch haha. There is about a 50/50 split in CrossFit athlete opinions on counting you post wod refuel in your blocks. Some do, some don’t. I had planned on counting it because that typically works but today was different because I had breakfast at 5 am (should have been 4:30).
So today started with a killer WOD and obviously me in a super duper mood and started to go downhill…well not really it was a great day sunny and gorgeous until Geeps’ school called me. He was asking for a breathing treatment which turned into a return of the fever which turned into 103.2 in about 2 hours which scared me into rushing him to the drs office. Don’t laugh, I saw a kid have a seizure from his fever rising too quickly and I so did not want to go there.
Dx – bacterial URI with possible strep = antibiotics and no school for the rest of the week. Lots of extra love from the ‘rents and maybe even throw in some jello and crap TV. Regardless I hate seeing my baby sick, my kids don’t get sick much but when they do they go all out…ugh.
I will admit there was about a 30 second window where I thought crap no more CrossFit this week but my wonderful momma is going to come sit with Geeps so I can get my workout in tomorrow morning while Firecracker is at school. If I ever needed a workout it is now, I am a ball of stress from finding my little man relapsed into a sick oblivion, from me fearing they would think I sent him in sick, and then just seeing him feel so bad. Bad things going on with my kids stresses me out. This would be where the wings came in, stress food.
So for tonight’s #merryplanksmas…
I thought I would kill it today because i do my best working out when stressed but dang I am sore from today’s wod…I stalked a fellow crossfitter in Target today after seeing her car in the parking lot and we were talking about the Nasty Girls and how sore they made us. So I hit 45 seconds on the elbow & only 29 on the straight arms. There is a lot of shoulder in a plank because mine are tanked from the wod today so the straight arm plank hit me hard in the arms before my core was tired.
So 46ers, I am going to bed so I can get my wod on again tomorrow! Pray I don’t catch the plague from Geeps…so far so good (knock on wood).
Totally have this song in my head today, I was looking at how many people have got in on the plank challenge from my girl FitChick and while I tried to make “Everybody was Merry Planksmas” work it didn’t quite jive. So there you go and you are very welcome that you now have that song stuck in your head.
So today I have been night of the living dead walking around…I am going on my 5th day without a good night’s sleep, I woke up this morning with huge dark circles and puffy eyes. But good news Geeps fever finally broke and while he isn’t perfect he is on the mend, I still had to keep him home today so no wod and honestly I barely had the energy to make it through my daily tasks of the day. After I write this up I am getting my butt in bed and passing out so I can get up at *gulp* 4:30am (yep am) and go do “nasty girls” at CrossFit Regeneration. Bring on the coffee!!!
I don’t have much to post today honestly I didn’t even write down or measure what I ate, I barely ate at that. I was completely tired! But I did have to get on here and share a picture of my super reluctant to workout husband planking tonight. It was all his idea and just as he promised he kicked my rear! Now he has the picture to prove it…next step Operation get husband to CrossFit!! This man is a beast…I am so crazy about him!
I also have to share this, I haven’t taken side by sides for a while and if you follow me on instagram (supermomsteurer) you have seen it, but I caught a glance at these while looking down to see if I dropped something. Wow are those MY thighs? It has been so long since I had a nice big gap between them and had that outward shape of my glutes…I LOVE CROSSFIT!
No laughing at my slippers I have had them since I was 17 😀 Now I am going to bed so I can CrossFit YO!!
I am finally FREE!!! From the crafting world that is, it was a fun a productive journey but I will be honest I am happy to no longer be tethered to my sewing machine. Not to mention even more happy I don’t have to deal with that community anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I have met some wonderful people over the last couple of years but for every 10 great vendors you meet there is that one awful one.
Unfortunately I encountered a peacock this weekend who felt threatened by my presence near her booth and gave me the stink eye most of the 2 days I was around her. Me, I was just sitting in my booth reading my prep work for coaching certification. It is exhausting being around Itches like this, they are energy suckers and while I should be like Eff U lady, I really feel bad for them. It seems I encounter so many of these peeps lately. Is the world just that miserable or and I just that dang happy?
I mean between bloggers attacking other bloggers, vendors getting catty over other vendors and just some people in general I am starting to think that I am a lone happy soul in a sea of misery. Look, I know there are other happy people out there but in general…where? Seriously, at one point I wanted to go over to this girl and say look honey head over to CrossFit Regeneration and eat some meat and it will all be okay. But alas…I like to be nice and polite (most of the time). Come on, running to other vendors to gossip about me is counter productive to everyone and while I wanted to go give her some hell I refrained because she obviously has bigger problems and that made me sad. I have very rarely met someone like this who is content in life and acts this way, there is always something…
But enough about Itches.
So recently I found out that there is a CrossFit coaches course happening in January close to me. I had every intention of attending the course but it is $1k which needs to be paid in full 6 weeks prior (as in now) and well it is Christmas. I am not sure that my family would appreciate me shirking them for this class haha. So I am reading the material now getting to know it and saving up for the next course near us…it is all I can do right? I am determined and really want this so it will happen so I know it will happen when it is my time.
So I haven’t been the greatest lately with my zone paleo. Life kind of went belly up into chaos and well that is that. So since the show is over, my life is more calm and I have a smidge more time. Did I ever tell you apparently there are only 24 hours a day…the only time I was ever tempted to think about becoming a vampire and lose my mortal soul was when I read in Twilight they don’t sleep (or that version) oh the things I could do haha. But alas I like my soul where it is and coincidentally enough I love sleep! So I woke up today to a messy house, a week worth of work and more determination. With this, you lucky people get to read my daily eats again and get more inspiration for your own journey (I hope).
Today’s Eats
Breakfast – 3 eggs lazy scrambled in butter, 1.5 cups grapes, coffee with heavy cream. Water (omegas dose 1, vitamin d, vitamin C)
Snack 1 – 1 cup green beans drizzled with olive oil, 1 oz cheese, water (omegas)
Lunch – 3 oz roast beef, 2 cups bok choy, 1/4 cup potatos, 1 tsp coconut oil. Water
Snack 2 – Chicken broth, 1 oz cheese, 2 prunes, 3 nuts
Dinner – Tom Kha (coconut milk soup) chicken red curry. Tea (omegas)
If you notice I am documenting my supplements again. After watching a 5 part bit on CrossFit Journal about nutrition I am going to try their recommendations for supplements, plus I have seasonal effective crap and Vitamin D helps. I noticed the biggest difference when I ran out of omegas for a bit, I was more sore with slower recovery. His reasoning behind the vitamin C was sound too and after all I like more vitamin C in the winter anyway. I didn’t weigh and measure my dinner, we didn’t eat until after 8 because Geeps is sick and not eating so we kind of made food for Firecracker then got some take out for us. Remember that part about the messy house haha.
Okay so this is 3 days late but my pal FitChick is having a planking challenge for December. She is wanting everyone to plank at least once every day and take a picture tagging #merryplanksmas in the photo or tweet or whatever. You can get more info on her blog FatChick2FitChick. The first night I thought I would plank for over a minute and struggled to 31 seconds…zoinks! Apparently I need to plank more often…like everyday in December!
Our elf even got in the on the action, if you want to see my planks follow me on instagram “supermomsteurer”
So my plank today was 1:10 (min/sec) you can see my awful picture on Instagram…nothing like a plank photo to show you how awful your abs look, well more like how much you resemble Kung Fu Panda in the belly region!! This is a huge improvement from my plank 2 days ago but I did it post run so I was good and warmed up. Speaking of run I decided to just head out when Daddy-O got home since it was ridiculously warm here today. I didn’t run long because zombies come out at night, laugh all you want but I know they are there lurking in the dark. So I had a very fast run finally breaking my 10 min mile while running at home. 9:41 actually so I was psyched.
Like I said before Geeps is sick, this kid has been running a fever for a little over 48 hours now, not eating yada yada. So he wont be going to school tomorrow even if he is fever free because it hasn’t been 24 hours and I don’t want to take him to CrossFit and expose everyone so tomorrow’s workout may not happen…boo. I will have to at least run or do a home wod because we all know how I am with extensive periods of no CrossFit haha. So may or may not have wod deets tomorrow, but until then go get your plank on!!
Today has been an epic failure…the fact that ruined 3 batches of eggs this morning should have been my first indication to go back to bed. This would be a day I want to call a do over. I would like to blame part of it on the full moon and the other part on the my high stress level, especially after coming off of being sick. Yes…again.
This weekend marks my very last craft show ever, good riddens,I can’t wait. Not that I don’t love what I make and sewing in general, I am just over it and ready to be done. I don’t have time or most days energy to sew anymore and trying to get anything done and still have 10pm bedtime is dang near impossible. So I am tired, stressed, cranky & well obviously whiney.
I missed CrossFit Tuesday since my GI tract was waging war on whatever illness was attacking it so today was my first wod…I should have taken the day off honestly (remember the egg debacle). So today’s wod was…
18 min amrap
15 box jumps 20″
12 push press 45#
9 toes to bar (knees to boobies)
4 rounds +6pp
For skill practice today I worked on pull ups, I want an unbanded pull up so bad. So I just ran through kipping really hard, banded PU, and doing drop pull ups I used to do when I would rock climb. Then we started the wod…I thought I felt good and was ready to go, then I hit that second box jump. WTH! It was like I had nothing, like this was the 5th wod I had done today. It was awful. I had 55# on the bar for my push press and had to drop 10# just because I literally couldn’t lift it. I had nothing. I had to slowly and methodically fight through the wod and to top it off my shitty day had my mind in a bad place. Today’s workout sucked. I was so angry about it that I essentially grabbed my stuff and walked out, not even attempting the cherry. It wasn’t my best moment ever. It also wasn’t just about the wod.
A tummy bug/possible food poisoning blazed through my family right after Thanksgiving, I thought we were going to miss it and as usual I succumbed. So for 24 hours I was nauseated and unable to eat and had a high “output” with anything I did eat. So today I was mad because I feel like every time I start making progress and doing good, I get sick and then I back slide. Kind of like I am running up a muddy hill and when I get a good grip on a rock the rock comes loose and I slide back down. So today’s frustration came more from my being sick than having a bad wod. I am sure the wod sucked for me because I hadn’t fueled before and haven’t eaten much in 2 days but I was so frustrated at how weak I was…again I just lost my shit essentially. I think what tipped me over the edge was knowing I won’t be back in there until next Tuesday because I will be at this craft show all day Saturday and Sunday.
Yep I feel like this too haha. I hate when I get like this, I am totally a glass half full person, almost to a fault so feeling like this even being like this is a bit unlike me.
So my rx for getting over a bad day is snuggles from my kids, some high sugar ridiculous coffee drink, a sweet kiss and hug from Daddy-O and some CrossFit reads. Then I will be right as rain.
I won’t be posting until after this wretched show, because I won’t be doing anything else but that until then. I have some fun stuff for my next post including getting you crazies to get in on a fun December challenge from my girl FitChick! (who by the way gave me the best pep talk…ever today!!)
Until then Chow!
I love the Lord of the Rings! I am super excited about the Hobbit coming out in theaters. It was one of my favorite books as a kid and the cartoon too. I also love Martin Freeman who is playing Bilbo in the movie. Have you ever seen the British Office with him? or Love Actually and even one of my all time faves The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. But I could go on forever…so let’s talk about Taters. Kettlebell taters that is.
Saturday WOD
Coaches & Competitors class
21-15-9
KB Taters 25#
Hang Snatch 35#
Time 10: something
( I wrote it down didn’t take a pic I can’t remember)
Saturday’s are the highlight of my CrossFit week. We didn’t have the running class this week but did have the C&C class. I love this class learning the ins & outs of moves. I want to coach in the worst way. Remember the song “I’d like to bring the world a coke” I would like to teach the world to CrossFit. Today’s workout was a good one, it was quick but hard. I am still feeling the after effects of a few days of bad eating. I have tightened it up today eating pretty clean and trying to eat all of the blocks. We worked on KB taters today which for whatever reason I love. There is just something about them, they scare the bejeesus out of me because I am afraid I will bust out a tooth or break my nose but they are fun at the same time. I am a strange cat, I know.
Taters
Then we worked on hang snatches, I tried really hard not to make an SNL parody out of learning the forms today, it is hard to talk about them without giggling, yes I am a child. I don’t think about it any other time when I am talking about snatches but when I am with a group I feel like a dork. Like when I was saying I was insecure about my snatch…blink blink. But I really like learning the hang snatch because it really helped me focus on the small movement at the arm. I caught myself a couple of times swinging out or bending early but for the most part when you have proper form you feel it.
So I am really hoping I get to register for the CrossFit Level 1 coaching certification course coming to my area. First I have to get through Christmas stuff and see what is left. I am pinching my pennies, the course is expensive but I really want this. I mean I spend lots of time reading and studying CrossFit why not make it official and {yikes} paid for it! Of course buying for my kiddos and family is a priority, but I have my last ever craft show coming up and I am hoping it will cover some of the course and make it possible! I am also planning a liquidation type sale of all of my fabrics and such that I have large quantities of so that may even help. We will see! I will keep you posted!
Oh yeah and welcome to my new site!! I finally moved over to wordpress and I have settled on this theme for now, it may change!
So the last time we talked I was going on about trying to get up for a workout early in the wee dark cold hours of the morning. Well I did it, I got up, got over there and got my workout on!
Early Morning Wod
Bench press 1 rep max
(thanks to my awesome partner) 80#
10 min amrap
10 box jumps 20″
10 dead lifts 85#
10 ring dips scaled with band
3 rounds + 6 deadlifts
Cherry – 800m run (yes I did that too)
5:05 (I think, it was either this or 5:15)
This was such a good idea in the moment, but it was one I would pay for later. I don’t get much sleep when I am at my dads because the kids wake up all night long so I knew I would already be losing sleep and the 2 extra hours I would have got Wednesday morning would have been perfect. Alas, I really wanted that workout and I felt great all day. So while I was tired and am still paying for it I am glad I went. I am dying to find out my 1 rep max dead lift!
So when I packed up for our short trip I packed running clothes, I needed to do a 25-30 min run for the running class. I wasn’t sure if I would run but the prospect of running with my stepmom was in and of itself exciting. Wednesday night I was talking about running and my cousin said she was running a turkey trot, I had planned on running one here until we decided to spend Thanksgiving with my Dad so I was like oh I should go. Then when I was up at 7:30am after no sleep the next morning I was like no I need to rest, my legs were sore (I am out of omegas yikes!) then I saw everyone on facebook talking about their turkey trots so then I felt like a bum for not going. So I just got dressed and decided to run, luckily my awesome stepmom went with me! We did a short 21 min 2 mile run. I had to stop twice because we were running some country hills and my legs were literally on fire and just gased. Hear me now people…nutrition is essential to recovery. I have not truly zoned in 3 days and I am feeling it. Still it was great to finally be able to run with her and chat!
So for Thanksgiving I didn’t really eat much. For one I have limited choices with my allergies and for two I am just not that into food. My older brother asked me what food I looked forward to the most during this time. I thought and my mind went blank, like meditating blank. I used to the all about the food. Not so much the turkey, but the noodles and potatoes and dressing. Yum! I would be in a carb daze for like 12 hours. Oh and the gravy…gravy. But this year I wanted two things, protein and to not eat anything that makes me sick. I don’t expect people to accommodate my allergies. I had wanted to make something but was told repeatedly no, so I didn’t bring anything. So I knew turkey was safe and that the mashed potatoes weren’t instant and thus safe. I had some plain green beans, cranberry sauce and called it dinner. However, this conversation and my reaction left me thinking a lot. Because I did used to be a food junkie, I have the pictures to prove it. I have always been, but it started showing after I hit my 30s. Now food is a fuel and in some way an enemy.
I only think about food when I am actually hungry and it is usually in terms of what is going to give me optimal energy and well not make me sick. I think between my allergies and eating a mostly paleo diet I have changed my mental outlook on food. I am happy about this because I think I have a good healthy relationship to food where as before I would say not so much. So in a nutshell, lots of turkey, some sides and never once felt stuffed or even full, just nicely satisfied. I did gut a couple of pieces of pumpkin pie though, mwah! I should also give some props to the Whole30 because I am sure that doing that has landed me where I am.
So tomorrow no running class but coach class and WOD, I am going to throw in a home wod from my running workouts because I have kind of slacked on them this week. I was planning on hitting the box today but I am just so tanked from my lack of sleep that I doubt I would be able to do anything, plus I am a tad moody when I am tired. So some simple dinner, a hot shower and I am going to bed.
Minus the 46 