What a month! I'm so looking forward to finishing up my master's program and having a normal sleep schedule. Ugh! Having too little sleep these past six months has really affected my game in the box, but I know I'm almost finished with school and I have to keep my eye on the prize! After October, it'll be game time. I'm going to train for the ACO and perhaps Sectionals after that, I want to take a martial art (probably Jujitsu or Tae Kwon Do), and I want/need to take Spanish language classes. So much to look forward to! Plus, I'm helping to pioneer an over-age high school that opens this fall. I'm the department chair and an instructional leadership team member. While there is much to do to prepare and maintain so that the students and school are successful, I truly and wholeheartedly believe in this program, and I am committed to doing all I can to make it successful.
Okay, about WODs! Monday's was the KB swing/DU one we did in January, and it was weird but during the movements, I was sure I was doing much better on the DUs than last time, but I actually got less reps. I knew I bombed the KB swings--I think I tweaked my lower back on the back squats (medium-heavy 3, which I did at 145#), so I was pretty ginger on the swings. Total reps: 206, but I know I got at least 20-30 more in January. Sleep is such a make-or-break factor in working out!!!
Tuesday's WOD: A fun Father's Day chipper (more like a sledgehammer!)
100 ft walking lunge (of course my knees got scraped and bruised)
50 burpees
75 ab-mat situps
20 HSPUs (used 1 abmat and a green bumper)
100 air squats
30 pull-ups
50 box jumps (used 20" box and thought I'd die!! These sucked so much, probably because of all the squats.)
Time: 19:58
I'd wanted to finish within 20 minutes, so I did accomplish that goal (barely!), and the pull-ups felt so much easier this time. I remember a brutal Saturday chipper that involved 30 pull-ups--started and ended with them, and those last 30 were the hardest thing ever! This time, I easily strung 5-6 in a row before dropping to rechalk, shake it out, etc. I'm anxious to do more skill work on MUs, though, but I do need to work on OHS as well. I can OHS 95# x3, but I want to be able to do Nancy rx'd (65#) and not wuss out. It's a mental game for sure... Lots to improve on!! I have a week off from class next week (still have three assignments due this week, which I have to do while in OH visiting fam/friends), so I hope I can get more quality skill work/WODing in.
Oh and I went to Lancaster's box (Crossfit CODE) this morning at 6. They did the main-site WOD, but we used barbells instead of dumbbells and abmats instead of GHDs (this box doesn't have GHDs yet for some reason). So, 3 rounds AQAP of 15 thrusters (I used 75, which felt like a lot more after the first round) and 30 situps. I finished in 11:47, which I feel is too slow, but I had to drop the bar after every 3-4 reps on the last rounds. Thrusters are icky!
Well, time for a shower and school work (and maybe a nap--had four hours of sleep last night and couldn't really fall asleep).
That sounds like a fun WOD at CODE. I think I will try that soon! :)
ReplyDeleteUgh, the thrusters get heavy by the middle of round 2, but it's the same amount of reps as Fran. Have fun! :) I think it'd be a better workout if done the way it's written on the main site, though, especially with GHD sit-ups. Remember all those cooldowns when we did those together? I miss that!!
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be such an exciting fall for you!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on all those WODs, and have fun in Ohio!
Thanks, Jamie! :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to watching you go big at ACO this year, Carrie!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Howard! Was so going to hit up the 7 WOD but my week of no sleep and awful diet told me to make it up on Thursday. Most likely going to a morning WOD tomorrow. See you sometime!
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