BOOM! Go me!
We had deadlifts today for strength, 3-3-2-2-1-1. I did a little more than just the prescribed amount, I started at 100 then added 10 for each round which got me up to 150. Then I was like, let me just do 170, which I did! And then I thought I could do a little more, so I did 175, which I think is a personal record for me :) And, then I did it again. So, I dead lifted 175 2x. I think I might have been able to do a little more, but I was out of time. And I was happy with what I did.
WOD: 3 rounds
120 jumps on the jump rope - after 1 round my right knee started hurting for some stupid reason, so I did 400 meters on the ski erg for the second 2 rounds.
30 sit ups
20 kettlebell swings (I used the smallest)
10 ring dips (I used a band and they were still pretty bad)
my time: 16 min 42 sec
It's my long weekend! I'm so excited. Tomorrow I'm going to sleep in a little, go climbing, clean, and work on Drogon, plus it's the first night of Passover. So we will hear about the exodus from Egypt.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Death by Burpees
One burpee is too much, so the 59 I did today was beyond too much. But, I did them, go me! It was a killer burpee workout, but I had to go because tomorrow I'm working late, Friday I'm going climbing and over the weekend not sure. But if I do today and Thursday that will be good.
The warm up was death by burpees. It's 30 second intervals. In the first 30 seconds you do 1 burpee. In the second you do 2. In the third you do 3. I got up to 5. The best that someone did was 9, but that was just crazy! In my 5 sequence, I just did 4, so that = 24.
For strength we did squat clean and jerk, and I got up to 75 pounds, which I was pretty happy with! I started at 35 pounds because I never can remember what I lift, and I was saying to the coach that I couldn't remember, and she looked at me like I was nuts. Like "How can you not remember what you lift for a clean and jerk??" What can I say?
WOD: 21-15-9
Hang cleans (I lifted 55 pounds)
burpee lateral jump
my time: 9 minutes 8 seconds
My boss stood me up for my performance eval, so no idea how I did. I wonder when it's due, I think soon. Not that anyone pays any attention to them, except when they're bad. On the bright side, the presentation was fine. There were probably 400 or so people there, I started a little shaky, but by the end felt totally fine. I didn't leave much room at the end for questions, so no one could ask anything that I didn't want to answer, and that worked out just fine :)
I'm taking Friday and Monday off, cause I need a few days. Super excited! Going climbing with my brother at on Friday and I'm going to try to hike Tecumseh on Sunday or Monday.
The warm up was death by burpees. It's 30 second intervals. In the first 30 seconds you do 1 burpee. In the second you do 2. In the third you do 3. I got up to 5. The best that someone did was 9, but that was just crazy! In my 5 sequence, I just did 4, so that = 24.
For strength we did squat clean and jerk, and I got up to 75 pounds, which I was pretty happy with! I started at 35 pounds because I never can remember what I lift, and I was saying to the coach that I couldn't remember, and she looked at me like I was nuts. Like "How can you not remember what you lift for a clean and jerk??" What can I say?
WOD: 21-15-9
Hang cleans (I lifted 55 pounds)
burpee lateral jump
my time: 9 minutes 8 seconds
My boss stood me up for my performance eval, so no idea how I did. I wonder when it's due, I think soon. Not that anyone pays any attention to them, except when they're bad. On the bright side, the presentation was fine. There were probably 400 or so people there, I started a little shaky, but by the end felt totally fine. I didn't leave much room at the end for questions, so no one could ask anything that I didn't want to answer, and that worked out just fine :)
I'm taking Friday and Monday off, cause I need a few days. Super excited! Going climbing with my brother at on Friday and I'm going to try to hike Tecumseh on Sunday or Monday.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Non-noreaster day
Today was supposed to be the third 'noreaster in three weeks, but it was so lame. No snow day, I had to go to work. Boo. On the other hand, I did get in my second crossfit, which I definitely wanted to do today. And, I was super excited because it was a rowing day!
We started with these funny "elevator" front squats, where you do a front squat (of course), come up a little bit, then go back down, and then go up. They were actually kind of fun! I got up to 65 pounds, which I did for 2 rounds.
WOD: 3 rounds
750 meter row
20 kettlebell squats (I used the smallest)
20 kettlebell swings
my time 19 min 14 sec
That's a lot of rowing!
Tomorrow I have my first performance evaluation with my new boss. I'm a little nervous about the whole thing. Cause what will he give me as goals? And, will that be some signal if they might possibly be considering me for a permanent promotion? So stressful.
Then Saturday I have my first welcome day presentation, and it's in a room that seats 1000. I bought a new outfit for it - a friend and I went for two dirty martinis and then went shopping. It was fun, way more fun than the presentation will be.
We started with these funny "elevator" front squats, where you do a front squat (of course), come up a little bit, then go back down, and then go up. They were actually kind of fun! I got up to 65 pounds, which I did for 2 rounds.
WOD: 3 rounds
750 meter row
20 kettlebell squats (I used the smallest)
20 kettlebell swings
my time 19 min 14 sec
That's a lot of rowing!
Tomorrow I have my first performance evaluation with my new boss. I'm a little nervous about the whole thing. Cause what will he give me as goals? And, will that be some signal if they might possibly be considering me for a permanent promotion? So stressful.
Then Saturday I have my first welcome day presentation, and it's in a room that seats 1000. I bought a new outfit for it - a friend and I went for two dirty martinis and then went shopping. It was fun, way more fun than the presentation will be.
Monday, March 19, 2018
42 box jumps!
I was a box jumping mad woman today! It was crazy, it was just like I could do them with no problem, which it turns out is fact, I can do them with no problem once I get out of my own head. The first few I did the little hop thing at the beginning, and a few I psyched myself out and wound up on my knees on the box. But once I got going I did 10 in a row 4 times. Plus two to warm it up. Go me!
Last week there was another 'noreaster, and then they had the Friday thing, plus I had to work Saturday, and blah blah blah, so I froze my membership for the week. Because I didn't want to keep only going once a week. This week they are predicting more snow for Wednesday. I hope I can still get in on Thursday - I have to work again this weekend, which will be killer. I'm only doing one day, otherwise it would be 18 days in a row, which is too much.
Anyhow, I left work a little late today and got stuck in traffic right by work. I was a little nervous that I wouldn't make it (and a little hopeful, who are we kidding?) But I got there pretty close to on time. I missed about half of the warm up, which was OK because there were burpees involved. Yuck.
For strength we worked on snatches, my least favorite lift. I lifted 35 pounds. I kind of got the lift right, but at 35 pounds, meh.
WOD: 10 minute AMRAP
10 power snatches (I lifted 35 pounds)
10 box jumps
I did 4 rounds and 2 snatches
OK, gonna stop procrastinating and work on the dissertation for a little bit.
Last week there was another 'noreaster, and then they had the Friday thing, plus I had to work Saturday, and blah blah blah, so I froze my membership for the week. Because I didn't want to keep only going once a week. This week they are predicting more snow for Wednesday. I hope I can still get in on Thursday - I have to work again this weekend, which will be killer. I'm only doing one day, otherwise it would be 18 days in a row, which is too much.
Anyhow, I left work a little late today and got stuck in traffic right by work. I was a little nervous that I wouldn't make it (and a little hopeful, who are we kidding?) But I got there pretty close to on time. I missed about half of the warm up, which was OK because there were burpees involved. Yuck.
For strength we worked on snatches, my least favorite lift. I lifted 35 pounds. I kind of got the lift right, but at 35 pounds, meh.
WOD: 10 minute AMRAP
10 power snatches (I lifted 35 pounds)
10 box jumps
I did 4 rounds and 2 snatches
OK, gonna stop procrastinating and work on the dissertation for a little bit.
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Ski erg
We had snow last night and I had an excuse to stay on the couch and work. The parking lot wasn't plowed until almost noon! It wasn't actually that much snow, but my neighbor tried to get out and got stuck, and blocked me in. I guess there's the bus. But then how would I get to crossfit? So, I worked from home and that was that. When I went to crossfit at 4:30, there was like no traffic. I got there 20 minutes earlier than expected. I was telling coach, and he said "you pr'ed your driving record!" (PR is what we cross fitters call a Personal Record). My dean friend was there, and he said he had to cut some trees down on the way to work. Wow.
There were a lot of ski ergs today, which it turns out I don't hate! I'm definitely slow at them, but I like to pretend I'm doing that olympic thing where you ski, then stop and shoot a little target. I don't shoot things. But in my mind I stop and shoot the target.
We did power snatches today, 5 sets of 3. I started at 55 for 2 sets, but then had to go down to 50 for the last 3. I really don't know how to do power snatches.
WOD:
40 calories ski erg
30 power snatches (I lifted 35 pounds)
30 calories biking
30 overhead squats
my time like 18 minutes maybe?? IDK
I really wanted to get off the bike at 20 calories and go do my squats because I was so far behind everyone. But, I decided I had to live with it. I've been tossing the idea of hiking the AT around in my head, one day, when I retire. I started following this Women's AT group, and there are people starting out now. It looks cold and miserable and easy to quit. I don't want to be one of those people who quit in Georgia. So, I can't quit at 20 calories. On the bright side, everyone was commenting on the hike "wait until you get to the White Mountains!" which is where I hike already.
There were a lot of ski ergs today, which it turns out I don't hate! I'm definitely slow at them, but I like to pretend I'm doing that olympic thing where you ski, then stop and shoot a little target. I don't shoot things. But in my mind I stop and shoot the target.
We did power snatches today, 5 sets of 3. I started at 55 for 2 sets, but then had to go down to 50 for the last 3. I really don't know how to do power snatches.
WOD:
40 calories ski erg
30 power snatches (I lifted 35 pounds)
30 calories biking
30 overhead squats
my time like 18 minutes maybe?? IDK
I really wanted to get off the bike at 20 calories and go do my squats because I was so far behind everyone. But, I decided I had to live with it. I've been tossing the idea of hiking the AT around in my head, one day, when I retire. I started following this Women's AT group, and there are people starting out now. It looks cold and miserable and easy to quit. I don't want to be one of those people who quit in Georgia. So, I can't quit at 20 calories. On the bright side, everyone was commenting on the hike "wait until you get to the White Mountains!" which is where I hike already.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Another 'Noreaster coming!
The story reading went well! My sister and two friends came, no one got up and walked out, people seemed to like it, the woman who read it said she did study abroad in Spain and it reminded her of her trip, and they paid me $10! Plus a beer. It was a good night :)
Anyhow, I was going to go to crossfit yesterday, I drove there, but there was serious traffic. So, I tried a different route and got lost in Southie. That place is like 2 square miles, but so confusing! After a half hour of driving around I gave up and came home. Which meant tonight I had to go, it was a little brutal:
Warm up: in 3 minutes
400 meter run
box step ups
one minute rest
in 3 minutes
500 meter row
push ups
It's cold out and I just had a short sleeve shirt on, so I was all "I'm going to bike instead." But then I just sucked it up and ran. I was second to last, but I noticed that the person behind me had their hands in their pockets.
Long WOD of aerobic sandwich:
800 meter run (everyone else ran a mile, but I just couldn't deal with that)
4 rounds:
3 rope climbs (I made 3 attempts)
12 push ups
12 box step ups
18 kettlebell swings (I used the smallest one)
2000 meter row
my time 32 minutes
There was one other woman who only ran a half mile. She was right behind me for much of the run, and I used it as motivation to run faster. I did that thing where I imagined that I was at the Boston marathon, in first place, and all the helicopters were above me, and the press vehicle was in front of me, and the crowds were cheering... It helps. When I got back the back door was locked and I had to run around to the front, which must have taken at least 15 sec, but maybe more like 30? When I got back in the gym, the timer was at 5 min, so I ran at about a 9-9.5 min mile! But only for a half mile.
We're supposed to have a noreaster tomorrow. I'm hoping it will time itself so I can be at home, but I'm not sure that it will.
Anyhow, I was going to go to crossfit yesterday, I drove there, but there was serious traffic. So, I tried a different route and got lost in Southie. That place is like 2 square miles, but so confusing! After a half hour of driving around I gave up and came home. Which meant tonight I had to go, it was a little brutal:
Warm up: in 3 minutes
400 meter run
box step ups
one minute rest
in 3 minutes
500 meter row
push ups
It's cold out and I just had a short sleeve shirt on, so I was all "I'm going to bike instead." But then I just sucked it up and ran. I was second to last, but I noticed that the person behind me had their hands in their pockets.
Long WOD of aerobic sandwich:
800 meter run (everyone else ran a mile, but I just couldn't deal with that)
4 rounds:
3 rope climbs (I made 3 attempts)
12 push ups
12 box step ups
18 kettlebell swings (I used the smallest one)
2000 meter row
my time 32 minutes
There was one other woman who only ran a half mile. She was right behind me for much of the run, and I used it as motivation to run faster. I did that thing where I imagined that I was at the Boston marathon, in first place, and all the helicopters were above me, and the press vehicle was in front of me, and the crowds were cheering... It helps. When I got back the back door was locked and I had to run around to the front, which must have taken at least 15 sec, but maybe more like 30? When I got back in the gym, the timer was at 5 min, so I ran at about a 9-9.5 min mile! But only for a half mile.
We're supposed to have a noreaster tomorrow. I'm hoping it will time itself so I can be at home, but I'm not sure that it will.
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