55 reps is A LOT! I mean, way more than you would expect in Crossfit I think. Today we did one of these Crossfit Open workouts, and it was tough!
WOD: 13 minutes
55 deadlifts - I lifted 85 pounds
55 wallballs
55 calories on the rower
55 handstand pushups - I did 7 band assisted pushups.
I was ready to puke and saw a few spots on this one. Brutal!
Sunday is like the first day of spring, and we are supposedly going to have a Nor'easter! Usually I would be all for it, but I have a panel thing I'm putting on Monday evening, and if it gets canceled it will be such a pain to reschedule.
Friday, March 18, 2016
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
OMG!
The most awesome thing happened at Crossfit today!!! At the end of the class we all write our scores on the board, and I noticed that the coach had called one guy "Dr. D." So I asked him if he was a doctor and he said "yes, a bad one :)" So of course I said, "I work with premed students, if I was one of my students I would be asking to shadow you." He got this kind of funny look on his face and then was like "I'm the Dean of Admissions at the Medical School" like he kind of didn't want to go there, but then did. BOOM! One of the few people I am kind of buddies with at Crossfit is the Dean of Medical Admissions!! I did a little happy dance inside, that's for sure.
Otherwise, class was only so-so. We started with clean and jerks, 2 every 2 minutes. I got up to 70 pounds on my last lift, which I was pretty happy with. I should look at my previous numbers and see if I'm improving, I mean, that's part of the reason for the blog.
Then we did this rotating tortures WOD:
3 rounds, work 1 minute, rest 20 seconds:
Otherwise, class was only so-so. We started with clean and jerks, 2 every 2 minutes. I got up to 70 pounds on my last lift, which I was pretty happy with. I should look at my previous numbers and see if I'm improving, I mean, that's part of the reason for the blog.
Then we did this rotating tortures WOD:
3 rounds, work 1 minute, rest 20 seconds:
- Dumb bell cluster with push-up (which is an evil hybrid of burpee and dumbbell lift with a squat) - I did six each round, with a pushup on my knees)
- Double unders - I did singles, 110, 119, 120 ish, not in that order. I did 100 jumps without stopping in the first round!
- Toes to bar - I did knees to chest, with three attempts at the bar - 20 each round
- Assault bike - I did 20 calories each round
- Pistols - just like shoot the duck in ice skating. I did between 24 and 29 each round, but used a ring to assist.
I always feel like I'm sliding off the assault bike. I wonder if they make it that way intentionally.
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Endurance
They weren't kidding when they said Saturday would be an endurance workout. I was ready to keel over during the thing. We started with a 800 meter (half mile) partner sandbag run - each of us carried the sandbag for half. I started with it, then at 200 meters gave it to my partner, then we switched back again at 400 meters and 600 meters. So, that was a quarter mile with sandbag. I partnered with this super small asian women, and for the last 200 meters she took off and finished first! That girl can run!! I was second of our group of about 10, and it weirded me out.
WOD: 4 rounds
400 meter run
10 Burpee Box Jumps (I did steps)
10 Hang Squat Cleans (I lifted 35 pounds)
100 meter run with sandbag
rest 2 minutes
My time: 29:50, average heart rate: 148, and that includes the almost 6 minutes of rest!
During the first round I was thinking about just doing 3 rounds, but then I got to the end of the 3rd round and decided I could do one more. I mean, you can do one of pretty much anything, right?
On Friday I had the day off, and was going to stop by my garden for 5 minutes to see how it had done over the winter. I wound up being there for about 2 hours, turning over the soil and ripping out roots! Some of the roots growing through it were almost the size of my wrist! Maybe this contributed to my poor growing season? A little too much competition. I'm thinking about getting some metal sheet roofing to bury at the edge of my plot to keep the roots out a little more in the future. It was intense!
Last night I ordered seeds, much more fun! I'm planting white beets (that hopefully won't stain everything), scallions, radishes, carrots, lettuce, and I got a grape vine to try to grow on the back "fence" area. It would be awesome to grow grapes!
WOD: 4 rounds
400 meter run
10 Burpee Box Jumps (I did steps)
10 Hang Squat Cleans (I lifted 35 pounds)
100 meter run with sandbag
rest 2 minutes
My time: 29:50, average heart rate: 148, and that includes the almost 6 minutes of rest!
During the first round I was thinking about just doing 3 rounds, but then I got to the end of the 3rd round and decided I could do one more. I mean, you can do one of pretty much anything, right?
On Friday I had the day off, and was going to stop by my garden for 5 minutes to see how it had done over the winter. I wound up being there for about 2 hours, turning over the soil and ripping out roots! Some of the roots growing through it were almost the size of my wrist! Maybe this contributed to my poor growing season? A little too much competition. I'm thinking about getting some metal sheet roofing to bury at the edge of my plot to keep the roots out a little more in the future. It was intense!
Last night I ordered seeds, much more fun! I'm planting white beets (that hopefully won't stain everything), scallions, radishes, carrots, lettuce, and I got a grape vine to try to grow on the back "fence" area. It would be awesome to grow grapes!
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Where's the electrician?
My electrician blew me off today, which kind of sucked. I spent from 1-6 waiting for him, I called and got his answering service around 4 and nothing. I turn the light on in the bathroom and it's still dark. Boo. At least it was raining, and I did get 4 loads of laundry done, and started my last paper (wrote one page of 4-5 pages!) I was going to just spend the rest of the day on the couch, but then I decided that since I hadn't been to Crossfit yet this week I should go (tomorrow is the new Open workout and then Saturday it says "endurance". I didn't want to do both of those.)
I got there like 10 min late, due to procrastination about going and traffic. But, the coach didn't say anything like "get out!" Awesome! We did jerks and push jerks for the strength portion. My partner and I started at 55, which I thought was probably going to get us to a place that I couldn't do, and I was right. I got up to 75 on jerks and 80 on push jerks! For push jerks we were doing sets of 2 for 4 rounds, I started at 75, went up to 80, went back down to 75, and then back up to 80. So, I did 4 at 80!
WOD: 10 rounds
3 Clean and Jerk - I lifted 45 pounds
6 Pull ups - I used a big fat green band
time: 9:25
Then, cashout - 2000 meters on the rower, which took me a little over 10 minutes.
One of the coaches was distracting us with trivia during rowing, and I got two right - what's the most populated city in the world (I guessed Mexico City first, but then realized it had to be Tokyo) and what city links two continents, Istanbul. Everyone thought I was super smart and good at trivia. They've never seen me at Pub Quiz Night!
I got there like 10 min late, due to procrastination about going and traffic. But, the coach didn't say anything like "get out!" Awesome! We did jerks and push jerks for the strength portion. My partner and I started at 55, which I thought was probably going to get us to a place that I couldn't do, and I was right. I got up to 75 on jerks and 80 on push jerks! For push jerks we were doing sets of 2 for 4 rounds, I started at 75, went up to 80, went back down to 75, and then back up to 80. So, I did 4 at 80!
WOD: 10 rounds
3 Clean and Jerk - I lifted 45 pounds
6 Pull ups - I used a big fat green band
time: 9:25
Then, cashout - 2000 meters on the rower, which took me a little over 10 minutes.
One of the coaches was distracting us with trivia during rowing, and I got two right - what's the most populated city in the world (I guessed Mexico City first, but then realized it had to be Tokyo) and what city links two continents, Istanbul. Everyone thought I was super smart and good at trivia. They've never seen me at Pub Quiz Night!
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Monadnock
It was like 70 degrees out today! Yesterday my (totally awesome) boss called me at work - it's spring break week and so she's working from home. She something to the effect of "I know we have a meeting tomorrow, but it's supposed to be beautiful outside. Maybe you should take the day off." I only need to hear that once! I was already planning to take tomorrow and Friday off, a 5 day weekend sounds perfect :)
It really was a perfect day out. I got a kind of late start, but decided to do the Marlborough trail anyhow. I did it once last year and really liked it. There's a pretty sketchy road to the parking lot, it's dirt with a lot of rocks, puddles, and frost heaves. But, I decided to drive down it anyhow instead of just parking and walking an extra third of a mile. There were some scraping noises on the way in. Yuck!
I started out on the hike at about 1 ish. It was just as nice as I remembered. The hike up marlborough is 2.1 miles, but I decided to add on this extra little trail that's about .4 miles and goes up to a side peak. I saw almost no one in the hike, which was kind of surprising, given the weather! With the detour and a little stop at the side peak it took about 3 hours to get up. I guess the total up was about 2.5-3 miles? I was trying to figure it out, but I couldn't.
The one challenge was that there was still a ton of ice up there, the thick kind that's super slick. I did have my micro spikes, but I would have had to put them on and take them off too much. On the way down it was particularly difficult. It took almost as long to get down due to the ice. And, the trail wasn't marked as well in that direction, so I kept getting lost. In the end, it took about 2.5 hours to get down. It was getting dark out, I was a little worried about getting my car out of the crazy road, and then there was all the ice - I was a little nervous on the way down! As I got close to the end, I saw a couple people ahead of me, one of whom was wearing the hunting orange. I thought "I wonder if they are murderers? If so, I hope they kill me right here so I don't have to finish walking back." My feet were killing me! And no, they weren't murders, just a couple of other bozos who started their hike a little too late. When we finished it was dusk.
I didn't change my shoes in the parking lot like I usually do because I figured that if I left before them and my car broke on the road they would have to help me :)
No pics because my regular camera battery is dead and my phone memory is full.
It really was a perfect day out. I got a kind of late start, but decided to do the Marlborough trail anyhow. I did it once last year and really liked it. There's a pretty sketchy road to the parking lot, it's dirt with a lot of rocks, puddles, and frost heaves. But, I decided to drive down it anyhow instead of just parking and walking an extra third of a mile. There were some scraping noises on the way in. Yuck!
I started out on the hike at about 1 ish. It was just as nice as I remembered. The hike up marlborough is 2.1 miles, but I decided to add on this extra little trail that's about .4 miles and goes up to a side peak. I saw almost no one in the hike, which was kind of surprising, given the weather! With the detour and a little stop at the side peak it took about 3 hours to get up. I guess the total up was about 2.5-3 miles? I was trying to figure it out, but I couldn't.
The one challenge was that there was still a ton of ice up there, the thick kind that's super slick. I did have my micro spikes, but I would have had to put them on and take them off too much. On the way down it was particularly difficult. It took almost as long to get down due to the ice. And, the trail wasn't marked as well in that direction, so I kept getting lost. In the end, it took about 2.5 hours to get down. It was getting dark out, I was a little worried about getting my car out of the crazy road, and then there was all the ice - I was a little nervous on the way down! As I got close to the end, I saw a couple people ahead of me, one of whom was wearing the hunting orange. I thought "I wonder if they are murderers? If so, I hope they kill me right here so I don't have to finish walking back." My feet were killing me! And no, they weren't murders, just a couple of other bozos who started their hike a little too late. When we finished it was dusk.
I didn't change my shoes in the parking lot like I usually do because I figured that if I left before them and my car broke on the road they would have to help me :)
No pics because my regular camera battery is dead and my phone memory is full.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Epic Butt Sledding Weekend
The top had a totally amazing view of Mt. Washington. And a whole bunch of people :) After I ate we headed down. We'd carried our butt sleds up. It turns out they are totally light, and I didn't even think about it being there. The way down took about 45 minutes. It was so fun! I made Greta go first, and Conway (her dog) ran down after her. There were a few sketchy spots, and a few times we got air bound. It had been way too many years since I last went sledding, it was just as great as I remember it as a kid!
I had so much fun that I decided to do another one today. Greta and Eric were going ice climbing, so I soloed it. I decided to do Doublehead because there is an old ski trail down it. It's shorter than Pierce, and the ski trail is wider than the path was. Doublehead, not surprisingly, has two peaks, connected by a ridgeline. I walked up the ski trail to the "Old Path" which was a little shorter than the ski trail to hike up. It was one of those paths that goes pretty much straight up the mountain with the occasional flat spot. The trail had been a sheet of ice, but then there was about 4 inches of snow last week. Parts of the trail were still super slick, and at one point I was pulling myself up with trees. I kinda questioned my decision making. Especially because, even though there were a bunch of cars in the lot at the bottom, I hadn't seen anyone on the way up. I finally got to the top of the ridge, and first went to the right .3 miles to the smaller peak. Nice view. Then down and back to the ridge, to the higher peak with the ski trail going down. That was the hardest part! I was a little sketched out by that time because it was so icy in some spots, and I was dragging myself up by the trees. There was no one around at all, and if I fell and hurt myself it would have been bad. Anyhow, I made it to the top, to this cabin up there. I had brought pop tarts to eat, they were SO good.
Then, sliding down! I didn't see anyone at the top, so I figured they were long gone. So, I better not run into a tree. The ski slope was about 10-15 feet wide. Anyone who skied it, in my opinion, is super brave. Some of it was really steep, there were some hairpin turns, a bunch of streams crossed it, and there were a couple fallen trees. It took me over two hours to get up, and about a half hour to go back down :) I did meet one guy hiking up, but that was all.
So, some tense moments, some really cool moments, not quite as fun as Pierce, but an outstanding way to spend the weekend!
Tonight's the last Downton Abbey. Sad, that was my only show, I need a new one.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Rope climbing
It's just too much like gym class. I couldn't climb the damn rope then, and I can't now. I get the theory and I can hop up a couple climbs to start, but making it to the top is going to be a long journey. Figuratively, not literally. It's only 10 feet.
We did back squats today, and I got up to 85 pounds! Of course, the beany little woman who I was partners with started at 85 pounds, but whatever. I think that's a new record for me, though I have to check.
There were two WODs today, both killer.
WOD: 7 minutes
10 wall balls
1 rope climb (I did the thing where you sit on the ground and pull yourself up)
rest 5 minutes
7 minutes
15 Kettle bell swings (I used the smallest)
50 rope jumps
I did 7 of the first and 5 + kettle bells on the second.
The rope jumps were supposed to be double unders, but I just did singles. My singles are getting better! I can jump 50 without stopping.
I hope none of my republican readers are offended, but WTF is wrong with us? How can we elect Donald Trump?? He's a bully and an attention seeker, and I think he just wants to win, not to be president. And do people realize he gets the nuclear button access?
We did back squats today, and I got up to 85 pounds! Of course, the beany little woman who I was partners with started at 85 pounds, but whatever. I think that's a new record for me, though I have to check.
There were two WODs today, both killer.
WOD: 7 minutes
10 wall balls
1 rope climb (I did the thing where you sit on the ground and pull yourself up)
rest 5 minutes
7 minutes
15 Kettle bell swings (I used the smallest)
50 rope jumps
I did 7 of the first and 5 + kettle bells on the second.
The rope jumps were supposed to be double unders, but I just did singles. My singles are getting better! I can jump 50 without stopping.
I hope none of my republican readers are offended, but WTF is wrong with us? How can we elect Donald Trump?? He's a bully and an attention seeker, and I think he just wants to win, not to be president. And do people realize he gets the nuclear button access?
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