Nailed it!!

My leg, that is...

Tonight's WOD:

10 MIN: SNATCH BALANCE PRACTICE (IF EFFICIENT WORK TO HEAVY SINGLE)

Mini WOD: 1min handstand hold, 1min ME dbl unders, 1 min handstand hold

WOD: 7 min clock:

1000m row

40 kb swings - I did 18#

As many T2B as possible before the 7 min is up!

So I didn't get to the toes to bar because it took me 6:50 to get thru the rowing and kettlebell swings. So instead of just not doing them, I stayed after class and did 20 knees to chest, which is what people that don't have enough strength in their core do to build those muscles.

During the snatch balance, I lost my balance during the squat and landed on my butt. The 35# bar ended up landing awkwardly on my left shin. I didn't want to call attention to myself after that because honestly, I was embarrassed. But it hurt like heck!!! I pretended to kinda stand there and stretch my shoulders, got a drink of water, stretched my shoulders again, anything that I could do to "walk off" the pain that I was feeling in my leg. I didn't even look at the damage until we were done with the snatches and I was waiting for a rowing machine. There was a little bit of purple and a little swelling and quite a bit of pain. After I got home, I iced it for a bit and took some ibuprofen. I can't wait to see what it looks like in a couple of days!

I was pleased with what I did during the mini WOD because I'm getting the double unders. I can't do many at a time without getting anxious about it but at least I can jump rope for two minutes now without having to stop to either rest or reset because I messed up the rhythm.

She got away...

Today's WOD was "Chasing Grace."

STRENGTH: BACK SQUAT 5X2 @80%  - I did 125#

WOD: “Chasing Grace”

3 rounds for time:

400m run

10 clean and jerk 135/95# 

Core:  70 russian twists

I finished in about 3:30...because I stopped. Evidently, when you only eat a nectarine for breakfast and a breast of chicken for lunch, you don't have much in the tank for a workout.

I had to go take a rest outside while the rest of the class finished the WOD. Once they were finished, I joined them in the 70 Russian Twists.

I definitely learned my lesson though and need to eat more throughout the day...

Gettin' up the Turkish way!

I, in fact, did make it to this morning's 5:30 am workout. Much to Josh's surprise! 12 hours after I'd left the box, I was back. I couldn't sit down at all though once I'd made it back home because I would've just fallen back asleep and not made it in to work today.

Here's what was waiting for me this morning:

STRENGTH:

5X4 DEADLIFT @ 80% - I did 120#

WOD:

5 ROUNDS:

20 AIR SQUATS

7 SHOULDER TO OVERHEAD 135/95# - I think that I only did 45#

CORE:

10 TGU (5 PER ARM) HEAVY

I completed the WOD in 8:09 and was DRENCHED in sweat afterwards. I'm sure that the light grey shirt that I was wearing made it much less conspicuous too... 100 squats, even air squats, as fast as you can is no joke! My form was good today and I thiiiink that I might be getting the hang of the whole "explode from the hips" thing. I talked with a friend today and he told me that since I didn't play sports or anything when I was in school, that my muscles never learned how to explode or "fast-twitch." So now I have to try and teach them.

Then on to the Turkish Get-Up's (TGU)... Because it's such a crazy movement and rather than explain what they are, here's a video showing how it's done. How would you describe that to someone who'd not familiar with the movement?!?!

Since I am trying to be more strict with the healthy eating/Paleo, I had to find recipes with more flavor. You can only eat so much bland chicken... I found a recipe like this somewhere on Paleo recipe website. The BBQ sauce was all Paleo-y and healthy but I was in freezer cooking mode and didn't want to take the time to make it. Or to spend the extra money on all of the ingredients! As long as I'm not drenching the chicken on my plate with the sauce, or eating totally unhealthy, I think that I can squeeze in a little non-Paleo BBQ sauce.

As always with freezer meals, especially crock pot ones, I get a little nervous when it comes to the flavor and taste. Is it going to be bland? Is it going to taste so bad that we throw it away (this has happened more than once...)? Is it a repeater?? Because all or most of the ingredients are raw when put into the freezer bag, you can't judge how many extra spices or ingredients need to be added or omitted prior to cooking. Thankfully though, this recipe is a definite repeater! Josh would have this over rice but I just ate mine with a biiig salad. SO good!

Insanity!! Mixed with a lot of sweat.

OLYMPIC LIFTING:

CLEAN & JERK EMOM 2 REPS @ 75%

1RMWOD:

5 MIN MAX BURPEES OVER BAR

4 MIN MAX FRONT SQUATS 95/65#

3 MIN MAX PULL UPS

2 MIN MAX AB MAT SIT UPS

TOTAL REPS IS YOUR SCORE = 105 total

This was a tough, fast workout. It didn't seem so when I was looking at it online but it kicked my butt. People dread Fran but it's the fast workouts like these, where you're going from one thing to the next to the next, that really kick your butt. The link for Fran is of Bob Harper from the Biggest Loser. It's pretty entertaining. Watch it.

I still haven't figured out the clean and jerk movements so the entire time the rest of the class was doing their lifting, I'm over trying to figure out how to properly move the damn trainer bar... It's killing me that I can't get this!!

5:30 am class tomorrow!! Eek!!