Saturday, April 25, 2009

Pushing the Mind and Body

I have come to the end of my road with my mental blocks. I am now getting to the point where I am much smarter about my workouts and feeling much better about them. I used to have my mind tell me when to rest or tell me "why the hell are you doing this to me". I am now allowing my body to tell me when to stop. This is a huge transition for me because I am a very mental person and when I can finally take control of my mind anything is possible. I am so humble about each workout and walk away knowing I gave it my all. I have learned so much about my MIND and BODY in terms of workouts and even other aspects of my life. I am more confident in things that I do now and realize that if I can demand so much out of my workouts and career, why can't I ask the same demand in all other aspects of my life.

I know I will be doing this my whole life and I know i will be still snatching when i am 97 years old. Yes 97 i plan on being here awhile. I know I have said this before and I will probably say it again. I never thought I would find what I was meant to do in my life growing up, I was pretty lost until about a year ago. When I was introduced to Crossfit, the door to opportunity opened. I found friends and mentors that I never thought possible, and have learned more than i ever thought from both. I always told myself when you find something that you would do for free, that would be the career for me.

Well another rant about how much I enjoy my life and the people who surround me. But i could never say this enough, THANKS!

Friday, April 24, 2009

Soaring to New Heights


My shoulders are sore and well Im just glad its a rest day. I got bored one day and Amanda took some pics when I was seeing how high i could jump. I got up to 24" box w/7 reds (58" or so).

Well these past three workouts have been good ones. I am happy with my progression and becoming more confident in what is being thrown my way. I am happy to see everyone else fine tuning their game so close to the qualifiers.

15min
10 OH Squat (75#)
10 C2B Pull ups

9 rounds + 10 OH Squats

2nd day
Burpee 10-20-30-40-50
Swings (1.5) 50-40-30-20-10

21:00

3rd day
Deadlift (275)10-8-6-4-2
Row 300m in between sets

9:14

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Holy Chest - Holy Hernia - Holy Sexy

Well this week was the week from Hell. I was just starting to feel better and "JT" was looking good and I went ahead a did it with Kylie and Ricky. I love being able to workout with those guys and Joe. Whenever I get a chance I try to.

"JT"
21-15-9
Handstand Push ups
Ring Dips
Push UPs
12:22
Holy Chest!!

The second workout was a make up that I really wanted to do because I need to work more with legs and heavy. 225 accomplished that. I was unaware of the 15min cut off so I went a little longer.

225
21-15-9
Back Squat
75 DU's between sets
16:59
Holy Hernia!!

This last workout was revisit of one Amanda and I made up in the beginning of December. I called it the Sexy Sixty. This time I decided to do it backwards. No one should take that the wrong way.

Sexy Sixty Backwards
60 reps of each
Push ups
lunges
thrusters - 25#DB
sit ups
squats
push press - 25#DB
DU's
19:00
Holy Sexy!!

I believe my body said F U after that one, and I am for sure feelin it today. Rest days are nice. Well thats enough for now. Ill see yall soon.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Down with the Sickness!

I have been pulled under the weather lately and its not too fun. I wake up with no vocal cords and a cough. I've always wondered if you cough in your sleep and not know it? Weird. Well I have postponed my workouts till I start to feel better. I did the ausie qualifier WOD and it felt good, but I think at the same time it made my sickness worse. I hope that this rest will do me good on both aspects of health and fitness. I haven't taken more than a day or so rest between workouts in I don't know how long? So maybe this is a good thing...I dunno? Im upset I missed saturdays, I love saturdays, but I would have been no help with no voice. I hope soon my sickness will leave me and I will be back to my old self again, maybe a renewed self with this rest!

This one is just short and quick and I hope everyone has a great Easter and I will see ya'll this week!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Cheat Meals

My cheat meals are getting out of control lately and it is starting to feel like a WOD when I am doing it. At first I am loving it and enjoying my time, then about the middle my mind tells me to stop but there is still so much to do, and at the end I feel like I am going to puke and so I decide to lay down for awhile.

It actually put me into a food induced coma last night and ruined any chance of me going out. So I will know better next time that don't cheat on a friday. Well this week has been great internship is going well, WODs are going well, and school still sucks. All and all a good week. I cant wait to go to regionals, I am getting more excited now than nervous. I am getting more confident in my abilities with heavy weight and so in turn the nervousness has gone away. I feel our gym has some remarkable athletes and I am so proud to be apart of this first CFO venture to the regionals. I couldn't have more confidence in our gym and expect nothing but greatness from ANYONE in our gym. Well all have an uniqueness to ourselves and bring so much to the table and I believe that what makes us whole as a gym. Well its about time to head to CFO so thats all I got and see yall soon. All I wanted to do is talk about my cheat meal and look where my ranting heads "Crossfit" weird?