Day 11 - Monday. Back on track with a two-a-day

8:00am - wake up.

8:30am - 24oz mate and ayurvedic teas.

11:15am - 10g BCAA.

11:30am - 1st metcon of the day:

3 rounds for time of:

2 - Front Squats @ 75% [115#]

12 Pull-ups

3 - Front Squats @ 75% [115#]

8 Box Jump (24 in.)s

5 - Front Squats @ 75% [115#]

4 Ring Dips

Time: 9:05.

1:30pm - 2 HOUR thai massage. So necessary. My arms - specifically triceps and shoulders have been KILLING me for days. When I raise my arms up in front of me like a zombie I'm in terrible pain, and it's worse if from that zombie arm hold i internally rotate so my hands are against my chest and then try and press my elbows up into the sky. that REALLY hurts. I asked for 60-90 min and Anna (who's great) said she needed more time (which she didn't charge me for) because my arms were so wrecked. She literally spent 90% of her time on my arms, and then other 10% on the rest of my body.

4:00pm - Breaking fast?! Now?! Didn't mean to wait so late in the day but the massage therapist said to come then, so I came. Approx 5 oz. tri-tip steak on a Fiesta salad - mixed greens, roasted red peppers & onions, shredded jicama, green onions, diced tomoatoes, 1/4 avocado. approx 1 T. spicy ranch dressing. 20 oz coffee with 4 cream, 4 sugars. Exceptionally delicious coffee. Terrible black, but with cream and sugar it was so good I went back for a second cup (each cup was 10oz)!

7:00pm - a-coach.
8:30pm - Accel gel. Chocolate flavored. Nutritional facts:

Total Fat 0g

Saturated Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg

Sodium 95 mg

Potassium 40mg

Total Carbohydrate 20g

Dietary Fiber 0g

Sugars 10g

Protein 5g

What?! The sugar count is ridiculous! I didn't get a chance to read this until now. Am surprised that Team CF promotes these. Will talk to the coaches there tomorrow about this. Shoulda just had BCAA instead.

8:30pm - 2nd metcon of the day. Was supposed to get in OH squats today at 75% but my arms needed a break. Coach Joynier designed this one:

10 rounds:
7 goblet squats with 26# dumbbell in each hand (total weight 1 pood)
7 box jumps @ 20"
7 sit-ups

Wanted to get another wod in but without using arms. Realized in round 8 that it was all the same muscles I used in this morning's wod. Oops.

10:30pm - 8 egg whites, spices, brussel sprouts + butternut squash cooked in 1 T coconut milk. Yum.

Back to clean eating

Nutrition
9am- 2 eggs, 1 egg white

1:30pm- salad - mixed greens, ~1/4 c of carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, ~3oz chicken. Not impressive. ~1 1/2 T lite greek dressing, ~1T tzatziki sauce. Kind of a lettuce festival.

2:30pm- 20 oz. chai iced tea + 1 shot espresso

6pm- mixed sashimi, 12 pc, approx 7oz of tuna/salmon/yellowtail/other, plus 1T soy sauce & wasabi

10pm- 1/4lb. turkey burger, handful of arugula, 1 T. white truffel oil.

Workouts!!

Strength set 3pm
Find 1RM Front Squat. 151# PR!!! (prev 1RM 140)

Metcon 3:45pm
4 Rds for time:
10 FS @ 65%
10 KBS 1 pood
10 24" Box Jumps
Time- 12:34. Originally planned for 5 rds, but had to cut the wod short b/c there was a 4pm class.

Skillwork 9:15pm
Worked towards Skin the Cat and butterflies. Used 2 movements - Movement A was simply deadhang knee raises (essentially KTEs but raised knees together up as high as they'd go into my chest). Movement B was just holding tight in the starting position of the butterfly - tightening lats and pulling feet back and up as high as possible and holding tight.

Rd 1
A1 - 5x10 reps
A2 - 5x10 sec hold
Rd 2

A1 - 4x10 reps
A2 - 4x10 sec hold
... down to
Rd 5
A1 - 1x10 reps
A2 - 1x10 sec hold

I didn't time this as the goal here was to do everything strict, no kip, and to start from a still position for each rep. I shook my arms out a rested about 10-20 sec in between the sets of 10s, and rested a minute or so in between rounds. By the last round my knees were getting up waaay higher than in round 1. Skin the Cat here I come!!

Week Two

Sunday 5/1/2011
Skillwork: Butterfly work!! Need to start with feet back and scoop them up without starting with a swinging motion. Need to tighten lats and core for this to be an easier movement.

WOD: 150 push-ups for time. Every break for 2 seconds or more results in a 50m sprint. Steve's creation. Time: 14:04. Good arm killer.

Monday 5/2/2011
WOD 8pm: 3 Rds: 10 BJ @ 24”, 10 KBS @ 1 pood, 10 sit-ups. Time 4:26. 1st rd of BJs unbroken but 2nd and 3rd were not. Need to get better to string BJs at a slightly uncomfortable height.

Skillwork: 8pm: Lots of rope climb instruction while A-coaching (@7pm), then 2 full-out rope climbs before my WOD. 2nd went probably 75% as fast as the first – need to get better upper body strength so that I don’t slow down until after 3rd rope climbs in a row. Then worked on butterflies for about 30 minutes. I got the legs movement down and can rep out 3 in a row though my chin isn’t over the bar. Conversely, can get 1 rep with chin over the bar, but then I drop down hard. In order to get the legs motion I am overly controlling the movement which makes it hard to get enough power to get up over the bar, and when I am going all out I am able to get the 1 rep over the bar but can’t get the rhythm. Need to work on both of these to nail the movement.

Tuesday 5/3/2011
Skillwork: 6 am: Clean bar path work. Need to get my knees coming forward on the second pull to the hang position. Worked on sets of 3 mainly, though stayed at 83# and 93# for awhile as Dan suggested form improvements. Worked @ 33#, 53#, 63#, 73#, 83#, 93#, 103# in preparation for Helen meets Grace event on Friday. Then moved on to Jerks in sets of 3 @ 53# & 63#, 2 sets of 3 @ 73#, 2 sets of 3 @ 83#, and a few singles @ 93#.

WOD 1: 7 am: Half Grace. 2:57. I expected this to take much longer. Felt good.

WOD 2 series/Personal Punishment session with Coach Dan: 8am: 3 rounds of 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, 10 x 9’ WB @ 14#. Time- 5 min-ish. 2 min rest then, 1 mile run – Time 8:20. Followed by 5x back and forth bag penalties for running too slowly of cleaning the heavy bag once, then dragging in from ladder edge to ladder edge across the box floor. Followed by 5 isometric WB pushup, clean & squat – with my left hand on the WB with right hand on the ground do a push-up then jump over and transfer hands (not rolling the ball but moving my body over the ball) so left hand is on ground and right hand on the WB and do a push-up, followed by jumping up into a squatted position, clean the WB into a full squat. Those 5 were the hardest parts I think!! I am not coordinated.

Wednesday 5/4/11
Strength set: Find 1RM Press. PR today!! 5x 33#, 3x 53, 63#, then 2 @ 73, 83#, 1 @ 88# (PR), 93f, 90.5 f, 90.5f. Could’ve hit 90.5# fresh though. Then worked Push Press @ 63, 83, 103#. Slight jerk in 2nd set of 103#.

Thursday 5/5/11
Skillwork: 12:30 pm Bikram Yoga!

Heavy Metal Strength 5pm: Front Squat 5-5-5-5-5 (ended @ 115#)

Heavy Metal WOD 5pm: 3 rounds for time of: 50m Tire Flips, 15 Front Squats 135/95#, 25 Dumbbell Snatches 35/25#, 400 m Row. Time: 24:30 Was SOOO overheated during this workout. No more bikram pre-metcons!

Friday 5/6/11
Team CF Competition - Helen Meets Grace: 8:30 pm Partner WOD 3 rds: 400m run, 21 KBS, 12 pull-ups, 30 C&J @ 95. Time: 13:42.

Saturday & Sunday 5/7 - 5/8/11
Rest days - in CHI-TOWN! CFC Anniversary Party. Thank god I wasn't tracking my nutrition on this trip. good LORD!

--> This week I didn't really stick to my goals of 7-10 min metcons and laying low. Fail. I did, however, cut back and not workout 10 times this week, which when I get really excited about working out is actually quite difficult for me. So, that's a win. Next week I'll be back to two-a-days and awesome punishment, but the following week I really need to get in more of the short time domains.

Growth Premiere + CF Hollywood

So, sometimes I produce movies. I know, not exactly a hobby, but whatever. Tuesday night was the premiere of my film Growth, so thanks to nerves I barely ate during the day (2 eggs + 1 egg white in the am, plus a chocolate muscle milk split pre- and post-wod, turkey burger with grilled onions, chiles, and a bit of guacamole sans the bun of course) and then no more food until late night post-premiere NON-paleo/healthy apps (handful of french fries, hot wings, mac-n-cheese, and 2 potstickers... oh and maybe a few vodka sodas). I did certainly earn that food though... the afternoon workout was at CrossFit Hollywood and it was a bear. Plus I wore five inch heels from 6pm - 1:30am and that's a damn workout in itself.

5 Rds (for time):
250m row
10 Front Squats 135/95#
15 GHDs
20 Box Jumps 24/20"

Rx'd. 29:26.

Ouch. Finished Round 1 before anyone else in the box and then slowed the fuck down. This was my first CF workout in awhile since I've been on a train and haven't been eating well so I didn't think it'd be an awesome time, but damn it hurt. And I took the following day as a rest day b/c I was so damn sore. My quads were beat the hell up and my abs were a little sore too (managably sore though - I totally could've pushed through that soreness if the quads didn't burn as much as they did). Felt alright about my row times - stayed under 1:55 in rd 1, 2:05 for rd 2, then under 2:15 for the last 3 rounds.

I expect to get a workout in today. May check out a new box or hit CF Hollywood again.

I'm CrossFitting with my mom today!!!!

My mom started CrossFit!! I'm going with her tonight for her third "Elements" class. I'm pretty excited. Plus, I'll get to watch how they run their intro classes which will be a good training tool for me as  coach to see how other boxes do it. Super excited!!

6:45 am - 1 Starbucks egg, bacon, cheese sandwich minus the bread. Plus, Venti Americano with heavy cream.

10 am - STARVING! Still drinkin on that Venti, plus had a few sips of a muscle milk to tide me through till lunch.

1:30 pm - Mixed greens salad with avocado, tomatoes, cucmbers and 5 oz. salmon. W/ balsamic vinegarette

6:15 pm [pre-wod] - 1/2 coconut cream larabar

6:45 pm: warmup: 3 rds - 20 double-unders, 10 front squats, 10 KTEs. WOD 2-2-2-2-2-2 Front Squats. I warmed up with 65# x5 reps, then did 95#x2-115x2-135x2-145x2-155x2-(165f)-155#x1 rep-(160f) and stopped for the night. I felt like i had thge strenth in me but got nervous about it. Which, I think is totally weird - I never feel that way during a strength set. Especially not one I'm super comfortable with like FS. Anyway, 155# was my prev 1RM, so if I got it 2x and then another time a few mins later I know my PR has upped. So there's that :) There was no metcon today. Sad face.

9:00 pm - 4 1/2 oz steak, 2 super thin slices (each) of sopressato, wild board prosciutto, and some other cured italian meat I can't remember, a few asparagus, a bite of two of roasted red pepper.

10:00 pm - CRAZVING dessert. Had 2 ball things, 1 t. nutella, and then finally gave in and had what i really wanted - 1/4 c. te fudge brownie ice cream with cashew butter melted on top. Mmmhmm.

Aim for the Moon. If you miss, you'll still be amongst the stars

Rest Day today. A for real one too - no workout OR volleyball!!

Proving Ground Goal - to be achieved by 10/15/2010:
Complete WOD 1 from the MidWestern Sectionals with a Top Thirty qualifying time. That means in 12:43 or better.

And, here are the rest of my 2010 goals. The rest of these goals I want to have achieved by 12/31/2010:

Back Squat - 185# x 10 reps unbroken

Bench Press – 125# 1RM

Box jumps @ 20” x 50 reps unbroken

Clean and Jerk – 135# 1RM

Deadlift – 250# x 5 reps unbroken

Double-unders – 100 reps in 2 minutes (not necessarily unbroken)

FGB - 300 points or more

Fran - sub-4 min

Front Squat – 165# 1RM

HSPU – 10 unbroken reps, no abmat

Muscle-up - 1 kipping

Muscle-up - 1 strict

OH squat – 80# x 10 unbroken reps

Pull-ups - 35 unbroken (kipping)

Push-ups – 30 unbroken

Ring dips - 10 unbroken

Run 1 mile Sub-9 min

Run 400m Sub-1:35 min

Run 8K Sub-48 min

Skin the Cat on the bar

Snatch – 1RM 90#

Some of these goals will be tough as hell to achieve (10 OHS reps @ my current 1RM? On my worst lift? wtf?!), while others I'm much closer to so think I'll be able to achieve them relatively soon (My current Bench is 110# so 125# seems more than reasonable to achieve soon). But, I wanted to set goals for myself in as many areas as possible so that I know not only where I stand today but where I want to be. I am going to try and review these goals on a ~monthly(ish) basis to track my progress and to see what areas I am neglecting so that I can in fact reach as many of these goals as possible... hopefully all of them :) I'll have to sit down and work out a plan to reach each of them (just stating them won't make them happen)... I'll post as I have more stuff ironed out. 
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Nutrition
9:00 am - 1 egg; 2oz no salt turkey; 5 oz rainbow chard + spinach; "cereal" 1/8 c. coconut milk with a schlook of coconut water, pinch coconut flakes, ~6 walnut halves, ~5 pecans, 12 fresh blueberries. Mmmmm.

11:15 am - coffee with 1 1/2 t. raw sugar and 1/8 c. coconut milk

3:00 pm - 3 oz. halibut; 8 oz salad (lettuce, a handful of sauteed rhutabagas, 17 blueberries, pinch of coconut flakes, ~3 crushed walnut halves, ~1 1/2 T. wild maine blueberry dressing). Not bad, though I'm so sick of these damn rhutabagas. SUCH a strong flavor. I'm never cooking up two of them at the same time again. One would've been plenty.

9:45 pm - 1/4 c. mint galactica coconut milk ice cream (while cooking dinner)

10:15 pm - 4 oz. grass-fed grilled beef shoulder (delicious and tender); 6 oz. parsnips baked with coconut oil; 1 t. almond butter and 1 t. macadamia nut butter with 10 blueberries.

11:15 pm - 2 T. sunbutter. I TRIED to give it up. I tried.

Front Squat PR, Jeremy PR almost 3x heavier, AND FASTER!

Bikram @ 10 this morning. Sore muscles did not want to stretch very much. I felt sleepy during the 90 min workout, and wanted to close my eyes in the "dead body" pose every time we got into it (which is after, like, half of the poses). I realized after I was in class that I hadn't eaten any fat this am which probably contributed to my sleepiness. Plus I cut back my coconut water intake pre and post wod by 1/2. I think I was having too much and while my performance was feeling great, I just felt heavier than usual... dunno what's been going on recently but I think I should cut back my fat intake and also my fruit/coconut water intake and replace (if I need more sustenance) with vegis with lower glycemic loads.

After class ended I stuck around a few minutes and used the hot room to get in one of the stretches Mike showed me (sit against the wall with butt up against wall at all times, butterfly the legs out, feet in close, arms back against the wall at the sides with palms out, elbows at the sides to start then stretch the hands up and over the head moving so that finger tips meet in the center above the head, then back to the sides and repeat). Did it six times and progressively held the stretch a bit longer each time. It still hurts, but that's okay - once it finally stretches those muscles out and doesn't hurt anymore it'll be all the more sweet.

After bikram and lunch I was SUPER tired. I need to get more sleep (says the girl as she writes in a blog at 11:45 pm).

CF at 6:30pm.  Strength portion felt great. Front Squat - Find new 1RM. Got 155#, failed at 160#.10# PR!!

"Jeremy"
Three rounds, 21-15-9 reps for time, of:
Overhead Squats (95/65# Rx'd, or 50% of 1RM OHS)
Burpees

So, I've done Jeremy before. In May 09 @ 8:46 using the 15#... or as I called it (on the CFC site) using the "tiny silver extra girl girl bar." Tonight I used 53# and my form was messy. Sloppy. Ugly. I dunno if I got low enough every time, and I sure as shit lost my locked arms repeatedly and has to press back out (does that count?). I wasn't tired because the weight wasn't heavy and I didn't go fast because I had to concentrate to get my form at least passable, so it was never muscle fatigue. Just poor form and struggling through the that. The burpees were all unbroken and the OH Squats were 5/5/5 in rd 2 and 4/5 in rd 3. I dunno how I broke rd 1 b/c I was too frustrated. Amy pushed me through the burpees and reminded me to throw my ass on the ground instead of controlling my descent and shouted not to break or even think about breaking. Didn't write down my time - will look it up tomorrow and put it in this post. <--My time was about 8:16. Ugly as shit form, but heavier and faster, so that's at least partially good :)

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Nutrition

8:30 am [Pre-bikram yoga] - 1 egg, 2 oz. turkey breast, 8 oz. coconut water

12:00 pm [Post-bikram yoga] - 4 oz. coconut water, 8 oz. chili, 2 T. guacamole.

1:45 pm - 2 1/2 T. sunbutter, 1 cup coffee + coconut milk and 1 t. raw sugar

6:10 pm [Pre-wod]- 2 oz. no salt turkey, 8 oz. coconut water, 2 T. sunbutter

7:30 pm [Post-wod] - 2 oz. grd turkey

9 pm - Dinner at Vermillion with Danielle, Alex, and Amy. Enjoyed 2 drinks (one with hot chilis... my lips tingled for the rest of dinner - amazing); amuse bouche of white chocolate/cauliflower soup + bean something fritter; appetizers split b/w all us - artichokes, mussels, scallops, duck vindaloo; amazing fall off the bone ribs (only ate about 3 oz of this); then split b/w all of us dark chocolate molten cake, pumpkin bread pudding, masala hot chocolate. The food was A-MAZING. I love that place. And while I cheated, it wasn't that bad. I didn't feel bad anyway. Glad I got 2 workouts in today to make it worthwhile :)

What I didn't eat today...

Rudy - we took this pic on New Years thinking of that HUGE piece of cake you ate at FGB IV.

And by "piece" I mean the entire right side of the cake.

Rough Day

I'm switching the order up and posting workout first, food second. On to today's workout.

Press 5-5-5+ @ 58.5%/67.5%/76.5% of my 1RM (85#)
50#-57#-60# x7
15 Handstand negatives
Didn't scream once (success!). Felt better on these, however I failed to maintain speed/stay on the wall every time Bryce was watching. And when I nailed it a few times and jumped up excited, he was talking to Chris... not watching. Once I hit the wall and fell immediately on my head. Yep - he saw that one. 

WOD#2 from the Rocky Mountain Regionals 2009
Three rounds for time of:
10 CTB pull-ups
10 Front Squats 165/105 or (50% of 1RM back squat)
10 burpees

Wow. Going in tonight I had a healthy respect for the workout. I was excited to go Rx'd on and '09 Regionals wod. I knew 105 was gonna be heavy, but I also knew I have done thrusters at 85# for 15 reps that were heavy but not heavy enough to crush me. I also knew that I could front squat, what, 1 1/2 times Rx'd weight so while this should hurt, I should be able to get through it.

What I didn't take into account was that the bar would start not on a rack, but from the ground. So, not only did I have to front squat that weight, I'd have to clean it. My 1RM squat clean is 105.

Of course, I didn't think about this until after I was standing in front of the bar 30 seconds or so into round one. Hitting my 1RM after not doing any cleans in the warm-up did not happen today. I tried. I really really tried. I tried over and over again. I focused on my breathing. I walked away from the bar and came back, trying to give myself enough energy to get the bar up. Trying to give myself enough of whatever I needed to get it up. I was trying to power clean the bar, and then Bryce told me to squat clean it. I was so flustered I didn't know what that meant. "Get under the bar. You're lifting the bar high enough to get under it, so just get under it." Oh, riiiiight, a squat clean. Receive the bar in a squat. Got it. Except, I just couldn't do it. I don't know how many times I tried and failed. I thought - maybe this is an opportunity for me to just pound away at this weight until I hit it. I'll get it, I know I will, I've done it before and it doesn't feel impossible, I'm just not getting it. Bryce came over and started to take weight off. I didn't want to go down in weight. I wanted to fight for it. I WANTED TO FUCKING GO RX'D. I decided the other day that no matter what, when I compete at sectionals, I'm going Rx'd. I don't care if the wod takes me all fucking day, I'm not lowering the weight and D'Qing. So that's what I wanted to do today - finish. Rx'd.

But I also know that I need to trust my coaches. One of the things that makes working out in a CrossFit box, and our box specifically, better than working out anywhere else is having coaches around to help you, to train you, to push you, and sometimes even to know what's best for you when you don't.

Recently I've been reading blogs and discussing with other athletes how we push ourselves when we should stop because we're too proud or frustrated or whatever the reason. I'm committed to listening to our coaches. I believe in them, and believe they want what's best from me and for me. I don't always agree with them, but I always do what they say. And tonight, when Bryce grabbed the bar and started taking the weight off, I simply reached down to the other side of the bar, asked what he was taking off and followed suit (dropping the weight to 85#). I was disappointed. I heard Chris shout that I had to get these unbroken now. Well, fuck, I was so far behind in this workout of course I had to! Plus, I told myself that if I wasn't gonna go Rx'd weight on the front squats then I would at least do them unbroken. Oh yeah, and the thought of more failed cleans was not especially appealing.

The burpees were next, and those went slower than usual as I felt defeated, but I was still pushing through. Not as fast as I wanted, but unbroken as well. I knew I had to push extra hard to get my head back in the game. Once I got to Round 2 though, I just sorta fell into the wod. I had things to do - 10 CTB, another fucking clean and then 10 front squats, more burpees and then 1 more round. I finished at 9:50.

After the wod, I was disappointed. I was irritated. I thought about how I was going to try this wod again with 85# or 95#. I thought about how I needed to improve my clean strength and technique. I hung out, I ate my post-wod meal, and I rested. I talked with Jonny for awhile about casual things (not relating to my workout, thankfully) and eventually I went home to make dinner and watch Heroes. I enjoyed eating my paleo chili and had a delicious cup of chocolate tea.

Tomorrow I'll have a whole wod's worth of cleans to fight through (I may ask to do full squat cleans instead of hang power cleans to strengthen that movement, since I struggled so with it today). At least I know I'll get an opportunity quickly to work on what I failed at today. So, at least there's that :) See you tomorrow.
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Nutrition
9:30am - 3 oz. grassfed filet, 7 oz. of yellow peppers, eggplant, & portabella mushrooms sauteed in 1 t. coconut oil

10:30am - 1 T. sunbutter

1pm - 4 oz macademia crusted catfish, 2 T. sunbutter, 1/8 c. blueberries

6:20pm [Pre-wod] - 4 oz. imitation crab meat (all gone now - only good meat from here on out), coconut water, 2 T. sunbutter

8:40ishpm [Post-wod] - 4 oz. salmon sashimi, coconut water

9:30pm - 10 oz. paleo chili plus 1 T. guacamole

11pm - chocolate tea w/ coconut milk and 1 T. raw sugar

I don't always make the best decisions...

Well... I'm officially an asshole. Yesterday I was at a bar with some CFCers and wanted to leave and head over to the box for my first WOD of the year. We were watching the Rose Bowl and they were trying to convince me to stay instead of workout... they suggested I do ring dips on two chairs, or Handstand Push-ups against the wall, or (the best solution) box jumps on one of the booths "Here, try this one... it's about 24 inches" Randy oh-so-sweetly exclaimed.

A) It was NOT 24". Not sure how high, but higher than that. My max BJ is 33 1/2", so were it actually 24" I would have cleared it easy.
B) I was wearing snow boots. With a 2 1/2" heel.
C) I was completely sober.

D) Randy cleared it.
E) Did I mention I'm an asshole? Some guy passed by us, looked in awe first at Randy and then at me walking over to the booth, and said "Can YOU do that?!" "Probably" I said.


Nope! I smashed the shit out of my knees on the way down instead. It hurt, though, not as bad as I always thought it might hurt... so that was a plus. And, bigger plus, it didn't make me fear box jumps, which I thought it might. I didn't check to see if I cut myself, I just cursed, rubbed it, and left for the box. I wasn't missing my workout now!

Back Squats 5-5-5+ and then a metcon- 3 rds: 25 20" box jumps, 15 front squats at 70# (40% of back squat 1RM). 1st round my shin throbbed so bad I wanted to cry (but didn't of course... there's no crying in CrossFit) the throbbing made it difficult to string together longer sets of BJs and FS, but the 2nd and 3rd rds were more manageable. 

Rd 1: BJs sets of 2s & 3s, FS 5-5-5
Rd 2: BJs sets of 2s & 3s & 4s, FS 10-5
Rd 3: BJs not sure of the break out but only stopped 3 times so waay better then the other rds, FS 7-8

I did focus a lot on form during my BJs - made sure to open fully at the top of each jump. After the wallball incident I don't need any more "does not counts!"


The throbbing was a pain I hadn't ever experienced during a workout so it just took some time to learn to manage the pain, accept it, and push through it. I think it was pretty stupid to continue to do box jumps and worsen the wound with continued aggravation (I probably wouldn't have needed stitches if I had just given my leg a rest after I cut it), HOWEVER, one of the things I'm trying to learn how to push through the pain and not allowing myself to slack or give up. Mentally, I think I needed to endure it to see what that felt like.



Now of course I have a big ass gash on my right leg, three big blue stitches, and can't double under (did I mention I just got my very own Buddy Lee jump rope for Christmas that arrived in the mail yesterday) or box jump for at least one or two days, and should be "taking it easy" though I don't expect I'll be doing that. The nurse said as long as I wait two days the skin should have started healing back and it's not too likely I will split the stitches open after that point. The doctor told me to lay off workouts for 10-14 days. I'm obviously ignoring him and going with the nurses plan... though I will pay attention and try not to do things that exacerbate the injury or stretch the skin too much.

Rudy of course wanted me to take photos of my awesome leg (it was really gross - fat/tissue/tendon poking out through the wound and some blueish/grayish discolored skin that the doctor said he might need to cut off because it was dying... ewww) but I forgot. I did take some photos of my stitches though, so, Rudy, these are for you.

 



 My awesome blue stitches...

 The HUGE amount of bandages Dr. Anjali put on me (that I still managed to bleed all the way through through)

  Both legs (why is my right leg so much worse off than the left??). Also, please notice I am wearing non-matching socks. Awesome.

 Tiny baby cut on my left leg (so it didn't feel left out)




 Guess I'll be back at the box tomorrow... and not today :( Happy 2010, everyone. If this is any indication of what this year holds in store for me it will be a hilarious year. I'm looking forward to it.