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.

Days 7 & 8

Day 7 (Thursday)
7:45am - wake up

9:00am - 16 oz. mixed MateVana + white ayurvedic chai tea. Yum. And the ayurvedic tea is good for digestion :)

12:00pm - 5 oz chicken cooked in homemade salsa (just veggies, a teensy amount of avocado oil, and spices), with homemade salsa on top of spinach greens, with a splash of balsamic.

2:30pm - 1 oz no salt roasted turkey breast and nitrate free genoa salami. 15 blueberries, 6 blackberries.
3:30pm - nap till 4:45pm. soo sleepy!

4:40pm - slammed down 10g BCAA since I didn't have time to eat.

5:00pm - Heavy Metal! Warmup was a 7 minute AMRAP including sprints and 65# push press (maybe a third movement, but I can't remember). Turns out that was the guys weight but I only found that out in my last rd, so figured fuck it might as well finish at that weight. Don't know how many rds I got through, as I had JUST woken up and was outta my mind at the time.

WOD: 5 rounds for time of:

3 Push Presses 90#
15 Box Jump (24 in.)s
10 Burpee Pull-ups
3 Push Presses 90#
2 Muscle-up progressions

Time: 25 minutes. ish. The clock got turned off, so I'm not 100% sure.

6:45pm - ACCEL gel. Had been wanting to try it for ages. Little chocolatey packet. Not bad.

7:00pm - a-coach for Dan.

...I planned to have dinner but didn't get out of the box until 9 and that was way past my eating window so I skipped last meal. Went and got a massage instead to pass some time, then had a nice long bath and went to bed.

Day 8 (Friday)
7:30am - wake up.

9:00am - 24oz tea: 2/3 My Morning Mate Tea + 1/3 white ayurvedic chai.

11:30am - 10g BCAA

11:45am - Metcon:

5 rounds for time of:
6 Deadlifts @75% 1RM (190#)
100 Jump Rope (Singles)
6 Ring Dips
100 m Sprint

Time: 18:35. This hurt. I dropped almost every DL from the top instead of carrying the load to the ground because it was so damn heavy. Also my left side lower back has been hurting all day from this. Fuck. I iced it once and am gonna ice it again. I also put some arnica on it and even took arnica pills. Intended to throw double unders into a wod today but seriously I just couldn't focus on them. I failed them repeatedly before starting the wod so decided that if i couldn't do doubles today I'd at least punish myself by makinge myself do 5x the number of singles as I would've programmed doubles. That'll learn yo ass.

1:45pm - sashimi salad with 3 oz mixed fish, mixed greend, and cucumbers plus some kinda japanese dressing. 4 tiny pieces of miso broiled eggplant (absolutely spectacular). Still super hungry so ate some of my friend's lunch of tempura veggies (a few bites) and onions/mushrooms/kale in some kinda brown sauce.

4:15pm - 3 oz no salt turkey breast. 15 blueberries, 3 blackberries.

6:45pm - 4oz turkey burger, 1 whole egg, spinach + eggplant cooked with 1/8 c. coconut milk, beets and peppers. Wanted some kind of cheaty chocolate thing to celebrate how good I felt all week and had half of this chocolate bar and was totally disappointed. Not worth the cheat so I threw the rest away.

9:20pm - 1 1/2 c. coffee with creamer. 1/2 snickers bar. WHAT?! I said I wanted a cheaty celebratory thing! I damn well earned it this week thank you very much. And snickers was the best I could do b/c it was all that was at the venue I was at. AND they had free wine after the play which I did NOT have b/c it was after 10pm and that kinda cheating isn't okay. Cheating as in having not perfectly paleo food is one thing, but eating after my feeding window is like being up past curfew. Not allowed.

A-Team... what what?!

Super excited to have made the CFC Affiliate Team and to be competing at Regionals. I had lots of goals for where I wanted to be and what I wanted to improve on and now they've just gotten completely restructured and the time table moved up substantially. In addition to the below goals I just want to improve my pacing on the row and on my runs. I want to be able to sprint my ass off and not crash. Overall, I just wanna get better.

I just barely made this A-Team. In fact, I kinda didn't make it - I'm first alternate, but since our #2 girl can't make it to Regionals, I'm in. I'm proud of earning this opportunity and am going to work my ass off to show that I earned my spot on this team and that I belong on the team. I'm a competitor and I'm not gonna let up, I'm gonna work as hard as possible over these next few months and I'm gonna be ready to compete at Regionals. I'm gonna be more than ready. Seriously. I can't fucking wait.

Box jumps @ 20” x 50 reps unbroken

Clean and Jerk – 125# 1RM

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

HSPU – 3 unbroken reps, no abmat

Muscle-up - 1 kipping and/or strict

OH squat – 110# 1RM

Pull-ups - 25 unbroken (kipping) on the Big Boy Bar

Push-ups – 25 unbroken

Ring dips - 10 unbroken

Run 1 mile Sub-9 min

Snatch – 1RM 90#
Wall Ball - 3 x 20 reps @ 14#, 60 sec rest in b/w rds. Unbroken or under 60 sec per round.

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.

More weekend workouts

Friday 2/6/2010.

Back Squat 5-3-1+ @ 67.5%/76.5%/85.5%
111#, 126#, 142# (x 17 reps). 17!!!!

Then, for time (12 min cap):
10 power snatches (75% of 1RM snatch),
50 double-unders,
8 PS, 40 DU, 6 PS, 30 DU, 4 PS, 20 DU, 2 PS, 10 DU.

AWFUL. DNF'ed @ 12min after completing 10 PS, 50 DU, 8 PS, and 37 DU. Ridiculous. Was super disappointed/frustrated/angry/sad/etc. After all my progress this week, I really didn't expect this. But it happened.

So, I took Saturday off. I needed a day off. To recoup mentally and physically. After the eight million attempts at DUs on Friday and all the clean on Thursday my arms were fried.
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Sunday 2/7/2010.

Bench Press
5-3-1+ @ 67.5%/76.5%/85.5% of 1RM, so... 75#/83#/95# (x11)
Alaskan Qualifier wod for Sectionals 2010. Brutal but bearable.
4 rounds for time of (20 min cap):
3 CTB pull-ups
3 Ring dips
500M row
6 Thrusters @ 95#

20:29. Fucking hell.
FIRST - the good news of this wod. All CTB unbroken (which felt awesome), and 1st 2 sets of ring dips unbroken. Last 2 were 2-1 (had to re-do one rep). 1st 500m b/w 1:56-2:02, 2nd set 2:02-2:05, 3rd less consistent but anywhere b/w 2:02-2:15, 4th mainly around 2:10. Thrusters in rds 1-3 were in sets of 2s, and 4th rd was 2-2-1-1.

On to the sucky part. Finished my last thruster of this wod and turned around and watched the clock hit 20:00, and thought I was done under the 20 min time cap and was so excited!! I walked away from the bar, exhausted, excited, and more exhausted... and everyone was quiet. No post-wod cheering? wtf?! Turns out I didn't lock out fully at the top of my last rep, which TOTALLY sucked. I asked, "What?! Did it not count?" and then had to go back and pick the bar back up. Amy pushed me to pick up the bar and I yelled at her. Told her I needed a fucking minute or something equally as bitchy. Had to regroup and do one last thruster. I had already mentally turned off. It took SO MUCH to get my ass back under that bar. I actually thought to myself 'Fuck that, I'm not picking it back up. I'm DONE!' I WAS DONE! But I had to pick it up. And thankfully, after I finished and apologized to Amy she laughed it off and told me to shut it. Thanks for not getting mad, Am. I love you :)
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NUTRITIONAL WEBSITE!! This was a great find for me... the website below lists a LOT of nutritional information about food you're interested in eating (including glycemic loads; carbs/fats/protein ratio; nutrient balance; protein quality; amino acids; types of fats: mono-, saturated vs. unsat., Omega 3 vs. 6; etc).

At the top right of the screen you can type in any food you're curious about (I typed in "cocoa powder" and 12 diff options popped up. I was able to find unsweetened Dutch chocolate powder I wanted to use) and it will tell you all the above nutritional facts and more. I can't vouch for the rest of the website, but this search tool is very useful - I'm constantly trying to determine glycemic loads for new fruits/vegis I want to try and typing in "Glycemic load, sunchoke" into Google doesn't always give me the result I want. The site also includes fast food choices and their nutritional values, though that might just make you sad. I also typed in doughnut... and there were 51 options to choose from. I'm not a big doughnut person (though I know many CFCers who are), but I did type in doughnut just to check. My all-time favorite Krispy Kreme doughnut has a GL of 19. Sigh.

http://www.nutritiondata.com/

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Nutrition

Since I'm behind I'm going to be super vague. My food choices this weekend good (all paleo), though, Sat night we had the CFC Girls Night Paleo Dinner, and I ate lots of healthy fats - but certainly more fat than usual. Had an effen & water and a shot Friday night, and a glass of wine Saturday night.

The Return of Effen

Saturday
Find your 1RM Jerk

Got 115#, failed @125# twice. I still think I can get it, and maybe even go higher, I'm just not driving under the bar with enough power. I watched Bryce on his jerks and he slams the shit out of the ground when he hits the position, and I am definitely not doing that. I tried to, but I just don't get it. I'm not a timid person, but I just wasn't able to get that SLAM! down. I'll be seeing Mike and Roger this week and working cleans, so maybe we can talk about that.

Workout #3 from 2009 Dirty South Regional:
8 minute AMRAP of:
5 Clean and Jerk (Sectional Athletes 135/95) or (60% of 1RM jerk)
10 CTB pull-ups

3 full rds. We looked up the rankings and I would've ranked 19th for this wod (top 30 girls at sectionals move on, so while this isn't as high as I would've liked to be, I can be okay with it. It's pretty shitty really, when you look at all the other numbers that people put up but again, 19th is in the top 30 and then I'll have a few months to really step up my game and get better). I failed a bunch of reps - only counting CTB where I knew I hit it (I had huge red marks all across my chest after this wod from slamming into the bar), and re-did a few jerks b/c I pressed them out. Heavy as shit and a bit frustrating. Took more time than I probably needed to on the C&Js but could have failed less reps if I took a bit more time on the pull-ups. I hate wasting energy on a failed rep - I should've been smarter in this wod.
 
Post WOD
3x5 GH Raises

3x max ring dips. 3-5-3

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Nutrition - yea so my sister and her husband were in town and it was a cheat weekend. Saturday I REALLY cheated. More cheats than I've had in one day BY FAR since I can't even remember. I'm only going to list the cheats since I'm catching up and don't feel like typing for an hour.

• 1 slice stuffed deep dish sausage pizza from Art of Pizza at lunch
• 1 latte (2 shots espresso, sweetened condensed milk and whipped cream) after lunch
• coffee gelato (with the latte after lunch)
• spaeztle (served underneath mahi-mahi) at dinner
• bite of quinoa at dinner
• And, um, 8 or 9 effen black cherry and waters (at dinner and after dinner). 
• Plus a shot of Stoli O and... something. What? It was some guy's bday. What was I supposed to do??

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Sunday

Rest Day. Went into the WL for a bit of double-under work. Strung 7 in a row - new PR! Old PR was 6 :) Practiced split jerks with the 33# bar to work on that SLAM! I'm not getting. It seemed better by the end, but still not where I want it.

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Nutrition

9:30 am - 2 eggs, 3-4 strips nitrate free bacon, 4 oz coconut water, cup of coffee with coconut milk and 1 t. raw sugar

2 pm - 2 pieces turkey jerky, 1 cup coffee with coconut milk, 1 t. raw sugar

3:45 pm - chopped CDL salad from Caffe de Lucca

9pm ish - Paleo lasagna (eggplant, zuchini, portabellas, lamb italian sausage (cootie-free, only non-paleo ingred was celtic sea salt), olive oil, onions and tomato sauce) over a bed of spaghetti squash with coconut oil. Delicious. Ate 2 plates, which is ridiculously unusual for me, but it was toooo delicious. I hadn't had any paleo meal like it before so was phenomenally taken aback. Cooking with Mo is fun!!!

Today's workout > yesterday's workout

Power Snatch 5-5-5+
43#-51#-57# x12 reps.
Stopped not due to muscle fatigue but because I started pressing out in the last 2 reps, and figured crappy form shouldn't get extra reps counted.

3x5 Glute-Ham Raise (I like these)

Then for time, reps of:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 of:
Hang power clean 60%1RM =63#
Ring Dips (purple band)

Time: 5:27

Workout felt great. I ate only 20 mins before I started the strength portion and I think that really helped. I also ate fish, which digests super quickly. I felt strong moving through that and then the metcon felt fantastic. Getting to go through a fast workout that I could easily handle the weights and just speed through almost entirely unbroken was a phenomenal way to get over the failing of yesterday's wod.

I ate my post-wod food and then stuck around to work on a few skills - some handstands, attempted muscle-ups with JJ and Steve, double-unders.

Then I had volleyball. I continued to drink coconut water before volleyball and a bit during the break b/w games to stay hydrated. My left calf was tight before I started playing, and while it didn't seem to affect my play, it did feel tighter after I got home. Halfway through the second game (of three) my hip flexers really started hurting. Then by the time I got home, my shoulders and back were sore too. Not as sore, but sore nonetheless. I am going to try and get a massage in this week from Amy!

I just went through my blogs and realized I haven't had a true rest day since January 3rd. I've been active every day for 16 days?! No true rest days?! And while I haven't done any two-a-day metcons, I have done strength work and a metcon, and then added on a few hours of skills work or an hour of volleyball. I still need to get a two-a-day metcon in, but considering my activity level right now I think I'll be able to manage it well. The 3 days where I didn't do a metcon, I've either worked on skills for a few hours or played vball (active rest is not actual rest). I should probably look into an actual rest day soon. I just like CrossFit too much, and I'm really enjoying pushing so hard. Rest days are silly. And the only reason I'm contemplating a rest day now is because I'm sore. But, hopefully the massage will get rid of the soreness and I can get back at it :)
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Nutrition:
8:20am - 1 egg, 2 oz. grd. turkey + 3 1/2 oz. yellow peppers sauteed in 1 t. white truffle oil

10:45am - 2 t. sunbutter

12:45pm - 6 oz. paleo chili (carbs + protein)
1:20pm - Still hungry. 2 t. coconut cream and a glass of chocolate tea with 1 t. raw sugar

3:10pm [Pre-wod] - 2 oz. macadamia crusted catfish, coconut water, macadamia/walnut/cranberry mixture - maybe 7 walnut halves, 2 macadamias, 15 dried cranberries.  Plus 10 fresh blueberries.

4:45/5pm [Post-wod] - 3 oz. macadamia crusted catfish, coconut water

8:30 pm - 10 oz. paleo chili, macadamia/walnut/cranberry mixture - maybe 4 walnut halves, 1 macadamia, 8 dried cranberries.  Plus 20 fresh blueberries.

1st day back at CFC... effen kettlebell

Today was my first workout back at CFC. I can't express what a difference it makes to be at our box versus working our at home or working out at another CrossFit.

Strength work:
Press 5-5-5+: 53-61-69 (x5)
Ring dips clear band Max (x3): 10-8-8 (last time 5-5-5)

I need work on technique for presses. Need to keep my hands outside my elbows (wider grip), need to flex my muscles all through my legs and lock my knees, need to increase speed out of the bottom. Should work on this tomorrow at light weights so I don't forget what I learned.

I doubled the ring dips I could do since 12/14, so was hoping I could bang out at least one unassisted tonight after the metcon. Didn't happen. Will keep working on these - I will be able to get at least one unassisted before Sectionals.

Metcon:
4rds: Burpees, KBS (55#), Row (calories) 45 sec on/15 off
Burpees: 15/11/11/12
KBS @ 55#: 8/6/5/7
Row: 12/11/10/11
Total: 119

Those KBS were fucking heavy. Heaviest I've ever gone. Good to step it up for Sectionals... but it was definitely a struggle. By the last 2 rds I could string 2-3 together, but the 1st 2 rds I couldn't get more than singles. I imagine it was just getting used to the weight.

Also started reading Paleo for Athletes (Loren Cordain & Joe Friel). It has a great listing of foods to eat pre- and post-workout... I'm going to switch my current nutrition focus from a weight loss focus to a performance-enhancing focus. I imagine I'll still lose the rest of weight I was hoping to lose, but this book seems to emphasize (so far anyway) reducing recovery time and making the most of your workouts. I'm only 60 pgs in but I'll post about it when I learn something I need to remember. I bought a bunch of fish today... book pushed for fish post-wod... not sure how interested I'm gonna be in eating that but I'll try it and see how it goes.

I'll post about the next girl I'm following tomorrow. This shit is long enough already and I wanna put a heating pad on my back. Fucking 55# kettlebell.