Week One - Heavy Week

Monday 4/25/2011 Metcon: Team WOD. Each team member rows 800m, while the other members do DUs, hollow rocks, plank holds (for seconds), & mountain climbers (both legs count as 1 rep). My total score 440.

Skillwork: Stringing TTB work. Need bigger kip, almost out of control to string these. Snatch progressions up to 55#. Worked on bar path mostly and shoulder mobility.

Tuesday 4/26/2011
Strength Set: Push Jerk 5-5-5 @40/50/60% 1RM. Accidentally used men’s bar, so thought I was lifting at the %ages, but actually was up about 10% using 65#, 75#, and 85#. Then, metcon was 2 WODs back to back with 1 min rest in b/w.

Metcon: WOD A: 30 DU, 10 Push press @ 55#, 10 HSPU (8 min cap). Again with the wrong bar so worked @ 65#... 1 min rest… WOD B: 200 m sprint, 10 BJ @ 24”, 10 air squats. WOD A completed 2 rds + some DUs, WOD B completed in 8:30 or so.
Skillwork: Skin the Cat work with Coach Dan. Need to focus on tightening lats (shove shoulders back to start the movement) and get a stronger core. Need to do GHDs and other ancillary skills work to improve.

Wednesday 4/27/2011
Activity: Surfing! Love that Stacy came to visit and made me do stuff :) 2.5 hrs

WOD: Cindy! 12 rds

Thursday 4/28/2011
Metcon@ 9am: 15 min AMRAP of 200m row, 10 SDHP @65#, 200m sprint, 10 KBS @ 1 pood, 20 sit-ups. 3 or so rounds. I think.
Heavy Metal WOD(s) @5pm:
1) 10 mins to find your 1RM OHS. 105#! PR!! (Stacy said my depth was good during this portion of the afternoon, but in later rounds struggled really bad to hit depth so unsure if I really hit this PR or not).
2) 5 Rds for time: 3 OHS @ 95#, 25m burpee broad jump. This was atrocious. Couldn’t find the bottom of my OHS so this really ended up being a few burpee broad jump sessions and a bunch of trying to get to the bottom of the squat.
3) 25 min AMRAP: thruster @ 95#, 1 wall climb with 50# sandbag, 7 burpee 24” box jump onto and overs, 1 wall climb with 50# sandbag, 7 KBS @ 1.5 pood. This was kinda a mess b/c there were so many of us waiting for wall climbs or boxes that it’s hard to say b/c I went out of order so frequently. Probably was in b/w 2-3 rounds.

Friday 4/29/2011
WOD: 10-1 exchange Body Complex Progression (air squat, push-up, sit-up, superman, jumping knee tuck) & Squat Clean @ 95# plus sprint 100m in b/w each round. Time 25:58. I was DYING towards the end of this wod. I could really feel that I had worked out so much this week and was simply exhausted by the time I got into this. Was fighting to finish without even wanting to finish by the end.

WOD: Running! 4.1 miles in 47:49.4

Saturday 4/30/2011
Rest Day.

-->by thursday and friday I was REALLY feeling burnt out. thursday evening after we worked OHS and moved on to the metcon the metcon felt atrocious, and friday i was fighting so hard to get up 95# cleans - way harder than normally necessary. i know that this new workout plan is heavy and maybe even a little crazy but i think it'll be good for me to learn to really fight through a week. so... we'll stick with this for a few weeks and then i'll either continue on or try something new.

the AllDay Chipper makes me less than chipper

Congrats Anthony "AllDay" Dayrit for becoming the CFC March Member of the Month. You, sir, are a badass for sure. I read your blog every day and am constantly impressed with your work in the box.

Massage. Get some. I heart massage days.

I'm actually excited about today's WOD. It looks horrendous. It looks long and exhausting but for some reason these are the type of WODs I tend to excel at... which is weird b/c I always thought endurance was one of my bigger struggles. But, I think it's less the endurance that I struggle with, and more the power of the wod and sustaining that power for short-extended periods. When it's a WOD that you've gotta pace it a bit I tend to do well. Hmm. Good to know I guess. Of course, I know that means I need to be working in the time domain that I'm failing in (short wods)... but they're just not as fun... probably b/c I'm not as good at them. Damn it. Stupid cyclical problems.

From NY/NJ Sectional (25 min cap)
30 Overhead squat (95/55 or 40-50% of 1RM of average lift in series)
30 CTB pull ups
30 Power snatches
30 Toes-to-bar
30 SDHP
30 Air Squats
30 Kettlebell swings (1.5/1 pood)

THAT above was written before I did the wod. Yuck. It was awful. Took 19 min and some seconds... 5 minutes of which were spent JUST on OH squats. They weren't heavy just awkward. I didn't warm up with them. Which was stupid. Stupid. Stupid. As punishment for being so stupid tomorrow is just a skills day. On OH squats. Maybe add in tabata row to punish myself some more. Stupid.

CTBs were 5s, then down to 2s and 1s by the end. Felt pretty good though. Snatches weren't heavy - just not used to stringing these. Did sets of 3-5. TTB in 3s and 2s. SDHP 6/6/6/6/6, squats 10/10/10 WAY faster than i expected - I flew through these. KBS 10/12/8.

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Nutrition-

5:30 am - 2 eggs with asparagus, mushrooms and onions sauteed in coconut oil. 1 c. coffee with 1/4 c. coconut milk.

12:45 pm - 3 oz. roasted lamb (with sea salt). 8 oz. of kale + WF sauteed mushrooms/zucchini/peppers/red onions + asparagus with a bit of balsamic on top. Totally surprised how long I made it w/o wanting lunch. Normally I would've been starving hours before this. I think that the coffee I've been drinking is what tides me over longer. We'll see.
4:30 pm [Pre-wod] -  3 oz. sole, 1 cheery pie larabar. 
6:45 pm [Post-wod] - tequila with blackberry/mint/lemon. Delicious. Burger from J Wellington's with fried egg, giardiera peppers. Sans bun. Three of Jonny's french fries. 
10 pm ish - Coconut milk with dark choc chips, almond butter, and some enormous California grapes :) Variation on Amy's suggestion for healthy yummy fat treat for recovery after tough wod day.