Thur, 9-30-10

0545, Pearland Y

Metcon
Michael
Run 800
50 back extension
50 situp

30 minutes of total misery. Felt tired, legs heavy, not motivated. Ran 800s on treadmill at 5:45, 5:56, and 6:00 mile pace. Really wanted to quit multiple times. BEs were awful, back kept cramping up so could do no more than 20 at a time. Only first set of situps unbroken which is pathetic. Not a good day. Try to get good rest tonight and hope for better showing tomorrow.

Stretched and rolled before WOD.

Cooler weather finally here which is a blessing.

Wed, 9-29-10

0545, Pearland Y

Strength
5 sets
5 press - 135-135-140-145-150
3 squat snatch - 95-115-125-135-140
15 second L-sit - feet above hips, legs as straight as I could get them
stretch

After one dose of prescribed anti-inflammatory, wrist magically better. Probably can no longer reproduce but will be nice to be able to do a normal pushup. Press felt good, could have gone heavier but still good stimulus. First time I have done squat snatch in I don't know when. REally enjoyed it. Used early weights to just try and get feel. 140 was not easy but can definitely handle more. Look fwd to starting to work these.

Tue, 9-28-10

0545, Pearland Y

Metcon
Pullups on minute

16, PR by 1. Felt good but there was no way I could do more than 16 at this time. 136 total pullups.

Strength
5x3 front squat
185-195-205-215-225
3x1 minute plank - front, L, R
4x10 standing calf raise
stretch

Felt pretty solid on FS, definitely could have gone heavier.

Fri - Mon

Rest

Came down with cold, and boys having some tummy issues so ended up taking wknd off. Bad timing. Hopefully will bounce back soon, if not I will be in big trouble come 10/9.

Two baseball games this wknd, boys did great. Al didn't play saturday, but B did - he stopped a grounder at pitcher and made good throw to first. At the plate he fouled one off in his 2nd AB, and then in his 3rd AB he fouled off three in a row, then put the last one in play. On Sunday Alex made 3-4 sweet defensive plays at short, and Blake got two hits and 2 RBI's and a steal ended up getting the game ball on Sunday. He was thrilled.

thur, 9-23-10

Rest

Wed, 9-22-10

0545, Pearland Y

Metcon
4 rounds
250M row
12 box jump, 20"
8 deadlift, 185#

8:58. My goal was sub 7 so this was a reality check.

Stretched and rested for a few then did following

Metcon
3 rounds
30 double unders
10 L-pullups
20 DB cleans, 50#

~14 minutes. Double unders were fine, pullups tough, all sets broken, cleans were a grip killer more than anything.

Tue, 9-21-10

0600, Pearland Y

Metcon
Fran
21-15-9
95# thruster
pullup

3:36. PR by ~20 seconds. Had to start BB from the rack b/c no place to set it down, which probably saved me a few seconds, but had to walk 5-6 seconds back and forth between thrusters and pullups so that cost me some time. All thrusters unbroken. Came off bar very briefly once in round of 15 and 9 on pullups. Tired after, not pass out tired but also felt like I just drank a 20 ounce bottle of sulfuric acid, took a while for that to go away.

Strength
5 rounds
6 x 85# DB bench
calf raise
plank
stretch

Mon, 9-20-10

Rest

Sat, 9-19-10

1130, garage

Metcon
max rounds in 7 minutes
7 x 250# deadlift
20 meter sprint
14 pistols
21 double unders
20 meter sprint

Did three rounds in just over 7 minutes, felt pretty good, much better than yesterday. Pistols tough.

Strength
3x1 deadlift
275-295-315

315 came off ground pretty easy which was nice.

Metcon
3 rounds
run 400
30 box jump, 22"
30 WB

~15 minutes. Felt pretty good on this as well. Kept moving on runs. Very minimal rest on jumps. Did first and third rounds of WB unbroken, last round was a gut check.

Boys game cancelled due to rain. Bummed around all day, watched Texans.

Sat, 9-18-10

1200, garage

Metcon
2 rounds
run 800
30x50# DB squat clean
30 burpees

~25 of absolute misery. Exhausted, and did this immediately after mowing yard, not smart. Ran first 800 in 2:58. Planned on doing three rounds but ran out of time thank goodness.

Boys got to play first game, although it sprinkled on them most of the game, had fun.

My three favorite people in the world chilaxin' to The Rescuers.

Fri, 9-17-10

0600, Pearland Y

Metcon
20 x 225# backsquat
40 x TTB
60 X 70# DB swing

~11:30. did all squats unbroken in that I did not rerack the bar but did take some pauses towards the end. TTB did 20-10-5-5. Cannot figure out how to kip when doing these. DB swings sucked the life out of me as usual. Did 15 twice then alternated between sets of 8 and 7.

Strength
4 rounds
5 x 55# weighted dip
10 seated calf raise
5 x 35# weighted chin up
stretch

Thur, 9-16-10

Rest

Wed, 9-15-10

0600, Pearland Y

Metcon
21-15-9
row for calories
225# d/l
lateral burpee

11:40. This was WOD from '09 CF Houston summer challenge that I DNF'd. Cutoff was 12. Pretty pooped.

Stretched then did following.

Strength
Thruster
4x6
70# db's

standing calf raise
3x10

Tue, 9-14-10

0545, Pearland Y

Metcon
Barbara
5 rounds
20 pullups
30 pushups
40 situps
50 squats

3:30. 5:07, 5:02, 5:06, 4:55. Not great, not terrible for how tired I felt. Good news is that I did 98 pullups without coming off the bar, felt good. Everything was fine really except situps, killed me for some reason, slow, lots of breaks.

Mon, 9-13-10

Rest

Sun, 9-12-10

0900, garage

Metcon
max rounds, 24 minutes
5 deadlift
13 pushup
9 box jump

This was supposed to be 30 minute WOD but stopped after ten rounds b/c had to get ready to go to Texans. For deads did sets at 225x2, 235, 245, 255, 260, and 4 x 265. (Rx'd called for all at 275). Pushups and box jumps all felt pretty good, all unbroken. Below video was round 7 or 8.



Amy and I had a blast at the Texans game. Very exciting, very loud at times, deafening, wonderful to have some time together. Boys were so excited about their first game, but it got cancelled when we got there due to lightening. Al was fighting back tears the whole ride home bless his heart. They looked adorable in their little uniforms, and their hats are actually really cool looking. They had a big time at birthday party of their little classmate, got to go roller skating.

Sat, 9-11-10

1500, garage

Metcon
Max rounds in 20 minutes
5 x 95# thruster
7 x 95# clean
10 x 95# SDHP

Totally forgot how many rounds, maybe 8 or 9? subbed 45# dbs for thrusters and cleans. only first round unbroken, then had to break sdhp into two sets of 5. Brutally hot, totally kicked my tail.

Took boys to Pearland Little League parade, then to batting cages, then to birthday party in evening. They played putt putt and got to do bumper cars so they were pretty psyched about the evening.

Fri, 9-10-10

1100, garage

Strength
Back squat
5-5-5-3-3
275-285-295-305-315

5x15-20 second l-sit

Thur, 9-9-10

0615, downtown Y

Jogged 35 minutes around downtown, legs dead.

Wed, 9-8-10

0540, Pearland Y

Metcon
Filthy Fifty

~25 minutes guessing. I checked my watch right before going to wall ball and realized it had stopped. Frustrating. Possibility I could have pr'd but not by much b/c burpees just ate my lunch.

Strength
4x8 weighted dip
45# DB

Tue, 9-7-10

0545, Pearland

Metcon
5 rounds
5 x 65# DB squat clean thruster
10 pullups

9 minutes. Cleans and thrusters were relatively easy but killed my grip, so only did first set of pullups unbroken. Pullups needs some serious work.

Strength
4 x 5 high pull, 135#
4 x 15 second l-sit
4 x 8 seated calf raise
stretch

Mon, 9-9-10

Rest

Bummed around the house all day with the boys, rained all day.

Sun, 9-5-10

1430, garage

Metcon
3 rounds
30 wb, 20#
30 hang squat snatch, 75#

~17. Yuck, not fun.

Played out a lot today, good weather, swam next door. Then everyone over for Amy's b-day. Boys had lots of fun as usual.

My best girl still has VB skills!!

Sat, 9-4-10

1400, garage

Metcon
21-18-15-12-9-6-3
SDHP
Push jerk
both with 75#

~8:15, could have been worse I guess. Hopefully the SDHP will help during FGB. Did all PJ unbroken, steady pace.

Strength
4x5 front squat
185#

front squatting, painting door, listening to horns vs owls, not a bad evening.



A day of firsts for A and B

Fri, 9-3-10

1700, garage

Metcon
6 rounds
5x200# d/l
7xlateral burpee over d/l bar
30 du

~10:11. Tough wod, gut check, DUs were a killer. Was absolutely exhausted from the beginning, but this would have killed me regardless.

Rested for a few and then did following.

21-15-9
TGU
Sotts press
all w/ 45# bar

~17. TGUs are always tough. First time to ever do Sotts press, harder than anticipated, all sets broken. Kristen Clever did this in ~16. I think I could tie that or beat it if fresh. So does that mean I am the fittest woman on the planet?

Thur, 9-2-10

Rest

Wed, 9-1-10

0530, Pearland Y

Metcon
30-25-20-15-10
burpees
box jump
TTB

~24. Burpees steady and unbroken, minimal rest on box jumps, but slowed way down on TTB. Could not find rhythm to kip so had to break them up in sets of 5.

Strength
4x8 seated calf raise
4x5 cable row, 31X1
4x5 DB bench, 75#, 31X1
stretched