Sat, 11-07-09

Rest day

Spent all day at Dewberry Farm west of Katy. A blast for us all. Boys loved everything especially zip line, which they wouldn't do last year. Nice weather.

Stayed up to watch all of UH vs Tulsa, great game.

Fri, 11-6-09

squat clean
5-5-4-1
180-187.5-195-200
front squat
1x11
170

did these in back yard while boys playing on trampoline, could have been worse. Played with boys about an hour then

max rounds in 12 minutes
7 lateral burpees
10 ring pushups
15 double unders

made this one up, didn't keep rounds, just wanted heart rate up

Amy and I took boys to first half of friendswood vs la marque game, packed - we had to sit on La Marque side, boys ate popcorn, powerade, m&ms and pizza - they were in heaven

Thur, 11-5-09

Press
5x3
160-160-160-160-165
only completed two on last set
1x8, 1x5
65# DBs

during rest did 5x20 sec l-sit, planks, stretched, and hit the foam roller

ran 800
2:58
tabata situp
ran 800
2:57

definitely need to refocus on upper body horizontal and vertical pushing, have lost some ground with so much emphasis on deads and pullups over last year. 800s were ok, broke through a little mental barrier, have the speed to go a little faster but will need to develop the wind

Wed, 11-4-09

5 rounds for time
3 x 95# snatch
15 x 95# ovhd squat
run 400

18:39

Did Nancy in 18:07 in July

tough one, still tired, got home late from bowling last night, felt great on all snatches, had trouble with ohs which surprised me but all unbroken, dogged it a bit on the run, interrupted by phone call from work, continue to have pain in front part of leg right below knee, sensitive to touch

perfect weather, took day off from work and took boys to school and then washed amy's car, mowed, trimmed bushes, other odds and sods.

worked with boys on reading and correctly writing digital time

Tue, 11-3-09

Scheduled rest day

Did not sleep well, imagine that, feel exhausted, not a good day for it as I have not a minute to spare at work. Will go bowl with John and Heidi tonight if I can get away on time.

Last night read the boys a Speed Racer story, no pictures, probably took us 10-15 minutes to read. It was so cool to see them get into the details of the story and I could just see their imaginations working as I read to them. They crashed early, B was out of bed at 0605 when I left, ready for a waffle and Johnie Test.....

Mon, 11-2-09

Strength
5-4-4 weighted pullup
40-45-45
stretched and foam roll during rest

then did a variety of gymnastics / metcon
tabata pushups - felt weak
ran 800 on treadmill at 5:55 mile pace
50 back extension
50 incline situp
tabata pullup - held one negative pullup as long as I could in each interval
25 back extension
30 incline sit up

tough to roll out of bed on cold Monday morning.....

Sunday, 11-1-09

Took over an hour to get this done, starting and stopping playing with boys and Avery and visting with neighbors. Gorgeous weather.

3x5 deadlift
265-275-285
1x15 deadlift
240

3x5 back squat
245
backed way off on weight, trying to focus on keeping knees tracking over feet, not caving in
1x12
225

5x2
HS pushups on paralletes
Did 3 on last set

Amy's WOD
Run 800

21 thrusters, 12# DBs
21 burpees
run 400
15 then 9 with a 400 after each

800 to cool down

Boys did very well in their t-ball game. A played third most of game and made some good stops and forced a couple of kids out at 3rd. B ran the bases hard thanks to his "turbo boost." He is so petrified about making a mistake (wonder where he gets that from) - he hit the ball clean across the yard this morning but is still hesitant to let it go during the games.

Anyway, they were all smiles once they realized Gatorade was part of the post game snack. Other favorite game today was playing with their new remote control helicopter, quite a neat little toy.

Just knew they would sleep late afterHalloween festvities but came in our room at 0615 requesting breakfast and television, what are you going to do.