This is not a resoution....

Resolutions don't work for me.  I'm more of a do-er when it comes to making changes.  I just start doing, and try to keep doing.   So, today, I'm blogging.  Probably because I need to be working on a presentation I am giving in, oh, 12.5 hours.  Oh, and because I found this the other day:

It's dated December 5-14, 2011.  So, just over a year ago.  My favorite part is that
'overhead squats' is marked through and 'snatch' is written in.  This is because I wasn't sure which was which.  Yeah.  I was such a cute little baby cross fitter. 

I started this blog because I was disappointed that I couldn't find anything showing me how women who started from almost completely inactive progressed.  Then, I was/am horrible about updating, but at least there's a 1 year frame of reference, I guess.

Movement      2011      2012
Clean              60           110
Snatch            35             80
OHSq             25             83
Jerk                65            115
BSq                                145 (finally, body weight!)
Dead             120           173
FSq                                135
Pushups -  knees to a solid 10+ real push ups
PullUps - 10+ unassisted kipping, still no strict though.  Yes.  Over a year later and no strict pull up. 
Double Unders - best ever yesterday!  30-40 unbroken in a Wod, after some substantial work
Wall Balls - Ugh.  I went from an 8 # ball to the 9 ft line, to a 14# ball, but very inconsistent to the 10 foot line, and ugly squats too.  I think I need to just suck up my pride and use the 12 # and master the squat. 
Handstand push ups - I recently got the kip (woohoo) with two abmats.  One abmat, one push up.  I HAVE to have this before the open.  Why?  I don't know, I just feel like I should.  But unless I somehow manage to lose 20 lbs without getting any weaker (or I don't know, dying!) I don't know.  We'll see.
Ring Dips - these are just stupid.  They are pretty much the only thing I go from doing one (with a band) to um, yeah, not happening AT ALL still.  There's no maybe, it's just done.

Diet - Did 90 days paleo.  The physical result in the end was awesome (see pics).  But, I'm a great dieter, not a great lifer.  So, started again a few days ago and we'll see how it goes.  I got to feeling pretty yucky toward the end of the last challenge (I think I wasn't eating enough) so I'm trying to not let that happen again.  

So, there you have it.  An update!  Maybe I'll be more consistent.  Or not.  Who knows?

Abandon ship....(-:

I feel bad for abandoning blogging.  Life is busy...very busy.  I have a lot on my plate for certain, but I haven't given up, or even let up on perusing "Elite".  

Here's just a small attempt to list the gains I've made since my last post.

Double Unders = a pretty solid 15-20+ unbroken consistently.  My jumprope was too short, and for months I've been reminding myself to get a new one, so my success during WODs has been dependent on if I had Charlie's, or could find one at the box that was salvageable.  Not easy.

Squats = 140# back squat.  I would be surprised if I weren't over that were I to try again soon.  Sucky thing is, I weigh somewhere around 140 on any given day.  But not on the day I hit it, lol!  On that day, I was 144.   So, I still can't officially say it's body weight.  Ugh.  Soon though!

Those are the biggies, but the biggest thing for me has been the disappearance of the word impossible.  I think it started with my first toes to bar (at home, after a verbal tutorial from one of the coaches that I work with at school), and was solidified the first time I climbed the rope.  Those are two things that were impossible when I started this adventure.  I looked at them both and thought, never.  I know I'll get stronger and I'll survived the WODs but there will be some things that I always have to modify.  Today, they're do-able.  In a WOD even.  Of course, they both suck - and I have the ripped hands right now to prove it, but they're not impossible.  So now, everything is on the horizon.  Even the very scary muscle up.

Boot Camp is also coming along.  I'm still getting really sick once we get to week 3-4 and the counts go up, but I think it's from over exertion.  Bicep stuff really gets to me, but I'm not giving in to the urge to use a lower band.  I missed week 3 and 4 last month, so we'll see what this months bring.

Okay, that's it for now. Maybe I'll blog again soon.

Old Post for CFT

From Feb.22


CrossFit Total today - basically a "test" to give you measurable benchmarks. 1 Rep Max (the most you can do, one time) for Back Squat - 118#, Press - 60#, and Deadlift - 148#. I think I could have actually gone heavier on the Deadlift. Total = 326. Trying not to be sad that it took me 6 months to get to that score, and instead thinking to what it will look like 6 months from now. Also thinking I need to go actually workout now...(-:

Diane

Snatch for 1RM - 70#
Got the 70 pretty solid, but could NOT pull off the 75.

Diane - 6:59
21-15-9
Deadlifts 155# (I did 115#)
Handstand Pushups (on the box)

This weekend I ran my first official race - a 10K.  My time was 1:01:09:05.   The chick I was aiming to beat beat me by .02 of a second.  Yes.  .02   I think the hair on her leg crossed the finish line before me.

Still moving....

I'm still moving....I promise!  Just not blogging!  Honestly, the issue is, I get logged out of the account I use to blog every time I log in to my work email, and most of the time, I'm too lazy and and annoyed to sign back in.  Yeah.  I just admitted that.

So, what's happened?  Well, I'm eating the way that's worked for me in the past - which means, not paleo.  I'm a calorie counting gal, and it works, so I'm sticking with it.  Until I change my mind again.  I want to lose AT MOST 5-6 more lbs of fat (but that's a big AT MOST - I'm actually okay where I am), and then I expect to watch the scale climb as I get stronger.  I DO NOT want to be stick thin skinny girl, at all.  AT ALL.  Even right now, I'm not liking the thinness of my arms and legs, but I know that it's temporary until I start eating to add muscle.  It's more percentages than anything.

I broke my toe last Thursday.  Ouch.  No, really, OUCH.  Pain.  Worse than childbirth.  Really.  And then last Sunday, my loving husband stepped/kicked/twisted/mutilated it again.  I screamed, cried, and blacked out.  No, not really blacked out,  I just couldn't convince myself to open my eyes.  Or stand up.  Or breathe.  It was bad.  I appreciate my pinky toe so much more now.

I ended up getting to know the recumbant bike at the gym (holy butt cramps!) then moved on to the elliptical, and yesterday I tried running again, after some short running bursts at boot camp this week were survivable.

April 20   5K   32 minutes   (ugh...but it was early, no sleep the night before, and a broken toe)
I need to learn how to run.  How to pace myself correctly etc.  My best run times are treadmill times and I can push a lot harder when I see the numbers

Skill Set
5 Handstand Push ups (blah, yeah)
10 One Legged Squats
20 Double Unders unbroken (I did 15 the first round, 21 the second!!!!PR!!!, and 14 the third, but I tried for 5 minutes, lol!)
So...yeah...broken toe = PR unbroken double unders....

Today's WOD
Team Wod, I worked with Mary Schwing, our box's Masters competitor (60 plus)  (-:

20 Min AMRAP
400M run
10 Power Cleans (RX was 95, we did 75# and I was done at the end, it was not going up again!)
10 Hand Release Push Ups
8+3 Rounds (so 8 full rounds, and 3 power cleans  - meaning we did everything 4 times each, I think...)

5K
January 18, 2012 - 28:28
April 9, 2012 - 27:00

Crossfit
Heavy Snatch (#60)

30 Overhead Squat Buy in (#45)
Remainder of 10 Minutes, AMRAP
7 Burpees
7 Pull Ups
(4+7, skinny red band, but one of each set was unassisted, LOL!)

Just some numbers:

2 April 12
MidThigh Snatch 2.2.2 x 5 (2-3 min. rest)   #50

31 March  12
Power Snatch #45

26 March 12
Front Squats 1x1x1x1x1x1  #120