Fight Gone Bad

That was the name of the workout for today...Fight Gone Bad. The story goes that someone made up this workout and then when asked afterwards what it felt like, he said "like a fight gone bad"...

3 rounds; 1 minute of each exercise - the "score" for this one is the total number of reps you do for all three rounds

wall balls (the first round I used a 15lb ball, which sucked seriously...the last two I used a 10lb ball...there were three of us total and only 2 10-lb balls so we switched off)

sumo high lift pull - we used kettlebells

box step ups

push presses (we used 30 lb bars and/or two 15-lb dumbbells which we also switched off on since the dumbbells are a bit harder)

strict sit ups (arms crossed, feet together...full sit up)

I don't know how many reps I did yet...I'm waiting for my trainer to tell me.

Tuesday July 13th

I suppose I should write more here than just my workout, because that can get pretty darn boring! But what??

Well, while I'm trying to come up with a good answer...my workout today:

Buy-In:

5 rounds of 5 reps each of deadlifts

111 lbs (new personal record...last time was 106 lbs)

Workout:

Cindy

20 minutes for rounds

5 pull ups (blue band)

10 push ups

15 squats

I did 15 rounds with 5 pull ups squeezed in at the end...last time I did this workout in May, I did 13 rounds with 5 pull ups...so another personal record! Whoot!

I've been slacking in the eating department...I think mostly it is that I'm getting bored with what I'm eating since I'm so darn picky so I resort to things I shouldn't be eating (a la waffles with Nutella yesterday morning!) I need to re-focus because I believe what I'm eating is very important to my energy levels and just how I feel. When I eat sugar and/or simple carbs like that, I'm starting to feel it. My head gets a bit fuzzy (like I'm really tired even though I'm not) and I just don't feel right.

I tried to do good today though...for breakfast I had 2 eggs made into an omelette with a bit of cheese, some strawberries and raspberries (I forgot the healthy fat, darn it!). For lunch I made a sandwich with whole wheat bread, italian beef, ham and turkey with a slice of cheese and some mayo (got all my "zone" groups in there!). I also had some pita chips with some hummus. I might have gone over a tad in my carbs...but those pita chips sure tasted good!

Dinner was tacos...one of Jason's favorites and one of mine too, though it can be hard to follow the "rules". I had one tortilla with a decent amount of meat and cheese on it and then had more meat and a bit of cheese just without to balance it all out. I also had a glass of soy milk (original Silk) with Ovaltine to help my muscles out after the workout today. Any excuse for chocolate milk is A-OK with me!

Saturday July 10th

Saturday workouts are my favorites...I do them fairly early in the morning (9am) and then am done for the day!

Today I had to do 1000 jump ropes...but...every minute on the minute I had to do 5 burpees. That first minute? I did 150 jump ropes before I had to do my burpees. But then it took at least 20 seconds if not longer (as I got more tired) to do the burpees so my jump rope numbers went significantly down. Sometimes I was only getting 30 in before I had to do more burpees...I averaged about 50-60 most times though. I did take 2 1-minute breaks at the 500 mark and around 800. Those were the times when I was only squeezing in 30 or so and I just needed to take a break. Justin said two people already puked during this workout...glad I wasn't one of them! I'm sure I would have if I hadn't taken those breaks but I'm not in this to work out so much I puke, you know? That just grosses me out...bleh!

Thursday oh Thursday

Whew! This working out after working and while dealing with unpacking/moving is the pits! I worked out with two other girls today and I was definitely the slow one today! One girl has only been doing Crossfit for 3 weeks (and had a baby 3 months ago!!) and the other is older than me...not sure how long she has been doing it though. Oh well. I just do what I can.

Our workout for the day was:

100 feet lunges

21 pull ups

21 situps

100 ft. lunges

18 pull ups

18 sit ups

100 ft. lunges

15 pull ups

15 sit ups

100 ft. lunges

12 pull ups

12 sit ups

100 ft lunges

9 pull ups

9 sit ups

100 ft lunges (last one!)

6 pull ups

6 sit ups

Phew! Those lunges were NOT fun!

Then, because we had a bit of time left, we did some windmills with kettlebells (holding it up with one arm, stretching down the leg of the opposite leg...kinda hard to describe) and then more of those hollow rock things which I still can't figure out and some other ab exercises...

Fun stuff! I don't know what my time was on the workout...somewhere around 27-28 minutes...the other two girls beat me by 1 minute and 2 minutes...blah.

A day late...

My excuse is that I didn't have any internet connection as we had just moved...that is valid, right?

I worked out yesterday morning since I took the day off from work to unpack...I really love working out in the morning and getting it over with!

There were three of us working out and all three of us had been less than stellar with our eating over the holiday weekend so we were all lagging...

Our workout was:

5 rounds (though we only finished 4 due to lack of time)

40 push ups

10 standing long jumps

40 squats

20 kb swings (35 lb)

3 minutes jump roping

2 minute break

It all sucked, haha! Those three minutes of jump roping though...holy heck that seemed to take FOREVER!

Finally!

I finally got another work out in! I was suppose to work out on Thursday, but between signing our lease, inspecting the townhouse, eating dinner...it just didn't happen.

Feels good to get back into it though, especially since I had a not-so good week of eating. I think 80% of the time I ate right, but the other 20%...well, I'll blame it on the stress of moving, ha!

Our "buy in" was doing some kettle bell (kb) work. We did 3 rounds of:

1 minute halos (holding the kb over our head and circling it around the top of our head like a halo...way tougher than I thought it would be!) - 18 lbs for the first 2 rounds, dropped down to 9lbs for the last

1 minute squats (holding the kb at chest level and squatting below 90 degrees) - 18 lbs for all 3 rounds

1 minute kb swings - I did the american swing which is all the way over your head with the 18lb kb

Our workout:

10 rounds of:

10 pull ups (blue band)

10 closed hand push ups (legs wide apart, hands close together making a diamond)

10 sit ups (full, hands go all the way back to the floor and then all the way up and touch your toes)

10 squats (past 90 degrees)

I don't remember my time...but it was OK.

I'll be back on Tuesday! :)

Tuesday June 29

Fun day! I had a good restful weekend in Nashville (no workouts!) so I was ready to go!

We started by practicing sumo dead lift high pull (whew, what a name!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qruUYEGNlUM&feature=related

He makes it look easy...of course he has no weights on the darn thing!

I used a 50lb bar for mine...5 rounds of 5 reps each. They actually weren't horrible. Something different, which was nice.

Our workout today was:

3 rounds

100 skipping jump ropes (we did running jump ropes)

15 kettle bell swings (35 lb kettle bell)

10 pull ups (I tried using 2 purple bands today, a very small step down from the blue I've been using)

I finished in 9 minutes, 56 seconds. Wheee!

Then I rowed for 250m and got a time of 1 minute, 1 second. I sprinted that one!