So we did 31 Heroes on Saturday and it was brutal, as expected. My biggest fear was battling the rope climbs. Last year, I had JUST learned rope climbs, so I wasn’t really expected to do all of them. This year, I really have no excuse except weakness and extra weight. I didn’t want to…
DetailsWith these new cycles, I feel like we’re just doing the same thing over and over, but we’re slowly increasing our weights, with the idea that at the end of the cycle, we’ll have a new 1RM. So yeah.. snatch day. again. Strength: Snatch (1×5 @60%, 1×5 @65%, 1×5 @70%, 1×5@75%) *Use 110% of your…
DetailsWe started a new squat cycle called the Hatch Squat Program today. I was ready to come in and use my arms, since I felt so much better after last night’s moving around! YAY! After our warm ups, we did the following: Strength: Hatch Cycle W1D1 HBBS: 1×10 @ 60%, 1×8 @ 70%, 1×6 @…
DetailsMobility is important, kids! Here I am, freaking out a little that I have a mild, tiny case of rhabdo in my arms after the pull ups we did on Friday.. googling symptoms (not the dark pee, I didn’t have that!) and stressing over what to do, if it’ll clear up on its own, etc..…
DetailsWorking on our Snatches! And I PRed, YEAH! 125! And I got a sweet video of me doing it too.. well, Russell got the video, but seriously! So exciting! I haven’t PRed my Snatch since Feb, when I got 120. Happy girl! Our WOD was a wrecker.. I’m STILL sore from it, and this is…
DetailsANOTHER BRING A FRIEND DAY!!! Awessommmeee!! Today, one of my massage therapists took me up on my offer and actually came to Bring a Friend Day! I’m so used to people saying shit like oh yeah! I’ll definitely do that! And then.. oh hey yeah… I have to retile my roof that day, what a…
DetailsBring a Friend Day!!!!! I made it to the 6:30p class, thank god for that! With our work schedule lately, the evening classes have been the ‘wrapping up’ of a busy day. They let me unwind and get all my anxiety and stress out. It’s the one hour where I’m not thinking about anything work-related,…
DetailsI hadn’t done Crossfit Total since about a year or so ago.. so I was excited for this sort of WOD! No running, no burpees, no pullups, no ring dips. Nothing I suck at.. this means I could do all of it! 😀 Crossfit Total IS. Back Squat – 3 Attempts to a 1RM Strict…
DetailsI don’t even know.. this shit’s so old now! Ugh. Thank God Russell keeps the site updated. 500m Row20-HSPU’s40-Box Jump Overs (24/20″)Feet must touch top of box60-One Armed KB Push Press (55/35#)80-KB Goblet Squats (55/35#)100-AB Mat Sit-Ups400m Run I finished in 29:23. Just under 30 min. That was brutal! But I RXed it, minus the…
DetailsSo… we were headed to Vero Beach for the weekend to see Dave’s family and to partake in a surprise birthday for his brother. I was running errands before we left, and decided to call the Ale House one more time to see if anyone had turned it in. They had me on hold for…
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