Ok, so I wrote a huge long post yesterday only to accidentally delete the entire post. Grrr! So today I will recap and it won't be nearly as long nor entertaining as the previous one was. ;)
I was pretty tired Friday morning and my brain tried to convince myself that I didn't need to go to CrossFit, but I told my brain to SHUT IT and I went anyway. As soon as I walked in and looked at that day's WOD (workout of the day) I wished I had stayed in bed.
Our warm up was a 400 meter run. Then we ran with high knees for 100m, butt kicks for 100m, backwards for 100m and skipping with high knees for the remaining 100m. I felt quite sick after all that. My lungs burned, my legs were shaking, I felt just awful. Next we went back into the box and did several leg exercises back and forth. As I looked around it seemed everyone in there was exhausted and that made me feel better. I wasn't the only one in some serious pain. Our WOD to run 800 meters for time, row 500 meters for time, and ride the airdyne bike for 1 min and try to burn as many calories as possible.
We had 45 minutes to complete those three items and could take as much time as we needed to rest in between. I took a 5 min break, drank some water and did the running first since I loathe it with every fiber of my being. I was able to jog 200m, walk 200m, jog 100m, walk 200m, jog 100m. My time was 6 min 50 sec. I got the worst time by far. I rested for another 5 min and did the bike next. I burned 16 calories in my 1 minute. I was 2nd to worst. After another 5 minute break I climbed onto the rower. I was able to row the first 300 meters without too much pain but the last 200 meters were a KILLER! Everything hurt so bad I wanted to quit and just start crying. Megan came over and stood behind me and kept telling me to pull harder, use my hips, push off with my heels faster etc etc. She was encouraging me to finish strong. The pain my muscles felt was incredible. I finished in 2min 58 seconds. I wanted to collapse and die. Lungs, legs, arms, everything burned and hurt. After collecting myself I rolled out my muscles on a foam roller and went home.
It was by far the hardest thing I've done to date at CrossFit. Although my times are far behind everyone else, I'm just happy I'm able to complete the tasks given to me. That in and of itself is very rewarding.
What I ate:
Breakfast~2 eggs, 2 turkey sausages
post workout snack~1 apple, 2 TBS almond butter
Lunch~1/2 avocado, 1/2 can of albacore tuna, 1 hard boiled egg mashed together w/ a little salt and pepper
Dinner~Paleo sloppy joe stuffed peppers and sweet potato fries
snack~2 squares dark choc with blueberries
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
Frightened Fatty experiences her first WOD
My anniversary was lovely. My husband went all out to make it a very special night. I did have a little bit of non paleo foods, but nothing overkill. The following day my tummy wasn't feeling super great. I'm surprised how such a small amount of sugar and grains made me feel so yucky. Oh well, onward and upward.
This morning I experienced my first real WOD. I walked in nervous. I'm tired of constantly being nervous! The nice thing was as soon as I walked in I saw several moms and older women who were so nice. They were very welcoming and made me feel at home. The coaches were great at showing me how to do modified movements. I really appreciate how they take time with each person, making sure everyone gets the best workout they can. We started off with a warm up. I had to jump over my partner and then they'd go up on their hands and toes while I crawled underneath them. We did this 12 times. I was sad to see that by the 6th or 7th jump, I could no longer jump with both feet together. I was tired enough to have to do a step/jump instead of an actual feet together type jump. I was pretty winded after doing 12. Then everyone grabbed a heavy weighted ball and threw it on the ground as hard as they could and then would squat to pick it up....over and over and over. I was told just to do squats. My legs and lungs were burning just after the warm up.
Next on the list was planks, squats, one armed clean thrusters (I know I'm not remember the exact term at the moment) . I did 4 ten second planks, followed by 15 squats and then 12 thrusters on each arm....we did all of this for 4 rounds.
After that it was time was our actual WOD. *crying* I was already drenched with sweat at this point and utterly exhausted. I can't remember what most of the group did, but a few newbies, including myself did 10 push-ups and 150 sets of jumping rope for 3 rounds. I learned something while jumping rope. I learned that after having 3 kids and jumping up and down over and over and over and over causes some slight incontinence. Sorry, but it's true. I had to run to the restroom to get things all sorted out. Good grief! It took me a little over 9 minutes to finish my WOD. I was just happy I showed up this morning and that I did my best with all the exercises. I'm quite worn out and will probably crawl into bed when the kids do at 8:00pm. *yawn*
What I ate today:
Breakfast~2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon
post workout snack~1/3 lara bar
Lunch~1 chicken breast cut up in bite size pieces and 2 cups of cut up pieces of asparagus sauteed in a little coconut oil and seasoned with spicy seasoning salt.
snack~1 apple cut up with 2 TBS almond butter
Dinner~1 bowl of spicy chicken and vegetable soup
snack~2 squares dark chocolate and a cup of tea
This morning I experienced my first real WOD. I walked in nervous. I'm tired of constantly being nervous! The nice thing was as soon as I walked in I saw several moms and older women who were so nice. They were very welcoming and made me feel at home. The coaches were great at showing me how to do modified movements. I really appreciate how they take time with each person, making sure everyone gets the best workout they can. We started off with a warm up. I had to jump over my partner and then they'd go up on their hands and toes while I crawled underneath them. We did this 12 times. I was sad to see that by the 6th or 7th jump, I could no longer jump with both feet together. I was tired enough to have to do a step/jump instead of an actual feet together type jump. I was pretty winded after doing 12. Then everyone grabbed a heavy weighted ball and threw it on the ground as hard as they could and then would squat to pick it up....over and over and over. I was told just to do squats. My legs and lungs were burning just after the warm up.
Next on the list was planks, squats, one armed clean thrusters (I know I'm not remember the exact term at the moment) . I did 4 ten second planks, followed by 15 squats and then 12 thrusters on each arm....we did all of this for 4 rounds.
After that it was time was our actual WOD. *crying* I was already drenched with sweat at this point and utterly exhausted. I can't remember what most of the group did, but a few newbies, including myself did 10 push-ups and 150 sets of jumping rope for 3 rounds. I learned something while jumping rope. I learned that after having 3 kids and jumping up and down over and over and over and over causes some slight incontinence. Sorry, but it's true. I had to run to the restroom to get things all sorted out. Good grief! It took me a little over 9 minutes to finish my WOD. I was just happy I showed up this morning and that I did my best with all the exercises. I'm quite worn out and will probably crawl into bed when the kids do at 8:00pm. *yawn*
What I ate today:
Breakfast~2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon
post workout snack~1/3 lara bar
Lunch~1 chicken breast cut up in bite size pieces and 2 cups of cut up pieces of asparagus sauteed in a little coconut oil and seasoned with spicy seasoning salt.
snack~1 apple cut up with 2 TBS almond butter
Dinner~1 bowl of spicy chicken and vegetable soup
snack~2 squares dark chocolate and a cup of tea
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