We started off in groups of two for our warm up. We each did 4 rounds of junkyard dog and bear crawls back and forth across the gym. I did three rounds before we moved on to the skill sets. I'm so flipping slow. ARGG! So annoying!
Our skill set was approx. 20 minutes of various kettle bell exercises. This was literally nonstop. I was a sweaty mess going into the WOD.
The WOD today was 50 pull ups, then run 1/2 mile, then a total of 20 kettle bell movements per arm. We then ran another 1/2 mile and then did another 20 kettle bell movements per arm.
I was the slowest person today but I finished. I didn't take a modified run, I did exactly what was asked of me. I have no idea what my time was because Meagan thought everyone had finished and she turned off the timer on the wall. Oh well. At this point I don't even care what my time was, I just care that I finished.
During our kettle bell skill set a new gal had to stop, went to the restroom, and then came out and started crying. She went outside and Jonathan went to go talk w/ her. I felt bad. I so know how it feels. I wanted to pull her aside and talk with her after class, but she was gone by the time I finished my workout. I hope she doesn't let today get her down. I don't even know her name. =( Next time I see her, I need to make a point to say hi and tell her I've had many of those experiences myself and that it gets better.
Today's after workout protein shake consisted of coconut water, protein powder, stevia, and some frozen organic berries. Delish!!!! I'm loving the coconut water. ♥
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
Went to the Dr. and the Dr. said....
I didn't get much sleep last night, and I woke up at 6:30 am and was wide awake. I started making a list of all the things that needed to get done today and I soon found myself trying to find ways to get out of going to crossfit. I told myself to shut up and I went to crossfit instead.
Yesterday was one of my very favorite workouts. Today was definitely one of the worst. No, I didn't cry....I know you were thinking it.
The warm up was done in teams of two. We had to do 20 meter bear crawls, 20 meter lunges, and 20 meter burpee long jumps. We did all those things twice. I was gasping for air by the end of the warm up. I'd much rather of just ran 400 meters because that was brutal.
The skill set was working on skull crushers, and hanging from the pull up bar in a "hollow" position and practicing font squat cleans. I started getting slightly dizzy during the skill sets. My body just didn't feel like it was cooling itself off very well. I felt overheated and a little sick to the stomach.
Our WOD was one I don't ever want to do again. Haha....seriously.
We did 90 seconds of burpees as fast as we could, then we had 90 seconds to catch our breath, then 60 seconds of front squat cleans as fast as we could and then we rested another 90 seconds. Next was 30 seconds of push ups as fast as we could and again rested for 90 seconds. We then did them all once more. Derek then told us he had a surprise for each and every one of us since we did so well. I'm always skeptical when it comes to "surprises". He told us we had to no another 90 second burpee AMRAP. Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a craptastic surprise! I was dead to the world when it was all over.
I'm SO SO SO happy that I get a two day weekend to rest and relax. I have ZERO plans on running this weekend. Three days of crossfit back to back was enough.
On another note.........I had to take my son to the Dr. because his ear has been hurting for the past week. Since it wasn't getting any better I figured it was time to take him in. I haven't seen our Dr. for about 6 months. Well the Dr. walked in the room and started asking some questions about my son and his ear when he looked up me. He all of a sudden stood up and said, "Erica, you look amazing! How much weight have you lost?". I told him I wasn't sure since our scale was thrown away, but that I've lost over 30 some odd inches in the last 4 months since starting CrossFit. He just went on and on about how I looked so radiant and healthy. I was a bit taken aback. I don't really feel a whole lot different but apparently I've changed a lot in the last 6 months since he last saw me. It felt awesome to have someone gush....especially my Dr! So anyway after he was done bathing me in compliments we got back to why we went there in the first place. =)
I still have a mountain of things I need to get done today, but had to quickly blog about what happened at the Dr.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Yesterday was one of my very favorite workouts. Today was definitely one of the worst. No, I didn't cry....I know you were thinking it.
The warm up was done in teams of two. We had to do 20 meter bear crawls, 20 meter lunges, and 20 meter burpee long jumps. We did all those things twice. I was gasping for air by the end of the warm up. I'd much rather of just ran 400 meters because that was brutal.
The skill set was working on skull crushers, and hanging from the pull up bar in a "hollow" position and practicing font squat cleans. I started getting slightly dizzy during the skill sets. My body just didn't feel like it was cooling itself off very well. I felt overheated and a little sick to the stomach.
Our WOD was one I don't ever want to do again. Haha....seriously.
We did 90 seconds of burpees as fast as we could, then we had 90 seconds to catch our breath, then 60 seconds of front squat cleans as fast as we could and then we rested another 90 seconds. Next was 30 seconds of push ups as fast as we could and again rested for 90 seconds. We then did them all once more. Derek then told us he had a surprise for each and every one of us since we did so well. I'm always skeptical when it comes to "surprises". He told us we had to no another 90 second burpee AMRAP. Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a craptastic surprise! I was dead to the world when it was all over.
I'm SO SO SO happy that I get a two day weekend to rest and relax. I have ZERO plans on running this weekend. Three days of crossfit back to back was enough.
On another note.........I had to take my son to the Dr. because his ear has been hurting for the past week. Since it wasn't getting any better I figured it was time to take him in. I haven't seen our Dr. for about 6 months. Well the Dr. walked in the room and started asking some questions about my son and his ear when he looked up me. He all of a sudden stood up and said, "Erica, you look amazing! How much weight have you lost?". I told him I wasn't sure since our scale was thrown away, but that I've lost over 30 some odd inches in the last 4 months since starting CrossFit. He just went on and on about how I looked so radiant and healthy. I was a bit taken aback. I don't really feel a whole lot different but apparently I've changed a lot in the last 6 months since he last saw me. It felt awesome to have someone gush....especially my Dr! So anyway after he was done bathing me in compliments we got back to why we went there in the first place. =)
I still have a mountain of things I need to get done today, but had to quickly blog about what happened at the Dr.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Epic Meltdown
Today's WOD was labeled "Turrible"....in dedication to Charles Barkley. Anyhoo, today's workout was indeed terrible.
It was a total of 9 rounds.
First round was 9 sets of dumbbell thrusters, followed by lunges to the other end of the gym, then 9 box jumps, and lastly bear crawls back to the beginning.
2nd round was 8 sets, and so on and so forth. We got 20 minutes to try and complete all 9 rounds. Derek told our group (I was bunched with the two pregnant women) to start at 7 sets and go down to 1. After just the first couple of rounds my heart rate was sky high and I was finding it hard to catch my breath. By the time I finished my 5th round Derek asked me if I was feeling ok and I told him I was. I mean, I was exhausted, but all in all I was fine. I got down to the last round and the 20 minute mark was fast approaching. Meagan encouraged me to finish my bear crawl back to the beginning and I barely did it. At this point, my emotions just took over and I sat on my knees and just lost it. All the emotion from the last few days with my husband and the emotion from pushing myself past any limit I thought I had, just came pouring out of me.
I was so angry with myself. I HATE CRYING SO FLIPPING MUCH! Derek and Meagan pulled me outside so I could calm down. Derek thought I was crying because I pushed myself too far. It took a few minutes of me just explaining that it wasn't that. I was just proud of myself for doing something I've never ever ever done before! When things get hard, my entire life I've always quit. Literally every single time. For the first time in 33 years, I'm pushing myself despite how hard it is and I'm not quitting. That's extremely emotional for me. The girl who used to turn to cake or pasta when life got hard is now turning to working out and eating right. I finally convinced him and he went back inside. Meagan asked me how everything else in my life was going and I lost it again. I explain the situation with my husband and how I blame myself for his actions. I blame my fatness on him doing what he does. She was very understanding and gave me some great advice. I can't thank her enough. This journey I'm on is hard. I can't put into words just how hard it is.
I drove home and just sobbed the entire time. Once those floodgates were opened, it's hard to pull it back together. I'm exhausted physically and mentally today. I'm thankful that tomorrow I get a bit of a break and will be running instead of going to crossfit.
I will make this lifestyle change. I will become an athlete. I will succeed, I don't care how hard it is.
It was a total of 9 rounds.
First round was 9 sets of dumbbell thrusters, followed by lunges to the other end of the gym, then 9 box jumps, and lastly bear crawls back to the beginning.
2nd round was 8 sets, and so on and so forth. We got 20 minutes to try and complete all 9 rounds. Derek told our group (I was bunched with the two pregnant women) to start at 7 sets and go down to 1. After just the first couple of rounds my heart rate was sky high and I was finding it hard to catch my breath. By the time I finished my 5th round Derek asked me if I was feeling ok and I told him I was. I mean, I was exhausted, but all in all I was fine. I got down to the last round and the 20 minute mark was fast approaching. Meagan encouraged me to finish my bear crawl back to the beginning and I barely did it. At this point, my emotions just took over and I sat on my knees and just lost it. All the emotion from the last few days with my husband and the emotion from pushing myself past any limit I thought I had, just came pouring out of me.
I was so angry with myself. I HATE CRYING SO FLIPPING MUCH! Derek and Meagan pulled me outside so I could calm down. Derek thought I was crying because I pushed myself too far. It took a few minutes of me just explaining that it wasn't that. I was just proud of myself for doing something I've never ever ever done before! When things get hard, my entire life I've always quit. Literally every single time. For the first time in 33 years, I'm pushing myself despite how hard it is and I'm not quitting. That's extremely emotional for me. The girl who used to turn to cake or pasta when life got hard is now turning to working out and eating right. I finally convinced him and he went back inside. Meagan asked me how everything else in my life was going and I lost it again. I explain the situation with my husband and how I blame myself for his actions. I blame my fatness on him doing what he does. She was very understanding and gave me some great advice. I can't thank her enough. This journey I'm on is hard. I can't put into words just how hard it is.
I drove home and just sobbed the entire time. Once those floodgates were opened, it's hard to pull it back together. I'm exhausted physically and mentally today. I'm thankful that tomorrow I get a bit of a break and will be running instead of going to crossfit.
I will make this lifestyle change. I will become an athlete. I will succeed, I don't care how hard it is.
Monday, May 13, 2013
bear crawls and burpees, oh my!
Hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day weekend. We went to church and then we grabbed the dog and we all went down by the lake to enjoy a picnic lunch. My kids each made me handmade cards and gifts, they were darling. =)
I felt great walking into CrossFit today. Normally I get super nervous the entire car ride there, but today I felt at peace. We started off doing wheelbarrow walks, but I'm not strong enough to do those quite yet, so they had me do three 30 second rounds of bear crawls. Those are no fun, like not even a tiny bit. nope. not fun.
We did push ups, good mornings, Turkish get-ups, and 20" box step ups with two kettle bells held under our chins. I did 15" box step ups. The 20" boxes are insanely high for me....at this point at least. I met another newbie and we were both wiped out after all the skill sets.
These are the Turkish get-up's
Our WOD was to do 3 clean and jerks and 8 burpees every minute on the minute (EMOTM) for 10 minutes. I had mine modified a bit to my fitness level. Burpees are so incredibly hard to do when you're heavy. Having extra stomach fat and thigh fat really gets in the way of the movement and makes it incredibly hard when you have to jump back into position to stand back up. Being a thick girl sucks big time.
I can see and feel a difference in my clothes, but I'm impatient. I want to wake up tomorrow and have magically dropped 6 sizes. I just don't understand why that doesn't happen. hehe
I had a small bit of dessert last night with my family and my mom, but today it's back on the Paleo bandwagon. Time to get something to eat, I'm famished!
I felt great walking into CrossFit today. Normally I get super nervous the entire car ride there, but today I felt at peace. We started off doing wheelbarrow walks, but I'm not strong enough to do those quite yet, so they had me do three 30 second rounds of bear crawls. Those are no fun, like not even a tiny bit. nope. not fun.
We did push ups, good mornings, Turkish get-ups, and 20" box step ups with two kettle bells held under our chins. I did 15" box step ups. The 20" boxes are insanely high for me....at this point at least. I met another newbie and we were both wiped out after all the skill sets.
These are the Turkish get-up's
Our WOD was to do 3 clean and jerks and 8 burpees every minute on the minute (EMOTM) for 10 minutes. I had mine modified a bit to my fitness level. Burpees are so incredibly hard to do when you're heavy. Having extra stomach fat and thigh fat really gets in the way of the movement and makes it incredibly hard when you have to jump back into position to stand back up. Being a thick girl sucks big time.
I can see and feel a difference in my clothes, but I'm impatient. I want to wake up tomorrow and have magically dropped 6 sizes. I just don't understand why that doesn't happen. hehe
I had a small bit of dessert last night with my family and my mom, but today it's back on the Paleo bandwagon. Time to get something to eat, I'm famished!
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