Day 22 - Ouch

I'm already feeling today's workout, but it may be because I might have tweaked something in my shoulder blade. Regardless.

So apparently this week is 1 rep max week because we did more 1 rep maxes today.

Warm-Up:
1000 meter row - I did it in about 4:45

Strength/Skill
5-5-3-3-1-1-1 Overhead Squats
So an overhead squat is essentially a push press and a squat all in one. You pick up the bar as if you're going to do a push press, except your hands are placed a lot wider. You use your knees to get the bar above your head and then you hold it up there until you're done doing the number of squats you're going to do. This is where I have trouble. We've already established that I can squat until the cows come home, but my upper body strength isn't all there yet. It's also tough for me to get the bar above my head with my hands so spaced out. I don't know if it's just a center of gravity type thing or what but by the time I hit the first set of 1, I was really struggling. I got the one done, but had to drop the barbell because there was no way I was getting that bar back down the normal way. For the next two sets my coach had me kind of position my body right under the bar so all I had to do was use my legs to stand up and the bar would already be above my head. It was awkward as hell, but it worked. My final one rep max was 93 pounds, was hoping to get triple digits again but I'll take it.
This is a picture of an overhead squat. Her weight's not completely on her heels!

MetCon:
5 rounds of 10 sumo deadlifts and 10 max height jumps.
Sumo deadlifts are actually kind of easier on me than regular deadlifts. With a sumo deadlift, your feet are wider and your hands are inside your legs instead of outside. I did 93 pounds on that, could have gone higher but I know I start using my back when I start getting tired. The max height jumps were essentially picking something to jump up to and touch. I used the pull-up bar. Finished 5 rounds in 8:42.

Mobility:
We pretty much just did a bunch of stretches at our leisure for the rest of class. I did some hip flexor stretches and shoulder stretches.

My arms are definitely tired after today. Maybe not incredibly sore, but tired. Friday will be interesting.

Tomorrow is officially the end of my challenge. I'll be doing my final weigh-in. It's not really "ending" per se considering I plan on continuing with the lifestyle, but it'll officially be the first thing I started, finished AND plan on continuing for the first time. I wish I had a PR bell in my room that I could ring.

Food today was a salmon salad over lettuce and tomatoes for lunch. I got a couple cans of salmon at Wegmans yesterday so I mixed that up with a little mayo, dill seasoning, walnuts and celery and just put it on the lettuce. Dinner was the stuffed pork chop with balsamic seasoned grilled eggplant on the side. So delicious. I love veggies. So happy I can eat them all I want. I'm probably still not getting the amount of calories that I specifically need, but I don't feel hungry so I guess it can't be all that bad. I actually forced myself to have lunch mostly because I knew I needed to eat, not because I was hungry. Although dinner/afterwards is usually my hungriest time so maybe if I have a few more calories for my other meals I wouldn't have such horrible munchies at this time of night.

Today was a pretty simple day overall. I should be doing homework but I was getting the stink-eye from the dog because I was keeping him up with my desk lamp. So now I'm huddled in the darkness. That little demon is just spoiled rotten.