Open WOD 13.2

Today has been a good day back in the saddle.

Started off the morning with a breakfast of a boiled egg, 3 pieces of Trader Joe's Turkey Bacon (I will never go back to Jennie-O), and an orange.

Fridays at our gym are dedicated to performing the Open WODs, which are being performed all over the nation right now. It's for the CrossFit games. For the next few weeks, people in their gyms will perform these Open WODs and the best people in the region will compete against each other regionally, and finally the nationals. To celebrate, the gyms are just having everyone do the WOD. Our gym dedicates it as the MetCon so we still do other stuff on top of it.

Warm-Up:
15 medball squat cleans
15 wall balls
15 sit-ups
15 overhead lunges

Strength:
5 x 3 power clean (start from the floor and end at your shoulders)

MetCon (Open WOD 13.2):
10 minute AMRAP
5 shoulder to overhead (75#)
10 deadlifts (75#)
15 box jumps (20"...I had to modify to 16)

I murdered my power clean PR for 3 rep sets. The last time I did a power clean in sets of 3, I got to 73 pounds. Today I did 103 pounds. Holy shit! I kinda want to know what my 1 RM is because that means I'm really starting to get a little more upper body strength.

The MetCon was so god awful. I wanted to kill the bastard that sat at a table creating these workouts. So the thing about competitions is that they expect you to do the exercises as prescribed, meaning you use the prescribed weight. All of our workouts have a prescribed weight, but mostly it's just a guideline. When you're in competition, you do that prescribed weight. I modified the box jump because learning how to jump on a 20" box jump is not something to do in the middle of a MetCon. I did 124 reps in 10 minutes, meaning I got through the full workout 4 times, plus 4 shoulder to overheads. How does that measure up in the grand scheme of things? It's on the low side, but it's not the worst. There are women who have been doing this for awhile getting in the 240 and higher range. My partner got 134, so in the small scheme of things, I did very well, considering what my level of fitness was several months ago. That's really all I can focus on currently is how do I measure up from the person I was back in October, or even December before I really cracked down. I've been going to a crossfit gym since October...I didn't become a Crossfitter until January, so after 2 months I can't complain, especially with the huge improvements I've had these past few weeks. The shoulder to overhead was tough, but doable. My 1 RM for a push press is 93 pounds so 75 was doable in 5 rep increments. The deadlifts were the easiest part. The box jumps were what tired me out. I was really going at them because up until now I've kind of been stepping up to the box before I jump onto it. Today I tried focusing on just jumping up onto it.

Came home and had a late lunch of leftover Italian sausage and zucchini chips. I was disappointed in the zucchini chips, mostly because I tried substituting the needed ingredients so the almond flour just ended up burning. I'm going food shopping tomorrow so I'll have everything I need again.

I've already created my food shopping list and the list of recipes that I want to make tomorrow. I have essentially the entire weekend off so I will be spending it cooking and cleaning this damn house. And I'm actually going to cook interesting recipes this time. I don't work any days this week, they're all evenings and overnights so that leaves a lot more room for trying things out.

Breakfast Recipes
- Oatmeal
- Pancakes
- Banana Breakfast Pudding

Lunch/Dinner Recipes
- Clam chowder
- Shepherd's Pie
- Chicken, Basil, Artichoke Meatballs
- Spaghetti Squash with Basil Walnut Cream Sauce
- Chicken and Biscuits Casserole

Veggie Sides
- Zucchini and Eggplant Basil Pesto Roll-Ups
- Sweet Potato Tater Tots

As you can see, I'm geared up and ready to go. I really need to start making a binder for all these recipes, but that involves getting ink cartridges for my printer.

I am happy to report though, that as of today, I signed up for unlimited attendance weekly. Technically the number I was going for was 4 per week, but after 3 times per week, the option is unlimited. I am so thrilled, I'm already signed up for classes next week. Although since there's another challenge WOD next week it means I'll be going 5 times. Eesh.

ALSO, I am so thrilled to report that I finally fit into my smaller EMT pants. It's not a perfect fit by any means, but holy crap! The weight may not be coming off my belly but it's definitely coming right off my hips. I am just so over the moon. Don't get to celebrate too much though since I'm on duty tonight <_< Guess that means after all this is done I'm going to need to do some jean shopping.

Anywho...time to go to work. Tomorrow is food shopping and cleaning day!!

Have a good night all!