So since I'm still the worst blogger ever, I'm just going to go through a general list of things that I have been working on/still suck at from the past two weeks.
1). Double unders: This June we've started doing a Double-Under Challenge. We get daily challenge WODs emailed to us everyday, most comprising of either getting as many consecutive double unders as possible or going through drills that are made to help you with your double-unders. I've been working on double-unders for awhile. Not seriously, but every once in awhile I give it a shot. No dice. But somehow in the past two weeks I've finally gotten it so that I can do double-unders broken up with a few singles. The goal by the end of June is to be doing consecutive double-unders. Part of the battle was finding a jump rope that works for me, but now that I've got that down, everything is peachy.
2). Handstands: Another thing I've continued progressing fairly well with, I've even started trying handstand push-ups. Lately I've been really making the push to do push-ups without having to be on my knees so I figured while I was at it I should give handstand push-ups a try. I have to do it with a couple abmats under my head so I'm definitely not getting full range of motion, just getting used to it and getting a little bend in my elbows. Unfortunately when it comes to the actual handstands themselves, I get so enthusiastic about them that I put too much momentum into it and kick myself off the wall. Who'da thunk that would ever happen? It's good though. The world is kinda awesome from upside down. I can even hold it for 30 seconds now.
3). We're now doing 20 rep front squats and I'm up to about 88 pounds. Not too bad. I think this next week I'm definitely going to make a larger jump than I have been considering 88 was fairly easy.
4). Pull-ups are eh. Last week we were doing a lot of workouts with pull-ups and I finally got so burned out from them, but this past week we did pull-ups and I was getting my chest up to the bar instead of just my chin. I took it with a grain of salt considering it was entirely possible that I had just found a new band that hadn't gotten stretched out yet, but we'll see. I've definitely been getting kind of frustrated with them lately though.
5). Box jumps. I have been terrified of those things ever since I took that spill a couple weeks ago. Like everytime I go to jump I just feel that awful moment where your foot catches. But we had a WOD that involved up and over box jumps and I was determined to get my mojo back. So I worked at it. The coach that night looked terrified watching me so he gave me a few pointers and in no time I was jumping up and over like it was nothing. Also helps that this past week we had a very box jump heavy WOD again. The practice is helping me a lot with it. And I'm glad I got back into it when I did because they've started adding in more explosive movements to our WODs since they had an explosive seminar last Saturday. So one day this week I walked in and got told that we were going to be doing really high box jumps. Prescribed was 30" for girls, just to give you an idea. I went with 24" and I made it! I was scared out of my mind but I did it! Kind of excited to go back to the 20" box since I know it's going to feel a hell of a lot easier after that.
6). I've hit a wall with the running. It doesn't help that Melissa and I haven't been able to do it consistently (most likely my fault), but when I run during the WODs I just feel like I haven't progressed at all. Should I be impatient about it? Probably not considering I went from not running at all to running and doing squats/push-ups/pull-ups/whatever else is prescribed for the day in a really intense circuit. I just feel like my body should be able to push through it a little better than it is. As far as the Couch to 5k goes, we're in Week 5 now, which is 5 minute jog, 3 minute walk for 3 rounds. It doesn't sound bad, but those 5 minute jogs are getting a little killer. We haven't been able to reach half a mile yet in one round so that's kind of a goal I'm trying to push us towards. We decided we're going to repeat that specific workout until we feel ready to progress since the workouts after this one go up to 8 minute jogs. Totally not ready for that.
7). Kind of going along with the running - I am not feeding my body enough. I've been using the calorie counter and let me tell you, it is HARD giving my body the fuel it needs. One day I really tried to get as many calories as possible and it entailed eating almost double what I'm used to. And I'm somehow supposed to do that everyday. I am going to be so sick of food. The other problem too is that it's hard to explain to an iPhone app what exactly CrossFit is, so I've been winging it with adding in the exercise just to get an idea of how many calories I may be burning. I'm sure I'm burning more than the app is telling me, which only means I have to eat even more. One day when I did running and CrossFit it calculated that I burned 1,000 calories. That's a lot! And I somehow have to make up for that in food. Bah.
8). Going along with #7 - last week was my first week going to the gym 5 times in one week. I was very proud of myself...but then I got sick, which was what led me to understand that I'm not fueling my body enough. Honestly I hate having to put so much thought into things nowadays. It was so much easier when I was going three times a week without the running. Now I go 4-5 times a week and running and my body is like Woman da hell you up to?! So to supplement things on top of my daily fish oil, I now take a Whey Protein Isolate shake after every workout and I added in One a Day. The protein shakes definitely help with the recovery or else my body would be entirely shot. I'm definitely still tired by the end of my workout week but I don't feel like a truck hit me. The One a Day is definitely helping a little bit with my energy levels and immune system support. I still have a little tickle in my throat that I can't seem to get rid of, but I recovered quickly which is good. Guess it just means I have to start putting a lot more thought into getting enough fuel and getting enough of the right fuel.
9). Biggest Loser Challenge ended. Since the paleo challenge ended, I've actually gained 4 pounds. I'm sure 3 of those 4 pounds have to do with my awful eating habits, but at the same time I've been feeling a lot more toned so I'm sure part of the added weight has been muscle. I took my measurements a couple days ago. My hips are 45" and my waist is now 38.5" so there's definitely some progress being made! Everything else was stable which I'm not surprised about. Still though...there's my motivation right there.
That's essentially been the past two weeks for me. Hopefully this week I'll be able to try out and post some new recipes. The ones I've tried lately haven't been anything special so I didn't write much about them. I've been really good about the eating the past two weeks. It all got ruined this weekend when a couple friends came into town, but I'm ready to go back. No more plateau for me! Ready to lose some more inches!
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