Thruster, Double Under

Did a quick workout with the class today in between setting up for our event this weekend. It was supposed to be Clean and Jerks but I can't really do Olympic lifts anymore with my belly... it's getting big! I subbed them for thrusters from a rack, cause that's what the other pregnant girl at the gym did:

7 Min AMRAP:

5 Thrusters (65lbs)
25 Double Unders

Got 4 rounds plus 1 thruster.

My ankle felt kind of weird during the first set so I had to stop and adjust for a second. By the last set the stupid rope kept getting caught in my shoelace! I thought I would get all the double unders unbroken but nope.

Not sure what I'm gonna do for food tonight, gotta figure out what I'm craving!

Strength / Short Metcon

Back Squats (95lbs) 3x5
Good Mornings (65lbs) 3x10
Bent Over Barbell Row 3x10
10 reps 95lbs, then switched to 65lbs for the next two sets cause I was using too much of my body and wanted them to be "strict"

Metcon:
30-20-10-20-30
Double Under
Kettlebell Swing (35lbs)

Time: 11:16

Food: Eggs and avocado for breakfast, peppermint tea. Spaghetti Squash and Turkey Meatballs for lunch! Bacon wrapped fish and sweet potato for dinner

Back at it!

So today I actually felt really good. I started taking a new prenatal that's for digestion and has enzymes to help me break down food better. I also started taking a digestive enzyme before every meal and HOLY CRAP! No pain today whatsoeverrrr (well, a teeny bit but barely anything). Hopefully it gets even better the more I adjust to it.

So I did the workout with the class today, it was pretty basic and not really for time so it was perfect for having taken a week off.

Skill Work: 3x Max rep Dips (did stationary dips) 6 reps each set

Metcon - 5 Rounds:
1 Push Press 185/115 (I used 75)
1 Strict pull up (I used two thin red bands)
3 Push Press
3 Strict Pull ups
Max Push Press
Max Strict Pull ups
Rest 90 seconds between rounds. Score only max reps for each round.

My scores: 8/4 - 7/4 - 8/3 - 7/3 - 10/4 Pushed extra on the last round for 10 unbroken reps... honestly, the bar felt fine but I didn't wanna kill my shoulders for the pull ups which required more core from me. My core is really hard to keep strong right now while my muscles are stretching out!

Food: Smoothie for breakfast and Giradino's salad for lunch

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Not working out is KILLING me!! I think I'm gonna do something light today, just to get moving again. I upped my appointment to today so that I can figure out what's going on. I really hope that I don't have to deal with this for the next 4 months. Send me positive thoughts!

Food: I started taking my fish oil again and it's helped me with my super slow digestion, which is great. I also started eating a lot of watermelon and drinking a little caffeine (chai lattes). All this helps when your intestines are working super slow just to get nutrients to the baby. Otherwise, the stomach pain and gas is freakin unbearable. Ahh, how wonderful right?

UPDATE: Got the ultrasound done and consult with the midwife. It's trapped gas. TRAPPED GAS!!! Looks like i'm gonna be taking more digestive enzymes, beano, and herbal teas for the next 4 months. I'm really shocked that's all it is cause the pain is unbelievable!

The bright side is that I feel the little monster kicking me all the time now, which is amazing! 4 months and a week to go!! :D

Saturday Yoga!

Did yoga today to get some rest. Here's why...

This rib pain is not a digestive issue. Unfortunately (though I have not yet been diagnosed), I think it's something called costochondritis. Looking up the symptoms and reading about lots of other pregnant women experiencing the same exact things that I am, I came to this conclusion. I'm gonna verify it with my Midwife in two weeks and see what she thinks.

Here's the deal, lots of things can cause it. Simply being pregnant can cause it, "over exertion", diet, trauma to the chest, etc. I've been tracking when I feel it most and its after eating (even eating clean or small meals), after a long day of walking around being super active, and today I felt it during the yoga poses that forced me to contract my UPPER abdominal muscles. This depresses me for the obvious reason that I might have to dial down my training since "over exertion" can cause it to flare up. The pain is REALLY sucky and uncomfortable. It only completely goes away over night. F - M- L!!!

I'm take a few days off to see if I feel better. :/

Run, KB Swing, Weighted Lunge

Came up with this very last minute. I'm still sore from doing Nicole earlier this week so I decided not to do the open 12.5 workout yet...


Buy in: 400m Run
21 Weighted Overhead Walking Lunges (25lbs)
21 Kettlebell Swings (35lbs)
15 Weighted Overhead Walking Lunges (25lbs)
15 Kettlebell Swings (35lbs)
9 Weighted Overhead Walking Lunges (25lbs)
9 Kettlebell Swings (35lbs)

Time - 11:28

Then 3x10 Barbell Rows (45lbs)

Food: Going to LoKal for burgers!

Push ups, Dubs, K2E

Feeling sore today but decided to do the WOD with the class. I know that as sore as I feel, sitting around doing nothing isn't gonna make it better! Today the class called for sit ups and since I can't do them I switched it out for knees to elbows.

Warm up: 300m Row x2, equal rest in between

Metcon - 3 Rounds:
21 Push ups (used box so mu tummy doesn't hit the floor)

28 Double Unders

14 Knees to Elbows

10:26 RX

Food: MEAT!

"Nicole"

Called the doc today and told them about my rib issue... they said take some metamucil! This, I guess, is one of the joys of pregnancy. I started feel spasms in my upper abdomen last week, really subtle but noticeable. Then a few days later I started getting that pain. I'm gonna see if this helps and hopefully it does cause the pain is pretty annoying!!

Anyway, my workout today was good. The pull ups felt fine and I ended up doing 13, 11, 13, an 15. The run was really slow... I am figuring out comfortable ways to run without feeling like an earthquake. I might have to invest in some sort of preggo running support shirt. LAME!



Skill Work: Double Under practice

Metcon - 20 Min AMRAP:
400m Run
Max Pull ups

Score = 52 Rx

Yoga

Yoga today. Super sore from all the wall balls, holy crap.

My ribs under the left side have been bothering/hurting. Not sure why, maybe everything is squished? Maybe I pulled something? Maybe I'm backed up and irritated up in my belly? Whatever it is, it really sucks. I feel it mostly when sitting down. Stretching, opening up my chest and icing have been helpful. We'll see....

Open 12.4

These workouts have been interesting during the Open. The programming that HQ is doing is pretty lame (except for last weeks). So much of the same repetitive movements just seems stupid to me , but whatever. I've continued to do them just to see how I do...

Warm up / Skill: 500m Row

Open 12.4 WOD - Complete as many Rounds and Reps as possible in 12 Min:
150 Wall Ball Shots (14lbs, 9ft target)
90 Double Unders
30 Muscle ups

I got 195 reps. I took a long time to get through the wall ball shots but stayed consistent, 3 sets of 15 then sets of 10 the rest of the time. When I finished I had to take a while to start the double unders, and ended up getting 45 reps in 40 seconds... that's all the time I had left! Wish I wouldn't have rested quite so much in between sets so I could have finished the 240 reps but whatever. It was fun regardless...

Food: Avocado chicken salad!

SDHP, Burpees, Rope Climbs!

Today the advanced workout at my gym has rope climbs in it, something I'm pretty good at. It hasn't come up so I haven't done them in months, but I decided to do it today. I know an outsider might think I'm crazy, but I have never even come CLOSE to falling or sliding down and I was really confident about doing them. The workout was:

21-15-9
Kettlebell Sumo Deadlift High Pull (35lbs)
Parallette Burpees (scaled with plank paralette burpees)
3 Rope Climbs after each round (I did 1 after each)

RX I did it in 10:28. Honestly, everything felt perfectly fine except my breath. Since 21-15-9 are meant to be done fast, I wasn't gonna take the extra time after each climb to suck air and lose the purpose of this type of workout. Happy with my score :)

Today I also got adjusted and now I'm headed to a post workout massage. Life is good!

Not for Time / Weightlifting Day

The time change has really got me all out of whack! Not only that, I've started to feel the baby moving/kicking and I keep waking up in the middle of the night, and taking an hour or two to fall back asleep. Needless to say I've been pretty tired the last few days... Today was just more about technique stuff than anything else. I'll get back to it tomorrow with something more intense.

C2 Row: 250m x4, Equal Rest.
Fastest time was 48 seconds, average time 1 Min

Weightlifting:
3x3 Power Snatch (20kg)
3x3 Power Snatch (25kg)

3x3 Power Clean + Push Press (25kg)

Accessory / Back Strength:
3x10 Hip Extensions

Food: Chicken wings! They came with my primal plan food today. So good :D Also I've been really into soup lately so I'll prob have some for dinner tonight. Other cravings have been apples with pepper jack cheese, Q Fresh milk (the closest to raw milk you can buy), and dark chocolate.

Open 12.3

Waited until today to do the Open workout just because I was so sore this week. I decided that although this is a workout that would normally be my strength, I need to take it slow because the T2B and box jumps are very taxing. I haven't box jumped the whole pregnancy, but I focused A LOT on landing really soft on the box with super low impact. I was worried but after realized that I pound on my feet more when I run and jump rope! Anyway...

Open 12.3 - 18 Min AMRAP:
15 Box Jumps (stepped down every rep)
12 Push Presses (75lbs)
9 Toes to Bar

Score - 4+15 reps

Here is a short video of me doing it:



This was a lot of fun!

Food: Went to The Palms hotel for my 4 year Anniversary with hubs. Had AMAZING cauliflower/crab/lemon soup, Miso glazed steak, and pureed butternut squash. Ate a small little cheesecake mousse thing for dessert. No headache after, whew!

Yoga!

Did some yoga in the park today... The stretch was much needed to continue opening up my hips, shoulders, and loosening my tight back. Plan to do this as often as possible along with my regular stretching during the week. I might even check out a prenatal yoga class just to see how beneficial it can be for me.

Deadlift, Wall Ball, Double Under

Got blood work done today so I was feeling tired and my arm was sore from getting the life sucked out of me! ha... During this point in the pregnancy (16-18wks) you have to do all this routine screening for spinal defects and stuff. As far as what the Dr's saw earlier this week on the ultrasound, everything is perfect, but they still need to check the shit they can't see on screen. Anyway, my arm is sore and I wasn't feeling like doing anything but I did it anyway...

Metcon - 3 Rounds, 6 Min Cap:
6 Deadlifts (225/135)
12 Wall Balls (20/14)
Then, Max double unders with remaining time.
Rest 2 Min, Repeat. Score is total Dubs

Score=77. DAMN I was so out of gas with this one!! The first 3 rounds I did in 3 Min and I had 3 min left to do dubs, I got 70. The second 3 rounds took me almost the whole 6 min!!! I got so gassed that I could only fit 7 in at the end haha.

Food: I dunno but I'm STARVING after those deadlifts!

Skill Work

SO, the open 12.3 comes out and it just so happens I did the same freaking wod (pretty much) yesterday!! Annoying.... I'm gonna wait till Sat or Sunday to do it. So to rest up my shoulders a little, I just did some skill stuff today:

3x10 Supine Ring Pulls
3x10 Hip Extensions

5x3 Back Squat (105lbs) It's amazing how heavy 105 feels now. My joints must be all loose cause I have the stanky leg thing going on the way up from the squat. booo to that!

5x2 Strict Pull ups. Struggled on the last couple sets with doing 2 in a row, I had to break them up. Either way, it's progress doing 10 strict pull ups without any assistance!

Food: I have heartburn. Feel like anything I eat will suck right now.... ate some stuffed peppers earlier, maybe that's what did it. ugh

Push Press, T2B, OHS

Took a day off in between workouts cause I was super busy on Tuesday and couldn't get time in... Today my husband wanted to program the workout so we went with a typical gymnastic/weightlifting (which are my fav). We did:

4 Rounds:
15 Push Press (95/55)
15 Toes to Bar
15 Overhead Squats (95/55)
Rest 2 Min in between each round.

Rx I got 20:16 (I think... I forgot to write it down but it was 20something). Toes to bar and PP felt good, the squats were kind of bothering my elbows so I had to break them up on a few rounds. Overall good workout.

We also got some great news yesterday that we are having a BOY! I'm super excited, that's what I was hoping for. Can't wait to meet my little crossfit man :D

Tabata That!

Just got back from a 3 day vacation in the Keys... much needed rest but never enough... I always feel like I need an extra week off! My nutrition was really bad this weekend, I'll tell you about that in a minute...

Weightlifting - DE, UPPER:
Shoulder Press 10x5, EMOM (55lbs)

WOD - Tabata That:
20 seconds on, 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds each
Burpees (scaled with plank burpees)
Sit ups (scaled with KB Swings, 35lb)
Push ups (paralette push ups)
Squats

Rest 1 min in between each movement. My Score = 249

Food: So I ate a lot of gluten this weekend in the Keys. Friday I had an english muffin with my eggs benedict 2 dinner rolls, and key lime pie for dessert. Saturday I had eggs benedict again. Sunday I had a piece of multigrain bread with breakfast... so a total of 5 things. Sunday I have the WORST migraine coming on that lasts for 2 days. This isn't the first time this has happened. Last long weekend I took I did the same thing and said screw it and ate whatever during dinner. The result was a 3 day migraine. Moral: Gluten gives me migraines. STOP EATING GLUTEN! Hopefully now that I see this isn't just a coincidence I've learned my lesson :/

Open 12.2

Did the Open workout today. I haven't snatched more than 65lbs in about 4 months and even when I did 65, it was for only a few reps at a time. My comfort zone has been 55lbs because I feel like it gives me a good workout without being too heavy or physically demanding on my heart/breathing/ body. Its funny how nowdays I WANT to do more/heavier weight so much more often and have to convince myself not to cause the baby!!

So personally, I think this 12.2 wod was ridiculous to do THAT many reps over and over but I did it anyway. I did the 75lbs one at a time and took rest in between cause I didn't wanna overdo anything. Touch and go would have made me pass out, I think! The most I've ever snatched is 85lbs, but that was a long time ago. I do a lot of technique work but not any maxing out on this lift. Needless to say, this wod was a lot more challenging than it looked, and 75 felt like 100 by the time I got there...

WOD - Open 12.2:
10 Min complete
Snatch, 30 reps (45lbs)
Snatch, 30 reps (75lbs)
Snatch, 30 reps (100lbs)
Snatch, Max reps (120)

I did 40 reps total. Hoping for some pull ups, double unders, toes to bar, rope climbs, something gymnasticky in the next one!!