Bear Complex

It's really been a challenge balancing baby, personal training clients, eating, training myself, and running a business! I'm lucky if I can get one hour in for myself... today's workout was really hard. They all are lately, but anything with squats it's especially tough not only on my core, but my legs are SO weak!

3 Rounds for time:
3 Bear Complex (75lbs)
25 Russian KB Swings (35lbs)
25 Tuck Crunches

Then 100 Wall Balls  (10lbs)

Time - 32:58

Accomplishments: tuck crunches! Last week I couldn't even do ONE... no, I'm serious. I was trying to show a client how to do them and I couldn't sit up. Today I did 75! It's amazing how fast the body recovers. I also really struggled with the front squat of the bear complex at 75lbs... last week though I struggled with 35lbs so YAY. Slowly but surely... I just need to remember to STRETCH!

Chipper

Did a workout during open gym today.. HARD! I scaled a few things but overall I am glad I got through a lot of the movements Rx

30 Dumbbell Thrusters (15lb dbs)
50 Pull ups (did about 40 rx then used a skinny red band)
200 Double Unders (did 100 then did 200 singles)
50 Sit ups
1200m Row

Time - 29:55

Sit ups were supposed to be 100 but I couldn't sit up after 50!! They were butterfly too, so it's not like I could have scaled it down any more than I already did haha.

Clean, Airdyne

Another improvement today with my weights. I was able to do 75lbs woohoo!

Warm up/Skill: 
5x Every Minute on the Minute Kipping Pull ups


Metcon: 
5 Power Cleans (75lbs)
2 Min on Airdyne
10 Power Cleans (55lbs)
2 Min on Airdyne
15 Power Cleans (35lbs)

Time - 9:04  

I was able to do all the power cleans touch and go which is cool. The 75lbs felt heavy but easy, if that makes sense. I definitely shouldn't go heavier for a little bit, but I'm glad I was able to do it easily. I just don't want to injure anything since it's been while that I've done any type of weightlifting. Fun workout!

Shoot Through, Push up, DB Push Press

After a weekend of rest and major soreness from the lunges, this was a good start to the week!

Warm up:  
5x3 Supine Ring Rows
8x3 Strict Press  (33lb bar)

Metcon:
20-10-5 
Shoot Throughs
Butterfly Sit ups
DB Push Press (15lb db's)

I forget what my time was. I think about 12 mins or something... The shoot throughs were the hardest part of the workout. I had to go to my knees for the push up part at the end.

Weighted Lunges, Double Unders

Wow.

That's probably gonna be how I start most of my posts for a while! Today I realized just how much of your core is involved when doing double unders. Man, I am rusty!

Metcon - 5 rds for time of:
15 Walking Lunge with BB (35lbs)
30 Double-unders
* Each round change BB from back/front rack starting with front

Humbling moments: barely being able to lift my legs for the rope, having wobbly legs and struggling to stand from the lunges  :/

Push up, Clean & Push Press

I was SO sore yesterday! Sore to the point that getting out of bed hurt... yea, you know that feeling. This whole experience has been very humbling, and I'm only on day 3 of working out! So... things I accomplished today: a rope climb, slowly raising from a tripod position to an unsupported headstand.

Things that humbled me today: 33lb clean & Push Press, Knee Push ups, how hard the rope climb was, not being able to hold support on the rings.

It's all back to square one. That's ok, but it's just really strange. I guess I thought that since I worked out the whole pregnancy a month off and a baby wouldn't affect me THAT much. I mean, you hear about all these CrossFit chicks that have babies then go to the Games within months and think "hey, ok I'll bounce right back!" but that really seems pretty far fetched to me now. At least this week it does. We'll see how I feel next week...

Warm up: 500m Row

Metcon - 3 Rounds for time:
20 Hand Release Push ups
15 Clean and Push Press  (33lb bar)

Time - 8:52

WOD at Soul

So today I went to the gym just to get out of the house for a bit... hanging out there made me want to work out, so I waited until the 4pm class and jumped in. WOW, wasn't expecting how hard this would be! I really feel like I'm starting all over again, except this time I actually know what I'm doing haha.

Warm up: 500m Row

Metcon - 3x 8 Minute Rounds:
200m Run
12 Pull ups
15 Front Squats (35lbs)
Max KB Swings (26lbs)

**Score is KB Swings = 77

Ok so I think it was too soon for me to run. First of all, my boobs hurt SO bad!! I am not used to having, oh I dunno, C or D size boobs (I have no idea how big they are right now but they are way bigger). Second, everything was all jiggly and uncomfortable. I think I should still wait a bit to start running again.. till things feel more solid I guess. ha

I did the pull ups the first two rounds, but since my calluses are gone I tore my hand halfway through round two and switched to ring rows instead. But I did about 20 pull ups total woohoo! These actually hurt my back a bit cause I couldn't keep my abs tight during, so my back was a bit hyper extended.

Front squats were ridiculous. This was the most surprising. 35lbs felt like 95, I couldn't believe it. I also really struggled with keeping my chest/elbows up high because the core strength is just not even there. I know it's gonna take time, but wow.It was supposed to be 65lbs, glad I didn't try that! It felt so good to do cleans though!

Kettlebells felt fine, but cause the pull ups were bothering my back I kept the weight lighter (it was supposed to be 35lbs). Overall I'm glad I got through it without throwing up or passing out  :)

I am gonna be sore as shit tomorrow.

Three Weeks, back at it!

So I did my first official wod today with Danny in our home garage gym. It was hard to say the least (but not as hard as oh, 50 hrs of labor). It was good, baby napped inside while we worked out. I kept checking in only to hear his little "coo" and "ahh" noises he makes in his sleep. He is so delicious!!

Anyway, here is what I did:

Warm up:
Tabata on Airdyne- I did 35 calories and .9 miles
It burned and my heart felt like it was pumping out of my chest.

3x10 Butterfly Sit ups
3x10 Leg Raises

WOD, 3 Rds:
20 Lunges
20 Push ups
10 Ring Rows
10 Romanian Deadlifts (20kg bar)

Didn't time it. Everything was hard! My muscles are very weak in pretty much every area. Strongest areas still are in my upper body. Although, I had to do push ups on my knees cause the core strength is not there.

AND just to test it out, I can still do 6 pull ups!!! woohoo. So glad I didn't lose them  :)

Budokon Yoga

Did yoga again today. This time I was able to do the full class while the baby stayed home. We had a sub instructor who taught a style called Budokon. Wow. Very cool, it's a mix of Martial Arts and yoga, but very challenging... at least for me! I have absolutely no core strength left haha. It's ok though, baby steps.

Regardless of how physically challenging the poses were, I felt nice and loose after. It was a major back/shoulder and hip opening class, which I needed. Definitely would like to do this style again!

Two Week Update

Hello Hello,

So it's been two weeks and I am finally adjusting to my new life with a baby. Lemme just say, the first couple weeks are pretty rough but awesome! Besides lack of sleep, it's been so cool getting to know this little person.

It's amazing how fast my body has gone back to normal in such a short amount of time... I weighed myself on Friday (about 2 weeks) and I had already lost 28 pounds! I couldn't believe it. Breastfeeding is really amazing haha. I honestly had not even gotten out more than once for "exercise", which was a 6 block walk around my neighborhood at one week post partum. My body wasn't really ready for that and I bled a lot after (sorry if that's TMI) so I took it easy another week. This past Saturday I did 30 min of yoga and walked around the park for 30 min. Felt totally fine after. I guess I really needed a full two weeks of laying in bed to recover from that marathon of a labor!

Also, I started eating Primal again and got rid of all my gluten free grains that I had during pregnancy. The only "cheats" I have had is the occasional honey in my tea, dark chocolate, or greek yogurt. I will probably continue with the greek yogurt cause the probiotics help me and baby... although I could also do kefir or somehting like that?

Anyway, I plan to possibly start some light rowing next week and might be back to training my private clients by the end of the month. I can't wait to get back to training again!

Here's a pic I took at 9 months pregnant, a pic Danny took of me after one week, and a pic I took of Aiden yesterday. I'll update again soon!