Nasty Girls

Did pregnant "Nasty Girls" today haha. I had the option of using dumbbells for the hang cleans or a barbell, which if the barbell is light enough is no big deal to bring around my belly. Thing is, I know that's not the way I should be doing cleans (reverse barbell curl, gross) so I was kinda torn. I hate dumbbell cleans though, ugh... Also, I subbed muscle ups for pull ups. So my Nasty Girls wod went like this:


3 Rounds for time:
50 Squats
7 Muscle-ups (scale with pull ups)
10 Hang power cleans, 95 pounds (scale with 55lbs)

My time: 10:29 JELLO Legs after all those squats!!!

Food: Omelette from Roasters and Toasters - Spinach, Tomato, Onion, Bacon, Cream Cheese. Yuuuuum

Push up, Hip Ext, Dip

Worked out with the hubster today. Started with some weightlifting and then did a short little AMRAP after. Feeling tired again today. Yesterday I was nonstop so today I feel like I'm just dragging. The workout was very slow and unmotivating. I guess days like this are gonna come and I just gotta roll with it!

Weightlifting: 5x3 Push Press (85lbs)

10 Min AMRAP:

10 Push ups (on box)
15 GHD Hip Extensions
5 Dips (on box)

I did 5 rounds.

Food: Danny made me some grilled grouper with spinach and squash for lunch. Can't wait to grub on that!

OH Squat, Snatch, Push up, Burpee

Feeling good today, just tired. Seems like the bigger I get, the more I want to take naps. I was only out for 2 hours today running errands before I felt like I needed a break! Anyway, I coach really late tonight so I decided to workout during an early class so I can rest before having to be active again.

The class started with a snatch complex warm up. Since I cant barbell snatch anymore, I did overhead squats:

Weightlifting - Overhead Squat 8x3 (75lbs)

Metcon - 3 Rounds:
5 Hang Power Snatch (I scaled with DB snatch, 5 on each arm, 25lbs)
8 Handstand Pushups (I scaled with 16 push ups from box)
11 Burpees (scaled with plank burpees)

My time - 7:07

Me and Natalie with our pregnant push ups :)

Accessory:
Ab Wheel 3x10 (scaled with max plank holds)
Strict Toes to Bar 3x10 (scaled with knee raises)

All the scale downs felt good. It's funny how movements like push ups on a box can feel so hard now haha. I'm glad that even though I am scaling a lot of stuff, it still feels just as difficult and is making me just as sore. I'm confident that I am doing all I am capable of right now without it being too much.

Food: Could go for some chicken thighs and mashed sweet potato. mmm where can I get that?!

Back Squats, Kettlebell, Twists

Went to my first baby class last night with Danny. We are doing hypnobirthing, which is a method of natural childbirth that teaches you about nutrition, the birth process and stages, relaxing your mind and body during labor, focuses on breathing techniques, and uses natural pain relief like massage, water, heat, and aroma therapy, etc. I am 21 weeks and decided the more I prepare mentally and physically, the better off I will be when the time comes. I really enjoyed it and look forward to the next month of classes!

Today was a kinda easy day at the gym...

Weightlifting: Back Squat 5x5 (85lbs)

Metcon - 3 Min AMRAP:
6 Kettlebell Swings
12 Russian Twists (2for1)

Rest 1 Min, complete 5 rounds. Score is total reps.

This workout was supposed to be with toes to bar and a 53lb kettlebell, but my hands were feeling a little sensitive and I do toes to bar a lot lately since I can't do situps anymore. I decided to do russian twists instead which felt fine. I also haven't used the 53lb kettlebell since I was like 2 months pregnant so I scaled that too.

Stayed consistent and got 3+ rounds for each AMRAP. My score was 287.

Food: nothing special. ground buffalo, beef, and sundried tomato eggs for breakfast. Chicken and carrot salad for lunch. Going to sushi for dinner (you CAN eat sushi!)

Deadlift, Pull up, Step up

Took the weekend off due to the MIA Classic weightlifting meet. I also started feeling sick, like allergy stuffiness, on Saturday and it turned into sneezing all day on Sunday. Today I feel fine though...

Good news that my rib pain is totally gone since starting to take enzymes. HELL YES. I was so miserable and clueless as to what it was. I feel so much better knowing that it's not workout related, something untreatable, or worse. So today I worked out with the class:

Metcon - 5 Rounds:
6 Deadlifts (125)
6 Pull ups
6 Box Step ups (did these instead of broad jumps)

8:24 was my time.

Accessory Core Work:
5x10 Good Mornings
3x15 Russian Twists

Here is a little video of me doing the deadlifts. I like documenting this stuff so I can look back and see that if I was active during, I can definitely be active right after too!!:

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

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. :/

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!

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 :/

Wednesday workout

Today was a good day. Worked out early after doing a little shopping...





Skill & Weightlifting:
Push Press 5x3 (75)
Chin ups 5x2

Metcon - 12 Min AMRAP:
5 Squat Cleans (75)
10 Wall Ball Shots (14)
10 Hip Extensions

I got 4 rounds +2 cleans.

Food: Last night I had some CRAZY weird cravings for things I saw on commercials like fruity pebbles and grilled cheese. haha! I didn't eat any of it but I found it pretty funny that I was craving that stuff just cause of a commercial.

Tuesday Metcon

2 Days rest and I'm back in the gym. I wasn't sore or anything but I decided that I don't want to over stress my body, so I have been keeping to a schedule of 3 rest days, 4 WOD days. I feel good and usually if I WOD more I end up REALLY sore now!! Anyway...

Skill/ Warm up: Double Under Practice

WOD - For Time:
50 KB Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (35lbs)
30 Box Jumps
50 Sit ups (scaled with knee raises)
30 Burpees (scaled with plank burpees)
50 Double Unders
500m Row

17:10 was my time.

Got really out of breath during the burpees, even though they were scaled! Knee raises were also harder than I expected. It's crazy how weak your abdominal muscles get... I'm doing what I can to keep them strong but it's not the same as being able to do GHD sit ups, weighted sit ups, etc. Planks are really good for core strength though and safe to do with a big baby bump! Double unders were unbroken (woohoo!) and the row was slow but steady.

Weightlifting Day

Still had my headache yesterday so I rested. Today I did just Olympic Weightlifting with some skill work mixed in.

Skill: 5x3 Strict Pull ups, Every Min on the Min. (thin red band. I can no longer do rx strict pull ups. booo)

Weightlifting:

Power Snatch + Overhead Squat: 75% 2x2+1 85% 2x1+1 90% 2x1+1
Power Clean+Front Squat + Jerk: 75% 2x1+3+1 85% 2x1+3+1, 90% 1+2+1
Back Squat: 65% 1x3, 75% 3x3

Accessory: Hip Extension 5x10

Food: Craved a Rainforest smoothie but never got around to getting it. Tomorrow I'm going there!!

NFT Day

Worked out with the 5Pm class today. One of the other girls in the class, Natalie, is also pregnant and still doing CrossFit. Here is a video of us doing toes to bar in the wod...

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Morning: Did some sled pulls with 180lbs (it actually feels a lot lighter than it seems)

Afternoon: 5 Rounds, Not for Time
10 Overhead Barbell Lunges (45lbs)
15 Double Unders
10 Toes to Bar

Accessory: 3x10 Good Mornings (55lbs)

Energy was low today so the not for time fell on the right day! I was also really sore from the week so I'm glad it was a relaxed, chill day. Food has been good. Weekends are when I have my cheats.

Also, got this really good book called "The Panic-Free Pregnancy" which is freakin awesome. It's written by an OB-GYN and talks about all the myths you hear from people about foods you can and can't eat (sushi, coffee, etc.), exercise, travel.. all that. It's all backed by current research on pregnancy and birth defects and basically tells you to STOP worrying so much and enjoy being pregnant! You can do A LOT more than you think (or have heard). Your life doesn't need to be in a bubble! haha. A good read so far!

Worked out with Danny this morning. Felt a little tired in the beginning but glad I got it out of the way so I can take my afternoon nap :)

Weightlifting:
5x5 Strict Shoulder Press (65lbs)

WOD - 4 Rounds for Time:
15 Parallette Push ups
Lunge across gym
15 Pull ups
Suicide Sprint

15:12 was my time. Push ups are WAY harder on the freaking parallettes but my belly gets in the way of regular push ups now, so I gotta do what I gotta do! In the end I'll be much stronger for it. Did my first round of pull ups unbroken then broke the other rounds into 10 and 5 reps. Suicides and lunges felt fine. Just had to take some water and breathing breaks. Good workout!

OHS, Run

Woke up with the worst headache today. I think I'm still recovering from all the crap I ate over the weekend. It really does get to me when I eat gluten. I mean I feel actual flu symptoms from it if I eat a lot. Gotta remember that whenever I'm craving warm buttery bread!!! WOD today felt pretty crappy too...



Weightlifting - 3 Reps Every Min on the Min for 8 Rounds:
Full Snatch @ 50% of Max (45lbs)

WOD - 5 Rounds for Time:
10 Overhead Squats (55lbs)
400m Run

took me 20something min cause my breathing was so bad. :/

Food: Rainforest Smoothie from The Beehive! It's SOO good, if you live in Miami you gotta try it. It's a mix of fresh juice (carrot apple, ginger) and fruits (banana, papaya, avocado). AMAZING. Also had some bacon wrapped dates, ceviche, and a mini nutella cheesecake cup that a friend made us for Valentines Day :)

Great end to the week

Good workout today. I spent the morning training people, went to the chiropractor in the afternoon, trained people some more, then worked out with the 5pm class. I haven't been snatching more than 55lbs cause that's just what felt comfortable but I went a little heavier today because I was feeling good energy and strong:

WOD – 10 MIN Every Minute On the Minute:
3 Power Snatches (65lbs)

then, 3 rounds for time:
4 Deadlifts (130lbs)
8 Toes to Bar
16 Kettlebell Swings (35lbs)

5:14 was my time. RX toes to bar and kettlebell, the deadlift weight was supposed to be 200lbs for women but I'm not going over 135 anymore while I'm pregnant. Felt really good. My breathing was nice and steady and I was able to move from station to station without breaks. Also did all reps unbroken. Must be cause I ate really clean today.

Food Cravings: Primal plan has this awesome shrimp and steak with their own version of Benihana shrimp sauce. AMAZING!! so I was looking forward to that all day and had that with broccoli for lunch, cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast, and now I'm gonna go grub on a big salad for dinner. Ready for my weekend rest days!