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!!