Need to work on my Stamina.

”The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”

- Nathaniel Branden -

[Uploading a very uninteresting video with the metcons, will post it tomorrow morning.]

3.30 pm, WOD Part 2

A. 8 Min AMRAP Mary:

• 5 HSPU
• 10 Pistols
• 15 Pull Ups
  Used Butterfly

Score: 5 Rounds + 5 HSPU’s.

Exactly 5 min rest

B. 7 Min AMRAP Cindy:

• 5 Pull Ups
  Regular Kip
• 10 Push Ups
• 15 Squats

Score: 8 Rounds, 5 PU’s, 5 PshU’s.

Body weight work is clearly what I need. Was aiming higher for both, that I couldn’t even get 10 rounds in on Cindy is just bad. Tore a fat callus on my finger during Mary, but if I would waste less time moaning about that, I might actually get some real work done.
Weakness this is, weakness work on you should, weakness will be no more. I’m telling you, I’m going all Yoda on the ass of the bodyweight stuff if that’s what’s needed to improve..

+100 Pull Ups was a while ago, will be interesting to see how the shoulder reacts to that. Decided to do another round of the anti-inflammatory stuff today because the A/C-joint started swelling and aching again. Considering how much it improved the last week however I expect it to heal up completely if I just work around it for another week.

Tomorrow morning we will know the second workout for the Sectionals, hopefully that is, you never know what HQ might mess up this time. Rumor has it that it will be something involving Wallballs, CTB-PU’s & Box Jumps, but since I’m seeing it all as training I don’t really care. I just wanna know!
That’s something HQ managed to pull off really good – we’re all sitting here like kids the night before Christmas and can barely wait to open that gift of another WOD, right?

NOD:

• 10.30 10g BCAA’s, ZMA, Creatine, 8g Fish Oil
• 12.15 40g Whey, 30g Dried Cranberries
• 12.30 300g Scrambled Free Range Eggs, 55g Feta, 2 Carrots, 2 Tomatoes, 50g Blueberries
• 15.00 10g BCAA’s, ZMA, Creatine
• 15.55 40g Whey, 2 Kiwis
• 17.00 300g Free Range Chicken Breasts, 100g Black Olives, 200g Sweet Potato
• 21.00 400g Grassfed Beef, 150g Broccoli, 100g Spinach
• 23.00 8g Fish Oil, ZMA

Namaste!

At least I’m Stronger & Faster…

When other things suck, turn to the things you love the most.

11.15 am, WOD Part 1

A. Front Squats, 5-4-3-1-1:
116kg/5 PB! (+5kg), 116/4, 120/3 PB! (+7 kg), 130/1 PB! (+5kg), 135/F

B. 5*20 GHD-Sit Ups, 60s rest
33 PB!/34/35/37/36s  = 100 GHD’s 6’57 min PB!

Some things in my life I can’t change, some I can. Decided to leave the bad stuff out and just push the training today. This is my ”exit strategy” for 5 by 5-days when the weights get too heavy. Obviously felt good to be able to get all these lifts in, hopefully 5 by 5 @ 116 will be doable next time. At 135 I was mentally drained and satisfied, just sat down with the weight and dropped it.
GHD’s felt superfast and light today. Haven’t timed 100 before, but still think it’s an ok time…

Part 2 coming up in a couple of hours, all about bodyweight work. Will be interesting to see how my pistols work after this. I hope that an extra hour of sleep right now, of course with my recovery pants on, will make things easier.

Namaste!