the proof

Here's our guy Jonas making 205lb look easy. Nice job.(sound effects provided by me. If i knew i was going to post the video, i might have tried to be quiet or at least sound cooler)

Hurcules! Hurcules!

today Jonas push pressed 205 as if it was nothing. It was so impressive. I had a weekend of binging on too much food. Yesterday, I ate a chile relleno burrito, walked to starbucks, had a piece of lemon loaf, walked to Ben & Jerry's and had a Banana Royal sundae, then came home and ate half a pint of chunky monkey ice cream. Today i'm back to my meal replacement drinks. i try to reserve the crazy eating to the weekends. Depends on my work schedule though. sometimes i need feel good food. i dont have much to say this morning because i'm still in a food coma from yesterday.

warmup
walks

skill push press
165# 1 rep max. felt really strong pushing 165 but when i tried for 180 it wasn't happening.

WOD
how many rounds in 12 minutes
5 Burpees
10 kb snatch (24k)
15 mtn climbers
20 2h kb swing (24k)
4 rounds

Diet
8am: Muscle Milk
3pm Steak Sandwich(should have been with Evan for this one)
6pm piece of AMAZING steak from new seasons
6:30 5 sesame crackers with sesame hummus.
7pm another piece of steak and an orange
9pm 1 string cheese

i love sliders

We had a wonderful time at dinner last night. I really enjoyed getting to chat with some of the folks i dont get to see too often in person. That was the latest i've stayed up(working doesn't count) in years. Guess the 5 cups of coffee and 2 hour afternoon nap helped. We had 15 people sitting at a table fit for 10. Mark and Nathan were kind to share the corner of the table for me. i'm still new to meat eating so the stew meat cubes in my meal were a little strange for me. Nothing strange about the meats in the sliders though. i could have eaten 10 of them for sure. on another note, I wish i would have paced myself better with ruby jewel ice cream sandwiches. i got a call at 4:15am from our web site host in Ireland reporting a problem. So of course, i'm wide wide awake and there's nothing handy to eat like a Ruby Jewell or even a leftover slider. guess i'll drink a muscle milk even though i prefer to keep those as my weekday meals. ok, i'm going to try going back to sleep now.

worked out on a saturday

i havent done a saturday workout in a long long time. it was fun and it felt needed after all the eating i've done. i pulled a jerk move and bought 10 Ruby Jewel ice cream sandwiches last night. i didn't do it to tempt melissa but i dont think it was easy for her to watch me have one ice cream sandwich in each hand as she ate her apple wedges or whatever the zone allows. i'm REALLY proud of her though. She's done an amazing job and has been very organized about it. i'm not smart enough or organized enough to follow the zone. Seems like a lot of work. Melissa is in the shower now so i may eat the last ice cream sandwich to be a good guy and get it out of our freezer. tonight is dinner at 8:30pm. This might be another one of those nights where i have to nap and drink coffee before going out so that i don't feel old and tired by 9.

warmup
i honestly cant remember

skill
pistol squats(i can do these but i cramp if i do more than 2. its always the non squatting leg that hurts too)
pull-up

WOD 4rounds 40/20
Heavy Jumprope
sprints
rope whips(heavy rope. one round kept movement continuous)
super plank
ball slam(20#)
sandbag shoulder(66.6#'s)(jury still out on what i think of this one)
h2h swing(20k)

Diet:
1pm Huevos Rancheros Zone style. Best i've EVER had! Melissa has perfected this one.

mad libs. help me Trevor

so yesterday, i left something like 9 words out of my blog. guess my brain wasn't working all that well. i decided today that i'd do the same thing but ask for Trevor's help in completing my blog. kind of collaborative blog i guess.

Mad Lib Blog for Trevor to complete :)
So today was a (adjective) morning. After a great warm up of (verb ending in ing). I was really looking forward to the (noun). Then my phone went off and it was (person) telling me that there was a (noun) at work. I excused myself and ran to the (noun used for transportation). As I (mode of transportation) as fast as i could towards the situation, i thought to myself "what would (celebrity) do in this situation?". Fortunately, as i pulled in the driveway of the (location), I received a call from (person) saying that the issue was resolved. I was happy to hear the (adjective) news but i was bummed that i had to miss my (noun) this morning. (exclamation) Oh well.

Meals
8am 1(brand name) shake

my new goal

i'm starting a new goal at work. My goal is to get this guy to come to a meeting wearing a t-shirt before the end of the year. I'm trying to get people to place bets on whether or not i can do it. I think I can but we'll see. Maybe i should just stick to working on my muscle up instead.

forgot about egg nog

so my new friend Clint(partner from Kettlebell Cert) reminded me about EggNog. My burrito addiction reminded him about his EggNog addiction. I totally forgot all about EggNog. I'm afraid its all over for me now once i start on the eggnog this season. Fortunately, i've never really done real eggnog. i've always done the Silk Brand Soy Nog. Most soy knock offs taste like crap but Silk Nog is actually pretty freakin amazing. I think it might be a little less calorie dense which is good because i'll still have room for burritos. I took Robert to the airport today so i couldn't make the 6:30am workout. Going to the night workout instead. The office is quiet today. Everyone is out in the stores helping with the holiday craziness. Its a pretty exciting time. The energy in the store is pretty good this time of year. New Seasons Market is the greatest company on the planet. They schedule massages for every I scheduled some meetings today. One of the guys I scheduled a meeting with is like a real life Michael Scott. It was so entertaining and uncomfortable at the same time. He told me i was way more intelligent than i looked. Somehow it didn't sound as mean the way he said it. I could tell he was trying to compliment me so i wasnt offended. I think guys in suits think that guys wearing shorts and t-shirts can't be smart. By the end of the meeting he was trying to be "hip" by saying things like "hey man", "bull crap", and something else that was funny. I'll try to picture of me with him today to share with you all. i never talk behind people's backs. i hope nobody thinks i'm a jerk for doing so today. it was just too funny and i had to share.

Diet:
6am Muscle Milk Shake
8am Muscle Milk Shake