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might miss my pull up goal for 2008

today was max pull up day. One of my goals for the year is to be able to do 20 pull ups. there aren't many days left in the year so unless i get on a good roid cycle or lose 20lbs, it may not happen this year. Today i got 15 and that felt pretty hard. Im going to try again before the new year but i think i may have to accept that this goal might reach into 2009. thats ok. im realizing that the kettlebell cert improved my mobility and desire for increased mobility more than my kettlebell skills. We live across the street from a gyrotonic center and i've been thinking about checking it out. supposedly it really helps with mobility. melissa brought home some cooked flat iron steak from new seasons deli last night and i swear it might have been the best meal i've ever had in my life. To think i was a vegetarian only 7 months ago and now i'm raving about a steak. i asked her if we could have it every night for dinner. Its zone friendly for her and taste friendly for me. its a win win. might not be a win for the digestive system though. i'll have to think that one through. Shannon brought the best workout mixtape EVER!

workout
plastic stick stuff

skill
max pullups/90 sec rest/max ring dips/90 sec rest/max l sit(rinse and repeat for total of 3 rounds)
pull ups: 15/10/10
rind dips: 11/7/4
L sit: 40/32/5(started to cramp)

Workout(4 rounds) 35sec work/25sec rest
row(169m/180m/170m)
jack knife
wall ball(20lb)
figure 8 to hold(35lb)
box jump(tall box)

I really liked this workout a lot. the short work time kept me from pacing too much and allowed me to work a lot harder. i think this is way better than 40/20 format for me.

Diet:
8am: muscle milk shake
10:20: muscle milk shake
3:30pm muscle milk shake
6pm 1.5 chipotle burritos
6:30 pm 1 bag of chipotle chips
7pm 1 seattles best chocolate chip cookie
7:30pm 2 large slices of cheese pizza
(ok i started out ok and went down hill fast)

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