eye of the tiger

so many of you may have heard that our good friend John has been invited participate in very prestigious climbing competitions. Well many of you may not know that i've also been invited to participate in something pretty special. The 1st Annual Recreate Fitness Burrito eating contest. i've thinking a lot about how to handle myself during the contest. i had a learning experience when i was 16 that i think i need to keep in mind tomorrow. when i was 16, my swim team was invited to compete in a local country club swim meet. We wanted to show the rich kids how fast we were so for the 400m mens freestyle relay, we all swam breaststroke. Freestyle events are ALWAYS done as crawl stroke because its everyone's fastest stroke. When we finished in 1st place, we were strutting around thinking we were so cool and impressive. Our coaches and our parents have never looked more angry and disappointed. they said they had never seen anything so disrespectful or immature. I felt like scum after that. Needless to say, we were never invited back to that country club again because of our cocky exhibition. i'm going to try to approach tomorrows event with more tact and integrity than i had back at that swim meet. I want show respect for my competitors, for myself, and most of all for the burrito. I want to show you this video of some real life heroes. they aren't firefighters or EMTs but they are the wind beneath my wings.


in proofing my blog, i see how one might think english was my second language. i omit so many words. i'm too tired to edit them and i know the missing words make Trevor chuckle so i'm going to leave them missing. good night.

i was a wimp today

so today i was being a whiner at the gym. everything felt hard to me. i only got through 2 rounds of the warmup and 2 rounds of the skill. The workout was great though. Devon helped me with my squat. She said that Tina has a perfect squat so i guess i need to come to night class to see Tina's squat again. It was really freakin cold today. i did like it when it was all said and done though. got the heart rate up without really killing any muscles. good stuff. i asked Devon if my early complaints and whining could be stricken from the record since i felt pretty good once we got moving. :)

warmup
inchworm
10 gob squats(25lbkb)
10 cossack lunge
(oops cant remember the rest)

Skill
partner kb swing 16k
5 swing/high pull/snatch each arm
10 wall squat
10 plate squat
5 negative pullups

wod(3 rounds)
run around block
20 ball slams
15 16k kb snatch each arm
15 double unders
15 pushups

Diet
8am: Lean Body Shake
9am: Rocket Muffin baked by Kelly at work(not sure whats in it but tasted yummy and healthy)
1pm tofu soup
2pm tofu soup
3pm 5 newmans cookies
4pm 1 sw green chile burrito
6pm builder bar
8:30pm 4oz steak

deep squats and butt cramps. just another wednesday

every time i row hard my butt almost cramps. i have issues. People have been telling me that my squat is maybe lower than it needs to be. I'm blaming Steve for that :). Actually, Im squatting low so that i can hang out in the street like these guys with my friends. Thats all. :)

warmup
kb complex

skill/wod
Section A
6min kb clean and push press 16k x 109reps

Section B
2hkb swing x 20 reps. 32k
row your ass off for 250m
rinse and repeat for a total of 3 times

Section C
let circuit
12 k2e
everyone got 3 rounds. i barely got 2(think i only did 8 k2e on last set)

Non fitness related blog post

New Seasons Market Blog Post

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