my first day in new gym

i had to check my calendar and my watch when i walked into the gym. Thought maybe i walked into a 10:30 Saturday class. There were a bajillion people there today. There was plenty of space though so it worked out great. We did Front Squats after several weeks off. I think the fact that we've done so much core work, our squats didn't loose anything. I also think the leg circuits helped too. Today I shared a rack with John and Jonas. Normally i would have started lighter and gone up slower but i knew we were a little pressed for time so i just did whatever weight Jonas put on the bar(John went much heavier than we did). On the fifth set, i got under 205 thinking, maybe i'll try for 3 since 3 at that weight is my all time almost fell over max weight. Then after i lifted it, I said to myself "I can't rack this after 3 in front of John. He'd probably move the rack if i tried to rack it:)"(i mean that in a good way. He is extremely encouraging and i always get my PR's when he's standing next to me)Somehow managed to do 5. Felt pretty good about that.
The WOD was a short but sweet one. Tried to do the Ol' Coach's preferred burpees. I did them but didn't string them together by landing in the squat position(thats hard after rowing and ball slams.


Workout:
warmup:
band pass throughs
band overhead squats
jump rope

Skill:
2warmup front squats at 115
5 sets of front squats with 8 ring rows and 5 spidermen between.
135/165/165/185/205


Diet:
8am Lean Body Shake
10m Muscle Milk Shake
3:30pm Lean Body Shake
5:00pm handful of organic cheese popcorn
7:00pm one chicken burrito

i love the new gym

i cannot believe how amazing the new gym space is. just when i thought that i couldn't get more excited and committed to this fitness journey, along comes this beautiful new space that is so exciting. what i'm most excited about is being able to invite more friends. With the smaller gyms space and limited class size, many of us held back on inviting friends. Now there is plenty of room for everyone and their grandmother. i'm REALLY excited about getting back to olympic lifts this coming week. we had a great time at the move party. i wished we had a time lapse camera set up to see how all the gym clients moved the entire gym in 11 minutes. It was great to visit with Aaron and Jason at the party. Aaron, i never see. And Jason and i dont get to chat much in the mornings because we're either trying not to puke or we're not awake enough.

workout: nothing

Diet:
9am Lean Body Shake
10am chocolate cookie
2pm Steak Sandwich, Chicken Tenders, Fries, and a Calzone.
5pm 80% of a movies size bag of peanut M&Ms

leg circuits and i dont get along

i dont know why it is that i cant go any faster or take fewer breaks doing leg circuits. No matter what I do, i have to stop at 10 during the jumping lunges and at 5 or 6 during the jumping squats. The lactic acid burn is like nothing ive ever felt in any other exercise. i honestly think i left out an entire set of kb swings in today's workout and still finished several minutes behind the rest of the group. not that it matters but it is strange to me why i have such a hard time keeping up. oh well, in time, it will come(i hope).

workout
warm up.
I just did pass throughs(wasn't trying to be a rebel. i was kind of late and had to answer a work email and space was tight for the other warm up activities. are those enough excuses)

Skill
partner kb swing
plate squat
kb swing, hp, snatch (16k felt heavy today)

wod
4 rounds
leg circuit
15 24k kb swings
15 pushups

(i have no memory of the 3rd set of kb swings. Nathan said that with the time i finished in, there's no way i could have left out a set of swings. still not sure. I got a great workout either way so i'm not worried.)

Diet:
8am: Lean Body Shake
11am Lean Body Shake
2pm Lean Body Shake
4pm Bubba Burrito
8pm Lean Body Shake
1:45am Lean Body Shake

almost puked today

so i've been drinking out of this mega mug Hannah got me for christmas for over a week now. Today i mentioned to Melissa that i almost threw up and she informed me that the mug is not meant to drink from and contains some chemical liner. Wish i knew that earlier. i think i'll live but i did almost puke. 6:30 is now the happening class time. Lots of new friendly and fit faces in the gym.

workout
warmup:
kb mobility complex

skill:
pullups tried butterfly kip(bonked my nose on the bar. ouch)
windmill x 5(12k)
1 leg double kb dead lift (32k/32k)

WOD:
40/20
sumo deadlift high pulls: 32k/32k/32k/36k
row(averaged 1:45 pace)
bear crawl(bear roll for Jonas on set 4. i almost puked laughing)
jumping pullups(round 4 i think i got only 1/2 inch of air per jump

Diet:
8am 42g liguid protein shot
10am: 12 ounce latte
7pm Lemon Loaf slice
8:30pm 3 eggs, 2 corn tortillas, 5 oz beans, 1 oz mozzarella cheese
10:30pm Lean Body Shake

jury duty

so Melissa had to go to Jury duty today so i didn't get to workout(Hannah not old enough to be home alone yet). I wanted to do the night class but Hannah has a class tonight. Guess i'll just do leg circuits and 6 count burpees at home. :)Work is going well. November kicked my butt up and down but we're starting to make progress with some projects we're working on. i'm out of shakes so i've been eating low carb balance bars today. drinking lots of water today. Also decided to start drinking anti oxidant rich teas more often since we now eat meat.

Workout:
none yet

Diet:
8am Lean Body Shake
11am Low Carb Balance Bar
2pm Low Carb Balance Bar
6pm Ahi Fish and Chips
8pm Polenta from Pastini
10pm Low Carb Balance Bar

6 days in a row

so i just realized that i always want to start my blog entries with the word "so". Thats strange. so when i first started working out at recreate fitness, i couldn't get enough. one time i came 7 times in one week. i went 2 times in one day because i was so addicted. Nathan said that might not be such a good idea. i've noticed that i come back way stronger and recover better if i take rest days when my body tells me to. I'm concerned about cortisol levels going up if i don't rest. i'll be the only one in town to admit that i'd rather look fit than be fit. i know i could probably get thrown out of the gym for saying something so vain and shallow. I was asked to write down some goals for 2009. Truth is my main goal is to get leaner in 2009. I'm having a very very hard time controlling my diet. If i have my shakes around, I can do great. Once i run out or find myself without one, i turn to my best friend; the burrito. So, i'm going to try coming to the gym 6 times a week to compensate for the amount of food I eat. That way, i'll get leaner and more conditioning too. Old Coach Steve Maxwell said his fans in prison get ultra lean on diets of pure crap by doing lots of burpees. I figure if guys in prison can build great bodies eating crappy prison food and doing burpees, i could maybe build a half way descent build by eating shakes, pizza, cupcakes, and burritos with 6 days of recfit workouts. We'll see. i also need to get better about my logging. Work has been really busy and the holidays kept me away from my computer. i know that for my logs to mean anything, i need to be consistent. i feel like on days i eat the worst, i don't end up blogging. that should stop in 2009. Today i got 18 dead hang pullups. My goal was 20 by the end of 08 but i'm pleased with 18. I could do only 10 when i started. i was partnered with Aaron today and really enjoyed the workout. He is a great partner.

Workout
warmup:
ladder

skill:
med ball pass
max pullups 18
max pushups 36

wod:
1500m row(500,500,250,250)Aaron is a rowing machine.
10-1 ladder
push press(30lbs)
mt climbers
box jumps
ring holds for 2min
18:46

Diet:
11am: 3 eggs, 2 pieces of toast 1/2 cup black beans, 2 tamales
7:30pm 2 green chile tamales, 2 bowls og tomato soup
11:00pm lean body shake

happy new years eve

today was a fantastic workout. any workout with a kettlebell to me is an absolute blast. i started out with a 16k and thought it was way too light. by the 2nd round, it felt like the heaviest kettlebell i had ever lifted. i really enjoyed it even though i was crying during the whole thing.

workout:
warmup X 2
med ball complex 20lb
10 pushups

skill:
(this particular skill set made the wod more challenging)
dead hang pull ups
heavy kb swing 32k/36k
handstand pushups


Wod
(5X5 each hand)+5 burpee pull ups)X 5 16k kb
swing
high pull
snatch
clean and press
reverse lunge
thruster

forgot to do reverse lunge in last sets and went back to it after i thought i was done. oops.

Diet:
8am: lean body shake