freebording harder than expected

so i tried freebording(really spelled that way) on my lunch break and it is REALLY hard. Learning to snowboard is a little easier because snow is softer than street. I need a nerf suit and then it will be easy. I am going to practice some more tonight. i'm very proud of myself for resisting the urge to go to the gym today. Going to try monday, wednesday, Friday this week. Might do some back squats at globogym one day this week but not sure which day. Since my shoulder is injured and i miss push press day, i have to get another strength workout in. Back squats seem to be a good for bang for the buck.

Workout:
a little bit of freebording

Diet:
8am: Muscle Milk
1pm: Grand Central SAndwich and Blackberry HOt lips soda
4pm: Muscle Milk

i got a freebord

After Aaron posted a video about freebords, i just couldn't stop thinking about them. Its like snowboarding on the street. The thing i dont like about snowboarding, is the time it takes to gear up, drive up, lace up, buckle up, pay up, and take the lift up before you can ride. All the effort is not worth the reward to me. Freebording though just requires a hill. my friend surprised me with it as a belated bday gift. i'm really excited to ride it. I can tell already that its going to be way more like snowboarding than skateboarding. Should be fun. Workout was good today. took me 8 minutes longer than everyone else in class.

7 rounds
7 30lb med ball cleans
7 burpees(old coach style)
7 Ring Rows
16 or 17 minutes.

Diet
8am Muscle Milk
Noon Bunk Roasted Pepper pecorino and cured olive sandwich
4:30pm Muscle Milk
5:30pm 3 Vegan Tamales
6:00pm 2 slices Amy's og cheese pizza
8:30pm Muscle Milk

still sore

wow. i hadn't deadlifted in several weeks and boy did i feel it after this friday. My lower back, hamstrings, and traps were SO sore all weekend. It was a good sore. Not an insured sore. My birthday was this weekend so ate a ton of delicious food. it was nice. I also got my first new pair of jeans in 3 years. I used to be obsessed with denim. I found my favorite pair ever though this saturday. i'm not a very materialistic guy. i don't have a fancy car or any fancy toys. But I do love a nice pair of jeans. Hannah and Melissa made me an amazing birthday meal that included homemade cupcakes. It was wonderful. i also slept a ton.

workout:
none

Diet:
carbs,carbs, and more carbs.

deadlifts

today was deadlift day and it was pretty fun. haven't done them in a long time. felt pretty good after some time off. John was surprised that i can lift 445 once but can't rep out 5 at 385. I told him its the last 15 years of me working only on beach muscles only. I used to be obsessed with bodybuilding(never competed)and would do one short short short heavy set to complete failure one time per muscle group/per week. My muscles looked big but they were only good for one heavy lift. i also think my brain has been conditioned to go balls out for one or two reps and then fade. I'm trying to work on it and i do feel like its getting better but i still have a long ways to go. I really want to focus on the barbell this year. Aaron loaned me his barbell cert book and i have a new appreciation for the barbell now.

Workout:
deadlifts
forgot the progression but couldn't complete 5 at 385(got 2 or 3). Highest set i completed was at 365 which felt really good actually.
WOD
3x
2laps
5 pistols(did first set unassisted and it took 10 minutes per leg)
20 ball slams.
Time: Super Slow

Diet:
8am Muscle Milk
11am Ice Cream Bar
1pm Smoked Turkey Salad
2pm Brownie Sundae
Rest of the day: Birthday Carbs!!

trying to resist

i said id back off from the gym but i'm having a hard time. I dont like off days. i am taking today off since it wouldn't make sense for me to aggravate my shoulder. think i'll go tomorrow though since its deadlifts and those dont usually hurt(besides good hurt). I've been drinking a ton of water.

workout:
rode bike to work

Diet:
8am Muscle Milk
11am 10 corn chips(have a chips brand)
5pm 3 slices of lucky lab pizza
8pm Muscle Milk

day3 back

so didn't plan on going to the gym today but after i saw the workout on Nadine's blog, i just had to do it. I just canceled for tomorrow since it going to be a shoulder workout. Since i worked the crap out of my chest, back, and legs, in todays workout, i figure going tomorrow might be pointless for me since i can't do shoulder work yet. Today was a great workout. It was a humbling one for sure. Shoulder hurt a little on the pushups but other than that it was a pretty pain free workout. I think it took me almost 40 minutes to complete the thing. i don't know how people do those leg circuits without having to stop. i feel the biggest lactic acid burn ever when doing those.
Workout:
2 rounds:

10 pass-through
10 overhead squat
100 jump rope

WOD(in reverse order. i stole this from Nadine's blog):
1000m row
50 push-ups
25 mountain climbers
25 2-hand swings (24k)
Leg circuit
50 sit-ups
25 mountain climbers
25 2-hand swings
Leg circuit
50 Russian twists (16k)
25 pull-ups (dead hang)
25 2-hand swings
Leg circuit
37minutes and a lot of seconds.

Diet:
8am Muscle Milk
2pm Gravy's Desario Scramble with Hashbrowns
8pm Muscle Milk

back in the gym

i took about a week off from the gym and yesterday was my first day back. My friend Andy came and really liked it. I felt pretty pain free yesterday but today my shoulder hurt so bad, i couldn't do dips or turkish get ups. Then on the 25lb kb h2h swings, my back felt really stiff. Jeff was commenting on feeling the same way. i think i was stiff from last night's swings starting from the floor behind the feet. i think i'd like to stick with 3 or maybe 4 workouts a week but i'm not sure which days to pick for my body to get the best results. for a while, i'm going to try mon-thursday mornings. i like the idea of having thursday morning through monday morning to rest and recover. i may try that for a few weeks and then maybe try a different schedule. Today's workout was perfect for my injuries because it didn't irritate anything. I really enjoy the longer sprints. I dont' like the jingle jangles very much because its too much transition time. i loved the longer sprints. I did some back squats over the weekend. Did six sets of 10 at 135 working on Rippetoe form. i've been so conditioned to squat with my chest up driving with the quads and the rippetoe form actually has the drive leading with the hips. it feels really unfamiliar to me but i can see how you can generate a lot more power by engaging the hamstrings.

Workout
warm up
h2h swings(lower back felt pain doing this even with 12k kb)
goblet squats
figure 8s

Skill
just did pw rollouts and sandbag get ups because of shoulder pain.

Wod 4 rounds of 30/30
sprints
jumping pullups
burpees
row
bear crawl

Diet
8am Muscle Milk
10am Muscle Milk
2pm Muscle Milk
5pm muscle milk
6pm oatmeal with banana and blueberries
9pm oatmeal with banana and blueberries