Today, I was able to rope a co-worker into the workout and I think he’s secretly as deranged as I am. Andrew and I stopped in to CrossFit White Bear for today’s free workout. Oh and how much fun</sarcasm>, it was… actually, I love these workouts because they are exactly what I need.

Today’s Free WoD

500 M Row
then
Three Rounds of
10 Ring Rows
20 Walking Lunge (alternating legs)
30 Sit Ups

My Results

12:43

Now, I could blame yesterday’s results on the first early morning workout in quite a while. Today, the 7:00am class wasn’t available, so the 11:00am was the time for me and the early morning wasn’t a valid excuse. hmmmm, what else could I blame it on?? I’m sure I’ll think of something. Here I sit at the computer, my hamstrings are locking up and I feel an increasing amount of soreness oozing through my body… I thought I was a tough guy, so I started doing the walking lunges with a 45# plate overhead – I even did that same 45# plate on the second round. The third round, however, I thought my arms were going to fall off after the ring rows, so I just went body weight (which didn’t seem all that much easier, for some reason).

This was my first time playing with a row machine… wow! Thanks, Jaco, for starting off the workout with something that seemed to be pretty easy and turned out to totally wipe me out for the rest of it! And I actually mean that sincerely. Now, I will need to make sure to do some stretching tonight (as well as drink plenty of water!) as the final free workout will be tomorrow and I’m definitely not going to miss out on another opportunity to kick my own @$$!

WOD

21-15-9
Ball Slams (30lbs)
Box Jumps (24″)

My Results

7:03

I knew this was going to be a dangerous thing going in – I haven’t done much of anything in terms of working out since September/October or midway through the HS football season. And, as I expected, this kicked my butt! Sure, it all started out great… First set of ball slams went as well as expected, but those 21 box jumps is where the fail began! Second round was similar to the first – ball slams, were okay, but the box jumps required a handful of mini-breaks (which, for a timed workout, is not preferred and will greatly hinder time). I was able to just plow through the 3rd round, mentally telling myself, “it’s not even double digits”.

I absolutely loved having someone else there to push me and the facility is exactly what I am looking for. If you’re near the White Bear area and want a butt-kicking, programmed workout facility, you should definitely check out CFWB. Jaco (the owner) is cool people as is most of the Twin Cities CrossFit facility owners – I met a bunch of them at Warrior Dash last year. I would sign up in a heartbeat, but the membership is a little pricey and with the boys eating more like their daddy, the funds gained at a non-profit seem slimmer and slimmer every day. Maybe someday I’ll be able to workout consistently at a sweet-ass place as CrossFit White Bear.

Today’s Workout

10 minute AMRAP
10 bodyweight squats
7 burpees
10 jumping pull ups

My Results

6 Rounds + 10 squats

I wasn’t alone again today, Andrew joined me for the second round, there were two ladies who came back after yesterday’s free WoD, three other ‘new’ folks and one actual paying client who was there for the true daily WoD… it was quite the happening place to be! I find that it’s a lot of fun working out with a group of folks who, when they’re capable of talking, can cheer each other on or more likely look across the way and give you a look as if to say “yeah, it sucks for me too!” And during the workouts, you’re trying to breathe and not look a complete pile of worthlessness – it’s after the workout when you say, “Yeah, that was awesome!”

I walked past Andrew’s cube about an hour after we got back to the office and he let it be known “I hate you”. To which I could only respond with a boisterous “You are welcome!” Now, does he hate me because he’s sore in ways he hasn’t been in quite a while (absolutely), but I think he also is hating on me because I just introduced him to the wonderful world of CrossFit and he, too, works at a non-profit where the financial compensation is lacking and the membership isn’t the cheapest on the block. That’s the world I reside in now. I would love to get in with a group of dedicated CrossFitters and totally kick my @$$ everyday. Anyone want to donate to the “T wants to CrossFit” fund? I can’t give you a tax break or credit, but I can tell you that your dollars would be well spent on turning all this pregnancy weight into a well-chiseled and awesome individual (the awesome part is already there .

in case you were wondering, i have been keeping up on the workouts – just not the blog posts. i don’t want to bore my visitor when i really have nothing to post outside of ‘this workout was hell’ or maybe i should??

i still need to focus more on my diet – i keep going back and forth on attempting a Paleo diet. what i’m ultimately looking to find is a Paleo diet on a budget, both cost and time as fresh veggies, fruits & meats aren’t cheap or easy to prepare. any suggestions or a place for me to focus my search?

a good nights rest and we’re back at it tomorrow.

today was back to the nitty gritty of P90X and round 3 of Chest & Back. the weight was down this morning about 3 lbs (that’s 10% of what i was hoping to lose). every one of the exercises is going up – all pull up variations are increasing about 1 rep every week, all push up variations 2-5 reps. it’s pretty cool to see the progress and in two weeks we start another phase, which will be wonderfully taxing in a whole new way. not really looking forward to tomorrow’s workout, hopefully the legs will be back a little bit more – still wiped from WD.

Warrior Dash tomorrow, but not until Kenpo X is done – i should’ve started P90X a lot sooner as a preparation for WD… oh well, i’ve always been good at procrastination, why stop now?

continuing to push play…