Recap

Monday's workout was from the main site. I did the 4x800 a little faster than I expected. I have an 800 route mapped through my neighborhood (with ills of course). First was 3:13, with the last three all being 3:07. Of course, the perceived exertion went up with the last three, but at least my time didn't slow down.

Tuesday I did Tabata intervals on the bike in the morning with the wife. Dude, she kicked my butt. Of course, I was riding my mtn. bike and she was on her road bike. Hit close to 22mph for some of the intervals. Fun, but tough.

Today will be a workout at Unity Martial Arts. We're working on sparring basics today. It's a chance to take all of the technique work we've done and apply it. Should be a cool workout.

Filthy Almost 50

Didn't feel much like a workout this evening. Rainy weather just makes me want to lay abed and be lazy. Instead, I got out and did a scaled Filthy Fifty workout. It consisted of completing the following (for time):
35 Box Jumps
35 Jumping Pull-Ups
35 Kettlebell Swings (35#)
35 Walking Lunges
35 Knee Raises
35 Push Presses (40#)
35 Super Mans
35 Burpees
35 Rope Jumps

The total time was 19:54. The burpees were the hardest. I had a little back pain during the burpees until I modified my form a bit by spreading my knees. I did the workout without much warm up, since I had to take care of my daughter. It wasn't the workout I planned, but it was a good one all the same.

Sore, But Pushing On!

Can you believe I'm STILL sore? Seems like the vacation workout, teamed up with the Crossfit Total a couple of days ago has my legs in some sort of semi-permanent state.

Last night's martial arts at Unity wasn't much better. While doing hand techniques wasn't so bad, any kind of kick or strong power move from the legs was a challenge.

Today is Eva from the main Crossfit site. Hopefully the legs will have recovered a bit more. The tough part of the workout for the legs will be the Kettlebell swings. Running won't be so bad and the pull ups are fun (in a masochistic, "you know it's going to hurt" kind of way). We'll see what my time turns out to be.

Cardio Day Today

I ended up not needing to help my neighbor with his roof yesterday. This means I just had the planned WOD. I surprised myself a little on the workout. I kept thinking I wussed out by taking some weight off of the Thrusters from my last thruster workout. Must not have been too much, though. The wife thought I was hurting myself while working out. 

I have a cardio day planned for today. I'll try and get to the pool and swim. I still have the roof project to help finish up as well. Mostly, I need to get in bed and get some sleep. I ended up not getting in bed until after 11:00 pm last night. That's too late to really get a good nights sleep.

I need more sleep.

Planned workout:

35 Minutes Cardio (swim)

As Many Rounds As Possible in 20 Minutes = Ouch!

Today, the plan is to hit as many rounds as possible of

10 Thrusters
10 Pull Ups
10 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls

What does this mean? It means I'll be gasping and laying on the ground at the end of it all. I'll try to use a weight that is doable for me, something that doesn't have me struggling just to complete the lifts. Also, the pull ups will definitely be kipping pull ups, as these are just faster.

However, I've already noticed benefits from the consistent workouts. I don't get as hot while I'm standing around outdoors. Also, I'm able to actually move pretty quickly when I have to. For instance, yesterday I was running a bit late after work to pick up the offspring. So, instead of just walking to the parking lot (about 1/2 a mile), I ended up jogging/running for the truck. The cool thing was, I wasn't out of breath like I used to be.

Yeah, I may still suck and not be in good shape, but I'm getting there.