Weekend Report and Tuesday's Workout

Took it easy this weekend and didn't do much. My knees have been a bit sore because of the back stance in some of the new Cuong Nhu katas. I've taken to icing them a bit to help with the soreness. I went to class on Saturday and we worked on push hands, as well as the beginnings of sparring. All this after we went through several of our katas first to warm up. I definitely need to work on my katas, since I stumbled through some of the katas during the workout.

Sunday was more of a rest and recovery day for the legs. I did do a little weight lifting (very little actually). Basically 3x6 presses (sitting on balance ball), 3x6 bench press (back on a balance ball) and 4x5 pull ups. This, as well as some stretching, were all the athletic endeavors for Sunday.

Didn't do much Monday evening either. I planned to get out, but I dilly dallied around the house instead.

Today I'm back at it hard. The WOD is "Nicole."

A Scaled Version of Randy

I did a scaled version of Randy this evening from the Crossfit main site. I scaled it according to the Brand X forum levels linked to from the main site. Instead of trying to stick with the "Pack" weight and reps, a level which totally destroyed me on Monday, I went down to the "Puppy" level. Humbling. I did scale the weight up a little, to 45lbs instead of 35lbs.

I managed to finish all 35 power snatches in about 7 minutes. Not once did I set the bar down. It's probably not surprising that one place I felt the workout was in my forearms and hands. Of course my traps were also working pretty hard.

As I left, I kept thinking, "I could have increased the weight a little, or maybe increased the reps." I kept thinking along these lines until I tried to pick up my keys and get out of the car at home. Funny, but I had a hard time working my hands and my shoulders are a bit sore. Maybe I did the right level. As a friend reminded me, "You don't want to be sore for a week from one workout, just a couple of days."

Guess I can keep at it. I still plan to move up to the "Pack" weights and reps soon.

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.