Give me your gold! to the west, go i!

WOD 7/12: skill work

worked on snatch balance, muscle snatch, snatch (squat), tall clean, split jerk, etc. with the bar only (45lbs).

time: 1 hour

****moving to Tucson!!!****

I CANCELED MY PF MEMBERSHIP!!!!! YEEEEEEHAH!!!!!!

7/13: rest day

7/14: rest day

7/15: rest day

7/16: rest day

7/17: rest day

7/18: rest day

7/19: rest day

7/20: rest day

7/21: rest day

at jim's in baltimore :)

7/22: rest day

WOD 7/23: hiking

liz and i arrived at the smokey mountains national park in tennessee around 5pm or so. what a drive!!! amazing, to say the least. i could only imagine having a porsche 911 or some type of sport bike for those curves. the fully loaded camry did very well, especially at elevation change. we reached around 3000ft.

the park was beautiful. take the 7 sisters in western mass and multiply it by 100. we hiked to some small waterfalls and beyond a bit. took some pictures. it looked as if some of the mountains were "smoking"...billowing puffs of clouds from their tops...thus the name?

the forest was different from western mass. had a different feel to it. sort of awe-inspiring. these mountains went on forever. this day, for me, marked the start of an eye-opening scenic tour of this continent.

time: 1hr30m

butterflies! too bad the cam isnt great.
i told liz it was me and her ;)

7/24: rest day

this was a baptist church in memphis.
this about sums up the midwest.
really.

WOD 7/25: hiking

liz and i arrived at the hot springs national park in arkansas around 3pm or so. we could feel the effects of hurricane dolly. it was extremely humid and hot out. i turned into a human faucet at some point during the walk downtown.

the actual hot springs were neat. a normal looking fountain that shoots out hot water. literally. you could see the steam coming off it and feel the heat within a few feet. there was a row of bathhouses as well...uhm. yea we avoided those. next.

we started the hike at the bottom of the mountain...ie...downtown. because that was what one would do...as a hiker. and so...we did. as we hiked up (both breathing hard enough to notice that this had just become a great workout), a small family passed by us (going down) and the father asked us if we had started from the bottom. after we confirmed, he shook his head and in a moment of dramatic astonishment, wished us good luck up the rest of it.

in other words, it was awesome.

time: 1 hour

7/26: rest day

oklahoma. beautiful. boring. but beautiful.

7/27: rest day

a storm in new mexico. yikes.
somehow we went right around it and completely missed it.
we did that the entire trip!
despite having hurricane dolly on our trail.

7/28: rest day

***arrive in Tucson!!!***

view from our front door.
this place is awesome. seriously.
the picture does not do it justice, at all.
so happy!

7/29: rest day

No more Wing, move on to better thing!

7/10: rest day

WOD 7/11: catalyst wod

• Snatch balance - 90lbs x 1 rep x 1 set - PR!!!
  
• Snatch balance 75lbs x 1 rep x 2 sets
  
• Mid-hang snatch (squat) - 85lbs x 3 reps x 3 sets
  
• Pull-ups x 28
  
• Squat jump 135lbs x 3 reps x 3 sets - PR!!!

this was a short and sweet workout. dug it all around. :)

Yowza. Should I do a 4th?

WOD 7/9: catalyst wod

• Snatch pull - 155lbs x 2 reps x 3 sets
  
• Rack split jerk - 185lbs x 1 rep x 1 set
  
• Front squat - 190lbs x 2 reps x 5 sets

3 rounds for time:

• clean (hang,squat) 65lbs x 5 reps
  
• push press 65lbs x 7 reps
• snatch (hang,power) 65lbs x 5 reps

time to complete: 4m48s
total reps: 51 + 17 = 68 total reps

Respect.

WOD 7/8: catalyst wod

• Muscle snatch - 130lbs x 1 rep x 1 set
• Muscle snatch - 135lbs x 1 rep x 1 set (PR? form was iffy)
  
• Tall clean - 110lbs x 2 reps x 3 sets
  
• Push press + 2 jerk - 135lbs x 4 sets

3 rounds for time:

• pullups x 7
• dips x 10 reps
  
• toes-to-bar x 5 reps

time to complete: 5m26s
total reps: 66 + 20 = 86 total reps

Strength and Purity

WOD 7/7: catalyst wod

• Back squat - 310lbs x 2 reps x 5 sets
  
• Snatch deadlift - 275lbs x 1 rep x 3 sets
  
• Push press - 165lbs x 3 reps x 5 sets
  
• Pull-ups x 31
  
• Knees2Elbows x 19 reps
  
• Back Extensions x 50 reps

i only got ~6 hours of sleep, so that certainly was not wise. this morning i'm sort of stiff and lethargic. basically want to go back to bed. meh.

but essentially this workout kicked ass. literally. my legs are dead. it depleted any kind of glycogen i had. 2/3 of the way through it, my eyes were damn near drooping. :)

Holiday = rest time!

7/2: rest day

7/3: rest day

7/4: rest day

WOD 7/5: mountain biking

liz and i went mountain biking up at lake sacandaga in upstate ny at dj's camp. the trail we rode on was close to the adirondack mountains. all the people were ~20 years behind up there. :) i like the area tho. pretty remote. it was a nice thing to do before we take off to tucson.

time: 2 hours

7/6: rest day

Sheet Metal makes it all better...

6/27: rest day

WOD 6/28: catalyst wod

• Front squat - 185lbs x 2 reps x 5 sets
  
• Snatch pull - 135lbs x 2 reps x 1 set
• Snatch pull - 145lbs x 2 reps x 1 set
• Snatch pull - 150lbs x 2 reps x 1 set
  
• Push jerk - 195lbs x 1 rep x 1 set - PR!!!!!
  
• Push jerk - 175lbs x 1 rep x 2 sets

3 rounds for time of:

• L-pullups x 7
• squats (air) x 15 reps
• k2e x 7
  

time to complete: 4m50s
total reps: 87 + 19 reps = 106 total reps

6/29: rest day

WOD 6/30: catalyst wod

• Overhead squat - 135lbs x 1 rep x 1 set - PR!!!!!
  
• Mid-hang power clean + push jerk + jerk - 115lbs x 4 sets
• Chin-ups x 29

5 rounds for time of:

• sdlhp 45lbs x 20 reps
• deadlift 45lbs x 10 reps

time to complete: 8m31s
total reps: 150 + 42 reps = 192 total reps

WOD 7/1: catalyst wod

• Snatch (full, floor) - 125lbs x 1 rep x 1 set - PR!!!!!
  
• Power Snatch 140lbs x 1 rep x 1 set
  
• Clean & jerk - 175lbs x 1 rep x 1 set
  
• Back squat - 340lbs x 1 rep x 1 set
  
• Stiff-legged deadlift-135lbs x 3 reps x 1 set; 185lbs x 3 reps x 1 set; 225lbs x 3 reps x 3 sets