K-Not

WOD 7/21: e-squared wod

• deadlift 185lbs x 3 reps x 3 sets
• straight-legged deadlift 185lbs x 3 reps x 2 sets

ease back into it workout again. joints all feel a lot better. liz dl'd 135. :)

WOD 7/24: e-squared wod

• push jerk 150lbs x 3 reps x 3 sets
• split jerk 150lbs x 3 reps x 2 sets

well - not sure if that was too much but i now have a sizable and annoying lower back knot! whoo. workout itself was pretty good. knot afterwards - not. knot.

pie tastes good - serve humbled please

WOD 7/17: detox wod

well, the past couple weeks have been interesting. the wod from 7/12 beat my joints into submission - my right knee, right elbow and left wrist were all telling me how generally displeased they were. i totally did not expect this - until i realized that i went way too hard in that wod. we had hiked the previous day and had been in the process of a break - so these things, combined with 3 months of heavy lifting, had taken their toll.

we have also been experimenting with other "diets". the lion diet didn't seem to work out. so for the past couple weeks we have been "IF'ing" or intermittent fasting. despite my injured joints, it has been working pretty well so far. the detox from the fast has been helping out - making us both healthier. we think this is where we currently need to concentrate our energies.

WOD 7/19: e-squared wod

• push press 115lbs x 3 reps x 3 sets
• press 95lbs x 3 reps x 2 sets

eased back into the wod routine. emphasis on "ease" - which is precisely what i did not do back on 7/12. the right knee has been banged up for the past week and it is finally now getting better. wrist and elbow have been doing much better in general. i will continue easing in on the next wod. hrmph - just when my head begins to get big, i get roped back in and served a piece of humble pie. hrmph.

e-squared - ya heard?

WOD 7/12: e-squared wod

• full squat clean 135lbs x 5 reps x 3 sets
• hang power clean 135lbs x 5 reps x 2 sets

so i went ahead and designed my own wod program. this mainly occurred because we workout at a globo gym and is extremely difficult to do any kind of olympic lifting. the catalyst wod is awesome but at the same time, driving us both mad. ppl at globo gyms, for the most part, have no clue what oly lifting is and are apt to exhibit this on a minute-by-minute basis (walking behind us, odd dirty looks, standing next to us and gabbing, etc).

obviously we can't change the ppl, nor the policies of the globo gym, which puts more effort into roping new suckers (err...ppl) into the gym than actually having a quality training center.

i know i'm complaining - so one might think - why are you at a globo gym anyway? well - it suits us for the moment (cheap $$$) and we are in our temporary local of tucson and really don't have the option of buying our own equipment.

thus, we have decided to build up strength like nobody's business. we are also perfecting the forms and techniques of our various exercises.

i won't bother posting the wod template - as it's ours damnit and no one will steal it!!!!! hardy-har-har. however, one can derive the template by simply being good mountain gorillas and paying attention to the posts.

Detox yo self to respect yo self

WOD 6/28: catalyst wod

• full squat snatch 95lbs x 3 reps x 1 set
• full squat clean & push jerk 135lbs x 3 reps x 1 set
• back squat 285lbs x 2 reps x 2 sets

recovery week day 1 - so a nice easy workout.

WOD 6/30: catalyst wod

• full power snatch 145lbs x 1 rep x 1 set - PR!!!!!
• full power clean & push jerk 175lbs x 1 rep x 1 set

whoo! broke the 140 barrier on the power snatch. getting stronger - great workout.

WOD 7/3: catalyst wod

• full squat snatch 95lbs x 2 reps x 1 set
• thruster 95lbs x 10 reps x 1 set

so today the gym was more like a single bar then an actual gym. it seemed like at any given time people were more likely to be standing still and gabbing than actually exercising. i threw a bit of a tantrum after some old lady predictably walked behind me as i was performing a c&j! i hastily put the bar down, muttered something about a law suit, and stormed off. whoo! freaking people! common sense - that is all we ask!

WOD 7/5: catalyst wod

• full power snatch 115lbs x 2 reps x 1 set
• snatch push press -> overhead squat 95lbs x 3 reps x 5 sets

well we realized that we both need a bit of a break from lifting :) last break was something like 2 months ago! we are going to take it easy for a week or so.

WOD 7/7: detox wod

ok, i know. sort of a weird name for a wod?

but that is essentially what we were doing. our breakfast was composed of coconut oil (2 tblsp for me and 1 for liz). i had a bit of milk in my coffee as well. we then did some light machines, light bar work, spin bike, row, etc. basically to get sweating (as the skin is a detox organ).

went home and ate a light post workout meal.