I'm afraid to do a weigh in. There's a challenge starting in a week that looks interesting, but it requires an initial weigh-in and pictures and I'm just not sure I want to do that, especially publicly, as I believe we all track our activities online. On the other hand, the peer pressure could do me some good.
Last week, I worked out all five days after having missed the previous week entirely. Here are the workouts:
Monday 2/4/2013
WallBalls
40-35-20-15-10
Muscle-ups
12-9-6-3-1
What I actually did was nothing like this workout. I did some abbreviated sequence of wallballs using #16 and then I fooled around with the muscle-up transitions between rounds. The transitions alone were enough to wear me out, so this wasn't easy.
Tuesday 2/5/2013
Front Squats
3-3-3-3-3
4 sets at #135
3 X 400m run with max HSPU's after each lap
I did one wall walk after each lap
Wednesday 2/6/2013
5 Rounds:
10 SDLHP (95#/65#)
12 Hang Power Clean (95#/65#)
15 Burpees
I did not do the RX sequence, though I did do the RX weight.I was surprised at how hard this was. I guess when you think about it, a SDLHP is pretty similar to a snatch in terms of energy expenditure, This workout really wore me out. The cleans were super heavy for some reason, probably because they came after the SDLHP. For the sumos and cleans, I did 7 or 8 each round. For the burpees I did 5-7 each round.
Thursday 2/7/2013
Build to a heavy split jerk
I got up to #185 and didn't push it past that.
Friday 2/8/2013
AMRAP 17 min:
15 KB swings (53#/35#)
12 Toes to Bar
9 Hand-Release Push-Ups
Another hard metcon. I scaled the KB to #44 and the TTB's became KTE's. Nothing left in my shoulders at the end - I felt very, very weak. I think I got through 6 2/3 rounds.
Weekly Wrap
Good job getting to CF every day (weekday) this week, but man not a lot of energy in those workouts. The two main issues there, I believe, are diet and body weight. My diet during the day at work is lacking. It hasn't been god awful or anything, but I'm not hitting the salad bar enough. Wednesday, for instance, I got a burrito and had the corn chips with it, and then on Thursday I had this awful, awful Taco Salad that just ripped me apart. I really felt horrible that entire afternoon.
I should note last week's sleep patterns. Generally, I did a good job getting myself to sleep last week. But, I took a lot of melatonin at night and I also took some over the counter sleeping pills - diphenhydramine - which I feel did a great job knocking me out, but towards the end of the week I started wondering if they were affecting my energy level at CrossFit. My instinct is to say no, the problem is simply that I'm older and heavier and I don't have an optimal diet.
Next Week
I won't push myself to weigh-in quite yet, but I will try to record my food and my workouts next week along with whatever time I'm turning out the light at night.
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