Wednesday, May 23, 2012

5/23 WOD predicament



May 23 WOD

In 30 second intervals do the following between you and a partner

100x pull-ups
100x kettle bell swings 35#
100x push-ups
100x box jumps
100x double unders
400 meter run
the partner that isn't doing work holds a medicine ball over head. We used a 20# ball

Took Mary and I 22:16

My arms are so dead! after the pull-ups and KBS mixed with holding the medicine ball over head, by the time I got to push-ups, my arms were shot. But we kept on going! I was exhausted by the time we got to double unders. So heres the story on those double unders (shhh don't tell anyone, its kind of embarrassing). I was really tired, and I didn't even think that I had to pee... but, I start the double unders and oh woops, looks like I'm gunna be peeing a little bit while I do these. I could not for the life of me hold it in! Well, I was in black pants, you couldn't tell, so I finished the WOD without anyone knowing of my little predicament. I can now say that I've crossfited so hard that I've peed my pants! Is that weird that I'm kind of proud of that? I guess it goes under the same category as throwing up from working out for me. Also, I would just like to say, I'm obsessed.



Sunday, May 20, 2012

Spartan Training

For those of you who don't know, I am training for a 13 mile Spartan Race. I did one last summer, an 8 mile one, on a whim. I found out about it 3 weeks before and just did it with no pre-training or anything. For this race though, I've been signed up since December and I am ready to Beast it!!! After all, it is called the Spartan Beast, right? Well ever since I started doing crossfit, my running went from 30 miles a week down to like 10-15. I just didn't have time/ the energy. So now I've been trying to incorporate my interval training with crossfit so I don't have to do a separate workout for that. Fridays WOD was perfect for that.



Before hand, to prepare myself mentally I told myself "Julia, you're mind always tells you when to rest, when to stop, when to breath and when to get some water, I want you to not listen to your mind and push your body to its limits". So I did! I don't know if its even a good time, but I got 28:20 and I was only 8 seconds behind my friend Scott who finished first. It was one of those "sucked so good" workouts, but it was also incredibly fun. But what about crossfit isn't fun? WARNING, crossfit= addictive.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

May 15th WOD


Loved yesterday's WOD! You know how sometimes when you do a WOD and you just feel strong and unstoppable? Well that was yesterday. Felt great, took some needed water breaks and finished within seconds of my friend Mary who I always race.

Lets be honest though, I did not eat enough before. The last time I had eaten before the WOD was 5 hours earlier. Felt fine during, but after I almost past out! Went home and had a well needed protein smoothie. That goes to show how important fueling your body is! 



Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Back on Track

One of my favorite WODs in a while, sometimes you gotta pay to have fun though




I've struggled with overtraining this past month and finally got it under control last week! I knew about the importance of rest days, but with training for the Spartan Race and being addicted to Crossfit, I just wasn't letting my body heal. I noticed that running was a lot harder and not enjoyable like before. I was doing lots of Thrusters, hang squats cleans and other leg exercise and then the next day I expected my body to just run 6 miles no problem. Well I took 4 whole days off, stretched, got massages, and relaxed. It was a long 4 days, but I did it and I'm right back on track! I redid my schedule so that I have an active recovery swim day in the middle of the week and only 3 days where I do Crossfit instead of 5. And I'm working on getting my mile splits faster for my long runs.

Yesterday I had a good 8.5 mile run, first long run I've enjoyed in a month! Its relieving to know my body is progressing again.

Todays WOD:

Three rounds for time of:
225 Deadlift, 15 reps
15 Handstand push-ups
15 Pull-ups
95 pound Thruster, 15 reps