Today my coach said, "Good" twice to me--once during my front squat reps and once when I was speeding through my last set of 10 reps of Grace at 55% my 1RM (60#).
Wow.
I have waited 19 months for this.
You see, my coach doesn't say "good" unless it IS good.
Holy Fucking Wow. I am finally earning this.
Halleujah it feels good.
I don't take it for granted...no way. I've done that before.
You see, towards October of last year I sort of went adrift--forgot why I was in CrossFit in the first place, took my "status" in our box for granted. I got lazy.
My PR's still came, but they took FOREVER.
My "verve" was gone.
However, thank the gods it is BACK!
I am 45 and one of the top women in my box. Each day I fight to be better than the day before. Each day I KNOW why I CrossFit.
I CrossFit b/c I am infatuated with being strong.
I CrossFit b/c the confidence I have gained is worth more than all the money I've ever paid for any other sort of self-help in my life.
I CrossFit b/c now I have a driving purpose.
I CrossFit b/c I can.
Mostly I CrossFit so I can pass it on to those around me...and now they too love to CrossFit.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Getting Stronger Every Day
Last week I set out to break my old Shoulder Press PR of 75 lbs. Although I managed 3 reps at 75, I just couldn't get 80 lbs over my head--despite 3 attempts.
Yesterday, I tried again. I easily did 5 reps of 75 to warm up. And indeed, 80 lbs went up like cake!
So I tried 85, but to no avail.
Let's try again next week!
Doing 25 push ups daily is really making my shoulders and arms so much stronger.
On another note, I have put on over 6 lbs!!!
I followed Paleo/Zone pretty diligently for over a year. I did so well at it, that I became too thin! My energy started to suck. I was stressed out a lot. Add to that the fact that I was averaging somewhere in the neighborhood of 5.5 hrs of sleep a night, and I knew I wasn't doing as well as I should be.
Now I eat like a horse! I'm still Paleo in Zone proportions, but I eat between 18-20 blocks of food a day AND I drink 1/2 gallon of grass-fed raw milk daily.
I LOVE MILK!
I have to say that changing that one thing has made a huge difference on many levels.
1. I have gained almost 6 pounds in just over a month.
2. I have gotten much stronger proportionately during that time period.
3. I have WAY more energy than before.
4. My skin feels like silk.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Yesterday, I tried again. I easily did 5 reps of 75 to warm up. And indeed, 80 lbs went up like cake!
So I tried 85, but to no avail.
Let's try again next week!
Doing 25 push ups daily is really making my shoulders and arms so much stronger.
On another note, I have put on over 6 lbs!!!
I followed Paleo/Zone pretty diligently for over a year. I did so well at it, that I became too thin! My energy started to suck. I was stressed out a lot. Add to that the fact that I was averaging somewhere in the neighborhood of 5.5 hrs of sleep a night, and I knew I wasn't doing as well as I should be.
Now I eat like a horse! I'm still Paleo in Zone proportions, but I eat between 18-20 blocks of food a day AND I drink 1/2 gallon of grass-fed raw milk daily.
I LOVE MILK!
I have to say that changing that one thing has made a huge difference on many levels.
1. I have gained almost 6 pounds in just over a month.
2. I have gotten much stronger proportionately during that time period.
3. I have WAY more energy than before.
4. My skin feels like silk.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
You Gotta Have Friends
God I love my friends. Recently a group of 3 of us women (2 of my awesome clients--Jenny and Jacque and me) all took up a challenge designed to help each other out.
Jenny's highly allergic to gluten, but craves CAKE!
Jacque needs to watch for drinking too many beers.
I also wanted to stay sober for an extended period of time, plus I wanted to do 25 CTD push ups daily and ensure I get an average of at least 6 hours sleep per night--a huge improvement over before. I also added to my goals ZERO non-grass fed milk, as I am highly allergic and sick of putting myself in gastro-intestinal hell out of laziness due to Starbuck's.
Anyhow, if any of us screw's up, we have to do 5 minutes of burpees (straight) per transgression.
Burpees are a terrific penalty, I find to deter one from doing something they shouldn't.
And the cool thing is, when you finally have to pay your penalty, at least you are getting something incredibly beneficial as a result--despite the discomfort of having to do them!
Yesterday, I had accumulated 20 minutes of penalties (due to not remembering to do my push-ups), and Jacque had accumulated the same due to drinking 4 beers.
So via texting, we started and stopped one another and got the work done at our respective homes.
I was sweating up a storm!
Needless to say, I accomplished 200 burpees with all but 20 including CTD push ups.
So we're all winning.
Jenny's only cheated once--keeping her asthma under control.
Jacque's cheated a few times, but is doing much much better than she was.
I've missed a few days of 25 CTD push ups, managed to stay sober almost 30 days and have been averaging almost 7 hours of sleep per night. I've also avoided drinking icky grain fed milk and including the burpee penalties, I'm getting stronger at something I suck at!
Jenny's highly allergic to gluten, but craves CAKE!
Jacque needs to watch for drinking too many beers.
I also wanted to stay sober for an extended period of time, plus I wanted to do 25 CTD push ups daily and ensure I get an average of at least 6 hours sleep per night--a huge improvement over before. I also added to my goals ZERO non-grass fed milk, as I am highly allergic and sick of putting myself in gastro-intestinal hell out of laziness due to Starbuck's.
Anyhow, if any of us screw's up, we have to do 5 minutes of burpees (straight) per transgression.
Burpees are a terrific penalty, I find to deter one from doing something they shouldn't.
And the cool thing is, when you finally have to pay your penalty, at least you are getting something incredibly beneficial as a result--despite the discomfort of having to do them!
Yesterday, I had accumulated 20 minutes of penalties (due to not remembering to do my push-ups), and Jacque had accumulated the same due to drinking 4 beers.
So via texting, we started and stopped one another and got the work done at our respective homes.
I was sweating up a storm!
Needless to say, I accomplished 200 burpees with all but 20 including CTD push ups.
So we're all winning.
Jenny's only cheated once--keeping her asthma under control.
Jacque's cheated a few times, but is doing much much better than she was.
I've missed a few days of 25 CTD push ups, managed to stay sober almost 30 days and have been averaging almost 7 hours of sleep per night. I've also avoided drinking icky grain fed milk and including the burpee penalties, I'm getting stronger at something I suck at!
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