Why do I CrossFit?  So I only have to make one trip carrying in the groceries.  You know?  This is SO true for me!  I will pack those bags together and carry them all in!  lol

I am SO glad it is Friday.  This has been one of the strangest weeks - as far as schedules go and I'm really glad it's done after today.  I am also very sore from yesterday's workout.  You wouldn't think what we did yesterday would make you this sore, but it certainly did that for me!!  Then again - it could be because I've only worked out twice this week - Tuesday and yesterday.  That's probably what it is.  I've got to get back to five days - GOT TO!!  This will be the first summer that I've worked out consistently.  I'm just going to have to make sure I do my workouts every day - no excuses.  :)

CaliFit Mamas:

   5 Rounds for time

      12 Dead-lifts w/40-60 lbs

      20 Push-ups

      12 Power snatches w/20 lbs

      20 Knees to elbows

Brand X:

   Rest day

Looks like I'm doing CaliFit today!  It doesn't look too bad and hopefully I'll remember to do FIVE rounds today.  I still can't believe I didn't see that yesterday.  I've seen other people post that they read the workout incorrectly and only do one or two rounds when it called for more and I kept thinking to myself "Really?  How could you not see that?"  lol - Now, I'm one of them!  I get it now...I really do!  :)

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28:43...BUT I added a run to each round.  I planned on running 100 meters every round, but once I hit the 100 meter mark on my treadmill, I noticed I was at like 53 or 54 seconds, so I decided to make it 1 minute run segments instead.  Then, at the end of the last round, I was only 1.5 blocks away from being an even 600 meters, so I just finished it out.

28:43 - total time, of which 5:15 was my treadmill time

Dead-lifts with 50 lbs - no problem with these.  I didn't have to break them up at all, but they were getting tougher on that last round!

20 Push-ups - I did the first two rounds without stopping.  I had to stop after 15 on round 3, 14 on round 4, and 15 on round 5.

Power snatches were with a 19 lb dumbbell - one arm at a time.  I screwed up again today - I thought I was supposed to do 20 power snatches, so I did 10 each arm, each round.  No problem with these, but discovered how much weaker my left arm is during the last round!

Knees to elbows were on a bar, and they were knees to boobs.  This was the other part of my screw up - I thought I only had to do 12 of these, so that's what I did.  Was very impressed with the strength of my abs bringing my knees to my boobs the first round.  Of course, it went down hill from there.  Those were extremely hard on the last round!!

1 minute run segments at 4.3 speed and 2.0 incline.  VERY proud of these - I did not hold on to the treadmill bars/handles AT ALL!!!  Woot-woot!!  It's the little things, isn't it?

GREAT workout!  I'm good and sweaty!!  :)  Y'all have a good weekend!!

See if you can find the Crossfit bird.  I found it!!  lol - I thought this was cute because the birds are crows, and my last name is Crowe!  I need to put this one up in my exercise room!!

Well, let's hope I actually get in my exercise room today!  With school being out, I tend to just go and do things, not paying attention to time since I don't have to be back by a certain time to pick up Hayley and before I know it, it's late and I have to rush home to start supper!  I really couldn't believe I was gone for so long yesterday.  I went to the bank, two stores (one of which was a pharmacy) AND I left 2:45, thinking I'd be back with plenty of time to work out.  Well, it was 4:30 before I got back home.  It really shocked me that it was that late.  I had originally planned to cut grass today, but my son needs to borrow my lawn mower, so...yay, Kirk!  ;)  Although, it's kinda cloudy right now, so it might have been a great day to cut grass - it still is, just not for me!  

CaliFit Mamas:

   5 rounds for time

      20 butterfly sit-ups

      20 sumo dead-lift high pulls w/20 lbs

Brand X:

   Run 400 meters

   Right arm hang, 10 seconds

   Left arm Turkish get up w/0-10 lbs

   Left arm hang, 10 seconds

   Right arm Turkish get ups w/0-10 lbs

   L-sit hold, 15 seconds

I'm sure you noticed the term "butterfly sit-ups" with the CaliFit workout, well...they are the same as CrossFit sit-ups.  I'm pretty sure Jenni is just getting away from using the name CrossFit any where on her blog, and who could blame her?  Did I tell you I email CrossFit regarding Jenni's blog?  Well, I did and the response I received basically stated it was okay to share the CrossFit workouts - they really didn't have a problem with that.  However, they did have a problem with someone making money off of it, which they considered Jenni was doing by selling/promoting the tank tops and Vi-Shakes on her blog.  So, hopefully she gets all of that worked out. 

I know I said I would do last Monday's workout today, but I have to admit that today's Brand X workout looks like fun, so I'm really leaning towards doing that.  I know what left- and right-arm hangs are, but I had to look up what Turkish getups and L-sit holds were.  They, too, look like fun!

Turkish get-ups:  You start laying on your back on the floor, holding the weight with one hand, arm straight up to the ceiling.  Then, you work your body up into a standing position - all the while holding that arm straight up to the ceiling.  Then, you work you body back down into the starting position - all the while holding that arm straight up to the ceiling.  You can use you other arm for balance, but I think the goal is to try not to.  The video I watched also said it was okay to try out different moves each time.  Here's a link to the video I watched:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrfQDifC2YQ

L-sit holds are pretty much how they sound.  You sit with your legs straight out in front of you, place both hands on the floor and lift up your body.  The video that I watched showed the guy using some type of pole things to lift himself up, but I don't have those.  I did a search for "beginner" L-sit holds, and came across an explanation on the Brand X's site, which sounded easy to do as well - http://board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=10737

Like I said earlier, I'm really leaning towards doing this today.  Looks like fun!

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7:32 - but man!  What a sweaty, seven and a half minutes!!!  WOW!  I ran the entire 400 meters (yay, me!) with a treadmill time of 3:31, which leaves 4:01 for the hangs and Turkish get-ups.  Not sure if I've mentioned it or not, but I've been using a 2 incline on my treadmill whenever I run.  This girl I know was running on a treadmill, then she started running down her street and she said it just seemed so much harder to run outside than on the treadmill.  I read somewhere that someone always put their treadmill at an incline to try to compensate for the difference, so that's what I've been doing since my goal is to eventually be an outside runner - really, it is!  It IS!!  :)

I forgot to put the number of reps down for the Turkish get-ups - it was 5 for each hand.  And I must say, those are WAY harder than they looked or sounded!  I had the weights in my left hand first, and they didn't seem too bad (I'm right handed, by the way).  But when I switched hands - wow, I am very weak when it comes to depending on my left side for anything!  Right-handed get-ups were way harder than the left!  I could not believe how this kept my heart rate up.  What a great, quick, hard workout!

Overall, I really liked that workout!  Now, I'm off to go pick up a baby bed for my Addy's room!  :)

NOTE:  I just realized I completely read my workout wrong - I only did one round...I was supposed to do three!  Oh well, it's better than nothing!  :)

Running is a mental sport and we're all insane.  I think this should actually say "Running is insane!"  lol - I don't know about you guys, but burpees are KILLING my upper body.  My shoulders are SO sore!  I told Honey-Buns yesterday that I couldn't believe I was saying it, but I wished we had a few more burpees to do to give me a break from those weighted front squats!  I did like the burpees prescribed - I could actually do them as prescribed without stopping!  :)  My thighs and butt were killing me last night, but that soreness went away - thank goodness!

CaliFit Mamas:

   6 rounds, 5 minutes each:

      Sprint 200 meters (for time)

      Run 400 meters

   If you finish before your 5 minutes are up, use the remaining time for rest.

Brand X:

   Back squats - 10, 10, 10

Obviously, today's CaliFit is yesterday's Brand X workout and I'm not doing it.  I'm going to do last Monday's CaliFit workout instead, since I missed it and never made it up.  Just a reminder of what that workout was:

   Run 1000 meters

   50 Thrusters w/24 lbs

   30 Push-ups

I'm going to do the 5K training run (like I planned to last week), which is 7 rounds of running 2 minutes, walking 1 minute.  I'll see how far that takes me and go from there.  Y'all wish me luck!

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My summer schedule is all out of whack!  Got busy shopping this afternoon and came home later than usual, so no time to work out.  Will definitely do this one tomorrow.

Stats - 8 months, 4 days - 5/28/13

Okay - so I've posted my updated measurements.  Not sure if they're good or bad - some are good, some are not.  Again - this is not a science, I just take a tape measure and go from there.  I might not be measuring in the same spot every time, or whatever - but I am happy with my torso/weight measurements!  :)

Total weight lost @ 8  months, 4 days:  10.5 lbs.  :)

Total inches lost:  22.75
Original Measurement total inches lost:  18.5

Check 'em out, if you want.  :)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak5dw7gXHvW9dFc1blZYMG5IencxbHRsUmVhMzlfNHc#gid=0

Forgot to mention - I got into a pair of shorts that I KNOW I haven't been able to wear for 3 years!  LOVE that!!  :)

When you feel the weight of the world is on your shoulders, do squats.  I mean, c'mon!  What else are you gonna do with it?  lol

As you can tell - I was not around this weekend, and what a busy weekend it was!!!  I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day - I know I did.  Tiring, but great!  I have a brother who has been incarcerated for 14 years and he was release on parole earlier last week.  He's living at a halfway house in Atlanta, so I went and picked him up on Sunday morning and brought him here to spend the day with me and my family.  He was so excited to see my kids, and kept calling them "younguns'.  I had to remind him they weren't young anymore - Katy is 26 and Kirk is 23.  He couldn't believe it.  They were 12 and 10 the last time he saw them.  Even though I've sent him pictures and stuff, I guess he just couldn't believe it.  It was a really nice visit and I pray, pray, PRAY that he stays out of trouble.  He had to be back home by curfew (9:00 p.m.), so I drove him back that same night.  He's been gone so long, and the world has changed so much while he was away.  I mean...hardly anyone had computers in their homes then, and very few of those had internet.  Cell phones were just starting to catch on - my daughter said she remembers all of her friends had pagers/beepers back then.  It's just crazy to sit and think about all that has changed in just 14 years.  I had a netbook that I bought for Hayley to use, but she didn't like it, so I found it and gave it to my brother and gave him a crash course on computers.  Yes...I wrote down everything he needed to know, but still - he's called me so much with questions on it!  lol

Then - I had planned to chill and relax yesterday, but ended up going to Athens (Bulldog country!) to take Katy my old deck furniture that she wanted for her patio.  That turned in to a shopping trip for paint, then a shopping trip for baby stuff.  I had a blast shopping for baby stuff - cannot wait until little Addy gets here!  Anyway, I didn't get back home until almost 4:00 - then it was grocery store, supper, etc.  Busy, busy, busy!!  I do believe I'll enjoy being back on a normal schedule today!

CaliFit Mamas:

   50 Front squats w/40 lbs

   5 Burpees

   40 Front squats w/40 lbs

   4 Burpees

   30 Front squats w/40 lbs

   3 Burpees

   20 Front squats w/40 lbs

   2 Burpees

   10 Front squats w/40 lbs

   1 Burpee

Brand X:

   4 rounds - 6 minutes per round

      Sprint 200 meters (time these)

      Run 400 meters

   *If you complete this before 6 minutes is up, use the remainder of your time as rest time.

I plan to do CaliFit today.  I completely missed it yesterday, but am going to start with today's workout.  I may add yesterday's workout at the end of this.  It didn't seem like it was very long - I just wasn't at home!

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11:58 - WOW!  That was tougher than it sounded!  Oh well...I did NOT have the worst time today - yay, me!  lol

I started out using 44 lbs on the squats - did all 50 of the first round with 44 lbs, but dropped down to 38 lbs for the remaining rounds. My adjustable dumbbells are either 44 or 38, there is no 40!  Ha-ha!  It was bad enough with 38 lbs, though.  I was going to try to do yesterday's workout as well, but my legs are SO squiggly right now.  I'm surprised I can't see them quivering on the outside, because they sure as hell are squiggly on the inside!!  That was a great, sweaty, quick work out!  :)

Exercise free speech - strengthen the 1st amendment.  Use it or lose it!  Guess what?  I'm on a rant today.  So...I believe I mentioned in one of my earlier blogs about CrossFit making Jenni take CrossFit out of her blog name, CrossFit Mamas.  Well, she did.  However, they are now saying that wasn't enough - she needs to completely shut down her blog.  I don't understand how they can do that.  I get them wanting to protect the CrossFit name/brand, and wanting that removed.  I don't get how they can force her to stop blogging about something that you can find for free on the internet.  I mean really - google a named CrossFit workout.  I did it this morning.  I googled "CrossFit Helen".  The VERY FIRST thing that popped up was from Men's Fitness - not a CrossFit site.  Hmmm.....interesting, right?  I have been following the Workouts Of the Day (WODs) not only Jenni's workout blog, but through an affiliated CrossFit site - CrossFit Brand X.  I registered at Brand X for free - not to be able to see the WODs (you could do that for free without registering) but to be able to post my times (again, for free).  I don't understand why you can't blog about something for free, when it's everywhere on the internet for free!!  AARRGGHH!!  Makes me angry.  Does this mean CrossFit can come after me as well?  I mean, I'm posting their workouts on my blog....where does the ridiculousness end?

Okay...rant over.  Well, at least on that subject.  :)   I don't know about you guys, but my shoulders are BEYOND sore!!  I woke up around 2:00 this morning, and had to get up and take some aspirin.  I could hardly lift my arm to move it - I tend to sleep with one arm under my pillow, and it felt like I had my arm in molasses or whatever else super-sticky substance you can think of.  It was crazy!  I kept thinking - this just doesn't seem real, how slowly my arm moved.  It kinda freaked me out!  lol  But, the aspirin finally got to work and I went back to sleep, but not until after watching Ryan Gosling for a bit.  I don't know what station Honey-Buns had left the t.v. on (we sleep with it on, but with the sound muted), but man - Ryan Gosling is just super sexy.  I don't know why he does it for me...he just does.  A nice little plus in my world of aches!  lol

CaliFit Mamas:

   7 Rounds for time

      7 Front squats w/40 lbs

      7 Push-ups

Brand X:

   For time

      30 Burpee muscle-ups

Being that I'm a day behind on CaliFit, I knew what today's workout entailed.  My first thought when I woke up with super slow/sore arms, was "How am I going to do push-ups tomorrow?"  Ha!  Thank goodness for aspirin, huh?  I will probably take another aspirin this morning just to make sure the soreness is gone by the time I work out, so it doesn't affect my time.  ;)  Just from looking at Brand X's workout, I have to say....wow...Burpee Muscle-ups sound horrible!!!  I'm glad we don't do muscle-ups! One - I don't have the equipment (and I don't plan on getting the equipment if they want to combine it with burpees!) and Two - well, there is no two - they just sound awful, though.

Let's get it done!

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Not able to do this today - my upper arms/shoulders are ridiculously sore.  I'll do this one tomorrow, along with the running one that was really scheduled for today.  :)

I love you more than CrossFit.  Well, not really...but I do love you more than burpees.  Burpees suck.  - Yes, they do!!  Big-time!!  :)  Hmmm...why am I posting a picture about burpees?  Yup - we're doing 'em.  And not just a few either - a bunch!  Yay....not!  ;)

I kind of like being a day behind in the CaliFit Mamas workouts.  Jenni has stayed pretty much a day behind the Brand X workouts, with some modifications on them.  I have noticed that she uses the CrossFit women's "Big Dawg" workouts, she just scales down the weights a lot.  Yesterday's Brand X workout was for weighted pull-ups, but today's actual CaliFit is different from that.  I've noticed when CrossFit does strictly a weighted workout, Jenni usually creates something different.  But it is nice knowing what I'm going to be doing tomorrow.  Don't ask me why...it's just nice knowing.  :)

CaliFit Mamas:

   Hero Workout, honoring US Army First Lieutenant Omar Vazquez

      "Omar"

         10 Thrusters, 20 lbs

         15 Bar-facing burpees

         20 Thrusters, 20 lbs

         25 Bar-facing burpees

         30 Thrusters, 20 lbs

         35 Bar-facing burpees

Brand X:

   Rest day

I've been looking forward to doing "Omar" since I saw the workout posted on Brand X on Tuesday.  It looks tough, yet fun.  I know....sounds crazy for me to say that, but it looks challenging and I love challenges!!  I averaged out the "pack" times on Brand X's site for the Hero WOD, and the average was 16:33 - so that is my goal time.  Sounds like it's going to be hard to do, but I'm gonna just close my eyes and do it!  Which reminds me...I've been meaning to talk about this, but I keep forgetting.  I have noticed that I tend to close my eyes when doing certain exercises - sit-ups, push-ups, burpees.  I mean, it's crazy, but I just seem to do them better with my eyes closed.  It's almost like I'm shutting out the world and just going through the motions, which is good (I guess) for pounding through them.  It's just a weird quirk and I was curious if anyone else does this.  I already know I'm NOT normal, so it's okay if I'm the only one - but still.  It's just weird - yes, it kinda freaks me out 'cause I don't do it intentionally, it just happens!  lol  Oh well....eyes wide shut for burpees today!  

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Wow, oh wow!  That was almost as bad as running!  lol

17:41 - I beat my goal time! AND, everyone's average time at Brand X!!  Woot-woot!!  SO happy with that!  It could have been better, though.  I was at 12:11 when I started my those last 35 burpees.  I really struggled through those - so, so, so, so HARD!!!  I wanted to stop so bad, but refused.  I finally had to do the count backwards just to convince myself it wasn't too bad.  That really helped.  Maybe I should start counting down instead of up!  Another little trick to try.

Thrusters weren't so bad - I used 24 lbs for those.  My left elbow is a little sore, so I'm going to watch what I do with it so it doesn't get worse.  I only felt it doing thrusters - not while doing burpees.  I must have been focused on something else while doing burpees.  You know...like trying not to die!!!  ha!!

Great workout - so glad it's over!

OH!  While doing burpees, I discovered that apparently I'm sunburned on my stomach!  Yup...major pain on my belly.  That's what I get for trying to tan, huh?  It's always something....