Last week was just okay. I didn’t achieve anything remarkable and I had a couple of pretty awful workouts, but I had a couple of decent workouts as well.
Monday, September 5
I didn’t workout per se, but my husband and I found a little arboretum near our house with a hiking trail so we took our dog for a long walk there. The trail in total was only a little over a mile long but we did a couple of laps around the place.
Tuesday, September 6
Strength:
1 hang power clean + 3 front squats + 1 jerk – increase weight slowly until you reach a max weight for the day – I went up to 85lbs but failed on the jerk. That was a little disappointing since I can usually do this weight pretty consistently.
Then
Clean grip Romanian deadlift @ 120% of 1rm clean – I did 115lbs.
WOD:
3 rounds for time
10 clean and jerks – 115/85 (I used 65lbs)
10 C2B pullups (I did jumping C2B off a box)
10 burpees
1000m row or 800m run – whichever is harder for you (I chose to row)
It took me forever to finish, so I’m not even going to tell you what my time was. But as awful and long as it was, I liked this workout. It was a good one to do after a long weekend of not much exercise.
Wednesday, September 7
Strength:
3 strict press + 2 push press + 1 split jerk – I got up to 65lbs, which was my old 1RM for my strict press!
WOD:
4 rounds each for time
400m run
20 burpees
Rest 2-3 minutes after each round
Again, I’m not even going to mention my time. I completely gassed out on only the second round and even with the rest after each round, I still had a hard time. I swear, sometimes I like doing barbell-focused WODs better than WODs that focus solely on bodyweight type of movements. I’m pretty slow no matter what, but the bodyweight-focused WODs seem to wear me out the most for some reason.
Thursday, September 8
Strength:
3×5 back squat @ 80% – I did 105lbs
WOD:
For time:
100 double unders
25 push presses 115/75 (I did 65)
80 double unders
25 pullups (I did ring rows but the coach made me do 30)
60 double unders
25 burpees
40 double unders
20 overhead lunges 95/65 (I did lunges with a 25lb plate overhead)
20 double unders
The coach gave us a 20-minute time cap and I finished in 18:20. I was dreading this workout, but it actually wasn’t that bad. I did single jump ropes instead of double unders and multiplied everything by 2. I also didn’t feel comfortable with the barbell overhead lunges so I used the plate instead.
Later that night at skills/gymnastics class, we pretty much only did handstand work.
Friday, September 9
Rest day
Saturday, September 10
I usually run on Saturdays but it was disgustingly humid out and I wasn’t stepping outside if I didn’t have to. I also didn’t feel like trying to find a WOD that worked with the equipment I have in my garage gym, so I did this Fitness Blender video. It was a nice change of pace from the intensity of Crossfit and I still felt like I had a great workout!
