Massive superset

Went up to Local's Gym/Lynnwood CrossFit with Adrian to workout with Jesse. Those two dudes decided upon Lynne. Warmed up and got to it in order of lightest to heaviest (YAY!)

"Lynne"
5 rds for max reps, no time component
Bench Press, BW
Pullups

Jesse 91, 245lbs
Adrian 113, 215lbs
Andrew 161, 145lbs

Completely felt "the pump" afterwards, sans sweat.

FOOD.

I took a chicken breast and cooked it all the way through and then set it aside. I then added some peppers into the pan with olive oil until they started melting. Once that happened, I put the chicken back in and covered the entire thing with El Pato, a mexican enchilada sauce. Covered and cooked on med/low heat for about 25 minutes. Great stuff. Idea comes from Rob Wolf (Recipe 1 & Recipe 2).


Next one is a simple salad: romaine, tomato, turkey bacon, sausage and a lemon-olive oil dressing:


The next day started with my breakfast of "Grilled Grasshoppers". Spinach, onion, ground beef, olive oil and some eggs.



Lastly here is another breakfast: Asparagus, carrot, garlic, eggs, and turkey bacon!


These are my Zone/Paleo meals.

The Climb

I beat my time from last year! I took my mp3 player up the stairs this year with a mix i made to give me status updates as I ran/walked up. Our team took 43rd!

Part of my team at the "Team Photo Area"

Next year I hope to run up even faster. Hopefully my cv will be up to par.

Heavy deads

OH! MY BACK! Yesterday..

Deadlift
5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1

Andrew 225, 230, 235, 245, 255, 280, 290, 305, 325 (New PR)
Elizabeth 65, x, x, 75, 85, 85.5, x, x, x
Nate 95, 115, 135, 145, 145, 155, 170, 185x, 180
Tammy 65, 85, 95, 115, 125, 135, 145, 155x, 150

x = missed lift/no lift

I did Elizabeth (11:16, 115lbs) the day prior to the deadlifting. I woke up this morning with my right SCM/upper trap very uncomfortable. Then my back gave. Oh the joys of CrossFit.

Big Climb is on Sunday! Yet, I still need to register. If (WHEN!) I do, Nate and I will be battling to see who finishes fastest. Loser pays for the others lunch that day. GET READY NATE- I'LL BE HUNGRY!

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Any requests for some tabata interval music? Next I'm going to try to make a Fight Gone Bad Mix..

Roxanne + Tabata This music

My baby's back!

Roxanne
21-15-9 reps for time:
pullups
burpees
kb swings, 20kg
box jumps, 20"
push press, 95 lbs

Andrew 13:53
Adrian 16:12
Tammy 16:26

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Here is a "Tabata This" alternative mix I made

• Foo Fighters - All My Life
• Queens of the Stone Age - 3's & 7's
• Jimmy Eat World - Pain
• Incubus - Light Grenades
• System of a Down - Chop Suey!

ENJOY: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CFP4ACN1

Let me know what you think and give me music suggestions so I can cut up some more

Food as a drug

Marc:

This video of Nicole shows what I was explaining to you in a more organized/less A.D.D.-like manner.

Helen

Breakfast:

Eggs, little bit of milk, splash of EVOO, onion, garlic, spinach and red bell pepper.

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HELEN

3 rds for time: 400m run 21 kb swings 12 pullups

Tiff 19:25, 25lbs db
Sam 20:41, 8kg kb
Andrew 21:12, 24kg kb
Mike 22:26, 16kg kb

followed by a good old stretching session!

Congrats Mikey

for his first ANGIE as Rx'ed

for time:
100 pullups
100 pushups
100 situps
100 squats

Andrew 16:59 (PR by 1:02)
Mike 25:07

post your times to COMMENTS fools!

Stair Climb

Speaking of which (AHEM!) that was the workout we did today! We went to UW and used the area surrounding some of the tennis courts near the IMA

3 rds for time:
10 stair accensions
10 burpees

Andrew 14:37
Tammy 15:03
Mike 15:17
Nate 16:28
Sheena 17:20

Great jobs guys

Friends

I'm constantly trying to get my friends to workout with me- not only because I do it for a living, but because I care about the well-being of others, ESPECIALLY of ones I truly care about.

So today I was finally able to get some friends to come try CrossFit out. We (of course) started skill-work with the basic squat, moved onto the plank and midline stabilization, pushups, situps, and finally pullups.

THE LADIES

amrap in 10 min:
5 pullups
10 situps
15 squats

Sam 5
Sheena 8 rds
Tiff 9 rds +5, 8

and then THE DUDES

amrap in 10 min:
5 pullups
10 pushups
15 squats

Andrew 14 rds + 5, 10, 14
Marc 11 rds + 5, 3
Mike 8 rds + 5, 4

Wonderful stuff. Grabbed some ingredients, headed back to my place and we all enjoyed some Muscle Milk shakes.

ps
I ripped my left hand!

(kinda) Zoning

This past weekend Adrian and I drove 13 hours down to CFHQ for our first certification. Good times, learned a lot. We did FGB. My score was 245 as Rx'ed. The next day I didn't feel sore or anything. We did the med ball clean/burpee WOD. My reps were CLEAN and sexy, but it completely wrecked me and I feel like I have some minor rhabdo (!). Here's hoping that I recover tomorrow because I'm walking with a gangster limp. BTW, Tosh is gangster. He did at least 4 workouts in about a 24 hour span, probably PR'ing in most if not all of them.

This past week I've been attempting to get onto the Zone/Paleo diet. I've some good reading material- CrossFit Journal #21, A Week In the Zone, a vast number of blogs (Modern Forager, Robb Wolf, Scott Hagnas, etc) and some random cookbooks.

Yesterday I made this delightful dinner, inspired by a recipe from Robb Wolf.

my version:
1/2 lbs ground beef
3 chicken sausage links
1 bag stir-fry veggies
1/4 c marinara
1/4 c salsa


and then for today's dinner I made a salad from the remaining sausages along with some romaine lettuce, beefhouse tomato and a drizzle of olive oil.. and some freshly ground pepper!


I'm in need of Costco trip. Hopefully sooner than later. Getting of the crack is proving more difficult than previously thought.

Focus.

Oh, fitness blog! I have shunned thee and for that I am saddened.

Well, here's to new beginnings.

TO DO:
1. Blog my workouts here, daily
2. Also, read at least 10 pages of a book daily
3. Watch my nutrition closely and not to fall off (I'm attempting to Zone). CUT SUGAR!
4. CFWU and 10 minutes of stretching randomly throughout the day, regardless if I'm training or not
5. Pick up on the running!
6. Sleep more often, and on time
7. Budget everything
8. Stay focused.

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JACKIE
rd 1 completed at 7:48
rd 2 completed at 16:52
rd 3 completed at 29:38

I almost saw Pukie thrice.

Adrian didn't workout the other day

and he had a beer before noon.

(Wed)
The dudes and I did the 75 OHS, 95lbs WOD (75 reps done in as few sets as possible). Mike used 45lbs. He got 5 rds and both John and I got 4 rds as rx'ed.

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Today Sheena and I ran Greenlake. I tried what I've learned of POSE method thus far. The run was great- my knee didn't hurt (as much) and we finished in a very decent time. We both took one break during the run (due to a cramp and my knee uncomfortability) but it was dope. My calfs are done for. I didn't get DOMS. It was more like Immediate Onset Muscle Soreness. I walk like an old injured man.

Good times ahead though.

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I think I'm going to take a page from Skip Chase of Mt. Baker CrossFit (WA stand up!) and have my clients agree to allow me to come by at any point unannounced to check their fridges and pantries. Sugar is some bad stuff that I've also been trying to cut myself.

My back

Is murdering me.. and it's only been just over 12 hours since I did this little ditty:

21 deadlifts, 225lbs
42 pullups
15 deadlifts, 225lbs, dropped to 135 after the first 10 reps
30 pullups
9 deadlifts, 135lbs
18 pullups

12:11

I wasn't feeling strong during those deadlifts, but then again I haven't been paying attention to my heavy lifting for a while. This coupled with some terrible food choices this past week and lack of sleep (my buddy Dan is having some serious sleeping problems as well) aren't helping my health. I'm finding myself being a 'Debbie Downer' and it's not fun.

[article] UK & US Love Their Fast Food

from the Modern Forager:

Organic Consumers latest newsletter included this article: Who Loves Junk Food the Most: U.K., USA, or Canada?

From the newsletter:

44 percent of Americans agreed with the statement while only 19 percent of the French agreed.

And taking the grand prize (from the article):

Forty five percent of UK respondents agreed with the statement ‘I like the taste of fast food too much to give it up’.

Wow! 44% and 45% respectively! That is an unreal percentage of people that cannot give up fast food due to the taste. It’s even more amazing to me because fast food isn’t all that tasty. It’s mainly a combination of salt, sugar, and a crispy texture - very one-dimensional food. It hits the spot if you’re so hungry, you’re going to gnaw your arm (or someone else’s arm) off, but I certainly wouldn’t consider it “tasty food”.

So congratulations Britain. You have unseated the USA as the most fast food loving nation, though only by a small percentage. Notice that the French don’t appreciate fast food quite as much, though it’s still 1 in 5. I suppose that’s the result of a rich food tradition that the United States doesn’t have.

Read more.

Unhealthy

It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm completely awake.

Not only that, but I just cooked some Alfredo. It's homemade and fresh from scratch, but it's all CHO and it's night. For whatever reason I was feenin for it.

Ah. I need focus for this week.

RAINSTORM II

This Saturday I'll be holding RAINSTORM II at 11am at my gym.

It's free so come out for some metabolism-raising, fun times- and bring a friend!

No Bueno

not feeling strong at all right now.

did "Mary" earlier and i was hesitant with the pullups. i finished with 9 rds. i thought i'd have at least 12 done.

that's what 2 weeks of unhealthy food and alcohol will do to a body

an excerpt

"Eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health... And it is necessary, as it appears, to discern the power of various exercise, both natural exercises and artificial, to know which of them tends to increase flesh and which to lessen it; and not only this, but also to proportion exercise to bulk food, to the constitution of the patient, to the age of the individual..."

Regimen - Hippocrates

yay insomnia

i hate you!