terry_2-24-2010
I could hardly move this morning after last nights self defense class which I will talk about later. Dave, Steve and I worked on back squats prior to class while Will continues to work on his 100 days of burpees.
The reasons for not liking this mornings WOD are endless. I can’t do thrusters. Mine are just little knee bends with a push press. Prescribed weight was 2/3 of your body weight. That would have been 155 for me. Are you kidding! I can’t even get my own ass down much less with a bar and weight.
I went with 65lbs for the thrusters and the green band for the pull ups.
Rounds were determined by doing your own individual max reps of thrusters and pull ups. Brian announced that 2 thrusters and 2 pulls did not constitute a round. This totally screwed my entire strategy for the WOD.
I did what I could and felt that I was really behind everyone and just resolved that I would have a low number. I was really surprised to see that I fell in with everyone else but I know my thrusters were not on par with what others were doing.
| Warm Up | 5 TGU 10 Hollow Rock 15 GHD Sit Up 2 Rounds |
| WOD | 5 Rounds 2/3 body weight thruster Pull Ups *Max reps per round |
| Results | Will 95-148 Rob 95-104 Terry 65-115 Dave R 65-111 Joe H 115-151 Wayne 105-72 Noreen 55-107 Adam 120-112 Dave C 75-86 Steve 45-89 Eric 75-100 |
Self defense class was really fun last night. Dave, Jason and myself with Mark instructing. We worked on Sticks and Dave and Jason also worked on sparing.
Mark and I also did some work with knives. Don’t worry, they were plastic.
I felt much more confident and aggressive in this class, more than any class to date. Dave commented that he noticed something had changed and that tracked with how I was feeling about the class. Perhaps it is the helmet!
Worked hard on moving into the attacker and also, out of the way of the stick. I felt much quicker on my feet than in the past.
This morning all that movement was reflected with pain my ankles and heels. Getting things going was a real effort this morning.
I was glad this class went so well. Sunday was really a frustrating class for me so this just proves that you just have to keep trying and things will get better.
Dave C had his weigh in this morning and was down 2 pounds. I know he was a little nervous about the weigh in so we were glad to see a loss.
I jumped on the scale and have held onto my 235. If I can hold on to that and get it to 234 or lower by Monday I will consider that a real victory.
We are trying to come up with ways to keep motivated after our 90 days are up. One possibility for me is that if I gain over a certain number of pounds I will be locked inside the Box for 1 hour with the Willinator. I wonder if they can hear you scream on the outside?
Keeping the weight off is just as hard as losing the pounds. We can’t just stop at the end of March.
Eating—On track. What I am doing is working so I am just going to keep doing it and be patient.
What hurts today—This morning was really bad, a direct result of the self defense class. Nothing I can do about that. It just sucks.
One Year Ago—Push Jerk and Jump Rope
| Warm Up Inchworm World Best Stretch Planks |
Skill Push Jerk |
WOD 100 DB or 200 Jump Rope 2 mintes of Push Jerk 5 Rounds or 20 minutes |
Results Charlie 16:38 Austin 16:48 Ron — Matt — Terry 20:00 Tomas 20:00 Eric 20:00 Angie 20:00 |