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Thursday We worked on figuring out our max lift on three moves.  I got 92 on the clean.  95 is still my mental breaking point on that exercise it appears.  I got 72 on the overhead squat and 88 on the bench press.  The bench press total is wimpy but I’m proud of that one.  [...]

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Wednesday This was still part of the Spring Cleaning week of enforced rest at the gym.  They offered a yoga class that morning.  I love yoga and don’t do nearly enough of it anymore so this class was a nice change of pace. Sunday I was due for a real workout so I decided to [...]

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Thursday The workout today was actually two mini-workouts. We started with a repeat of the workout you do on your first day. 500m Row 40 Air Squats 30 Sit Ups 20 Push Ups 10 Pull Ups Unfortunately the computer didn’t save my time and I don’t remember what it was.  Then we did a harder [...]

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  Thursday Our warmup was 3 rounds of: 300m row 10 push ups 10 lunges Our main strength work was back squats.  That’s squatting with the bar behind your head.  You had to start at 80% of your previous maximum and work up 5% at a time until you were at 105% of your previous [...]

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I skipped class on Thursday because I spent Wednesday night in the ER with the husband. He had the flu and needed 3 bags of fluids. Sunday I looked back at some old workouts to see what I could adapt to do at home. I did 2 rounds of: 7 deadlifts at 155#.  I think [...]

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Thursday Warmup started with a 400 m run.  Then we were tortured with PVC pipes.  We each had a PVC pipe on the ground and we had to hop side to side over it up the length.  When we got to the end we had to do it backwards.  Do that 3 times.  Then do [...]

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Thursday Being injured in CrossFit has its advantages. Last Tuesday I rolled my ankle and immediately I had a young, fit fella massaging my leg and I got to skip the rest of the workout. I just realized that I’ve been doing this working out thing all wrong! On Thursday I got to skip sprint [...]

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Thursday Today was the third workout of the CrossFit Open.  It was a repeat of one from last year that we had done earlier this month to show us what the workouts were like. It was 12 minutes of: 150 wall balls – squat and then stand and throw a 14 lb medicine ball to [...]

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Thursday It is the second week of the CrossFit Open workouts.  They are announced on Wednesday nights at 8 PM.  I happened to be on my iPad at that time and told myself not to look.  I looked anyway. The workout is as many reps as possible in 10 minutes of: 5 shoulder to overhead [...]

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Thursday I signed up for the Open which is the first qualifier for the CrossFit games. I did it because my gym was encouraging everyone to sign up. “Sign up,” they said. “It will be fun,” they said. Liarfaces! The workout for the week is announced on Wednesday night. I didn’t look. If I look [...]

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Thursday The workout was as many reps as possible in 15 minutes of: 9 Deadlifts – 100 lbs 12 Push Ups 15 Box Jumps – I did step ups onto a 20 inch box. I did 6 full rounds and then did the deadlifts and 3 push ups in 15 minutes. Sunday I went in [...]

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All last week I was out of town and my major workout was walking. I was in Vegas and staying at a hotel that was next door to the MGM Grand where the shuttle bus was picking people up. In Vegas, “next door” is a relative term. I estimate it was about 1 mile away. [...]

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Thursday After our warm up we did deadlifts. We did 3 on the minute for 7 minutes. I did 105 lbs. Then we did walking lunges while holding a kettlebell overhead in one hand. We did 3 sets of 120 feet. I was using 25 lbs. The workout was: 62 jump ropes 5 Snatch  – [...]

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Thursday After our warm up we did front squats and then we did as many deficit pushups as possible in 3 minutes. Our hands were on 35# plates so we drop our chests down in a bigger range of motion. I did 44 pushups (on my knees). Then there was this: 25 Walking lunge steps [...]

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Thursday This was a nasty cardio day. After warmups and strength work we had to do 4 rounds of: 500 meter row 75 double unders or 200 single jump ropes Towards the end my arms and legs were no longer coordinated at all. Friday There was a strongman competition going on at my gym.  I [...]

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Tuesday This was a rough one.  We did shoulder presses and I pulled something in my shoulder.  I’m sitting here with acupuncture needles in it trying to get on top of it before it really starts hurting. The workout was: 50 Russian twists – Sit on the ground and hold a 25 lb weight.  Lift [...]

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Thursday We started with a 500 meter row. One of my friends in the class is injured so she wasn’t working out. Our gym trains a lot of trainers and she is starting their program so she was observing today. She watched us row. I was next to one of our superstar athletes. I finished [...]

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Thursday It was Friends and Family day at the gym.  That means you could bring someone with you for free so they could try it out.  I brought one of my coworkers who likes to hear what we are doing in the gym.  I was a little worried.  He’s out of shape now but he [...]

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Thursday Ok, back on track after the holidays. I can tell that I’ve been out of the gym more often lately. I’m stiff and weak. We started with front squats and I was a mess. The workout for the day was 21 reps then 15 reps then 9 reps of: Handstand pushups or twice as [...]

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Tuesday I ran 2 miles in the snow since the gym was closed. Thursday Our workout was 5 rounds of: 250 m row 100 jump ropes I did it in 17:11. I’m beat! —————————————————————- After that I was a total slacker. I went out of town again and didn’t work out. But, my schedule is [...]

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