Ok, boring title I know. But whatever. It was kind of a blah sort of day. I had to go to work...which initially wasn't the plan but it was a blah day at work so not all bad.
I also got more invisaligns so i have 6 more pairs to get through. I may get more but we'll see. So my mouth is sore. Its funny you forget if you don't get one for awhile but it was this moment of "oh yeh...this is what the tight ones feel like" yay for shifty teeth. At least I will have killer teeth after its all said and done :)
I went to Crossfit as well. It was a deceptively hard work out. But it was a good one and did suck as bad as I thought.
Strength portion
Back squats 5 X 5 - the goal to end around 70% of your 1RM. I ended at 130lbs. Which is pretty good since my 1RM is 185lbs currently. So i did it pretty much planned.
Metcon
AMRAP 11
2 power snatches
4 hand stand push up
8 over the bar burpees
The last move definitely sucks the big one. I just have visions of myself catching my toe on the bar and doing a mega face plant. But I managed not to do that. I also managed 5 rounds and 7 reps. Which is pretty good I think. I did the power snatches with 45lb bar and the hand stand push ups on a short green box. So not really hand stand...more like inclined push ups. But i kept with the box even though about half way I wanted to transition to regular push ups. I kept going. The only think i don't know is how i stacked up with everyone else since the gym is switching to an online system of recording so i couldn't scope out the scores before we started. But considering I averaged a round in a little over 2 min each thats not bad. Especially since my over the bar burpees are really really REALLY slow. I just tried to do all 8 without breaking. And i did.
All in all a great work out. I'm looking forward to my yoga nap today before assisting with A....assuming she made it back from Maine ok...with the impending blizzard and all :)
Friday, December 28, 2012
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Christmas Day
So I'm a couple days late... I know I know. But i've been busy. Like I previously posted christmas eve was pretty typical except my grandfather won the dinner game. Which was awesome. He also go to tired to come to church with us...for which my brother was quite ok with staying home with him.
So Christmas Day.
I woke up at a decent hour and got ready to head out. I had to gather a number of things because I was making multiple stops. I showered and then put on my new christmas pjs. I'm not really a fan of clothes for christmas day...even if I have driving to do. It makes it that much more relaxing.
I got over to the Holm homestead around the pre-determined time, and once all the Holm's were gathered we did gifts and stockings. Its always amuzing to me to see the receptical my mother uses for stockings...this year. Target bags. We are a classy bunch. My grandfather sat with us for most of it, until he got tired. And I did the passing out. Which does involve throwing anything lightish at the recipients head ;) Its really fun. I got some fun stuff...shampoo and tooth paste. Hey I use alot of toothpaste. It was a good haul. I also ACED the giving this year. Everyone liked their gifts from me. Boo yeah. I felt good, especially since I was excited about the gifts. Its nice to know you're not completely off base. The Holm family portion of the gifts ended up taking longer then excepted. Which was great. But after we were done I quitely slipped out to drive my butt to Providence.
I had another engagement with my sweetie.
I'm still not sure what sort of excuss was given but I am curious. Since I only told one Aunt that I was leaving and did it quitely. But I didn't think a million questions on Christmas morning was the time or place. So I just left.
The drive to Providence was uneventful. And then i got to my sweet heart :) I'm so thankful that I have someone extra special to spend the holiday with. I had many bags since I was in charge... by my own design of christmas dinner. Thank you Practical Paleo for suppling the recipies :)
We had :
Bacon Wrapped Chicken Thighs
Broc- cauliflower soup with Bacon garnish
Roasted brussel sproats and fennel
and Processco for some bubbly
(can you tell we like bacon )
The meal came out pretty good if I don't say so myself... i think the broc-cauliflower soup could have used more kick but otherwise excellent. And I only set the fire alarm off three times.
After dinner we did gifts and watched Miricle of 34th street...the new one. It was a great. Christmas.
So Christmas Day.
I woke up at a decent hour and got ready to head out. I had to gather a number of things because I was making multiple stops. I showered and then put on my new christmas pjs. I'm not really a fan of clothes for christmas day...even if I have driving to do. It makes it that much more relaxing.
I got over to the Holm homestead around the pre-determined time, and once all the Holm's were gathered we did gifts and stockings. Its always amuzing to me to see the receptical my mother uses for stockings...this year. Target bags. We are a classy bunch. My grandfather sat with us for most of it, until he got tired. And I did the passing out. Which does involve throwing anything lightish at the recipients head ;) Its really fun. I got some fun stuff...shampoo and tooth paste. Hey I use alot of toothpaste. It was a good haul. I also ACED the giving this year. Everyone liked their gifts from me. Boo yeah. I felt good, especially since I was excited about the gifts. Its nice to know you're not completely off base. The Holm family portion of the gifts ended up taking longer then excepted. Which was great. But after we were done I quitely slipped out to drive my butt to Providence.
I had another engagement with my sweetie.
I'm still not sure what sort of excuss was given but I am curious. Since I only told one Aunt that I was leaving and did it quitely. But I didn't think a million questions on Christmas morning was the time or place. So I just left.
The drive to Providence was uneventful. And then i got to my sweet heart :) I'm so thankful that I have someone extra special to spend the holiday with. I had many bags since I was in charge... by my own design of christmas dinner. Thank you Practical Paleo for suppling the recipies :)
We had :
Bacon Wrapped Chicken Thighs
Broc- cauliflower soup with Bacon garnish
Roasted brussel sproats and fennel
and Processco for some bubbly
(can you tell we like bacon )
The meal came out pretty good if I don't say so myself... i think the broc-cauliflower soup could have used more kick but otherwise excellent. And I only set the fire alarm off three times.
After dinner we did gifts and watched Miricle of 34th street...the new one. It was a great. Christmas.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Morf wins the prize
Christmas eve was tiring this year. Thanks to the emergency room visit yesterday so I just felt a little drugged all night. Well I am drugged. Thanks to the dayquil. But anyway.
The meat fest was its usual deliciousness and heavy as usual. And akavit is still gross. I had my usual one shot glass full. It was gross and I managed to eek out 3 shots into the one glass. But everything was good.
The funniest thing that happened was with our usual game. We always put an almond in the food and whoever gets it wins a prize. This year we used these chocolate pudding cups. There were actually more cups then people so it was a guess of who would get the prize. But off all people, morf got the almond. It was pretty funny because we all sort of saw it on his plate and then he wasn't paying attention and put it in his mouth. Then just got wide eyed and said "oh wait I got it" it was hilarious.
After dinner we did the dancing and gifts. And went to church.
Merry Christmas eve.
The meat fest was its usual deliciousness and heavy as usual. And akavit is still gross. I had my usual one shot glass full. It was gross and I managed to eek out 3 shots into the one glass. But everything was good.
The funniest thing that happened was with our usual game. We always put an almond in the food and whoever gets it wins a prize. This year we used these chocolate pudding cups. There were actually more cups then people so it was a guess of who would get the prize. But off all people, morf got the almond. It was pretty funny because we all sort of saw it on his plate and then he wasn't paying attention and put it in his mouth. Then just got wide eyed and said "oh wait I got it" it was hilarious.
After dinner we did the dancing and gifts. And went to church.
Merry Christmas eve.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Wanted and unwanted
Pre warning - this may be a bit whinny so just to warn you.
So this has been a good and bad week. I'm writing this on Christmas Eve while waiting for the dinner festivities to commence. Should be fun and I'm excited to eat some tasty food. My dad is making the ribs with bacon and potatoes as usual. The main difference with this year is the lack of rice pudding to start the meal. We always play a game at the beginning by hiding an almond. But this year we're doing it for pudding dessert. We'll see who wins... Almost never is it me.
I'm a little subdued this year for a variety of reasons. The least of which is that I was in the emergency room last night. I don't need to go too into detail about why I went but I not have internal hemoriods ... Woohoo! Lucky me. So at least it wasn't anything too serious... Though I need to follow up with GI to be sure. That will be a project for next year and unlimited sick days... Since I'm currently scrapping the barrel to get any time off anyway.
The other reason I'm subdued is that I don't have my sweet heart here. Things transpired with my family that made it so shes not here... By no fault of my own, but I still wish I had company sprawled out on the couch next to me.
Lets continue to back track though.
Yesterday was fun two different reasons. I went to the trans-Siberian orchestra with my cousins and I met Ks family. The orchestra was interesting and way cool. There was this story telling component that was odd but the music itself was awesome. And I had so much fun meeting Ks family. They were so warm and inviting it made it a lot easier.
Back tracking once more... We went to the nutcracker, which was awesome.
The family is starting to arrive so I'm off :)
Picture is me and Sister at trans Siberian orchestra
So this has been a good and bad week. I'm writing this on Christmas Eve while waiting for the dinner festivities to commence. Should be fun and I'm excited to eat some tasty food. My dad is making the ribs with bacon and potatoes as usual. The main difference with this year is the lack of rice pudding to start the meal. We always play a game at the beginning by hiding an almond. But this year we're doing it for pudding dessert. We'll see who wins... Almost never is it me.
I'm a little subdued this year for a variety of reasons. The least of which is that I was in the emergency room last night. I don't need to go too into detail about why I went but I not have internal hemoriods ... Woohoo! Lucky me. So at least it wasn't anything too serious... Though I need to follow up with GI to be sure. That will be a project for next year and unlimited sick days... Since I'm currently scrapping the barrel to get any time off anyway.
The other reason I'm subdued is that I don't have my sweet heart here. Things transpired with my family that made it so shes not here... By no fault of my own, but I still wish I had company sprawled out on the couch next to me.
Lets continue to back track though.
Yesterday was fun two different reasons. I went to the trans-Siberian orchestra with my cousins and I met Ks family. The orchestra was interesting and way cool. There was this story telling component that was odd but the music itself was awesome. And I had so much fun meeting Ks family. They were so warm and inviting it made it a lot easier.
Back tracking once more... We went to the nutcracker, which was awesome.
The family is starting to arrive so I'm off :)
Picture is me and Sister at trans Siberian orchestra
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Week of workouts
Ok. More like two days of workouts. It's been a big week at the gym. Monday we did our 20 rep max back squats again. And I do say again because I feel like it just happened. And i think it did but maybe a month ago. The total work out is below. I managed 128lbs. Which is pretty good. Though in thinking about it I may have gone heavier the previous time. I was hesitant to go too heavy this time because i haven't been feeling that strong lately....thank you work plague... when everyone in your office comes in sick its bound to effect you eventually. For the rest of the workout I used a 15lb (or maybe 12lb ) kettle bell. Turkish get ups are ridiculously complicated and i did them ridiculously slowly...finished ways after everyone else. Though funny I found out the next day that at least one person didn't finish it so YAY me for pushing through.
Tuesdays workout (listed below) was extremely complicated and even two days later i'm feeling it. Which is the sign of a good workout. Snatches are probably one of the most complicated movements in Crossfit so it was great to work on them. But consiquently its easy to hurt yourself. Solution...do less weight. I maxed out around 60lbs..didn't write it down...shoot. But I did #3 with 40lbs...around. once again don't really remember. It was a killer, and this is the kind of thing that my speed, or lack there off, really causes issues. Because I would finish or almost finish the round when it was time to start the next one. Killer. But i made it and now I have a sore bumm....WOOOHOOO.
Tuesdays workout (listed below) was extremely complicated and even two days later i'm feeling it. Which is the sign of a good workout. Snatches are probably one of the most complicated movements in Crossfit so it was great to work on them. But consiquently its easy to hurt yourself. Solution...do less weight. I maxed out around 60lbs..didn't write it down...shoot. But I did #3 with 40lbs...around. once again don't really remember. It was a killer, and this is the kind of thing that my speed, or lack there off, really causes issues. Because I would finish or almost finish the round when it was time to start the next one. Killer. But i made it and now I have a sore bumm....WOOOHOOO.
I decided to take the next two days off...well yesterday and today mainly due to scheduling but probably a good idea regardless. We'll see how things are tomorrow for yoga time.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
WTF blogger
Ok so I had a great post that just got deleted. Totally annoyed. I did fight gone bad at crossfit yesterday
Below is my score
Below is my score
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