FRAN

Here is a video of our class doing FRAN. The guy behind me set like a record for the day or something!

21-15-9

95# thrusters

pullups (I still need the pullup band for tons of pullups.)

An EmerFit Class Doing Fran from Chris Brown on Vimeo.

I had to take off weight part way through.
For reference I started with 85# and dropped to 65#

Can you spot me?

I couldn't spot myself at first. I am on the rower on the left.

I feel great. Today was:

"ANNIE"
50-40-30-20-10
double unders (double jump on jump rope)
situps

my time 19:48

Not the fastest, but not bad, I think I could have been alot faster if my jump rope technique was better.




None of my clothes fit well anymore (Christmas hint!)

I don't want to buy anymore until I get to the target weight. I think 215 is good, but I think I would feel better hovering between 210 and 215.

My goal this month isn't necessarily to lose any weight, but not to gain any! It doesnt help when Amber buys a double pack of chocolate covered macadamia nuts from costco--too yummy!

I'm Shrinking!!!

I am down to 231#. I feel like I have stalled out the last few days. I decided to hit it hard at crossfit today. I did not scale down the workout, I have decided that I am not going to scale anymore workouts, no matter how long they take me to finish.

I write this 8 hours post workout and my legs are still on FIRE!!!

Todays workout of the day was as follows:

15 minutes maximum rounds of:
6 hang clean squat (like a power clean with a squat mixed in)
8 knees to elbows on the pullup bar
10 wall ball shots (squatting to standing and throwing a medicine ball high on the wall)

I pulled out 6+ rounds before time expired. I did it at the prescribed weight of 115# on the barbell. I FEEL GREAT!!

(SO I have to admit this: we went to colorado springs on saturday and I totally ate dunkin donuts, I felt like a big fat load afterwards)

Me doing some pushpress last week.

Steady diet of Sandbag Getups

I am down below 235!

Last week, we had a workout of the day, and the exercise was laying down flat on your back, and getting up with an 80# sandbag on your shoulder and then doing ball slams with a 15# kickball.

the reps were 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. It was exhausting. My coach was heard saying, "you all are on a steady diet of sandbag getups!"

Today the workout was definitely in my wheelhouse. For the first time in a while I felt great WHILE working out. We did 400m run, then 500m row X 5 reps. My time was 23:36. I actually came in 3rd out of 6 people and 4th total for all the classes of the day so far.

Here is the ELK I shot, I know that Dad and Andy are the only ones who follow this blog, so here you go guys!

Welcome to the Suck!!

I walked into the gym today and on the whiteboard it said
"Todays Workout: The SUCK BUFFET"


It was just hard. We decided to call yesterdays workout "There is no escape" It is too complicated to explain in writing.

Today we did:
30-20-10 Box jumps and overhead weighted lunges
rest 2 min
5 rounds of dumbell thrusters x 10, and toe ups on the pullup bar
rest 2 min
20 renegade row (think pushup position on a dumbell, then rowing each arm)

It took me like 25 minutes to complete.

I feel great, I have not felt this great in years. I finish my whole30 today. I will celebrate with some milk tomorrow, and maybe some chocolate chip cookies!

It feels good to have gone 30 days without cheating. Now that I have changed my relationship with food, I can keep on the path of healthy eating.

Here is a picture of me that they posted on the gyms blog. I was doing lateral jumps over the barbell.

New Addition to the Blog

I put a weight loss ticker at the top of the blog. Seeing my pre-baby weight, and my weight now gives me hope, and momentum.

I worked out yesterday and today. I did not have time to post yesterday because I was on the road most of the day and just could not type. I will say this, the whole30 challenge that I am doing is really resetting my system. I had 8oz of pure apple juice yesterday at lunch (first beverage besides water in 2 weeks) and it gave me the WORST FARTS EVER!! I think I will stick with water.

Yesterday the excersize was front squats, I set my 6 rep max at 125#. I know its not a ton, but I can build from that. Then the WOD was 4 pushups, 8 situps, and 12 jumping lunges every minute on the minute for 12 minutes.


Today we warmed up and did Bench press I set my six rep max at 130#. Then the WOD was run a mile........I wish I never got OUT of shape!

ball slams and kettlebells

great workout today! front squats , I set my 6 rep max at 125#. Itll get bigger.

My own body weight was down to 243 this morning. I am happy with that.

The WOD was kettlebell swings followed by ball slams (15 lb medicine ball, slammed to the ground) 25-20-15-10-5 reps each alternating exercise. I am beat.

Halibut steak, asparagus, and a Yam for lunch. YUM YUM