Home Stretch

Ok, so I know I havent posted in a while, but those of you that know me, know why. I am not going to discuss it here. Lets just say, I have had alot of time to work out. I am nearing my goal. I still fluctuate my weight a few pounds a day, but I am consistently at 218 in the mornings. I feel super confident for all of my workouts. I am now just continuing my goal of getting stronger and fitter.
Here is a recent picture of my Deadlift from friday. I set a personal record for single rep Deadlift----375# !!!

I made it through the holidays

I made it through Christmas and New Years with out gaining any weight. It was tough, especially with all of the yummy treats that Amberly makes. I stepped on the scale today and my weight was 223! I only have 8 to go. (well, I may reevaluate that weight loss goal when I reach it.)

today was a tough workout. It was called BARBARA.
5 rounds of:
20 pullups
30 pushups
40 situps
50 squats
3 minute rest.
It took me like 45 minutes!

(so you dont have to do the math, that is 100 pullups, 150 pushups, 200 situps, 250 squats!)

Here is a recent picture of me doing Hang clean Thrusters.
I feel great.

Quick post

I did 12 pull ups in a row today. No assist band. OORAH!!

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!