Fell asleep rather late last night, but with my schedule this week and having Clarisse over to be there for the kids if they woke up, there was no way I was missing today's Crossfit.
Crawled out of bed and got ready.
Started with a rather intense warm up, 3 rounds for time of:
- 5 Hang Power Cleans, 95/65 lbs
- 5 Front Squats
- 5 Squat Cleans
- 2 Shuttle Runs
I took longer to get ready and was a round behind so I stopped after two rounds. After I changed my shoes for the cleans, I did round 3, in lifters instead of nanos and just didn't do the run.
Next was cleans, tripples at 70%, 70%, 75%, 75% and 80%
The two sets at 75% were the best, fast through the middle, fast under the bar. at 70% I was slow on the second pull. At 80% the first one I caught to far back, the second two far forward and finally the thirds was just right, a la Goldilocks.
Then the WOD. Ugh. Didn't like this one.
5 rounds for time, 15 minute cap.
- 2 Shuttle Runs
- 6 Strict Handstand Push-ups
- 7 Ground To Overheads, 155/105 lbs
- 15 Ball Slams
I wasn't comfortable going upside down with my eye, so I did paralette push ups with my feet on a bench, close enough.
I went way too heavy on the bar, I should've did women's Rx, but decided to split the difference and did 135#. Even 115# would have been smarter.
Didn't even get through round 4, made it to two ball slams. So 3+17. Meh. At least I enjoyed the cleans.
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Thursday, 15 October 2015
Monday, 12 October 2015
Crossfit Team Series Part Two, day 2, Sunday, October 11th
Today our sister gym wasn't there. I guess it was a one day special.
So we were under no pressure to get only two workouts done by 3pm.
We decided to start with the longer one, 200s, 200 shared sit ups while two team members held a barbell overhead (75# men/ 55# women) plus 200 shoulder to overhead (same bars) while two team members hung from a pull bar. Reps only counted while both bars were overhead or both members were in dead hang.
Then we'd have the 4 individual benchmark WODs done in succession where we could just go all out, not needing to save anything for subsequent WODs.
We setup with all 4 bars (for when either both boys or both girls were holding overhead), and got to work.
I was the weakest link holding overhead. My shoulder range isn't quite good enough to lock out in a stable overhead for long. I cut Kiza's sit ups short more than once. We were trying to get 25 sit ups each before rotating.
Kiza devised the plan, where after sit ups you'd rest by stand on the next sit up person's feet, then two shifts on the overhead. This sucked for me, but we managed. I made up for it by being really fast on the sit ups and did some extra reps when I could. We failed to record our time on this part so I estimated 6:50
Then came part two, the shoulder to overhead, this I was pretty strong at. I can hammer out a lot of push press at 75# and for the hanging, with all the work I've been doing on grip strength over the last month or so really paid off.
We chipped away and finished in 14:45. Sub 15! We were pretty stoked with that, having seen the other do this yesterday around the 20 minute mark.
We rested a bit and set an artificial deadline of 1:30 to start the last workout. I would be going first again, since I volunteered to do Karen (150 wall balls, scaled to women's Rx for the men, so 14# ball and 9' target) because no one else wanted it.
My plan was sets of 50, 40, 30, 20, 10. As I mentioned to the team before starting, no plan survives first contact with the enemy. The first 50 went well. The set of 40 was aborted at 10. Ugh, this would be ugly. I alternated between sets of 10 and 15, with on set of 20 and one of 18 mixed in there somewhere.
I simply ran out of shoulders after the previous workout. Managed 7:10, which isn't too bad at all.
Kiza took over with Grace, 30 clean and jerks for time at 65#. She smoked it. 2:47! I look forward to seeing her tackle this at women's Rx.
Linda fought hard for Diane. The deadlifts were a snap. There is no doubting the power of her posterior chain, but the strict press at 55# required every ounce of her will and strength. She did amazing, until the very last rep, the pain must have been so bad, that her brain defaulted to push press, a clear no rep, and she knew it too, before she even locked it out, the look on her face said it all. "Crap, no I have to do it again, without a dip!!!". And she did it. Simply amazing finish in 4:29!
Brandon took over with quite possibly the worst workout of the bunch. 75 snatches at 65# (only 10lbs less than Rx, what's with that?), I didn't know what his plan was, or if he had a plan, I yell out, "get to 10!" after he started, but he kept going and did a solid 15, so I'm like hell yeah, sets of 15, this will be quick. But no, the next set was only 5. Like my workout, it was falling apart. So he did like I did, chipped away, many sets of 3, some of 5, I think once he did a set of 10 in there. But eventually he made it, spent, he rolled on the floor. All that struggle and he still finished in a stellar 6:11!
We were done. We did remarkably well this week. My legs don't work today, but that's temporary. I'm really happy with our performance.
So we were under no pressure to get only two workouts done by 3pm.
We decided to start with the longer one, 200s, 200 shared sit ups while two team members held a barbell overhead (75# men/ 55# women) plus 200 shoulder to overhead (same bars) while two team members hung from a pull bar. Reps only counted while both bars were overhead or both members were in dead hang.
Then we'd have the 4 individual benchmark WODs done in succession where we could just go all out, not needing to save anything for subsequent WODs.
We setup with all 4 bars (for when either both boys or both girls were holding overhead), and got to work.
I was the weakest link holding overhead. My shoulder range isn't quite good enough to lock out in a stable overhead for long. I cut Kiza's sit ups short more than once. We were trying to get 25 sit ups each before rotating.
Kiza devised the plan, where after sit ups you'd rest by stand on the next sit up person's feet, then two shifts on the overhead. This sucked for me, but we managed. I made up for it by being really fast on the sit ups and did some extra reps when I could. We failed to record our time on this part so I estimated 6:50
Then came part two, the shoulder to overhead, this I was pretty strong at. I can hammer out a lot of push press at 75# and for the hanging, with all the work I've been doing on grip strength over the last month or so really paid off.
We chipped away and finished in 14:45. Sub 15! We were pretty stoked with that, having seen the other do this yesterday around the 20 minute mark.
We rested a bit and set an artificial deadline of 1:30 to start the last workout. I would be going first again, since I volunteered to do Karen (150 wall balls, scaled to women's Rx for the men, so 14# ball and 9' target) because no one else wanted it.
My plan was sets of 50, 40, 30, 20, 10. As I mentioned to the team before starting, no plan survives first contact with the enemy. The first 50 went well. The set of 40 was aborted at 10. Ugh, this would be ugly. I alternated between sets of 10 and 15, with on set of 20 and one of 18 mixed in there somewhere.
I simply ran out of shoulders after the previous workout. Managed 7:10, which isn't too bad at all.
Kiza took over with Grace, 30 clean and jerks for time at 65#. She smoked it. 2:47! I look forward to seeing her tackle this at women's Rx.
Linda fought hard for Diane. The deadlifts were a snap. There is no doubting the power of her posterior chain, but the strict press at 55# required every ounce of her will and strength. She did amazing, until the very last rep, the pain must have been so bad, that her brain defaulted to push press, a clear no rep, and she knew it too, before she even locked it out, the look on her face said it all. "Crap, no I have to do it again, without a dip!!!". And she did it. Simply amazing finish in 4:29!
Brandon took over with quite possibly the worst workout of the bunch. 75 snatches at 65# (only 10lbs less than Rx, what's with that?), I didn't know what his plan was, or if he had a plan, I yell out, "get to 10!" after he started, but he kept going and did a solid 15, so I'm like hell yeah, sets of 15, this will be quick. But no, the next set was only 5. Like my workout, it was falling apart. So he did like I did, chipped away, many sets of 3, some of 5, I think once he did a set of 10 in there. But eventually he made it, spent, he rolled on the floor. All that struggle and he still finished in a stellar 6:11!
We were done. We did remarkably well this week. My legs don't work today, but that's temporary. I'm really happy with our performance.
Sunday, 11 October 2015
Crossfit Team Series Part Two, day 1, Saturday, October 10th
Feeling recovered enough with my eye to tackle this weekends events head on.
After Kiza squared away the kids for the afternoon, the team assembled.
Our plan to do all four events in relatively quick succession was thwarted by our sister gym Crossfit YOW joining us to do the WODS.
They were all starting with event 7, the 30's of deadlift/calorie row/overhead squats. So we figured fine, we'll get in wave two.
But then they put everything away?! We kept a rower out to do it ourselves, but almost everyone in "wave two" was doing event 6, the 7 rep max front squat from the floor (aka max clean+6 front squats), we figured it was better if everyone did the same. So plan "C" it was.
So with almost no warm up, we just went to work. The last time I attempted my max of 205#, I injured my wrist. The most I've cleaned since is 185#.
I started with 155# and after 2 squats I dropped it, no point wasting reps. I let the others go, Brandon and I shared a bar and Linda and Kiza shared one. Brandon did his first full set, then I put 185# on. I was sure I'd get under it and then the squats would be easy. Which is exactly what happened.
I waited for the others to make subsequent attempts. Brandon was apparently satisfied with his effort so after humming and hawing I put 215# on the bar. Hey, if I got under it I was gold, if I missed. No biggie, at least I tried.
There was no way. I tried twice, and just couldn't commit. So in frustration I peeled the 5# plates and tried again right away at 205#. Boom! I was stunned, I got under it seemingly effortlessly. Hit my 6 more squats and was pretty happy.
This, I think, inspired Brandon try more and he got it too. Even Linda got in on the action and got within 5# of her clean PR. I lost count how many times she tried to clean either 145# or 140#, it was clear she was determined to get under one of those weights. When she got under 140#, the squats were a snap. Like me, her squat is way more than her clean.
Kiza's first attempt was so close to her 1 rep max clean, the cost/benefit of going for more just wasn't there. Made more sense to save herself for the next workout.
Our team total was 585#. Not too shabby.
This was hard but no lasting effect, so we were ready for another event. Once again with so many athletes there was no room to go right away. So we waited and recovered while the next wave of athletes to had a go.
Since we had the rower out and the last wave was doing all different workouts, we did event 7, the 30s.
I went first, 30 deadlifts at 135# went fairly quickly, not very taxing. The 30 calorie row started to get winded.
Then the fun started. 30 overhead squats, thankfully only 65#. These went surprisingly well. I made it to 26 unbroken. I wanted to be under 5:00 but when I dropped, a quick glance at the clock revealed that it wasn't going to happen, 5:06, grr. So I picked it back up and did my last 4 reps, finishing in 5:31.
Can't be disappointed with that. However this put a target on my back. Not for Brandon, he knew he'd struggle with the OHS. And what a struggle it was. Much like when I watch Sylvie tackle that horrible rowing thruster workout in the Open, it was inspiring to watch such dogged determination. Every rep was a fight, and he fought and won, 30 times. Kiza however was hell bent on beating me. Granted her bars were lighter. Of course she did beat my time with a 5:18. And Linda smoked it, her deadlifts are ridiculously fast. She finished her leg in 4:17, giving us a total of 23:52.
We were all ready to stay until 4:00-4:30 and get another one done when we realized the gym actually closed at 3:00. Hmm. So we had to make plans to come back tomorrow. Oh well, a good night's sleep might not be such a bad thing.
After Kiza squared away the kids for the afternoon, the team assembled.
Our plan to do all four events in relatively quick succession was thwarted by our sister gym Crossfit YOW joining us to do the WODS.
They were all starting with event 7, the 30's of deadlift/calorie row/overhead squats. So we figured fine, we'll get in wave two.
But then they put everything away?! We kept a rower out to do it ourselves, but almost everyone in "wave two" was doing event 6, the 7 rep max front squat from the floor (aka max clean+6 front squats), we figured it was better if everyone did the same. So plan "C" it was.
So with almost no warm up, we just went to work. The last time I attempted my max of 205#, I injured my wrist. The most I've cleaned since is 185#.
I started with 155# and after 2 squats I dropped it, no point wasting reps. I let the others go, Brandon and I shared a bar and Linda and Kiza shared one. Brandon did his first full set, then I put 185# on. I was sure I'd get under it and then the squats would be easy. Which is exactly what happened.
I waited for the others to make subsequent attempts. Brandon was apparently satisfied with his effort so after humming and hawing I put 215# on the bar. Hey, if I got under it I was gold, if I missed. No biggie, at least I tried.
There was no way. I tried twice, and just couldn't commit. So in frustration I peeled the 5# plates and tried again right away at 205#. Boom! I was stunned, I got under it seemingly effortlessly. Hit my 6 more squats and was pretty happy.
This, I think, inspired Brandon try more and he got it too. Even Linda got in on the action and got within 5# of her clean PR. I lost count how many times she tried to clean either 145# or 140#, it was clear she was determined to get under one of those weights. When she got under 140#, the squats were a snap. Like me, her squat is way more than her clean.
Kiza's first attempt was so close to her 1 rep max clean, the cost/benefit of going for more just wasn't there. Made more sense to save herself for the next workout.
Our team total was 585#. Not too shabby.
This was hard but no lasting effect, so we were ready for another event. Once again with so many athletes there was no room to go right away. So we waited and recovered while the next wave of athletes to had a go.
Since we had the rower out and the last wave was doing all different workouts, we did event 7, the 30s.
I went first, 30 deadlifts at 135# went fairly quickly, not very taxing. The 30 calorie row started to get winded.
Then the fun started. 30 overhead squats, thankfully only 65#. These went surprisingly well. I made it to 26 unbroken. I wanted to be under 5:00 but when I dropped, a quick glance at the clock revealed that it wasn't going to happen, 5:06, grr. So I picked it back up and did my last 4 reps, finishing in 5:31.
Can't be disappointed with that. However this put a target on my back. Not for Brandon, he knew he'd struggle with the OHS. And what a struggle it was. Much like when I watch Sylvie tackle that horrible rowing thruster workout in the Open, it was inspiring to watch such dogged determination. Every rep was a fight, and he fought and won, 30 times. Kiza however was hell bent on beating me. Granted her bars were lighter. Of course she did beat my time with a 5:18. And Linda smoked it, her deadlifts are ridiculously fast. She finished her leg in 4:17, giving us a total of 23:52.
We were all ready to stay until 4:00-4:30 and get another one done when we realized the gym actually closed at 3:00. Hmm. So we had to make plans to come back tomorrow. Oh well, a good night's sleep might not be such a bad thing.
Friday, 9 October 2015
Crossfit log for Friday, October 9th
Was really torn this morning. With the Team Series part two this weekend, and stress and fatigue from life, I would have like to stay in bed.
However I was awake at 4am and there was no chance of falling back to sleep so I just got up and got ready.
For warm up we did a 5 min AMRAP of 7 cal row, 8 ring rows and 9 air squats.
Then we moved on to the strength work.
4 sets of 4 push press at 85% of max, I did 155# and that was not easy, so a good choice.
Worked with Kyle, who is much stronger than I am but as tall and nursing a shoulder issue so we did the same weight, only his were touch and go. After I thanked him for destroying my ego, so paused between reps. Nice of him.
For the squats, well he just added 45# plates for an extra 90# to whatever I was doing.
We did 6 singles at roughtly 82%, 82%, 87%, 90%, 92%, 92%
I did 255#, 255#, 275#, 285#, 295# I guess I miscounted. Good enough.
Then the WOD. An innocent looking AMRAP of only 8 minutes with only:
- 5 dead lifts 255#/175#
- 5 burpee chest to bar pull ups
That's it. Started to suck at the end though.
I scaled the deadlifts to 185#, but only because I thought Rx was 225#. If I had realized my mistake I might have gone for 225#, but with my eye recovering and all, 185# was likely a good choice.
The burpees were rough.
I managed 5 full rounds and 6 reps into round 6. Happy with that.
However I was awake at 4am and there was no chance of falling back to sleep so I just got up and got ready.
For warm up we did a 5 min AMRAP of 7 cal row, 8 ring rows and 9 air squats.
Then we moved on to the strength work.
4 sets of 4 push press at 85% of max, I did 155# and that was not easy, so a good choice.
Worked with Kyle, who is much stronger than I am but as tall and nursing a shoulder issue so we did the same weight, only his were touch and go. After I thanked him for destroying my ego, so paused between reps. Nice of him.
For the squats, well he just added 45# plates for an extra 90# to whatever I was doing.
We did 6 singles at roughtly 82%, 82%, 87%, 90%, 92%, 92%
I did 255#, 255#, 275#, 285#, 295# I guess I miscounted. Good enough.
Then the WOD. An innocent looking AMRAP of only 8 minutes with only:
- 5 dead lifts 255#/175#
- 5 burpee chest to bar pull ups
That's it. Started to suck at the end though.
I scaled the deadlifts to 185#, but only because I thought Rx was 225#. If I had realized my mistake I might have gone for 225#, but with my eye recovering and all, 185# was likely a good choice.
The burpees were rough.
I managed 5 full rounds and 6 reps into round 6. Happy with that.
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Crossfit log for Tuesday, October 6th
After a week of inactivity following my eye surgery last Wednesday, I finally got back to Crossfit this morning.
They say 1 to 3 weeks of recover. So yeah. 1 week it is.
It was a great workout. I couldn't have asked for better.
The warm up was a 5 minutes AMRAP of 5 strict pull ups, 10 hollow rocks and 30 second plank hold. Went well. Especially the pull ups.
The strength work was 3 sets of 5 deadlifts, touch and go, at 60%. which would've been 210#, but I opted for 185#. That worked well. I likely won't hit prescribed weight until next week or the beginning of the following week.
The WOD was a partner WOD, 21 minute AMRAP of
- 21 calorie row
- 21 step down box jumps 24"
- 21 dumbbell snatch 70#/50#
- 21 chest to bar pull ups
I didn't feel like I'd be pulling my own weight in my condition and we were 9 this morning so I volunteered to shadow Kamil's replacement partner Jocelyn.
We alternated who went first each round, whoever was first did the extra rep/cal.
We split the calories in half (11/10), the box jumps in 4 sets of 5 (first person did 6), same for the snatches and at first chest to bar pull ups were 7 sets of 3, which didn't work so well.
They used women's Rx dumbbell and I opted for one of the new 45# ones, only 5# difference, but whatever. 50# wouldn't have been a problem.
Turns out I did hold my own, and totally kept up with Jocelyn (who is relatively new) at worst I was two reps behind him on the box jumps at one point, but caught up quickly.
I think we did 4 full rounds and 50 reps (the 50 reps I'm sure, the 4 rounds i'm pretty sure, if not it was 5 full rounds, but I don't think so).
There was just enough rest and just enough work. I worked hard the whole time and didn't fade. Felt good.
They say 1 to 3 weeks of recover. So yeah. 1 week it is.
It was a great workout. I couldn't have asked for better.
The warm up was a 5 minutes AMRAP of 5 strict pull ups, 10 hollow rocks and 30 second plank hold. Went well. Especially the pull ups.
The strength work was 3 sets of 5 deadlifts, touch and go, at 60%. which would've been 210#, but I opted for 185#. That worked well. I likely won't hit prescribed weight until next week or the beginning of the following week.
The WOD was a partner WOD, 21 minute AMRAP of
- 21 calorie row
- 21 step down box jumps 24"
- 21 dumbbell snatch 70#/50#
- 21 chest to bar pull ups
I didn't feel like I'd be pulling my own weight in my condition and we were 9 this morning so I volunteered to shadow Kamil's replacement partner Jocelyn.
We alternated who went first each round, whoever was first did the extra rep/cal.
We split the calories in half (11/10), the box jumps in 4 sets of 5 (first person did 6), same for the snatches and at first chest to bar pull ups were 7 sets of 3, which didn't work so well.
They used women's Rx dumbbell and I opted for one of the new 45# ones, only 5# difference, but whatever. 50# wouldn't have been a problem.
Turns out I did hold my own, and totally kept up with Jocelyn (who is relatively new) at worst I was two reps behind him on the box jumps at one point, but caught up quickly.
I think we did 4 full rounds and 50 reps (the 50 reps I'm sure, the 4 rounds i'm pretty sure, if not it was 5 full rounds, but I don't think so).
There was just enough rest and just enough work. I worked hard the whole time and didn't fade. Felt good.
Monday, 28 September 2015
Accessory log for Monday, September 28th
Gotta put in as much time as possible this week. I'm going in for eye surgery on Wednesday, so I'll likely be out of commission Wednesday and Thursday.
I went to the Y with no plan. I figured I have a ton of accessory work to do, I'd think of something.
I also want to work power through the middle, so I started with power snatch.
Went well, did some doubles up to 115#, then 3 singles at 125#. Felt good.
After that I did some supinated bent over rows with the 125#, realized I should have started with the Romanian deadlifts. so I peeled back to 95# and did a set of 8 RDLs.
Then I bumped it up to 115# for 5 or 6 more, can't remember.
Got some pretty good range of motion doing these, I think it's starting to work.
Then I resumed the rows at 175#. I don't think I'm doing them right. I'm going to peel back the weight and ask Dave to give me some pointers next time to make sure I'm working up correctly.
After that I did some ring rows. 2 sets of 8, focusing on grip and lat engagement and called it a day.
Felt pretty good.
I went to the Y with no plan. I figured I have a ton of accessory work to do, I'd think of something.
I also want to work power through the middle, so I started with power snatch.
Went well, did some doubles up to 115#, then 3 singles at 125#. Felt good.
After that I did some supinated bent over rows with the 125#, realized I should have started with the Romanian deadlifts. so I peeled back to 95# and did a set of 8 RDLs.
Then I bumped it up to 115# for 5 or 6 more, can't remember.
Got some pretty good range of motion doing these, I think it's starting to work.
Then I resumed the rows at 175#. I don't think I'm doing them right. I'm going to peel back the weight and ask Dave to give me some pointers next time to make sure I'm working up correctly.
After that I did some ring rows. 2 sets of 8, focusing on grip and lat engagement and called it a day.
Felt pretty good.
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Crossfit log for Tuesday, December 17th - back in the game.
Between getting sick, surgery, recovery, falling down the stairs and spraining my toe, it's been 13 days since my last real workout.
I've gone to the Y a couple of times for mobility work and did one day of squats and press.
So given my nearly 2 weeks off, I decided, when I went back I'd do women's scaled for 1 full week, just to get back in the swing of things.
This morning was bitterly cold, and I did not want to get out of bed to go to the gym at 5:00am, but after 5 minutes of self-talk I came to the obvious conclusion that I'd regret it if I didn't, and I would very likely feel fantastic afterwards.
So I crawled out of bed, took my new nutritional supplement regimen and got in my frigid car for the short drive to the gym.
Strength was two series of 4 sets each:
series one: 1 power clean + 5 strict press (increase weight each set)
series two: 1 hang clean + 3 split jerks + 1 clean
series one I did 95#, 100#, 105#, 110#, on the last set I could only muster 3 presses.
series two I did 125#, was planning on 135# but decide to go easy being my first day back. Split jerks weren't happening with my sore toe (from falling down the stairs two days post op, for unrelated reasons)! So I did power jerk instead.
After my second set, coach called last set because we had to start the WOD. It was a short one, but we'd have to go in waves since we were 7 and there are only three rowers. So three sets for series two, instead of 4.
WOD was "Jackie"
Same for men and women, no scaling option. So there goes my plan to go easy.
1 round for time:
1000m row
50 thrusters 45#
30 pull ups.
I've been pretty consistent lately with Jackie, going 10:26 (PR) 10:44 and 10:49.
Today I went 10:36. I tried to not drop the bar during the thrusters, while still doing the 10 reps then rest, but in the rack position. I made it to 30 reps but then had to put it down. Finished of with 2 sets of 10, putting the bar down again between sets.
Pull ups were horrible. First 10 not a problem, second 10 turned into 5, then coach gave me a "no-rep" on the last of the second 5, so I had 11 left instead of 10. Grrr. So I finished with 5 then 6.
I'm not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand, I was within my recent scores, but I was fresh and well rested. But maybe a bit out of shape after two weeks off.
I won't harp on it, the nice thing about Crossfit is tomorrow I start with a blank slate.
I'm really glad I got up. I will take tomorrow off, I expect I'll be sore, but I'll be back at it on Thursday for sure!
I've gone to the Y a couple of times for mobility work and did one day of squats and press.
So given my nearly 2 weeks off, I decided, when I went back I'd do women's scaled for 1 full week, just to get back in the swing of things.
This morning was bitterly cold, and I did not want to get out of bed to go to the gym at 5:00am, but after 5 minutes of self-talk I came to the obvious conclusion that I'd regret it if I didn't, and I would very likely feel fantastic afterwards.
So I crawled out of bed, took my new nutritional supplement regimen and got in my frigid car for the short drive to the gym.
Strength was two series of 4 sets each:
series one: 1 power clean + 5 strict press (increase weight each set)
series two: 1 hang clean + 3 split jerks + 1 clean
series one I did 95#, 100#, 105#, 110#, on the last set I could only muster 3 presses.
series two I did 125#, was planning on 135# but decide to go easy being my first day back. Split jerks weren't happening with my sore toe (from falling down the stairs two days post op, for unrelated reasons)! So I did power jerk instead.
After my second set, coach called last set because we had to start the WOD. It was a short one, but we'd have to go in waves since we were 7 and there are only three rowers. So three sets for series two, instead of 4.
WOD was "Jackie"
Same for men and women, no scaling option. So there goes my plan to go easy.
1 round for time:
1000m row
50 thrusters 45#
30 pull ups.
I've been pretty consistent lately with Jackie, going 10:26 (PR) 10:44 and 10:49.
Today I went 10:36. I tried to not drop the bar during the thrusters, while still doing the 10 reps then rest, but in the rack position. I made it to 30 reps but then had to put it down. Finished of with 2 sets of 10, putting the bar down again between sets.
Pull ups were horrible. First 10 not a problem, second 10 turned into 5, then coach gave me a "no-rep" on the last of the second 5, so I had 11 left instead of 10. Grrr. So I finished with 5 then 6.
I'm not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand, I was within my recent scores, but I was fresh and well rested. But maybe a bit out of shape after two weeks off.
I won't harp on it, the nice thing about Crossfit is tomorrow I start with a blank slate.
I'm really glad I got up. I will take tomorrow off, I expect I'll be sore, but I'll be back at it on Thursday for sure!
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Surgery Day.
4:48am - awake before my alarm. Dreaming of quite the adventure getting to the hospital, running through a rain soaked triathlon sidewalk sale, through an old drunk couple's living room, and a construction site. Only to find the hospital overrun by mutants (not the x-men kind).
5:51am - on a bus. Must remember to get off at Hurdman and not go into work. Reading Dance with Dragons.
6:16am - half an hour early at the hospital. Oh well. I'll read some more.
6:47am - check in. Meet Linda one of the nurses. Go through the questions and info about how things will proceed.
7:04am - change into gown. Take the time to remove my long underwear for the bus ride here, don't want to be that toasty once I'm on the stretcher. Stow my lunch and clothes.
7:20am - blood pressure is nice and low 124 over 68. Then the waiting begins.
8:40am - Listening to the patients brief the nurses about their conditions was sobering. I was easily the healthiest person on the floor. High blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, back spasms were just a few of the ailments that had to be considered going into surgery. Thankful for my health.
8:55am - Karin, the nurse from my pre-op briefing last week shows up. Had a quick chat, she hijacked my care from Linda.
9:15am - Dr. Wilson, the anaesthesiologist finally shows up, likes the look of my throat, easy intubation. A few minutes later an orderly comes by to wheel me to the pre-op area.
Here I see Dr. Delpero. He's a soft spoken mild mannered former Colonel, with a very calm demeanour. I like him. A good role model for the students under his wing. I hope they appreciate him.
I also meet a different Linda and Marie-Eve, two french nurses who go through the usual identify verification questions as Dr. Wilson put the IV in my hand.
Next thing I know, I'm being wheeled into the OR and I hardly had time to take in the room and I was out.
Next thing I know I'm waking in recovery. Nurse Karin is there, taking my vitals. Helping me sit up. (She noticed my Superman tattoo and ask to snap a pic)!
Rested for a little while and before noon I was with Kiza, headed to the car.
My eyes were sore, but not unbearably. Vision was same as before. The images from my double vision were much closer than ever. Remains to be seen how close once the muscles settle.
The car ride was rough, I began to feel nauseated as we arrived home and was thankfully able to make it to the sewer grate before tossing my cookies.
I spent the rest of the day in bed, mostly sleeping.
So a fairly uneventful experience, truth be told. I hope the results turn out good.
Rested for a little while and before noon I was with Kiza, headed to the car.
My eyes were sore, but not unbearably. Vision was same as before. The images from my double vision were much closer than ever. Remains to be seen how close once the muscles settle.
The car ride was rough, I began to feel nauseated as we arrived home and was thankfully able to make it to the sewer grate before tossing my cookies.
I spent the rest of the day in bed, mostly sleeping.
So a fairly uneventful experience, truth be told. I hope the results turn out good.
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Suprise! Surgery is next week.
So I went to my "pre-surgery" appointment with my ophthalmologist, to once again confirm the angle of variance in my eyes for my surgery in April.
Should have been a routine, boring, run of the mill appointment, but it wasn't.
There was a cancellation for December 11th, 8 days away and if I was interested I could take that slot. Eek!
So all of a sudden I'm signing consent forms, checking my calender, texting Kiza to confirm her availability. Craziness!
My last surgery was more straightforward, with a local anaesthetic, as the just severed a muscle that was pulling my eye up, because the alternate muscle pulling it back down was essentially absent.
This time, they will be repositioning the muscles that pull my eyes inward on both eyes to hopefully get them parallel, at least when looking forward.
This will require general anaesthetic, and will put the two images from my eyes very close proximity to each other, which may drive me mad, since it may be more difficult to ignore one of the images.
I am very hopeful, but more than a little apprehensive.
I want my eyes to be normal. I know, in my logical mind, that it is not a very likely possibility (actually not a possibility at all). Perhaps if I'd tackle this years ago, it might have been, but even then, not likely.
The best I can hope for is better than it is now.
They say that happy people don't have the best of everything, the make the best of what they have, so that's what I'll do, whatever may come of this, I'll make the best of it.
Wish me luck!
Should have been a routine, boring, run of the mill appointment, but it wasn't.
There was a cancellation for December 11th, 8 days away and if I was interested I could take that slot. Eek!
So all of a sudden I'm signing consent forms, checking my calender, texting Kiza to confirm her availability. Craziness!
My last surgery was more straightforward, with a local anaesthetic, as the just severed a muscle that was pulling my eye up, because the alternate muscle pulling it back down was essentially absent.
This time, they will be repositioning the muscles that pull my eyes inward on both eyes to hopefully get them parallel, at least when looking forward.
This will require general anaesthetic, and will put the two images from my eyes very close proximity to each other, which may drive me mad, since it may be more difficult to ignore one of the images.
I am very hopeful, but more than a little apprehensive.
I want my eyes to be normal. I know, in my logical mind, that it is not a very likely possibility (actually not a possibility at all). Perhaps if I'd tackle this years ago, it might have been, but even then, not likely.
The best I can hope for is better than it is now.
They say that happy people don't have the best of everything, the make the best of what they have, so that's what I'll do, whatever may come of this, I'll make the best of it.
Wish me luck!
Monday, 18 March 2013
What will it take?
I can't figure out why it's so hard to blog regularly. I post in my training log daily, I could just as easily put that content here.
I think it would be pretty dry though, and maybe that's the problem. When I stare at this blank screen I want to fill it with "marvellous" words. (and now I've just realized that the title of my blog has a mistake in it)! Or I have so much to say that I know I won't have time to put it all in, or the post would be way too long.
So rather than try to post about everything, I'll make a list, then blog about each one over the next little while. Maybe that will keep me posting!
So here we go.
Status of my eye surgery - the short of it is: no update, going back to Dr. Delperro April 4th)
Physio therapy - this is a new one, worthy of it's own post.
The House - I should really be posting daily on this one as we approach the deadline and so much has been done.
Strep Throat - Four infections in the last five month, eight in the last fifteen months. Is a tonsillectomy in my future? Stay tuned!
Kids - they grow, and learn, and surprise you all the time with the stuff they come up with. Need more posts about them.
So now that that's out of the way, I have no excuses!
I think it would be pretty dry though, and maybe that's the problem. When I stare at this blank screen I want to fill it with "marvellous" words. (and now I've just realized that the title of my blog has a mistake in it)! Or I have so much to say that I know I won't have time to put it all in, or the post would be way too long.
So rather than try to post about everything, I'll make a list, then blog about each one over the next little while. Maybe that will keep me posting!
So here we go.
Status of my eye surgery - the short of it is: no update, going back to Dr. Delperro April 4th)
Physio therapy - this is a new one, worthy of it's own post.
The House - I should really be posting daily on this one as we approach the deadline and so much has been done.
Strep Throat - Four infections in the last five month, eight in the last fifteen months. Is a tonsillectomy in my future? Stay tuned!
Kids - they grow, and learn, and surprise you all the time with the stuff they come up with. Need more posts about them.
So now that that's out of the way, I have no excuses!
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Eye made some progress
Well so much for that writing catalyst.
Not one single post in the entire month of September. Ouch.
Last Thursday I waltzed into the Riverside Hospital and let retired Colonel W. Delperro sever some over zealous muscles controlling my left eye.
The results have been less than miraculous. All this time of my brain ignoring the left eye has left it unable to synchronize with it brother.
The recovery, as usual, not as trivial as advertised.
Granted, it is still early in the healing process. I only missed 2 workouts, and the abrasion on the eye was unpredictable, so I should be, and really am, thankful that it went so well.
My eye no longer shoots up and in, which is good. I still have double vision (which I've lived with for 35 years and can manage quite well), but now the images are parallel, whereas before the left images was slightly rotated (about fifteen degrees). On the rare occasions when the image from the left eye asserts itself it is less disorienting than before, which is a bonus.
The muscles are still in spasms according to the good Colonel, and will take a couple of weeks before they settle into the new normal. So things may yet improve. At that point we can measure the difference in angle and decide where to go from there.
There are only two choices. Corrective glasses with prisms, that would correct both vision and angle. Since I'm farsighted, I'd need glasses for reading for vision and angle, but I'd also need glasses for driving with only the angle correction.
The other option is corrective surgery to permanently alter the angle of the left eye to match the right when looking straight ahead, leaving me with regular reading glasses.
Having committed to this course of action, I suspect I'll be returning to the Riverside Hospital over the winter to see this process to it's end.
My brain will decide on it's own whether turning my head to maintain stereoscopic vision, or reverting to discarding the image from one eye will be the best approach when not looking straight ahead.
I really should have done this years ago.
Not one single post in the entire month of September. Ouch.
Last Thursday I waltzed into the Riverside Hospital and let retired Colonel W. Delperro sever some over zealous muscles controlling my left eye.
The results have been less than miraculous. All this time of my brain ignoring the left eye has left it unable to synchronize with it brother.
The recovery, as usual, not as trivial as advertised.
Granted, it is still early in the healing process. I only missed 2 workouts, and the abrasion on the eye was unpredictable, so I should be, and really am, thankful that it went so well.
My eye no longer shoots up and in, which is good. I still have double vision (which I've lived with for 35 years and can manage quite well), but now the images are parallel, whereas before the left images was slightly rotated (about fifteen degrees). On the rare occasions when the image from the left eye asserts itself it is less disorienting than before, which is a bonus.
The muscles are still in spasms according to the good Colonel, and will take a couple of weeks before they settle into the new normal. So things may yet improve. At that point we can measure the difference in angle and decide where to go from there.
There are only two choices. Corrective glasses with prisms, that would correct both vision and angle. Since I'm farsighted, I'd need glasses for reading for vision and angle, but I'd also need glasses for driving with only the angle correction.
The other option is corrective surgery to permanently alter the angle of the left eye to match the right when looking straight ahead, leaving me with regular reading glasses.
Having committed to this course of action, I suspect I'll be returning to the Riverside Hospital over the winter to see this process to it's end.
My brain will decide on it's own whether turning my head to maintain stereoscopic vision, or reverting to discarding the image from one eye will be the best approach when not looking straight ahead.
I really should have done this years ago.
Sunday, 30 September 2012
PEC half marathon training log for Sunday, September 30th
Eye is feeling much better.
Ran just under 23km with the Running Room, even though I was only scheduled for 20km. Since I didn't do my 10km yesterday I'm okay with it.
Ran slower than normal, but the trade off for good company was worth it.
23.53km in 2:16:06 with sporadic walk breaks, since no one had a 10 and 1 timer.
Ran just under 23km with the Running Room, even though I was only scheduled for 20km. Since I didn't do my 10km yesterday I'm okay with it.
Ran slower than normal, but the trade off for good company was worth it.
23.53km in 2:16:06 with sporadic walk breaks, since no one had a 10 and 1 timer.
Saturday, 29 September 2012
PEC half marathon training log for Saturday, September 29th
Did my first post-eye-surgery run yesterday
evening on the Treadmill at the Y while Kiza and the kiddies were in
swimming lessons.
The pain in my eye was substantially less while I ran. It got somewhat worse afterwards.
Did 14:00 @ 5:19/km and 13:00 @ 4:54/km
It was good.
The pain in my eye was substantially less while I ran. It got somewhat worse afterwards.
Did 14:00 @ 5:19/km and 13:00 @ 4:54/km
It was good.
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