crossfit nomad.: January 2012

nobody said getting in shape was easy. actually, getting in shape is incredibly hard. it sort of involves doing things you've never done before. pushing yourself beyond the limits you've set for yourself. proving that you can do something. funny thing? you can do it - you just have to do it. like. suck it up and do it.

there are more things to fitness than showing up at a gym and running on a treadmill. pressing your 5# weights and doing crunches on a yoga mat in the corner. You need to test yourself. The only way we make accomplishments in life is to do one thing a day that scares you. i mean, how much does studying for tests suck? i mean, really. they suck a lot. but you paid to go to college and to get a degree in whatever it is you're studying for so you suck it up and study because you want that degree. this is no different. you have to live and breathe passionately and fight for what you want (with anything in your life, really.) and i hate to break it to you, but you kinda have to eat a little better. or a lot better. working out really hard doesn't mean you earn a cookie. it doesn't mean you'll "run it off later." - everything you ingest has a chemical reaction on your body inside and out. example? eating sugar (refined, unnatural - and yes, stevia counts as FAKE) will make you break out on your face as well as help you get a fancy little tire around your midsection. sounds delicious, doesn't it. i didn't think so. gluten, which is the enemy of all enemies, causes an inflammatory response in your body that can cause anything from obesity to cancers and arthritis. how's that cookie looking? yup, that's what i thought.

so. the holidays are over and i'm not telling you to jump ship on everything you hold near and dear in your life - but take a look at your diet and try to figure out what it's doing to your workout. if you're working your ass of in the gym - why should your dinner ruin all the hard work? that would really suck.

want more info? go to Whole9's blog. And maybe Robb Wolf's. And Diane Sanfilippo's.

read up. educate yourself. and move your body in ways you didn't think possible. lift something. you mayyyy shock yourself.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

warm up: 400m run

2 rounds:

30s per side sansom stretch

10 push ups

10 ab mat sit ups

pull up progression

2 assisted

2 holds (at top)

6 ring rows (legs elevated)

10 assisted pull ups

strength: press 5-3-1 (75%-85%-95%)

warm ups 15x10, 35x10

working sets 55x5, 65x3, 70x1

*went up strong but something is up with the right shoulder/arm and the left is going up wayyyy more efficiently. hmmm.

wod: 10, 9, 8, 7...1, 2, 3, 4...10

push press

back squat

after 1 minute of work: run 100m, then continue latter

(20m cap)

finished: down to 0, up to 8

suckfest and a half.

crossfit nomad.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

wall ball.... burpees?

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

sometimes it sucks.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

ouch, my lungs!