Wednesday January 27th

Rest Day

This is a photo of bodybuilding legend Bill Pearl. My Dad gave me a copy of Bill Pearl's Getting Stronger when I was about 13 years old. This book really set me forth on the path I have been pursuing for the past 19 years. I love the iron game, what it does to you. How you feel when you are really in the zone, making yourself better, stronger... it is something that you can't really explain to another. It is different for each individual. But, I imagine in some ways it has to be the same. That's why there exists a bond between those involved in the sport. Something unsaid, but understood between those who have it in them to push themselves beyond the ordinary, not for the approval of others, but for approval of one's self.
Thank you Dad for giving me the gift that became my passion.

Tuesday January 27th

wod:

5 rounds of:

8 x log clean & press

6 x stone front squat











1 x cement bottle farmer's walk

11 x burpees

42:09

This was a really fun workout. Hard...but fun.

Monday January 27th

Rest Day:
Dave Tate is wise...

Sunday January 25th

She obviously does not slack on her lunges.

wod:

run 600
then:
5 rounds of:
20 walking lunges @ 135
21 burpees

19:21

My legs are shot. Have not done lunges in a while...50 per leg @ 135... i'll pay for my lack of consistency in this exercise.

Saturday January 24th

wod:

Run 600m
then:

For time:
15 Handstand push-ups
1 L Pull-up
13 Handstand push-ups
3 L Pull-ups
11 Handstand push-ups
5 L Pull-ups
9 Handstand push-ups
7 L Pull-ups
7 Handstand push-ups
9 L Pull-ups
5 Handstand push-ups
11 L Pull-ups
3 Handstand push-ups
13 L Pull-ups
1 Handstand push-up
15 L Pull-ups

then:
34 burpees to catch up on the burpee challenge

then:
7 rounds of:

1 rack ohs @ 245
2 box jump + 10lb vest

then:

8 rounds of:

2 cgbp @ 315
2 x push ups

It didn't seem like my legs would be tired, but as the day goes on they get more and more fatigued. The cgbp felt heavy...hopefully my strength experiment won't be a waste of time.

Friday January 23rd

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rest Day

Thursday January 22nd

Rest Day


What we leave behind is not engraved in stone monuments but woven into the lives of others.
Pericles

Wednesday January 21st

wod:

"Mr. Joshua"

Five rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
30 Glute-ham sit-ups
315 pound Deadlift, 15 reps

40:31

This is the first time I have done this workout and it was tough. The better crossfitters complete it in the low 20's...obviously I have some work to do.

January 20th 2009

wod:

6 rounds:
OHS x 3 @ 195
Box Jump x 3 @ bw
Then
5 rounds:
CGBP x 4 @ 275
X-pushups x 4 @ bw

January 19th

day off from training:

6:30am
4 eggwhites
2 whole eggs (omega 3 eggs)
1 c rolled oats
.5 apple
1 Tbsp almond butter

10:00am
3 oz turkey deli meat
1 med grapefruit
1 c raw spinach
.5 c strawberries
18 almonds

12:30pm
Chocolate french toast
(3 pieces ezekiel toast, 4 eggwhites, .25 c whole milk, 1 Tbsp sugar free cocoa, 1 Tbsp splenda)
3 turkey sausage links
1 Tbsp peanut butter

3:30pm
.33 c milk egg protein
1 c whole milk
.5 cup sugar free rice pudding
2 pieces ezekiel toast
3 oz chicken salad
1 Tbsp peanut butter

7:00pm
6 oz steak
1.5 c ww pasta
1 c sauteed spinach
1.5 c calabeza squash
.5 c wine

10:00pm
1 med apple
.33 c milk/egg protein
1 c whole milk
.5 c sugar free tapioca
1 Tbsp peanut butter

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

Henry David Thoreau


Sunday January 18

wod:
Tire Pull x 2
5 rounds:
3 C&J
185,205,225,245,265pr
5 Pistols/ leg
8 KBS 2 pood