Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Thruster and Burpees

Last night I looked up torture in the dictionary and this was what I found:
1a: anguish of body or mind, 1b: something that causes agony or pain
2: the infliction of intense pain

I think if you were develop the CrossFit Coronado definition of torture it would be the above and:
3. doing thrusters and burpees in the same workout

I mean seriously, that is just slightly on the sadistic side. So for Tuesday the workout was
3 Rounds - 21 thrusters, 21 back squats, 21 burpees , 21 pull-ups

So I decided to go heavy on the thrusters and back squats (75#) so that I can get stronger on my squats but also my upper body from the thrusters. This meant that burpees killed me and were by far the hardest part of the workout. No matter how you many burpees you do they suck every time! As for the pull-ups I did 7 kip, 14 jump, 7 kip, 14 jump and 10 kip, 11 jump. I feel like if I could do 10 on the last round I should have been able to do more then 7 on the first two rounds. I think I need to push myself harder on pull-ups. I just worry about ripping up my hands. Overall I was pretty spent when finished but I felt good. Time: 27:28

When ever I have a good workout the rest of the evening feels good. So went home and did the usual. Walk the dog, cook dinner, do the dishes, did some laundry and Spanish class homework. In bed by 11:00. Not a bad day!

I made one of the recipes from the performance menu page for dinner. I think it was called sauteed zucchini. Very good and you get a lot of zucchini for just one block of carbs (if you break the reciepe into two servings). I am going to see what other recipes on the site I might try. I have been sneaking a few tortilla chips here and there from the kitchen. BAD. Note: When I have my own place never bring tortilla chips into the house!

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