Back in SD

I have to say first and foremost that the friends that I have made since going to Crossfit Coronado are amazing and have become people that I want to have in my life for the rest of my life. It was really nice to come back to the gym on Monday and feel like I was coming home. All of the faces and the hugs were great and it made me feel like I am creating a great community of people in my life here in San Diego. Crossfit has done a lot for me in a lot of different ways but the most amazing thing that it has done is brought amazing, caring and supportive people in my life. Not only in San Diego but also in Portland. I can still go back to my gym in Portland or workout with my old trainer and its like we've been hanging out since I left. That's cool and there are not a lot of other things, places, exercise programs that can't say the same.

I took both Saturday and Sunday off. Needed the rest, traveling and had a football game.

As for working out...it was fun to come back and get into the grueling workouts designed by Andy Stumpf. Oh how I have missed them!

Monday WOD: "Isabindy" (Isabell and Cindy) 3 rounds 10 squat snatch, 5 rounds of Cindy (5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups and 15 squats)

So let me do the math for you. That is 75 pull-ups, 150 push-ups and 225 squats plus the 30 full squat snatches. This one was brutal in many different ways. First: It was a long one. My time was 34:00. That is a long workout and a mental challenge to continue to push through it. Second were the fucking push-ups. Damn those were hard. I was only good for straight 10 for the first round. Then it became 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 or 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 and lastly sets of ones at the end. Yuck. What was a positive note to all of it is that I was able to work in the butterfly kip and I'm getting it. It will take more time to get the flow but it totally helped speed up the pull ups of cindy. NICE!

Tuesday WOD: Deadlift 1 -1 - 1 - 1 - 1 going for max weight
I had to go to the morning class on Tuesday and it is nice to get the workout done and have the rest of the day to be able to do whatever you need to. But I go to the gym in the morning without looking at what the workout is so I don't have the opportunity to look at past pr or times from other workouts. So I went into this one not really sure what my PR deadlift was. I thought it was 231 but it ended up being 237. Doesn't matter because now it is 246. Nice. That is a good increase for me. I know that the lift was not pretty and it took awhile for me to get the bar fully up but it got up. Like Lori said "as long as it gets up we are happy." Oh Lori. You crack me up.

Starting to feel pretty sore tonight. My sholder and elbow don't hurt from doing butterfly kips. Something I have been told to watch because a lot of people have gotten hurt from doing them. My legs are tired and a little stiff. We'll see how they feel tomorrow morning .