Out of town working out

So since I am in Corvallis I know that I need to get in a few workouts so that my training doesn't drop off. I wasn't able to hit it as hard as I would have liked but here are a few of the workouts that I did.

3/18/09 - 400m sprints I was able to get to a track near the place I was staying and got in the sprint workout from my gym. 400m sprint rest 2min, 400m rest 1:30min, 400m rest 1:00min, 400m rest 30sec, 400m. My rest times were a little bit off because i didn't have someone to keep track of time and the fact that I was breathing so heavy I could do simple math in my head. I rest the right amount the first 3 rounds because I could breathe but the last two I think my rest time was a little bit more. Times were between 1:27 first one to 1:40 last one. I think it was a huge accomplishment on my part to even get out there and sprint. Glad I did it.

3/19/09 - I actually put Steph through a workout. She did a variations of the overhead lunge, burpee workout. She did 3 rounds 10 lunges each leg, holding a can of corn overhead in each hand and 10 burpees. This is a good one and really got her heart rate up. I was impressed that she was able to power through the burpees. No matter how you skin them they sucks. She was sore afterwards in her triceps and shoulder. This is due to holding the weight overhead and also the burpees. It was good. I really enjoyed sharing Crossfit with her.

I know that if I had decided to stay in Corvallis I would be training some of my friends and other people in Crossfit. It has done so much for me not only physically but my confidence, health and overall well being that I want to share it with the people that I love so that they can experience it. I know it is not for everone but I think a few of them would have really enjoyed it and would have gotten results. So even the short workout that I did with Steph was a ton of fun and it just felt really good to be sharing this experience with someone who means a lot to me.

I did a variation of the same just with more lunges and burpees. I held two bigger tomato cans overhead.

3/20/09 - I went and played racquetball with Lance. I really enjoy playing racquetball because I can see how much more stamina and endurance I have because of the crossfit workouts that i have been doing. Plus it is also nice to take the work that I have been doing in the gym and apply to a completely different thing. I would say that I got a small workout in, broke a sweat but not really anything intense. Lance on the other hand probably lost 5 pounds of sweat and at times looked like he might die. I enjoyed it in a cynical way.

3/21/09 - I got in an easy pace 4 mile run along the Yaquina Bay at Paul's house. It was a needed run but I felt like shit due to the horrible things I had done to my body the night before. But needed to sweat out all of the booze!

3/22/09 - rest and head back up to Portland to spend the next few days with Chris. Spent some time in a hot tub. Oh my. Hot tubs are great and feel so good. I need to find a friend with a hot tub in San Diego. Potentially a guy friend. That would be even better!

3/23/09 - Went to Crossfit MLK. I had met Chris at the Level One Cert in Portland and remembered that he was working on opening this new gym in Portland and I wanted to check it out. It is huge and has a ton of equipment. That's cool. It is in an old bank building with a vault and everything. He said that i could come to the 10:00am class. The workout was:
15 power cleans, 30 ring dips
12 pc, 24 rd
9 pc, 18 rd
6 pc, 12 rd
3 pc, 6 rd
Prescribed was 105# for the ladies and I would have liked to do that weight but he put on 95#. I would have done 105# if I was in Coronado but since he didn't know me and didn't want to push too hard he went safe and put on 95#. It still was a good workout. The first 15 I powered through and I think me form was pretty bad. As I started to get tired and needed to really be explosive my form got a lot better. I really need to drive from the starting position and shrug hard. I came down a few times on mt collarbone and I know that there will be a nice bruise there tomorrow. Time was 12:48. Overall a good workout and I liked working with Chris. I will come back to his gym the next time I am in Portland.