Jumping for joy!

31 burpees

3 rounds

2.5 min bike setting 4

21 30# kettle bell swings

12 jumping (for joy!) pull ups

14'05"

Compare to 1/10 = 15'44"!!!  I AM jumping for joy!!!!

I'm tired!!!!

Today is a rest day. I did my 30 burpees for the challenge....

Whoa Nelly!

Today I decided that it is time to get closer to the prescribed weight....

First, I did my 29 burpees with frozen toes (Thank you Reynaud's!)

Then

21 - 7, 7, 7   110# deadlifts, machine military press

15 - 8,7

9

9' 15"

Compare to 1/9....Whoa Nelly, crossfit is smokin'!

Snow day means work out harder!

It's a snow day, BUT I still have to teach at 5PM. Bummer! That means that I can work out at 10:30 AM instead of 10:30 PM. This is heaven!!!!

40 burpees 15, 15, 10 (included for challenge)
50 thrusters 45# (as prescribed!) 20, 15, 5
30 pull ups 10, 10, 10

15' 02"

Compare to 1/7 where I only used 25# for thrusters and time was 17' 26"

Burpees are all you get

Today is a rest day.  Just have to do my 27 burpees for the challenge.  1,2,3......

Swing-a-ling-a-ding-dong

21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 3

30# kettlebell swings - Russian

25# power kettlebell swings

7' 52"

Compare to 1/5!!!  Next time, I should increase weight!

...and of course, 26 burpees...

I kicked Fran's ass!

Did Fran today at 45# thrusters with jumping pull ups

7,7,7
5,5,5
5,4

10' 02"!!! Compare to 15' 10" on 1/4....and my form is better! Yeah!

25 burpees for the challenge

My goal is 65# by summer!!!!

Squats gone bad

I decided that it is time for me to learn how to do squats.  Not air squats, now that I can do those properly. Squats with weights. I started by learning back squats. Light weights to start since my form needs improvement. I tend to lean forward - I am such a novice!

3 sets each of ladder adding 5# each set

45 to 70#

70# back down to 65#

45#

also learned front squat at 45# for form (3)

...and of course, 24 burpees!

Happy Friday

Did my 23 burpees for the challenge.  

Cold blues

Wow, I still don't feel any better.  Had a major headache while watching my son's TKD class.

Did my 22 burpees for the challenge.

Hope to work out Fri-Sun.

Gasping for air

I have been sick since Sunday night.  This really sucks.  Anyway, I am going to do my workout and see how I do.

I just finished my warm up, including 21 burpees for the challenge...and I am gasping for air!

4 rounds

12 jumping pull up

15 handle (knee) pull up

19 (2 rounds) or 18 (2 rounds) sit ups

20 squats

14'27"

BTW, squats were DEEP!!!

It's a new day

I still feel like crap. This is a bummer. I have to forge on and work out.  I will try....

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20 burpees

Ok, I messed up Grace:

30 x push press 60#       4'23"

30 x clean 60#                 5'09"

Did 2 clean and jerk at end - 60# was light

Next time try more weight and correct w/o!!!!

Well-needed rest

Today is rest day. Unfortunately, I am sick. I hope that I remember to do my burpees....Otherwise, it's 39 tomorrow....

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Did my 19 burpees!

Artistic military presses

My 6 year old son is an artist.  It's great. There is one problem though.  He will not draw in a book.  That means that there are papers EVERYWHERE.  I can spend hours cleaning up, and the next day, the house is a disaster again.  I want to throw some of the drafts away, but he gets very upset.

So, military presses are my anger management of choice today.  Have a messy house? Do military presses. The dog sh&t in the kitchen? Do military presses.  I mean as heavy as you can go.

18 burpees

Military presses:

3 x 45, 50, 55, 60#

2 x 65, 70#

1 x 75#

10 minute bike at setting 3 to loosen up back

Time for a massage!

Norell is skinny

My friend Norell is a cutie. I was always so proud that I could deadlift her!  Well, today I did heavy deadlifts, and I can deadlift more than myself! (I am not skinny.)

3 reps: 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130#

2 reps: 140#

1 rep: 145, 150#

My trainer watched my form....

Oh yeah, 17 burpees for the challenge

Good evening

Did my good mornings in the evening!

3 rounds

 

5 min bike setting 3

40 good mornings 25#

40 sit ups

23' 50"

16 burpees

Rest is best

Rest day!  15 burpees!

Turning back the clock

Did you know that working out reverses aging by 10 years?  Hey, that's why I signed up for this.  No needles, no nasty toxins, no looking like a freak....(okay, I guess that depends on your definition!)

14 burpees

4 rounds

2.5 min bike setting 4

5 jump overs (jump over and back, 25 lb weight on floor)

15 DEEP thrusters, 15# each hand

19' 16"

Reward for working hard: working out hard

I spent the past four weeks busting my butt at work.  No Hanukkah vacation.  Barely a New Year's celebration. So I took a half day today and helped Estela celebrate her birthday.  As a reward for not thinking about work for a while, I worked out hard - watching my form closely.

13 burpees

90# deadlifts

25# each hand for bench press

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 ladder

11'30"

Time to think

Today is a rest day. 12 burpees and then I get to meditate on the meaning of life (yeah, right).

Shrek likes to burp

I just got back from seeing Shrek on Broadway.  It was great.  Now I am stuck working out at 11:15.  I guess that Shrek likes to burp, and I like to burpee!!!

Will post my workout in afterwards....

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It is now 12:16 AM...how is that for commitment?

11 burpees

Cindy

3 jumping pull ups

6 push ups

9 air squats

Squats were DEEP!

14 rounds done in 15' 38"

Swing it like you mean it

Tough day on my stomach.  Ya never know what might be contaminated with gluten!

3 rounds 

2.5 min bike setting 4

21 kettlebell swings 30#

12 jumping pull ups

Tried to keep form on swings

10 burpees

15' 44"

Knees out, chest up

I love deadlifts!  Little did I know that if I keep doing them the way I have been, I will blow out my knees.  Then I will hate deadlifts.  To keep my love true, I will now do deadlifts with my knees out, chest up, and yes, a tight ass.

7, 7, 7 90# deadlifts, machine military presses

5, 5, 5

3, 3, 3

Oh yeah, chest needs to stay down on the machine for the presses!  

11' 34"

9 burpees for the challenge

...and here's a shout out to Norell!!!!

Savin' it for the weekend

Did my 8 burpees for the challenge.  Passed out with my boy.  Gonna have to work out Fri-Sun!!!

You only live once

I was pretty sick today.  Had to cancel a work dinner.  Around 8:30, I was surfing the internet and I watched Diane Sawyer interviewing the recently deceased Randy Pausch. I thought "What if this was the last day of my life?"  I got inspired to do my workout even if I am not at my best.

Here goes:

7 burpees for the challenge

3 rounds

15, 15, 10 burpees

20, 15, 5  thrusters 25# with tight tush! :)

10, 10, 10 jumping pull ups

17' 25''

Hey, you only live once?  Why not make it a "fit" life?

Recovery

Rest day, just 6 burpees for the challenge!

The Happy Swinger

With trainer watching form and stopping me from time to time:

7 rounds: 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 3

Kettlebell swings - Russian - 30#

Power swings - 25# (this is a substitute for ball slams - didn't want to wake the boy or freeze my tush off in the cold)

10' 05''

Notes to self: Pop hips and tighten ass!!!

Day 5 of burpee challenge

My buddy Fran

I have been doing Fran on my own.  Yesterday my trainer/hubby told me that I wasn't squatting deep enough.  So I thought, let's have Mark spot me.  Oh man, was I off on my squats!

Fran (with deep squats)

21, 15, 9      45 # thrusters (bar) and pullups (jumping)

Alternating T, B

7-7-7    7-7-7

5-5-5    5-5-5

3-3-3   5-4

15' 10''

My form still needs work.  I come up from the squat using my toes instead of my heels.  I need practice!

Day 4 of the burpee challenge

You need to go deeper

My workout for today:

4 rounds

12 jumping pull ups

15 push ups (with handle)

18-19 (2/4 rounds of each) sit ups

20 air squats

13 min 13 sec

I do jumping pull ups with a bar that fits into the door frame

I can do regular push ups, but when I use the pushup handles, I have to do knee push ups

I also found out from my trainer/husband that my squats are not deep enough :(

Today is also day 3 of the burpee challenge!

Me blogging?

My husband started blogging, so I thought that I'd try it.  We'll see if I like it or follow through. Anyway, I was never very athletic as a kid, and as an adult, I have tried a bunch of activities, like martial arts and mini-triathlons. I would love to start doing those things again, but with a 6 year old and >40 hour a week job, it is difficult. I got turned onto Crossfit, modify the weights, and I took off the remaining 8 pounds of baby weight, and have to say CROSSFIT IS AWESOME!!!