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[I][B]100225 THURSDAY

[/B][/I]Fighting stomach bug today - - BLEH!

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[I][B]100226 FRIDAY
[/B][/I]
No Workout possible today - - Job interview during a.m. class time, then my "substitute WOD" for the day:

Drive to Redding, load rest of daughter's things for move down here, drive back. Time: 10 hours 45 minutes. Distance: 570 miles.

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[I][B]100227 SATURDAY

[/B][/I]Under the weather......again. Can't seem to shake what's trying to bring me down. Taking today and tomorrow off - hoping to rest up and get back into things again.

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Hope you feel better soon, Steve!!
Are you getting a new job? No more starbucks?

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[quote=Marianne Urbanski;746497]Hope you feel better soon, Steve!!
Are you getting a new job? No more starbucks?[/quote]

Thanks, Marianne! I'm hoping to be able to stay with SBUX, but it seems highly unlikely at this point. Seems my position here in CA fell through the cracks (cost savings) and my transfer back got messed up. No positions available now, so I think I see some writing on the wall.

On a really positive note, this frees me up to work on helping our box get new clients and perhaps then doing what I really want to do - - train others!

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Sorry to hear you're not feeling great. :(

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[QUOTE=Stephen R. Lampl;746581]ThanksOn a really positive note, this frees me up to work on helping our box get new clients and perhaps then doing what I really want to do - - train others![/QUOTE]

:yeahthat:

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[I][B]100302 TUESDAY

[/B][/I]No workout yesterday or today - - went to the Dr.: diagnosis, definitely have some kind of cold or infection involving the lungs, with a remote possibility of pneumonia ......BLEH! Explains the shortness of breath and abnormally high heart rates during the WODs. Blood pressure was higher than I've ever known it to be also. [I]This was the good news[/I].
[I]The bad news[/I]......no workouts for a week! Dr's orders. :ranting2::ranting2::ranting2:

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[QUOTE=Stephen R. Lampl;747777][I][B]100302 TUESDAY

[/B][/I]No workout yesterday or today - - went to the Dr.: diagnosis, definitely have some kind of cold or infection involving the lungs, with a remote possibility of pneumonia ......BLEH! Explains the shortness of breath and abnormally high heart rates during the WODs. Blood pressure was higher than I've ever known it to be also. [I]This was the good news[/I].
[I]The bad news[/I]......no workouts for a week! Dr's orders. :ranting2::ranting2::ranting2:[/QUOTE]

Bleh. So, how are you feeling today? It's been a week, right?

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[QUOTE=Stephen R. Lampl;747777][I][B]100302 TUESDAY

[/B][/I]No workout yesterday or today - - went to the Dr.: diagnosis, definitely have some kind of cold or infection involving the lungs, with a remote possibility of pneumonia ......BLEH! Explains the shortness of breath and abnormally high heart rates during the WODs. Blood pressure was higher than I've ever known it to be also. [I]This was the good news[/I].
[I]The bad news[/I]......no workouts for a week! Dr's orders. :ranting2::ranting2::ranting2:[/QUOTE]

Oh Steve, you've had a rough go lately!! Take care of yourself dude! :)

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[quote=Justin McGinley;750885]Bleh. So, how are you feeling today? It's been a week, right?[/quote]

[quote=Nancy Cohen;750940]Oh Steve, you've had a rough go lately!! Take care of yourself dude! :)[/quote]

Thanks for asking, Nancy and Justin! Feeling a LOT better, but this "thing" still seems to be hanging on. At least I wasn't totally winded carrying something to the top of the stairs inside our house like I was the other day!

Looking forward to starting back up.....easily at first, I'm afraid.

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Glad you are getting better, although slowly. It is nice to follow you on FB!

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[quote=Elizabeth Terris;750982]Glad you are getting better, although slowly. It is nice to follow you on FB![/quote]

Thanks, ET. FB is fun, if not a bit too time-consuming. I though these boards could tie me up..........Sheesh!:yikes:

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[I][B]100310 WEDNESDAY

[/B][/I]Doctor visit - - follow-up today. Great news; I can start working out again! No pneumonia, just a nasty respiratory infection and info that my sub-clinical asthma (I've had most of my life) is probably no longer sub-clinical......

The bad news....X-rays showed old scarring and damage due to second hand smoke for years (mom was a chain-smoker). Dr. said the hard workouts (e.g., CrossFit) and deep breathing necessitated through the workouts were the best thing I could do to keep lung function up as I get older!

Let's hear another big round of applause for CF!!

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[QUOTE=Stephen R. Lampl;751784] Dr. said the hard workouts (e.g., CrossFit) and deep breathing necessitated through the workouts were the best thing I could do to keep lung function up as I get older!

Let's hear another big round of applause for CF!![/QUOTE]

It's great to hear you have a doctor that's not afraid to suggest his patients actually exercise.

Welcome back and get in the gym!

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[QUOTE=Stephen R. Lampl;751784][I][B]100310 WEDNESDAY

[/B][/I]Doctor visit - - follow-up today. Great news; I can start working out again! No pneumonia, just a nasty respiratory infection and info that my sub-clinical asthma (I've had most of my life) is probably no longer sub-clinical......

The bad news....X-rays showed old scarring and damage due to second hand smoke for years (mom was a chain-smoker). Dr. said the hard workouts (e.g., CrossFit) and deep breathing necessitated through the workouts were the best thing I could do to keep lung function up as I get older!

Let's hear another big round of applause for CF!![/QUOTE]

Great news that you can start working out again! :)

This week i also had another big round of applause for CF! A new client of mine (29 year old skinny chick with chronic back pain for years) had been doing CF style WODs with me for ~5 weeks...then she got into a car accident!After the accident her doctor told her that the only reason she can walk after the accident is because of the workouts she has been doing! Her doctor said the only unfortunate thing is that insurance won't cover my services!

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Glad to hear you can get back on it Steve...now GET ON IT!!

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Glad to hear you got the GREEN light from the Doc!!!

let's go, Steve!! :highfive:

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Thanks for the encouragement and the kick in the butt, everyone! Last few days have had no energy at all......naps every afternoon and no workouts. BLEH!

[I][B]100315 MONDAY

[/B][/I]First workout in about two weeks.......No way I was ready to do "Murph" with the rest of the CF Sonora crew, so did:

[B]Jump rope workout - - approx. 50:00
[/B]Lots of short rest breaks
Concentrated on DU attempts - chained three twice today!
Mixed these in with 5 sets X 100 single. All but last set unbroken.

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Way to get back into it. Glad your doc cleared you to exercise.

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Steve: what is important is that you did something.. i tell you that jumping rope for 50 min can be brutal !! great job on the DU.. I still have yet to string 2!! :)
Hope you are feeling back to your "ol' self" soon!:highfive:

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[quote=Aushion Chatman;751997]Glad to hear you can get back on it Steve...now GET ON IT!![/quote]

Thank you, Aush! This cold seems to be trying to hang on like a kitten on a new set of drapes.......but it feels wonderful (until I end up hacking like an old chain smoker) to be getting back into it!

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[quote=Elizabeth Terris;753908]Way to get back into it. Glad your doc cleared you to exercise.[/quote]

[quote=Marianne Urbanski;754141]Steve: what is important is that you did something.. i tell you that jumping rope for 50 min can be brutal !! great job on the DU.. I still have yet to string 2!! :)
Hope you are feeling back to your "ol' self" soon!:highfive:[/quote]

Thanks ET and Marianne! The jump rope work was both fun........and frustrating. Getting the timing, the actual "jump" technique, and movement of the wrists down are simply crazy concepts I just can't seem to master.......yet. Probably just like my kipping, it'll just click someday soon. While I am at times a klutz, I still am reasonably coordinated (or at least I thought I was).

BTW, I didn't know a person could experience DOMS from jumping rope. OUCH! Calves, hammies, and insides of my elbows were NOT happy with me today. Throw in the thrusters and SDHPs we did for our WOD today and my whole body is rebelling.....

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[I][B]100317 WEDNESDAY [COLOR=Green](HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY!)[/COLOR][/B][/I][I][B][COLOR=Green]:broc:[/COLOR][/B][/I][COLOR=Green][COLOR=Black](Irish broccoli, since I can't find any four-leaf clover emoticons.......)
[I][B]
Warm-up:
[/B][/I]CFWU

[I][B]Skill Work:
[/B][/I]Rope climbing basics. Grip was shot - - almost got to the top......almost, started to lose my grip and chickened out........BLEH!

[I][B]WOD: For time:
[/B][/I]100m run
21 Thrusters 85#/55# (used 65#)
21 SDHP
100m run
15 Thrusters
15 SDHP
100m run
9 Thrusters
9 SDHP
100m run
[B]Time: 11:26
[/B][I]Glad I scaled this one back a bit. Legs felt like rubber and didn't want to work when I tried to run......Really glad I pushed through this WOD. It was fun in a perverse (yay, CF) sort of way and will be fun to do again when I'm back up to snuff.[/I]
[/COLOR][/COLOR]

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[I][B]100318 THURSDAY

[/B][/I]Rest day today. Absolutely gorgeous here in the Sierras. 78 degrees today.....

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[QUOTE=Stephen R. Lampl;755043]
[I][B]WOD: For time:
[/B][/I]100m run
21 Thrusters 85#/55# (used 65#)
21 SDHP
100m run
15 Thrusters
15 SDHP
100m run
9 Thrusters
9 SDHP
100m run
[B]Time: 11:26
[/B][/QUOTE]

That is a nasty looking WOD! I love (hate) couplets broken up with running/rowing. They are a special kind of evil.

Welcome back!

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[quote=Justin McGinley;755790]That is a nasty looking WOD! I love (hate) couplets broken up with running/rowing. They are a special kind of evil.

Welcome back![/quote]

Thanks, Justin. Yeah....it sucked all right. This will be fun to try when I've got my "WOD feet" back under me!

[I][B]100319 FRIDAY

[/B][B]Warm-up:[/B][/I]
1 mile run (this felt good - - especially helped loosen up everything - - DOMS is STILL hanging on)
25 DROM
25 SPTs
10 Pull-ups
10 Ring Dips (jumping, negative decents)
10 Back Ext
10 HSPU (subbed regular push-ups)

[I][B]WOD: "Annie"
50 - 40 - 30 - 20 - 10 of
Double Unders
Sit-ups. [/B][/I]
[I](If you sub single unders, do 3:1 of singles vs. DUs). For each miss, stop and do five burpees).

[/I][B]Time: 15:10 Rx'd
[/B]Lots of single DUs, but managed to chain two in a row in about of third of them! All situps unbroken except in Rd. #3 (stopped once).

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Hey Steve! Sucks to see your still fighting off DOMS, but Annie has always been one of my favorite WODs to looosen up all that tightness.

And that thruster/SDHP madness with the sprinting sounds fun....as in evil fun. ;)

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[quote=Dave Coughlin;756165]Hey Steve! Sucks to see your still fighting off DOMS, but Annie has always been one of my favorite WODs to looosen up all that tightness.

And that thruster/SDHP madness with the sprinting sounds fun....as in evil fun. ;)[/quote]

Dave,

Annie is one of my faves also - - If I ever get the DUs down, I'll be able knock it out in short order.

You would think I'd have learned in a year of CF not to [U][B]ever[/B][/U] do 50 minutes (even with breaks) of jump rope work the day before a Thruster/SDHP WOD! :rofl::rofl:

Forgot to mention we did a quick Tabata (Mountain Climbers) after the WOD today. My score: 11 (legs kept trying to cramp)

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[I][B]100320 SATURDAY - [/B][/I]Unplanned Rest day (worked)
[I][B]100321 SUNDAY - [/B][/I]Rest day; full schedule anyway.......excuses, excuses...

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[I][B]100322 MONDAY - - Sick day
100323 TUESDAY - - No WOD -- work schedule....

100324 WEDNESDAY: Success!

Warm-up:
[/B]250m row
25 DROMs
[U]2 X of the following[/U]:
10 Back Ext
10 GHD Sit-ups
10 Rope pull-ups
15 Squat therapy
15 Double Unders (or attempts...)

[B]WOD: For Time:
[/B][/I]400m Run
3 Rounds of
9 Squat Cleans at 75% BW (Scaled to 95#)
15 Push ups
21 Air Squats
400m Run
[B]Time: 14:30
[/B][I]Still need a lot of work on my cleans. First couple I got (with proper form) went up easily, felt strong, and I actually got under the bar! Legs tired quickly.....cleans got UGLY.....[/I]

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[I][B]100324 - WEDNESDAY [/B](Continued)[/I]
[B]Strength work [/B](a little, anyway)....

[I][B]Chin-ups (dead hang)
[/B][/I]4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3 = 20 (done over about 15 minutes).

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[I][B]100325 THURSDAY

[/B][/I]Workout pre-empted again today - - stomach flu or ??

I feel like an old car trying to sputter to life......runs some days. won't start on others...:ranting2::ranting2::ranting2:

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[I][B]100326 FRIDAY

[/B][/I][I]FINALLY think I might have shaken the stomach bug. Today was the best I have felt in a workout in quite a while![/I]

[I][B]Warm-up:
[/B][/I]400m Run
25 DROM
25 SPTs
15 Back Ext.
15 GHD Sit-ups
15 Ring Dips (regular dips - assisted)
15 Pull ups

[I][B]Strength Work: [/B][/I][B]Dead Lifts 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1.
[/B]Worked up to and got [B]305# [/B]as a 1RM. (10# PR since my reset). :pepper:
[I][B]
WOD: "Randy"
[/B][/I][B]For Time:
[/B][B]75 X Power Snatch @ 75#/45#
[/B]I scaled and used [B]55#[/B] because my snatch technique sucks, plain and simple.
[B]TIME: 7:42[/B]
My first ever "Randy." I enjoyed this WOD and will enjoy it even more when I learn to get under the bar. Felt the 55# was a good starting weight and allowed for good intensity. Some technique work and I should be able to do this one Rx'd.

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[I][B]100327 SATURDAY

[/B]Got to instruct my daughter in her first ever CrossFit session. Took her through the basic warm-up (with some demos) before tackling a few of the basic CF movements:
[/I]
Press Series basics (using PVC)
Shoulder Press
Push Press

Squat basics
Partial squats
Dynamax depth squats
Squats against a wall
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[I][B]Today's WOD:[/B][/I] [B]Interval sprints @ 75 - 80 % / Full ROM pushups on parallettes

[/B]10 Push ups to full depth/ROM
.35 mile sprint for 30 seconds, then walk 1 minute, sprint 30 sec, etc.
10 Push-ups
.35 mile interval sprint - 30 seconds, walk 1 minute
10 Push-ups
.35 mile sprint 30 seconds, walk 1 minute
10 Push-ups
.35 mile sprint 30 seconds, walk 1 minute
10 Push-ups
[B]TIME = 18:45[/B]
Total distance covered: Approx. 1.4 miles.
Total number of sprints: 10 (each approx. 125m)
Total push-ups: 50

[I]Did this workout at home/in my neighborhood at the 4600 foot level. Definitely felt the altitude and was breathing hard. Great workout![/I]

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[I][B]100328 SUNDAY

REST DAY. [/B][/I]Functional workout of carry lots of boxes (primarily of books) upstairs for my daughter......

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[quote=Stephen R. Lampl;760181][I][B]100328 SUNDAY

REST DAY. [/B][/I]Functional workout of carry lots of boxes (primarily of books) upstairs for my daughter......[/quote]

I hear you on this WOD!! I have been bringing my daughter home from college every weekend.. today I brought her back and since she is on crutches, guess who carries everything up 4 flights to her room!?! :D Thank God for crossfit mom!! :rofl:

Great to see you back at it though, Steve!! where are you working these days?

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[QUOTE=Stephen R. Lampl;758966]
I feel like an old car trying to sputter to life......runs some days. won't start on others...:ranting2::ranting2::ranting2:[/QUOTE]

I hear ya! Getting old is overrated.

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[quote=Marianne Urbanski;760621]I hear you on this WOD!! I have been bringing my daughter home from college every weekend.. today I brought her back and since she is on crutches, guess who carries everything up 4 flights to her room!?! :D Thank God for crossfit mom!! :rofl:

Great to see you back at it though, Steve!! where are you working these days?[/quote]
[I][B]Thank God for crossfit mom!!
[/B][/I]
Boy, you said it, Marianne! Four flights of stairs? Crazy enough with just one at our place....

Thanks.....it feels great to really be "going for it" again. Still have some endurance issues, but that will come......I'm back working at Starbucks again - - lots of fun people-watching and making their fave drinks..;)

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[quote=Nancy Cohen;760688]I hear ya! Getting old is overrated.[/quote]

Hey, at least we're slowing down the clock.......