Re: Steve's "I'm not aging quietly" log
 

Nice Work since the Cert! Olivia and Sam are asking when you are coming back.

Smashing DL!

Running to a conference.

Re: Steve's "I'm not aging quietly" log
 

[quote=Elizabeth Terris;534472]Nice Work since the Cert! Olivia and Sam are asking when you are coming back.

Smashing DL!

Running to a conference.[/quote]

Thanks, ET!

Wish I had an answer for Olivia and Sam. Cheryll would be so taken with them!

Hope you get a chance one of these days to [I][B]really [/B][/I]kick back and take a breather!

PM to you......Take care!

Re: Steve's "I'm not aging quietly" log
 

[I][B]090306 FRIDAY

REST DAY[/B][/I]

[I]I really [B]WANT[/B] to go work out and make up for yesterday's dismal stuff.......have a LOT of energy today.

This is a probably a prime example of the necessity to lay off for a day and really let my body recover.......:([/I]

Re: Steve's "I'm not aging quietly" log
 

[QUOTE=Stephen R. Lampl;532529]WOD: "Barbara"
Five rounds, each for time. Rest precisely 3:00 between rounds.
20 pull ups
30 push ups
40 sit ups (unanchored)
50 squats
TIME: 5:20 / 5:41 / 6:44 / 6:31 / 6:23
As Rx'd, except for pull ups jumped on last round.

[/B]This was my first "Barbara" ever. I messed up with the stop watch on the 3rd round and so I added a minute to the time it showed. It was probably closer to 30 sec.

[B]Note: [/B]Had a couple of neat things happen:
[B]Pull ups: [/B]Managed to kip [COLOR=Red][B]10 in a row (PR for reps!)[/B][COLOR=Black]in the first round! As I got tired, there just wasn't enough room to kip with my poor form, hence the jumping pull-ups.
[/QUOTE]

Steve. Nice "barbara"! Just to do it as Rx'd the first time is great, never mind how long it took you!

And, the pull-ups! We've all worked so hard at our pull-ups that any pull-up PR is worth celebration! :highfive:

[QUOTE=Stephen R. Lampl;533010]
WOD: Deadlift 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1. Post Loads.
Warm up:
45# X 15
135# X 10
185# X 5
225# X 3
then....
235#
245#
[COLOR=Blue]255# (old PR - I think)[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]265#
275#
285#
295#
300# - PR! (Had to try, since I was so close on Rd. 7) :pepper::pepper:

[COLOR=Black]Weighted Pull ups
20# X 2, 2, 2, (F - OH), 2, 1, 1 = 10.
[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[/B][/I][/QUOTE]

Awesome DL PR! :pepper: And weighted pull-ups on the same day! Wow...You are an animal! :notworth:

BTW... What has all this hard work done to your body? Have you lost/gained weight? Change in size? I'd love to see your before & after pictures!

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Thanks for the kind words, Helen.

I've lost just under 25# since I started CF at the end of Sept. Was doing Weight Watchers too, so that has helped. I have no idea about my current body comp, but according to the charts in the Zone book, I should be at about 23% BF. The same charts put me near 28% in October. I need to find someone with calipers or get hydrostatically tested.
I never did take a "before" set of pix or measurements. I do notice a change tho - - middle-aged spread is going away and there may be some abs hiding under my waning "spare tire.". :rofl: I know one thing for sure; I feel and am a whole lot stronger than when I started!

As I've said before....I. LOVE. CROSSFIT!

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[I][B]090307 SATURDAY

REST DAY (TRAVEL BACK TO CA)[/B] took the entire day......

Gotta go one to Redding tomorrow, so probably won't get a chance to WO until Monday - - but I'll go CF Redding and get in a WOD:pepper:!
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Great PR on deadlifts my friend....very kul indeed!!

I know you said you might not get chance to wrk out until monday, but you might find the extra day off will do you good, and you'l kick *** in monday?!

Ricky

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[quote=Richard Macaulay;535816]Great PR on deadlifts my friend....very kul indeed!!

I know you said you might not get chance to wrk out until monday, but you might find the extra day off will do you good, and you'l kick *** in monday?!

Ricky[/quote]

Thank you! Perhaps I should take your advice......tho I feel like I've been resting too much lately....

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[QUOTE=Stephen R. Lampl;535825]Thank you! Perhaps I should take your advice......tho I feel like I've been resting too much lately....[/QUOTE]


Well do a little something, some press up BW squats, sit up, in aa wee circuit. Take a walk....Its active recovery!

On your question in Vanessa log about squats, id start with high bar presonally. Low Bar i feel, takes some one on one coaching!

Ricky

Re: Steve's "I'm not aging quietly" log
 

[quote=Richard Macaulay;535831]Well do a little something, some press up BW squats, sit up, in aa wee circuit. Take a walk....Its active recovery!

On your question in Vanessa log about squats, id start with high bar presonally. Low Bar i feel, takes some one on one coaching!

Ricky[/quote]

Hey thanks, Ricky! Yup - - I'll probably do a little something tomorrow after I travel.

Appreciate your take on the squats. I did it wrong for many years - - always high bar and wrong stance. Since doing CF and noting Coach Rip's reasoning, I can see how eventually the low bar position is so strong and stable. Problem is.....I am NOT! Cert really helped my form so I'm anxious to load up the old bar - - but I need to put the old ego on the shelf and just work on form....