F*#! you rower!!!!!!

Enough said.
4 Rounds of
-25 Russian KBS at 35#'s
-100 single unders
And then a 1K Row.
12:31

KBS and single unders unbroken, with no rest in between sets. That was the goal.
I beat Suz to the rower, probably by 20 seconds or so. Trust me, I couldn't believe it either, she is a serious BADASSS. And she came off the rower 1 minute before me. ARRGGG! Guess I just gotta get faster at the rest of it.

It's ok to be out of breath!

Got to go to the 8pm class, and have 3 really awesome coaches help me yesterday. Kurt, Bryce, and Glenn all stuck around to coach little old me, and it was awesome! They totally made up for a small class and gave me focus, motivation, and energy to get through it after a really, really long day. My favorite quote of the night (thanks to Kurt) was "Anj, it's ok to be out of breath!" That pissed me off enough to pick up the bar again. Thanks guys. Well played Kurt.

Worked on OHS. I suck at this movement, so I stayed light and worked up to 45#'s for 10 unbroken. Not difficult, just had some pain at the back of my hands. Don't know why. Bryce said the way I was holding the bar looked fine...will have to play with grip, tape, etc. My issue is not the OHS, but getting into position for it, esp in a Metcon. I can't jerk it off my back, and in speaking with Roger, the goal is to get so good at snatches, that I can snatch that up. And after last weekend, when 53#'s felt easy, I think this will be doable. Roger really did not want me (or anyone) jerking it off my back....

MetCon: 5 Rounds of
5 x HPC at 75#'s
7 BJ at 20 inches
9 burpees
7:05
The metcon was awesome, on so many levels. First the boys made me go heavier than I thought I could. The most I've ever power cleaned is 83#'s. This has likely been limited by technique, and the sessions with Roger are already making a huge difference. So this was a huge accomplishment. And I did them unbroken until I failed a rep in the last round!! I didn't know I could do that. Still need to work on my 1st pull and keeping my butt down. But overall these felt good.

I was hesitant with my knee on the box jumps, but am still pain free. A little tight, but a little foam roller should fix that. That means I can go full force with it. I used to be good at box jumps, and now that I'm not shielding my knee, I can hit them hard again. And the burpees were unbroken. Slow, but unbroken.

So all in all, the best wod I've had in a while. Thanks guys. This is why I love our community. :=)

Triple Digits here I come....

Worked with Roger on saturday, and as always, am making steady gains. At my size, technique is going to always have to be spot on, and I have decided to work to get really consistent with good technique with all of my lifts. I am sick of being scared of the weight. I think with continued practice and technique modification, I won't be. Every session with Roger, I get a bit more solid. And less afraid.

First off, we worked on snatches. Only worked up to 53#'s which I did pretty consistently. This was not heavy. The pull was great, in Roger's words. I just couldn't find the lock in and the balance to get under the bar. Did it a number of times, weight felt light, but it was clear that for whatever reason, I wasn't going heaver. No worries, got some solid technique stuff in.

Then we moved on to the C&J. Made it up to 89#'s! This was a tie from my previous PR, and a weight I had failed at last week! Had no idea I did it until Roger told me! No wonder it felt heavy!

I had been working on getting under the bar instead of doing post Wod's, and that work really paid off. Have to work on not pressing out the last few cm of the jerk when it gets heavy.

And then Glenn made me do an interesting exercise. He looked up the current O lifting totals for women at my size qualifying at the USA-W open. Now these are 48kg women at the most elite levels of weightlifting. Qualifying totals were around 190#'s. My current total is 150. I may not be there yet, but turns out, I'm a lot stronger than I knew. The stuff I struggle with at Crossfit would be stuff that these little elite weightlifters would also struggle with.

Glenn's pretty amazing.

He also made me a road map of goals over the next year...which I will post if I ever get brave enough. They are big. They are personal and my own though....so I don't know about posting them just yet. We'll see. For now, it's our little secret.

A rough go

The last 2-3 weeks have been really rough on me. I have been on a vascular surgery rotation that has been super busy, with really, really sick patients. I have been leaving the house at 5:30 or 6am and getting home from anywhere between 10pm to 3am, sleeping for a few hours, waking up and doing it all over again. I then take a 30 hour call every 4th or 5th night. I have been standing during surgery for upwards of 20hrs a day, and am physically and mentally exhausted. I have not eaten enough. And of course, have not made it to the box. My goals have revolved around survival. These times when rotations get this busy are really rough on me, and I see my crossfit goals going to hell in a handbasket. I try to remember that I'm almost done with residency. That I'm in the home stretch. That a few weeks mean nothing in the course of training for a year, and that my goals are for next year. In a few short weeks, eating and sleeping regularly will not be an issue, and I expect to see a huge improvement in performance. For now, I'm just doing what I can.

And this morning, I was feeling particularly crummy. Bummed about how much crossfit I was missing. And a few hours later, I saved somebody from losing their leg. And I realized, crossfit isn't going anywhere.