2 week hiatus

I haven't been in, in two weeks. Mostly excuses... but also trying to help Greg get situated with his classes this semester... it was a headache to stay the least!

Anyway, went in to the gym today.  I was going to go in on Monday, but unfortunately I had one Hell of a headache I could not kick! I was planning to go to the 4 pm class, but I completely slept through it and still woke up with a headache... yeah... suck! Today I wasn't feeling it at all. I was falling asleep at work and I had busy today. I never feel that tired when I'm that busy. Got to the gym, barely talked to anyone... just wasn't in the talking mood like usual... I looked on the board and saw burpees! Oh dear God... burpees!!! I knew it was because u haven't been in in awhile. I was telling my friend earlier "with my luck, there's burpees today!" Yup... it was taunting me as I was doing my warm-up and strength... then torturing me during the workout.

But!!! As I was dying and ready to just give up, here comes one of the coaches to help give me that push to finish.  As I'm going through the workout, I hear my capitol friends cheering me on, encouraging me to keep pushing and finish the wod. It was brutal... but I finished!

Then I feel like crap... damn it, I think I'm coming down with a cold.

During strength, we did push presses.  I grabbed the women's bar and wanted to add more weight. Funny thing though, I thought I grabbed the 5 lbs weights to add 10 lbs... when actually I grabbed the 10 lbs weight!! And I was doing just fine. So when I wanted to add more, I checked the weights, which I think I should have not.

All in all, a good night. Let's just hope that I don't come down with a child

Back at it again

So I haven't been in the gym for about a month and a half.... mostly excuses. And 2 weeks of it I was on vacation.  I'm not quite at the point where working out its part of my vacation plans. Haha!  I came back last week on Thursday and Friday. Both were somewhat easy days... as in, I want too terribly sore... I just couldn't straighten my arms... haha!!! Anyway, I realized how being gone for a month and a half changes you... physically for the worst. Not only that, but you lose that momentum of drive, dedication and determination! But the best thing I did was get back on that horse. And honestly, if it wasn't for one of the bad ass chicks, that I look up to at my gym, telling me she misses my face, I probably would have had a harder time coming back.  That right there is why I love my gym!

I did come in yesterday and Thursday! . I was planning on Monday too, but I had my work cut out for me... about "9 loads of laundry" work... felt more like 100 loads! Thursday seemed like a "piece of cake" (as the coach likes to say with a somewhat evil laugh...) compared to yesterday! But, like he said, gotta earn your weekends! Worked on some power cleans... Then some front and back squats. The other thing I love about this gym is how they really help you work on your form! It sucks fir me right now, but I can't wait to feel more confident with my lifts. Especially those damn overhead squats... Then the real brutal work happened! Of course after some much needed rest with jello feeling legs after those squats.

5 rounds:

20 Heavy jump rope
10 burpees
100 meters - 25lbs each farmers carry
100 meters 15 lbs each waiters carry

At first is seemed like I was feeling a little pinch pain in the knees. So I thought if I start slowly, it might go away, which thankfully it did! As soon as I started the jump rope, my legs wanted to collapse so bad! So I gathered myself together, remind myself that my legs can handle it and pushed on. The first round, I just kept thinking to myself "where is that girl with the drive, determination, motivation and will to keep pushing? The girl who wanted something so bad that she did everything she could to try to get there?" Then I realized I just gotta wake her up from her 3 year slumber. By second round, I pushed, and pushed hard to finish the workout. I started singing Marine Corps cadence during the walks. I started remembering how I was before. And that girl was waking up. When that girl was waking up, By the 3rd, 4th, and 5th round, I had shorter rests and I pushed harder to finish this grueling without.  By the end of the workout, I was sad and content...  Sad because of how I let that girl go, yet content because she wasn't that hard to find.  Now I just gotta try and keep her and never let her go!

Ugh, burpees!

Last week seemed like burpees week! Or well, the two days that I went, we did burpees. I hate them! I don't even know if I'll ever like them!

Anyway, slowly but surely I'm getting used to overhead squats. I'm always afraid I'll drop the bar on my head. I'm stuck on 45 lbs right now. Like usual.. but maybe next go around I may add another 10 lbs?

I haven't gone in to the gym at all this week. I know, horrible me! But I'm going in tomorrow, Saturday, because it is an event to help raise the awareness of breast cancer. So I'll be suffering 3 grueling minutes of 45 lbs thrusters. It'll be worth it. I'll even have my hair in pony tails with pink tied around them. One representing my mom, the other representing my best friends mom. I'm going to push as hard as I can to get as many reps as possible in that 3 minutes. Wish me luck!