Pretty Good Morning For My Lifting Today
Today turned out to be a pretty good day for my lifts. I got them in after messing with some yard work and going to for a game of mini golf, then more yard work afterwards. It was a great day out in the sun.
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Today turned out to be a pretty good day for my lifts. I got them in after messing with some yard work and going to for a game of mini golf, then more yard work afterwards. It was a great day out in the sun.
Itโs Halloween, so I had to make my girlfriend laugh, as always. It was a heavy deadlift day too.
Today I did my first true double WOD day since last spring, when the shit hit the fan. I actually got some intensity in.
For the first time in probably six months or more, I took my bar outside and worked up to a heavy single clean and jerk late in the afternoon yesterday.
I slept pretty good last night, but it was humid. My deadlifts felt great, though.
This morning my deadlifts went well, and then I got a WOD in that was an easy shift.
My ankle was really bugging me yesterday, and I felt a lot better this morning but was still stiff, so I did the vault WOD but at a slower pace.
I didnโt sleep well or for nearly long enough last night. My elbow was pissed too, but my bench press went better than I expected it to.
Even though I am tired today, I did my bench press and then a WOD bright and early this morning.
I did my deadlifts this morning, and they felt pretty good. I went right into an endurance WOD using the rower after that.
My wrist felt good this morning, so I decided to push it with the kettlebell swings in the vault WOD.
I did a simple WOD this morning, and it left me feeling pretty shaky. It wasnโt even that bad of a workout. Later I did my heavy squats and they did the same to me.
I got this weekโs vault workout done this morning. It went better than I expected.
This year I did not sign up for the CrossFit Open, but if the workouts arenโt completely dumb, and I can do them, I want to.
My wrist cyst popped the other day, and I think thatโs why bench press felt totally off today. I heavily favored the opposite side.
I did sleep decently again last night. I drank my coffee and was ready to get a workout in.
I did my presses, and they went okay. After that, I did a WOD with squats and rowing that really filled my legs with lactic acid.
I slept great last night, but Iโve been feeling tired all day. My deadlifts this morning felt great, then I went for a heavy single front squat this evening.
We went to Joyโs last night, so, of course, I slept poorly. I still wanted to push it with a WOD this morning, so I did todayโs SHIFT WOD but on the bike.
Today in the home gym was a bit of a mental adventure, but I got my shit done. Things just kept going wrong for me.
Iโve been feeling a little under the weather and seem to be finally over it, so I went for my deadlifts this morning. They felt pretty good. A WOD felt good too. It was great to get a little more back to normal.
I woke up early this morning, so I was ready to get to my deadlifts early. I wanted to get them done before the wind picked up again.
I did a fun but brutal bike and devil press WOD today. Iโve been wanting to redo this one for a while now.
I slept very poorly last night. I woke up a little before one oโclock and spent the rest of the night laying in bed wide awake until I finally got up.
Today I did box jumps in a WOD. Itโs the first time Iโve done those in a long time. I do like them, but our space and my vision make them less than ideal for me.
I felt great with my bench press today, then decided to do a bike interval WOD. That was a stupid idea.
I slept great last night, and besides one brief twinge last night when I reached and twisted to flush the toilet, my coreโs been fine I did my deadlifts then and an endurance WOD for something different.
My handโs been feeling normal, so I thought today was a good day to pick up where I left off on my deadlifts.
My hand felt fine today. Itโs not sensitive at all, so I wanted to test it out on a WOD. It was going to be a WOD thatโs more than nothing, but it turned into a fun one!
My hand felt good with no sensitivity today, so I got my bench press in and then a super light shift workout in to test it out.
I did a fun WOD today with the bike and squats and pushed myself a little more than I have been doing.
I had to do something to make Molly laugh for Halloween. Last year I had an idea but didnโt go through with it, but I did this year.
I was really feeling tired today but got to my back squats for the week. I got one pretty looking rep at 310 pounds. I could tell from the video that I had more in the tank.
I didnโt feel too refreshed after waking up this morning. I didnโt sleep so great but I got my deadlifts done this morning. The heavy lifts felt amazing.
This morning, I felt good. I was a bit tired from being up watching the Eagles game, but I got to the garage gym as soon as I felt like I wouldnโt be an ass to the neighbors.
This morning I did a WOD that had kettlebell swings. I went with the 32 kg and forgot how great of an exercise they can be. Iโd highly recommend people get a proper kettlebell and learn to use it. It takes up virtually no space and is a great piece of equipment to have.
I was pretty busy in the home gym today. I got my bench press and a WOD done this morning. When Molly got home, she was going to do her shoulder presses. I was feeling good, so I did mine with her.
For my birthday this year, Iโve been planning on doing my Crossfit total. Iโve felt like Iโve made great progress, especially on squats, so I did it this morning. I finally made a long-term goal.
I have been back and forth on whether I wanted to attempt my back squat PR set at three hundred and ten pounds today. Ultimately, I decided to go for it and see how it felt.
I felt good this morning, so I was anxious to get out in the garage and do my bench press. While warming up with just the bar, the adjustable bench fell to the bottom position. I guess it wasnโt set right. I reset it and bounced my weight on it, and it was fine.
This evening we were able to go out on the patio and do a WOD together. We spent the earlier part of the day running around and then planting the plants in the garden.
cI havenโt enjoyed a lot of SPโs recent programming, and I havenโt kept it a secret. At least itโs not been months of WODs that are constantly varied Murph Preparation like our old gym used to do.
This morning, I decided to get out of my comfort zone with the shift version of the WOD. Having done a shit ton of pull-ups yesterday, the burpee pull-ups were out, so I did shift and ring rows instead.
Yesterday was a shitshow for me in the home gym. Everything that could go wrong did. Today was the opposite of that. Everything went great, felt great and I had no fuckups.
Some days are like today. Nothing seems to go right at all. I couldnโt get the bench lined up right. Used the wrong weight for bench press, and then I did a WOD that had tons of hop overs.
The WOD programmed for tomorrow is one thatโs had my attention since it was posted. I did it about this time last year and scaled the weight. Today I used the RX weight and missed the goal by a few minutes but still I was happy with how I did.
I woke up this morning feeling pretty good. It was one of those days when wanted to get something different in for a WOD, though. I thought a longer endurance WOD would be perfect.
Last week I didnโt get that many WODs in. I was doing my heavy lifts but not much more here in the garage gym. Thatโs just how last week went.
Today I did really well at my heavy strict presses. Even though I am feeling a bit tired, I decided to give one of the WODs that I quit the other day another go. Today brought success.
Today was much better for me in the garage gym. I felt great doing my deadlifts, then did a WOD and felt great with that. I even got to collect some sunshine on the patio.
Today was a pretty shitty day for me in the home gym. I wasnโt feeling the bench press at all, but did get it done. My first two attempts at WODs were both a no-go Finally, I found one to do.
Today, my deadlifts felt great. They werenโt super heavy, so they should have felt good. Shortly after that, I got in a nice longer WOD.
Today, my legs were feeling like they just didnโt want to go. I did my presses and then a bike WOD where it was just pushing through the slow pain. I guess yesterday took a lot out of me.
My hands are feeling a little raw still today, so I was undecided on whether I wanted to do my deadlifts or wait until tomorrow. I decided to give them a try and they felt surprisingly good.
This morning I did my bench press then a tough bike WOD. Later on in the evening, I got the bright idea to do the hundred kettlebell snatches challenge.
Yesterday I felt great in the garage. It would up turning into a double WOD day for me. I hadnโt intended to do two WODs, but thatโs what ended up happening.
This morning I woke up feeling surprisingly good after a few drinks last night. Around 10:00 AM, I got a fun but brutal WOD in.
I slept much better last night. I got my bench press done and that felt great. Shortly after finishing my bench, I got todayโs WOD in. The bike is hard.
Last night, I got startled as I was falling asleep. This morning something startled me awake again, so Iโve been feeling off and having poor focus. It burnt me on my twenty rep back squats.
This afternoon it became sunny and fairly mild, so I decided to take my strongman sandbag out on the patio and get a dirty work WOD in.
This morning, I had to do my deadlifts and then wanted to do todayโs WOD. I wanted to switch things up with it and use the air runner, bike, and rower for each machine part of the WOD, and it was fun and really tough.
Last week when I was not feeling well I did continue with doing WODs. I figured it would be smart to pass on the lifting, so I took the week off. I restarted with week one of 5/3/1 this morning.
Today was the first time really ran on the assault runner. Iโve done a couple of times with short times playing with running but never a full interval until today. It went much better than I expected.
Iโm feeling much better each day. I wanted to get this yearโs second vault WOD done and out of the way early, since I didnโt look that fun to me.
I wanted a slightly longer WOD today, as I havenโt had a fever since yesterday. I wanted to push a little harder, so I found a decent bike one.
My first real attempt at a WOD today after having COVID-19 Take two was pretty rough. I cut it short, but felt okay doing it.
My first vault WOD from Street Parking for this year is done and in the books now. Thrusters and Devil Presses, Oh My!
Today I wanted to do a challenging WOD. I chose to do one of the old Vault ones. I used the Rx Weight today. Sadly, I donโt know what I used last time.
I had much higher hopes for my heavy back squat AMRAP today than I ended up getting. I think itโs because my stomach has been feeling slightly off, but who knows. Some days will go like today.
Today, like yesterday, I went with a heavier weight for the WOD. I used the fifty pound dumbbell for my single arm devil presses, and they felt great.
I wanted to challenge myself with weights on a WOD today. I hunted down an old low rep one. I found a burpee plus clean and jerk one which was perfect to push the weight.
It was a chilly day today but sunny outside. I figured I would take the opportunity to get a WOD in outside around lunchtime, since there wonโt be many days when thatโs reasonably doable for a while.
Last week I did the row version of a WOD but wanted to do the run version too. I was just waiting for a dry day to do it, and today was that day.
Somehow, I slept well last night. I woke up early and once the trash men left, and I put away the trash can, I headed into the garage to get my squats done. I also got a dirty work WOD in late in the afternoon.
I have been wanting to do the WOD that Street Parking had programmed on Thanksgiving since it was posted. Last week I was feeling a bit off, so I held off in it since I knew it was going to be a longer one.
I was really exhausted this morning after being up late watching the Eagles game last night. Naturally, I woke up early and was wide awake. My squats felt great, then my energy died for the rest of the day
Last week I was lazy when it came to WODing. I did a couple and barely did my lifts. I had just been feeling so tired with a stuffy head. In hindsight, I may have had a bit of a bug. Felt great to get outside and do a WOD today.
Last week I took a brief break from the garage gym. I had been feeling really run down for one. The other thing is my girlfriend had off work, and it was mostly great weather, so we spent a lot of time outside on the trail geocaching.
I had a good day in the home gym today. Despite my knee bugging me, I got a conservative triple at a very heavy weight on the back squats. I beat my old score on a repeat WOD. I even wore my running sucks shirt with my cheetah costume because itโs Halloween, so why not have fun?
Some things I can cycle fast and others not so fast as far as dumbbells are concerned. Today I tried doing them in a death by WOD, and was cycling through the bigger sets easily and much more quickly than I imagined..
I was up and awake late watching the Eagles game last night, so I thought I would feel tired and sluggish in the garage today. It turns out that I slept pretty good and felt great. I crushed my squats and a WOD.
Sometimes a certain weight will always be a mental block for me. One example of that is my old max from when we went to the gym. Today in my 5/3/1 1+ day I did it for a triple.
I am starting my third cycle of 5/3/1 today and the first day up is squat day. Iโve been feeling really good with it. It was time to change things up.
Last year, my arm/ shoulder was fucked. I found that a lot of the dumbbell stuff made it feel worse, so I took a break. I started back up recently and am already benching the fifties with no discomfort.
It has been a long time coming, but I finally switched my strength program to 5/3/1. I read the first book years ago and was going to try it out then when we were still going to Crossfit, but didnโt.
Today was the day I would log my thousandth street parking WOD. I wanted to do a partner WOD with Molly to celebrate it, but she wanted to do a sled WOD outside. We made it work.
I had a good nightโs sleep. Today is still warm and very humid, but a good bit cooler than it has been. That helped me have a great day lifting early this morning before 9:00 AM. I also did a WOD around lunchtime.
It was another hotter than hell day today, but thankfully the air conditioner works well. I got my lifts in and everything felt pretty good. The bench felt better than I expected, after last time.
I had a good nightโs sleep last night, then I got up feeling pretty good. I had a good morning for my lifting, with everything feeling really great. A little while later I did a WOD and challenged myself with it.
It was another hot day, but thankfully we have the air conditioner installed. My lifts werenโt anything heavy today, but they felt good.
There was one of the dirty work WODs that has intrigued me, so I wanted to give it a try today. I used the sled instead of running, but what intrigued me was the sandbag bear hug carries. It was easier with the strong man sandbag than the brute force one.
The heat and humidity has been having me feel pretty run down. I am still doing my lifting, though. This morning I had a pretty good day for my lifting. Nothing was heavy, but it felt good.
It has been another hot day today. Thankfully, the air conditioner helped me sleep last night and the one in the garage made it tolerable to do my lifting. I was having some cramping yesterday after doubling up on WODS.
Itโs been over a week now since I did my normal lifting. Today it was time to get back at it. I lowered my weight and everything went well. I also did a fun WOD.
For my birthday this year I decided to go with my Crossfit total since I was long overdue on that. I got a lifetime PR on the back squats. Later, I did a brutal sled and strong man sandbag WOD in the heat.
Today was a warm and very humid day. Thankfully, with me wanting to max out next week, my lifts were all pretty easy. The WOD, on the other hand, was really tough and only exasperated be the heat.
This morning was a great day for lifting. I hit my heavy squats with ease. After lifting, we did some running around. By the time we got home and I went outside to do a sled WOD, it was just too hot.
Today, lifts were heavy. At least the DL and squats were. It was a very humid morning and day. Later I knocked out a WOD.
Last night was yet another cool night, so I had a great nightโs sleep. That helped with my fairly heavy squats early this morning and the very heavy presses. Later I got a fun little WOD in.
Today, my lifts went okay. I passed on the good mornings since I was feeling off with them. Shortly after that, we did a rough sled WOD.
Today, my lifts were pretty heavy again. The strict presses were the main deal about today. I had a heavy enough weight that I only got through it a couple of times before my shoulder. Today they felt heavy but great.
Today, my lifts were pretty heavy, especially the strict presses and power cleans. Everything felt and was much better than I expected, especially since I was feeling so off yesterday.
This morning was more humid than it has been, and the humidity is creeping up as the day goes on. It wasnโt bad enough to drastically affect me in the garage, though. I did as expected on my lifts and surprisingly well on an interval row.
Todayโs lifting went great. I didnโt know how focused Iโd be able to be after an extremely close lightning strike this morning.
Todayโs lifting really surprised me this morning and went well. After not enough sleep and my shoulders feeling wrecked, it went great, and I didnโt expect that at all.
One problem that I do sometimes have working out at home is just getting stuck with weights that I am comfortable with. As I get older and the fact that I donโt have a coach watching makes it harder for me to push the weights up in WOD sometimes.
This morning was just an excellent time in the home gym for me. I crushed my strength then pushed myself and PRed a WOD. It was a great way to start the day.
I wasnโt really feeling it today and on top of that, my neck is stiff from the way I slept. My knee left out a good pot right before bed but felt fine, so I went light with the squats as a precaution
Today was a very great day for my lifts. Things went great, and it felt wonderful to be back under the bar after missing the last session because we were just too busy running around and planting the garden.
Today was a very nice day. It made for a fun and not too challenging day for me to do my lifting. Everything went well, and I had a really enjoyable type of day out in the garage.
Today was not as hot as the past couple of days, but itโs certainly still humid, at least for now. I made for a challenging time for my lifting session with all the sweat dripping down my face and everywhere else.
Well, today, the heat and humidity are here in full force. I did very poorly on my WOD just from that. The heat had me being slow, and the humidity had me slipping around on my sweat.
Today was a hot day for my lifting, and even hotter later in the day. It wasnโt bad enough for me to need to bring the air conditioner down yet, but it was annoying. My lifts went well anyway.
Today was yet another day when I got out into the garage later than Iโd prefer. We had to run down and get a pot, so I bought us some hanging plants for the patio. After that, we had one more of the grandkids to give a birthday gift to. It was nice to see them and just talk on their patio for a couple of hours.
Today was one of those days when I was just enjoying myself in the garage. My lifts were fun. They were not too heavy or too light. Shortly after that, I did a fun old WOD.
Today I had a pretty good day lifting. I was able to take my time and enjoy my lifts. When the heavy deadlifts came up, I got distracted by an annoying lawnmower, so ended failing the third rep.
Today is the first hot day of the year, with it getting into the Nineties. This morning was just humid. I did my lifts early, and they all went well. Later during the afternoon in my infinite stupidity I did a WOD, and it went okay. Just lots of cramping.
Today I didnโt have anything else that was more important to do so it was nice to be back to a normal and slower pace with my lifts. Everything went well. I did a WOD shortly after my lifts, thankfully before the heat turned on.
Today was yet another day when I had to rush through my lifting. Thankfully, it was light weights, so I could get through it quickly.
I felt like I had to rush to get to my lifts this morning. We had to go to my step grandsonโs birthday and had no idea when we were going. Thankfully, my lifts were light, and I got out in the garage early in the morning and got through them pretty quickly. Had fun seeing all the grandkids later.
Today was a really challenging day for me in the garage. I didnโt sleep so great last night to start things off. To top things off, I had to do PR level back squats at two hundred and seventy-five pounds and then near Pr deadlifts at two hundred and ninety-five pounds.
I am really feeling tired and run down today. I had heavy back squats for my strength and wasnโt feeling it. Much to my surprise, I made it through them at the PR of two hundred and seventy pounds, which really surprised me. I went light on the power cleans and presses to play it safe, though.
Today I did my old Crossfit Trinium one rep max back squat weight for sets of five today, and they felt great. The other lifts were less aggressive. Later I did an old WOD with numerous lunges and that felt good.
This was one of those days that I had very low expectations for. Iโve been gassy as hell and didnโt sleep too well last night because of it. My lifts were all on the heavy side to add to that. In the end, everything went well, and I made all of my lifts, even with dropping the stupid 2.5 pound change plate on my toe.
This morning, when I woke up, I was feeling really run down and didnโt know how my lifts were going to go. I knew I had heavy back squats then fairly heavy strict presses, but it all turned out great.
This morning, a good and bad day for me in the garage. The heavy back squats felt great. The bench press just wasnโt happening. The WOD I chose to do was brutal but doable.
This morning was a fun and good day for me in the home gym. The weights were heavy for my starting strength, and yet they felt excellent. I sat out in the fading sunshine on the patio for a bit after that, then we did this weekโs vault WOD together.
I slept good last night. After I took Brooke to the bus stop, I jumped right into doing my strength. Fairly heavy squats today. It went great. Later I did an old vault WOD and PRed that by a few seconds.
I slept better last night, which helped. It is also windy outside today, but more importantly much less humid today. I ended up having an excellent and fun day lifting in the home gym.
It was a later start than I would have preferred to get my ass out in the garage to do my lifting, especially on deadlift day, but it felt pretty good. Stuff felt heavier than it should have, but not so heavy that I ever thought I was going to fail anything.
It was a good day for me in the garage. I got started out there with my as early as I felt I reasonably could today and crushed them. I recovered a few minutes and did this weekโs vault WOD. That didnโt go as well, but it went as I expected it would.
I usually enjoy my lifting sessions. Some days come along like today where I was just having fun with it. Everything went well, not easy but well. I challenged myself some and was just in that good zone.
I did better than I expected that I would with my lifts this morning. Friday I got my COVID-19 booster shot and felt like shit yesterday. At least I slept better last night.
It was a pretty good day for me in the home gym. I made all my lifts. The WOD was really tough because by that time it was in the 70s with a dew point in the upper 50s.
What a world of difference between last Monday and today for me. Last Monday I had zero energy and was having constant stomach cramps Plus dehydration. Today I had lots of energy, felt great and easily did my, light, lifts and a WOD.
This morning I felt good. I am over the stomach bug even though I still feel a little weak and tired but I am able to keep food in me. It was a great morning to get back to the bar and do some lifting.
I have had some sort of stomach bug for a couple of days. Lots of shitting of the liquid variety and feeble sleep has been killing me. Iโm feeling a bit tired today, but did a WOD again.
I woke up with my stomach feeling off this morning. Lots of churning after I took my thyroid pill and drank some water. It got worse and keeps feeling like Iโm being kicked in the gut. I still managed to get a WOD in.
I didnโt do a WOD yesterday or the day before. My hamstring got really tight out of nowhere just when I stood up to take Brooke to the bust stop. I attempted my strength Thursday and quickly decided to rest.
I slept pretty good last night considering how chilly I felt before I went to bed. I did good with my lifting and then did a tough for me type of WOD.
I actually slept straight through the night and felt good this morning in contrast to the past few mornings. After taking Brooke to school I got changed and did my twenty rep squats and then my SP dead lift program. It was tough but successful.
I was awake half the night last night again. I woke up after a short period of good sleep feeling great. I drank my coffee and got at my thankfully fairly easy day of lifting and did and felt great.
I had poor sleep last night. I woke up way too early and then we did some running around. Finally I got to my lifting in the afternoon when I felt like a Zombie. It went okay.
I got around to my lifts today much later than I would have liked to have done them. I spent the day waiting around for the gas company again for their safety inspection. Our time was 8 am - noon. He showed up at I think 3:20 PM. I wasted a whole day waiting and got to my lifting later than I like.
Busy day today in the garage for me. I did my twenty rep squats plus the deadlift program. When Molly got home we did a WOD together too.
I really did not sleep well last night and wasnโt feel like doing anything. I had to wait around in the afternoon so I had to do my strength earlier than I would have liked.
I wasnโt feeling it at all today yet I had a pretty busy active type of day. It began with a nice 1ยฝ mile walk this morning. Then I did my lifts and finally we did a WOD together outside on the patio!
I had a shitty nightโs sleep last night where I spent a good portion of the night laying in bed wide awake. I dreaded my strength today even though I somehow managed to feel refreshed when I did wake up. My lifts felt and went great.
The past couple of weeks I have been skipping the twenty rep squats because I was feeling quite run down. Today I did them and they felt great even though my knee was just pissy the past few days.
Poor sleep, not enough sleep and waking up way too early was how this day began. Iโve been feeling tired and had low expectations for todayโs lifting, especially the heavy squats. They went and looked great along with my other lifts..
Once in a while a WOD comes along that I am just able to really do well at. The one that I did today was just such a WOD. It was only bear complexes which Iโve been able to do well and fast for years now.
I actually slept straight through the night again and woke up feeling great. This really helped me with my strength today as I had some heavy for me back squats to do then moderate bench press. The squats looked as great if not better than they felt.
I actually had another good nightโs sleep last night and was feeling refreshed this morning. Shortly after taking Brooke to the bus stop I did my lifts and they felt great. The WOD was tough after those heavy squats though.
Yesterday I attempted this weekโs Street Parking vault WOD and stopped right away. My shoulder was feeling tight from the 100 deficit push ups the day before so I thought I should rest it..
I was once again very tired this morning after little sleep Thursday night then poor sleep last night from drinking. Somehow I had the energy to do my strength and it felt good though.
I really wasnโt feeling it this morning but I did my strength anyways this morning. In the end my lifts all wound up actually feeling great!
I had a much better nightโs sleep last night and that led to a good day in the garage with my brain and body not feeling so burned out.
After a shitty nightโs sleep my lifting actually went well. I really thought it was going to be a brutally tough day even with the light weights but it wasnโt bad.
Today was the type of day that I fully expected to fail my deadlifts. For one, they were very heavy. I was also exhausted.
I woke up feeling great. The morningโs lifting session was awesome. One of those day where I as having fun and truly enjoying myself..
I woke up early and squeezed in my lifting session before we had to do other things. When we got home we did the vault WOD together.
I had a pretty lazy day today fitness wise. Iโve just been tired and not feeling like doing shit yet I knew I had to. Finally I settled on a fun little no equipment WOD.
I was feeling dead tired today. To my surprise my strength went pretty good even though I felt that way
Today was the first time I did an outside running WOD since last fall. I really did much better with it than I expected to do.
My strength today went poorly but at least I expected it. I didnโt eat nearly enough calories the past couple of days to recover and I woke up way too early this morning.
I donโt normally do box jumps here in the home gym because we donโt have enough room for me to safely fail in my normal failure modes. The risk with me being legally blind is pretty high to and usually just isnโt worth it to me. Today I did them for the WOD and really did enjoy them. I do love jumping.
This morning I had a much better day than I thought I would with my lifts which were all pretty heavy. I had more to drink last night than I have been and had very poor sleep.
Yet another great day in the garage for me. Today really was a great surprise to me after rolling my ankle on the bench foot last night.
This morning I did manage lots of good lifting. Everything went great with nothing close to a bad rep or fail. Even did the twenty rep squats and SP deadlift program.
Today I did a fun little rowing WOD. I fucked up in every way possible to get a score but that doesnโt matter. I did the work for myself.
Today in the home gym was an awesome day. It really caught me off guard too because I was expecting a shitty day with poor sleep and feeling physically and mentally tired this morning.
Today was a good day in the garage even after drinking more than usual last night for date night. I was able to do two spring WODS and do them well.
Today was another great day for me in the garage gym. Everything felt great and went as it should have. Iโm hoping that itโs a pattern now where I am over the feeling a bit rundown funk I was in for much of last month.
Today I had a perfect day in the home gym. Everything went exactly as well as it could have gone.
Itโs been a while since Iโve done the SP deadlift program or my twenty rep squats. I got back into it today and felt great about it.
This morning in my garage gym was one of those excellent days where everything was just clicking. Even heavier weights felt easy today with plenty more in the tank. The garage was only in the upper 40s and it didnโt even feel bad.
I really didnโt feel like doing shit in the garage today after it got later than I like with our running around to the grocery stores and such but I did my strength and a WOD. I did okay but more importantly I did it and felt better afterwards.
I enjoyed my day in the garage gym today. It wasnโt the best of days or the worst of days but it was good to lift. My knee was bugging me a bit so I lowered my back squats weight to keep it from flaring up.
Even though my lifts, at least my squats and deadlifts were pretty heavy today they all felt fucking great. It was one of those days where it just felt really great to be in the garage doing my thing and moving weight in my war against gravity.
I was lazy yesterday and didnโt do shit in the home gym. Today I fixed that and did my strength plus Mondayโs WOD.
I missed doing my strength yesterday because the washer drained on the floor and spent the day cleaning that up. Today I got to do my lifting and it was just what I needed.
Today was a day when I wanted to push myself way out of my comfort zone. I did the vault WOD which involved a lot of dumbbell deadlifts. Iโm not comfortable at all with those.
I woke up way too early today and I am feeling very tired and run down. I did get my lifting in for the day and it felt great.
I twisted my knee pretty good on ice yesterday but It felt better this morning. I went for it with the first Street Parking vault WOD today and felt good about it then did (slightly lighter) twenty rep squats and deadlift program today.
This morning both my neck and hip left out a missive crack. I wasnโt sure if that was going to adversely affect my lifting today or not because I did feel a slight weakness after both.
I got my lifting in today. Good with the heavy back squats but nope on the bench press. Right after that I jumped into and endurance WOD that turned out to be about ten thousand meters on the rower.
I did my twenty rep squats today and theyโre still feeling good even though the weight is getting up there.
Today was one of those days where my lifting went much better than I expected it to go. The WOD on the other hand was basically a clusterfuck of things that could go wrong.
Christmas day has been good Considering. I got to do my lifts in the garage at least. Getting together with family wasnโt working out.
I did my lifts this morning and then did a longer endurance type of WOD. Both felt really good today and it was nice to be done with both by right about lunchtime.
My lifting felt great today on this December solstice. Ironically enough I was finishing up my last set of squats right about the time of the solstice without even realizing it until after the fact.
Today I did my strength. A few hours later I did todayโs WOD which turned out to be fucking brutal.
Today was a pretty good day for my lifts. It actually was much better than I expected to be going by how I felt this morning.
Today was a pretty good day for my lifts. It actually was much better than I expected to be going by how I felt this morning.
It was a day of some heavy weights in the garage gym for me today. Both my deadlifts and strict presses were on the heavy end. At least the squats werenโt. Also felt good to do an endurance WOD.
My strength for today went great. The WOD as I expected with the movements involved was just blah. I did it to get a WOD in but itโs not one I could see myself doing again.
Iโm still doing my strength every other day but I just havenโt posted about it. Today it went really well again.
I think I could have made them but I aborted my very heavy front squats at 245 today after the fourth rep.
I Made my very heavy front squats today at 240 pounds. That was a PR for me.
Today I did my heavy front squats as part of my strength and I have to admit that they felt heavier than they should have.
I did my twenty rep squats today after breakfast and some yard work. That felt great. After that we went for a walk and grabbed a couple of geocaches in town that weโve been letting go for far too long.
Today I did my heavy front squats as part of my strength and I have to admit that they felt heavier than they should have.
It seems I did all the movement things today. Three walks, my strength and then a WOD were all part of the day.
Lazy sort of day today but I still managed to do my twenty rep squats. After eating supper we got out for a nice walk too.
We had a pretty busy day with running around and doing our grocery shopping. I squeezed in my strength during the afternoon and felt pretty good about it.
Today I got a lot of stuff done in the garage gym and felt good about it. By the end of the day I was just totally burned out mentally though. I just felt mentally like a zombie by the evening.
Anyone who knows me knows of my strong dislike of running. Being visually impaired really puts a damper on any joy I would get from it. This year, for Halloween, I decided to have a little fun with it.
Today was a very busy day in the garage gym and I guess you could say outside of it when we drug our stuff out in the sunny afternoon on the patio do do our bro shit.
It was a real mixed bag for my strength today. On one hand the front squats felt way off and I aborted but on the other hand heavier strict presses and power cleans felt great.
It was not the worst day or the best day in the garage gym today by any means. Some days will go like this though. Itโs still better than not doing anything.
It doesnโt happen that often but I walked away from a WOD out of frustration due to my vision. I can count on my hands how many time thatโs occurred but it has happened rarely.
Today my lifting session in the garage gym felt really great. It felt much different than the past several where I was feeling really run down.
I wasnโt feeling it at all today but did my strength and bro session with the bare minimum. There will be days like this where something is better than nothing.
Today I did my strength in the morning then a WOD that wasnโt great for me visually. Finally in the afternoon we did our bro session which I kept light today.
Todayโs strength went a lot better for me than I expected it to. On Saturday I rolled my ankle while hiking and it was a bit angry at me yesterday. Today it felt fine so I attempted my strength and it went great.
My strength for today went pretty well. I managed to perform all of my lifts with no difficulties including my sets of front squats that were on the heavier side of things for me.
I ended up attempting and completing another 10k row today. It felt good to get something longer in.
Today I was busy in the garage. First I did my strength and a WOD. Later my girlfriend and I did our bro session and that felt good. Even found time to go for a walk.
Unlike last Friday when I was feeling really run down I felt great today. I did my normal strength for the day and then did the bench press and good mornings that I deferred on Friday. Everything felt great today.
Today in the garage was another busy day. It started out with my strength around lunch time then we did our bro session when the girlfriend got home. I jumped right into a WOD after that.
Today was a busy day in the garage gym. I had another busy day in the garage today. It included my normal strength then a 10k row then later we did our bro session.
Today was a busy day in the garage gym. I started out bright and early with my normal strength. I then did two street parking WODs a couple of hours apart so I could do the 700th one with Molly.
Yesterday I did a WOD with farmerโs lunges so I used the 40 pounds dumbbells. Heavier than I normally do lunges and the other movement of the WOD was step ups. Needless to say, my legs are done. My squats and deadlifts felt heavier today but I did them.
This morning I easily worked through my strength for the day then did a longer endurance rowing type of WOD. Later on I attempted and aborted my twenty rep squats for this week.
Every once in a while I get the urge to do either a WOD or my lifting or maybe both with no music at all. Thereโs something about it that makes it feel even better. Todayโs lifts were performed that way and they felt great.
It was really a surprising day for me today. I attempted my twenty rep back squats at 250 pounds the other day and aborted at one rep. Today after not sleeping super well due to alcohol I made the PR at the 250 pounds and they didnโt even feel that bad.
Having done my Crossfit Total a couple of days ago I took a couple of days off then reset my weights. It worked out perfect so that I was only lifting prettylight on days we wanted to get out geocaching.
Today my strength felt surprisingly great with my mind being focused on the weather. Everything felt great.
It wasnโt nearly as hot or humid today, so I knocked out my strength, then later on my twenty rep squats for this week. Everything felt good, especially my very heavy twenty rep squat PR.
I was preoccupied with watching Ida and didnโt feel like doing a WOD. I did wind up doing tomorrows WOD because I knew itโd be pretty quick
I felt great getting back into the garage gym today. With the stress of the tree issues, I havenโt felt like working out and felt I couldnโt focus at all, so I skipped a day or two.
I didnโt really feel like doing anything today but my stuff in the garage went pretty well. It just took a while to get started
I did a quick sandbag WOD. It looked like it wasnโt going to be that bad. While doing the WOD and after I was finished it let me wondering what the fuck I was thinking
I did my strength today for the first time since our tree started self destructing. I just havenโt had much focus and didnโt want to risk it with lifting.
Today it is a rainy day. My middle finger is a bit angry from curling my step grandson yesterday. I did a lighter WOD than I normally have because of that When we went for a walk in the evening, I had to jump in the puddles because lifeโs too short to not have fun.
I was still feeling a little wound up from that thunderstorm the other day. I didnโt feel I could focus, so I skipped my strength today, but I did get a WOD in.
My strength went okay today, even though it was very humid from the tropical depression. I did a WOD later in the day. The worst thing about that WOD was the absurd amount of sweating I was doing from the humidity.
I really had no idea how Iโd do with my strength today after twisting me knee, tripping on one of the poorly maintained sidewalks in Mount Joy. Everything ended up going well. Even my heavier deadlifts felt great!
It will be our last humid day for a while. Even with that humidity, I did great with my lights and a WOD today.
I took my lifting a little slower again today. I was really feeling overheated today. Probably the heat and humidity killing me. Things went well apart from that.
Itโs very humid today, so I took my lifting a little slower. Everything went pretty well considering.
I didnโt get nearly enough sleep last night. That made my twenty rep squats feel extra tough. While I was doing them I kept hearing an old Crossfit coach, Steph, saying โDonโt be a Bitchโ
I was feeling lazy all morning, but finally got up off my lazy ass and got my strength done. It was just one of those days.
Today was another busy day for us, but we managed to squeeze in our bro session.
My front squats were challenging to say the least this morning. Everything else went okay. I made some heavy front squats, but they were in no way a walk in the park.
Some days go like this. I struggled with the WOD today, and it didnโt look like it would be that difficult on paper.
Sadly not every day goes like this. I had a great morning lifting heavy weights this morning. They all felt great. Even the tough ones.
It has been some time since Iโve done a WOD that had devil press in it. Iโve been avoiding those with my arm acting up. Today was the first WOD that Iโve done with them in it and it felt better than I thought it would.
Today was an entirely different story than a few days ago for me in the home gym. Not only did I crush it in my lifts, but I felt great while doing it. I love days like this.
Today I had zero energy. Not only that by my legs felt like dead weight. Somehow I still made all of my lifts for today.
Today was one of those days when my lifting felt a little tougher than it should have for me. I did it, but I really wasnโt feeling it.
Today, my lifting felt awesome. I switched things up a bit and did some snatch grip deadlifts instead of hip thrusts, and they felt great.
I woke up this morning feeling pretty good. This morning was humid, I did my twenty rep squats in the morning. Later on in the day, we did our bro session together.
After a couple of nights of poor sleep, I had a good nightโs sleep, last night. Iโm feeling quite a bit better now. It really helped me with my lifting today.
I drank last night. I didnโt sleep that great. All things considered, I ended up having a better day than I had anticipated in the garage gym. Thatโs always nice.
I felt good about my garage gym session today. Everything went better than I thought it would with it being so humid and the smoke from those Canadian wildfires making it in here.
I have been taking it a bit easy with my lifts since I did my Crossfit Total so I could recover. Now I am sort of back to normal with the lifts.
We got out for a nice shot couple of mile walk on the Northwest River Trail today. When we got home, I cranked the air conditioner in the garage and headed out there a little while later to do my Crossfit Total.
For the past several birthdays, I have been doing challenges when it comes up. I had been doing burpee pull-ups because that was more challenging than plain burpees. This year, I did body weight back squats unbroken.
I had a decent day in the garage. I have been feeling a bit run down from the heat and humidly, and canโt seem to drink enough water when itโs like this.
Today was an excellent day for me in the garage, and very much to my surprise too. My regular strength and my twenty rep squats which I did felt great!
I had a nice fourth of July in the garage gym today. Everything went well, and you canโt really ask for better weather in the middle of summer.
Itโs not really that hot this morning, but my hands were very sweaty. Thatโs one of those things that hurts me more than anything. My lifts went surprisingly well considering that.
Another one of the major advantages of workout out at home for me is the fact that I can wear what ever I want. Sure I could in a gym but there are still reasons not to.
It is hotter than Hell Today. It was about 90โ when I went out into the garage, but I still did okay with my stuff. I am thankful that we have and use an air conditioner for our garage gym.
Thankfully, as the day went on yesterday my foot was feeling better. I debated throughout the day whether I should attempt my strength today. Finally, I decided to do it, and it felt pretty good.
Last nightโs temperature was very cool for this time of the year, with it getting to near 50. I slept better due to that. Today is much cooler, too, so I felt better in the garage. I had a fantastic day lifting.
It was warm and humid enough last night that we should have probably put the air conditioner in. That led to me having poor sleep. Somehow I managed to kick ass with my lifts today even with that heat and humidity.
I had feeble sleep last night. For one, I got woken up by thunder and had to run outside and grab the cushions from the patio chairs and I drank. Somehow, I donโt know how, I killed it at todayโs strength, though.
I had a great lunchtime in the garage gym today. It was refreshingly cooler to go along with that.
I had a great morning for my lifts in the garage this morning.
Iโm slowly feeling more like myself in the garage gym now. We even got out for a walk today and somewhere along our way we saw a hydrangea blooming.
Today was a very mixed type of day for me in the garage. Some things well and some things went not so well.
I made it back out into the garage today. After the tree incident, then waiting around for the tree guy, I missed a couple of days.
It was a hot day, but I was busy in the garage gym. I did lots of heavy lifting.
Unfortunately, the humidity is returning. That kills me more than the heat. Regardless of that, I smashed my lifts today and that felt good.
Some days you feel great about lifts. Occasionally, you feel great even if you fail a lift. Today was one of those kinds of days.
Yesterday I ended up having a somewhat lazy type of day and thatโs fine. Today I felt a lot better and made it back into the garage gym.
It was hot today. Even so, my lifts went perfectly, and they were heavy too.
I am still feeling a little weak and tired but I am feeling pretty normal after my COVID shot. I Crushed my strength today.
Today was the first hot day of the year so far. Although I slept great, the heat really hurt my lifting.
I actually slept great last night. The window being open usually helps me sleep. I had a challenging day in the home gym today, but everything went perfect.
I actually slept decently last night and didnโt get woken up by the motorcycle. This led to me having an outstanding lifting session in the home gym.
I got woken up by the neighbor repeatedly letting her door slam as she always does. I wasnโt ready to get up. Regardless, I was feeling good today and had a good day in the home gym.
When I first woke up this morning, my stomach felt a bit off. It got better, and I had a good day with my lifting at least.
It was one of those day for me in the home gym where everything was pretty heavy. It was all doable, but required full focus.
I cannot complain about how today was for me in the garage. I didnโt do a lot or have a great day but I made it out there.
Today the weather was a lot more tolerable to me. In the morning I did my strength. When Molly got home, we did an old partner WOD. After supper, we went to a park for a nice walk.
Sometimes counting during a WOD is just hard. This morning was a case where I kept losing count of either rounds or reps. Scores are really not all that important, so itโs no big deal.
Itโs definitely a bit too warm for my liking today. Regardless, my lifting felt great this morning.
My lifts didnโt go as well as I would have liked or hoped they would go today. I wish every day that I would have started at a much younger age.
I can admit that some days my lifts feel pretty tough. Today was one of those days yet at the same time they felt great.
Today wasnโt a bad day in the home gym at all. Really though, is there even such a thing as a bad day when you get to lift in your own home gym?
I guess Iโm fully recovered from my COVID shot. I was feeling great today after feeling like shit on Saturday. I got my lifts in and then later we did our bro session together.
I was feeling really achy and rundown today. I still managed to get my lift sin though!
I got my first COVID shot and then I surprised myself with how well I did on next Mondayโs Vault WOD.
I donโt know why but for the past few sessions Iโve been feeling off with my strength. Not today though. I felt great about it today.
I am feeling good about my strength session this morning. No tightness is left n my side that was a bit angry last week.
I was feeling good today so I knocked out my strength and some extras this morning.
I did tomorrows Sandbag WOD a shot. I didnโt have a tone of time to do it since we had a lot of running around to do.
This morning I got a lot done in the garage. I was ready to get started out there in the home gym fairly early this morning.
This morning I got back to my lifting. Iโve been on a short hiatus from it due to a side spasm. I did keep the weights lighter today but it just felt great to be back at it.
We did Mondayโs vault WOD last night. It was a fun little WOD. Because I wanted to have fun and fuck with Molly at the same time I wore my sea creature costume.
We had a pretty busy day today. I attempted by twenty rep squats when we got home but aborted part way through. It just felt as if I was loading me knee weird. Later I struggled whit a WOD. Oh well, theirs gonna be days like this.
I got an early start with my lifting. It felt pretty tough but it was a good day. I love the days when I get it done early.
Today was a mental day for me in the home gym. Itโs getting warmer out and my bodyโs not adapted to the heat yet. That made for a day where all my lifts were mentally tough.
I pushed myself and went heavier on the dumbbell snatches in a WOD today. I used the 40 pound dumbbell. Normally I go lighter. I knew I could do it and it felt good to go heavier.
This was one of those rare days where all my lifts felt extra powerful. I was moving really well and moving the weight easily.
I had another successful week with m twenty rep squats. Iโm already well above the weight I expected to make it up to.
I had a very busy but great day today in the garage. I did my strength and a WOD then later we did our bro session lifts together.
My replacement filler bag to go in my sandbag arrived. I certainly am looking forward to using that implement of pain again sooln!
I did a repeat WOD today. I ended up shaving a good 3 minutes off my score from the last time I completed it.
Today I had a great day in the home gym. It was one of those days that goes much better than I expected it to go.
Today I did the run version of Mondayโs WOD. I did pretty well with the running and I hate running. Later we got out for a nice short little hike and a few caches.
My lifts felt great this morning. I got them done early since I didnโt have a lot of time before the grands were coming. I smashed a WOD this evening too!
My foot is still a little achy so I knew it was going to be a bit of a rough day in the garage gym today. I still got it done.
I get to live another week on my twenty rep back squats. It was a heavy 230 pounds that I expected to feel tough. They felt beret as I worked through the twenty reps.
The filler bag that holds the pea gravel in my sandbag broke during a WOD. I ate a lot of dust and sand and it made the WOD even more awkward. I guess Iโll see how Brute Forceโs warranty service actually is.
After doing three WODs yesterday I knew todayโs lifting would certainly be Interesting.
I signed up for the Crossfit open this year but Iโm not officially logging it because I didnโt realize the video requirements before hand. I did 21.2 this morning.
Other than the deadlifts my lifting went great today. The deadlifts were just feeling off for me.
Today was a day where my weightlifting just felt a lot tougher than it should have.
I did two logistically challenging WODs today. We are fortunate to have what we have but itโs not a great setup for certain WODs. I still did them.
Today I didnโt really have very high hopes for my lifting after two running WODs yesterday. Turns out that my lifting felt great much to my suprise.
My lifting was a little disappointing today. Things just didnโt go as well as I had hoped. Power cleans is where things went downhill. I just had a brain disconnect going on.
I got my twenty rep squats in and theyโre feeling good. It was another PR week on them. Later on during the afternoon I got the sandbag WOD in.
I didnโt really get enough sleep last night for the second night in a row so I was pretty tired. My lifting still felt great today!
Today was a fun day for me. I did a new clean complex thaT I havenโt done before.
Today my lifting was a mixed bag. Some of my lifts went well while others not so much.
I havenโt done a lot of power snatches lately because of space inside. Today I did an EMOM of them. I did them heavier than I would have in Trinium and then even increased the weight more the last two minute.
Today my lifting was heavy. It was doable though.
My lifts today felt a lot better than last time.
I ended up with another twenty rep squat PR. These have really been feeling good.
After I didnโt sleep all that well last night my lifting was heavy today. At least it was doable.
Today was a busy and great day for me in the home gym. I crushed my lifts and then knocked out three WODs throughout the day.
My lifting today went great. To make the day even better, itโs been dumping snow outside!
It was another week of twenty rep squats and another PR. THe PR felt pretty good too.
I woke up early this morning and was feeling pretty good. I had heavy but doable lifts to do in the garage.
My lifting today went pretty good. I had some really goodf lifts and some that were just okay.
I am feeling more tired than I did when I had COVID. I did do my lifting today and then did a deceiving WOD after that.
I most definitely didnโt feel like doing it today but I got through my strength wish no issues. I showed up today.
I decided to do my twenty rep squats a day early this week. I needed to since I was peopled out.
My lifting all went great today. Later on I got in a challenging WOD.
My lifting went pretty good today. The WOD was a challenging sandbag one with lungesters and push up plus drags.
Today was one of those are, awesome days in the home gym. Everything was feeling great and going my way.
I felt great with my lifting today. I really didnโt know how it was going to feel since I feel burned out. I also thought my back my be angry from shoveling snow since I donโt do that often.
I had an unplanned rest day yesterday. Time just got away with the Christmas crap. Today I felt great with the lifts. A day late but still got it done.
I was feeling pretty good today so I decided to do a Crossfit total. Itโs been a while since Iโve done that and wanted to get an idea of where Iโm at with it currently.
We had a bunch of running around to do today so I Modified and rushed through my lifts.
Yesterday was the first time I walked away from a WOD in close to a year. It just wasnโt working. Today I completed that WOD.
I went for my Crossfit Total today. Itโs a bit later than I wanted to do it but I wanted to allow my body time to recover from COVID a month or so ago.
I did a WOD with wall walks in it today. I donโt like them in a WOD. I just can never seem to get them right.
My lifts went well today. I went a little lighter since my stomach has been feeling off.
Today was a brutal day for me with my lifts. Everything was heavy as hell.
I did my twenty rep squats today, and they went well. I also did a WOD with movements that I am neither comfortable with nor any good at.
I didnโt sleep all that well last night. Somehow my lifting till felt pretty good.
My lifting was almost a complete polar opposite from two days ago. My mind was in the right place for the heavy lifts.
Thereโs more than one way to make a WOD tougher. Today was one that I thought I could push myself with step ups which have always been a visual struggle for me.
Just before I was going to do my lifts this morning I got a pretty tough phone call. I still got my lifts done even though I wasnโt focused and it made them pretty rough.
Today was not the best day for lifting but it wasnโt a bad day ether. Any day I can lift isnโt a bad one.
I woke up early this morning and got my lifting done early. It was nice to get it done while I was fresh instead of waiting until we got home.
Today was one of the good ones in the home gym. I really felt like I had a great day out there!
Last night was the Eagles last game of the season. Last place bitches!
Today I was really not feeling it. It was one of those dark and rainy winter days. I still got a WOD in. I did end up feeling better after the WOD but thatโs usually the case
I got my first strength session of the year in today. I wasnโt evne sure if I was going to do anything since my trap isnโt too happy with me but I got it done.
Started 2021 off right this year. We had a great sunrsie this morning. Later I did a challenging but fun WOD.
Today being the last day of the year makes it my last lifting session of the year. I killed those lifts today. Everything felt great.
I wasnโt really feeling it today but my lifting went really well this morning. I was just feeling tired from the time I woke up.
Iโm finally feeling back to โnormalโ whatever that may be. I feel like Iโm ready to start pushing it agan with WODs and my lifting.
Itโs Christmas day and I did my lifts and a WOD. Weโre still in quarantine so we had nothing else to do.
We did the twelve days of Christmas WOD today. It was tough.
I have been feeling off since I woke up this morning. I had low expectations for my lifts this morning but they did feel great.
I got my twenty rep back squats done at two hundred pounds today.a
Today I did my twenty rep squats. I also got a couple of leg intensive WODs in.
My lifting was not so great today with a failure at my squats. On the other hand I was really surprised with how I did at the sandbag WOD I did.
For a change I woke up feeling pretty good. My lifts showed thaT. My heavy back squats felt amazing today.
Today in the garage my lifts were heavy but they felt surprisingly good to me. There seems to be really no rhyme or reason to when they feel good and donโt sometimes.
I got my lifts done today then a little bit later I got a WOD done. This was one of those days when neither were easy.
It was a rainy day which made me want to do nothing. I forced myself to head out to the garage and do my strength. It was mentally tough but I was successful.
I didnโt really sleep enough last night. The next door dolt slamming her door woke me up too early. I did get into the home gym to do my strength and it actually went great.
Today I did last Mondayโs WOD but used the RX forty pound dumbbells. Iโve been wanting to get out of my comfort zone with the weight of the dumbbells in WODs when appropriate and that seemed like a good one.
It felt good to get out into the garage and do my strength today. I had success and failure right about where I expected both to be.
I woke up feeling really tired today. I did double WODs later in the day yesterday and then found myself laying awake watching the election results. Even so my strength went pretty well and then a WOD felt good.
It has been about a month since I bought a pair of leggings for working out. I feel so much better moving in them that I donโt know if I could go back to loose shorts unless I have to.
Some days come along and you know to lower the weight on a lfitr before even attempting it. Today was one of those days for me. I lowered my back squat weight.
My flits were really tough today. My body didnโt want to support any weight and my muscles seemed to be disconnected. I still got my lifting done but it was rough.
For the past week or two my lifting has been really tough. Today it didnโt feel as miserable to go through the process as it had been feeling.
I am getting back into the heavier sandbag WODs again. My old rep fitness sandbag kept having the fillers open and make a mess so I sort of got away from having the two filler bags in it. Thatโs when they seemed to open.
Today I did a challenging WOD for me with movements Iโm not comfortable with at all. The bear complexes I may have done one in the past. Devil presses arenโt something Iโve done a lot of either.
Today was just one of those days when I didnโt really feel like doing shit. I did get my lifting session in then a WOD. I feel pretty good about it and am happy with the results.
I got done with my lifts and and a WOD today. I did that this morning so I can chill and watch the Eagles game in a little bit.
My knees and hamstrings have been achy after double WODs yesterday. My strength went surprisingly well today with that.
For a while not I have been wanting to see how heavy front squats feel. Today I got around to trying one. Iโd hoped to get a little heavier than I did but I was happy with it. Later I did a WOD.
Everything was light today for my lifts but it still felt great to get under a bar. Everything felt great! I did a WOD too and that felt great also
After my quad thing a little bit ago I finally feel like my leg is back to one hundred percent. It felt better quickly but not it feels normal.
Fuck it, I tried leggings for my WOD today. I bought them as a joke and out of curiosity. Turned out that I really liked them and will be ordering more of them.
My quad is feeling pretty good today so I went for my Crossfit total. I just wanted to get an idea of where I currently am strength wise.
One thing that I love about repeating WODs is when you have improvements. I had a significant improvement on the repeat WOD I did today.
I did this weeks Street Parking sandbag WOD. It was pretty much an exercise in Murphyโs Law. I slipped and twisted my ankle on sweat doing lunges. Had trouble visually and a disappointing time. It was still a great workout.
Ever since I started Crossfit power cleans have fucked with my mind once in a while. Today I worked up to a heavy single power clean. I hit 195 pounds easily with more in the tank. At 200 pounds my brain shut it down even though I knew I had more in the tank.
Today I wasnโt really feeling like doing a WOD or my lifts this morning but I got it done. I guess Iโm just burnt out from tracking the tropical storm. Not every day is going to feel great.
I was not really feeling like doing any WODs today but I wound up completing two repeat WODs from Street Parking. I managed to PR both of my scores too!
I was thinking about passing on todayโs WOD being tired and all but I gave the single shoulder squats a try. They felt awkward but not bad with the sandbag. Itโs always so nice to find success out of my comfort zone.
Todayโs WOD was one that I knew I could go heavy on with the sandbag and decided to go way out of my comfort zone. I wound up using a hundred pound sandbag for it.
I did another WOD after I did my birthday burpees. I upgraded the burpees to burpee pull-ups again this year.
We finally installed the air conditioner in the garage window. That will help with the heat and humidity. It wasnโt too bad today but I did have it on to dry the air up a bit. Later I came up with the dumb idea to do a brutal WOD outside in the heat.
We finally installed the old air conditioner in one of the garage windows. That will make it more pleasant in the garage folr working out. The air conditioner helped me get through my lifts this morning. Later on in the afternoon w did a WOD together out on the patio
Today I wasnโt really feeling it at all. I still tried to do WOD but I quit the WOD. It all started with me essentially tripping over my own foot trying to run. It just wasnโt working for me today.
It wasnโt quite as humid this morning so I did my strength work then instead of waiting.
This morning it was humid but my squats and bench actually felt pretty good. I was going to do a WOD too but lost track of time and forgot to do one.
The heat and humidity are still screwing with me lifting. Today it was a cause of a double failure on my lifts. Disappointing but not unexpected since my body doesnโt deal with heat very well.
I had an unexpected couple of day break from working out. Sometimes life throws curveballs at you. Our breaker box was shorting out and causing half the power to flicker. I was obviously too stressed to work out.
Today was a good day for me. I got through my lifts easily. Later I Destroyed my grip with brutal to me WOD.
I have a feeling that tomorrow, my legs will be pretty unhappy with me. I started with my normal strength. After that, I did a brutal WOD with lots of overhead lunges.
I got through my lifts easily today. I did a mentally tough WOD later that was long with movements Iโm just not good at.
Today was a little less humid so I retried the back squats from yesterday. They were fairly light and I knew I only failed due to the humidity. Things went much better today with my lifts.
Today didnโt go so well in the garage. It was very humid and I failed my squat from the humidity. I was sweating so much it almost seemed as if the bar was slipping on my shoulders.
This morning began warm and very humid. I did my strength in that heat and humidity. I did a WOD during the afternoon. It was hot when I did the WOD but Thankfully much drier.
I canโt deny it. At least when it comes to doing WODโs Iโve been a bit lazy. I did my first WOD since Sunday today.
I did part of my lifting session today then got caught up helping move a bunch of pavers. Thatโs why I do this. The pavers didnโt phase. It just got hot.
I had a bit of a pressure headache from everything being closed up in my head. That ended up turning into an Unplanned rest day for me.
I did my lifts today and turned my back squats into paused ones again to mix things up. It was light anyways. I also got tomorrowโs WOD done today.
I Realized today during my WOD that I do like sandbag burden runs. I think theyโre a great use of the sandbag for working out.
I did my twenty rep front squat 140 pounds today then did a sandbag WOD. Later on when Molly got home I did another sandbag WOD with her.
This day was a challenging one for working out. I did my heavy lifts this morning then later on I did a sandbag WOD outside in the hot sun.
Successes and fails were the story today in the home gym. You canโt win them all.
I finally got around to doing my first sandbag WOD since I switched my filler bags from sand to pea gravel. The bag had about the same weight as Iโd been using but a slightly different feel to it. That did make the WOD go a bit slower.
It never fails. When I decide to do a running WOD everyone needs to drive down our Alley. It can go hours without a car passing until I go out there to run. It seems that someone has to drive on it every lap.
I am trying out my sandbag with pea gravel in it instead of sand. It actually seems to be quieter. That surprised me.
I got back at my twenty rep front squats after skipping them last week. Itโs still light but it felt pretty good.
I did a WOD today that was a repeat WOD. On todayโs score I was a little over two minutes faster than the last time so thatโs good progress in my eyes.
Todayโs weather was pretty nice and it was mild. We took our bars and some bumper plates out into the backyard and did a deadlift WOD outside. That was nice.
It was a relatively nice day today so I did yesterdayโs WODโs running version. I also did tomorrowโs WOD since the weather will not be cooperative to do it then.
I have been feeling too lazy over the past couple of days to do a WOD. I will fix that today so itโs okay.
Today was another nice spring day. That mean we could do a WOD on the patio. I took my box out there to do box jumps! I love box jumps but donโt have the space to safely do them inside in case I miss..
Today I broke in my new plyo fix with a box jump WOD. I love box jumps sometimes and theyโre just fun. I haveโt done them in well over a year since jumping on the bench doesnโt cut it for me visually.
Some day lifts just donโt reel right at all. Today was one like that for me. The squats looked okay but didnโt feel right from the start.
Today was the was the worst I felt in a WOD in a long time. It was just a tough complex for me. It didnโt help that I was tired all day either.
I couldnโt be more thrilled with how my twenty rep back squats are going. I made it to bodyweight now for twenty reps. Thatโs further along than I ever imagined I could do.
have been genuinely thankful that we have our garage gym set up now. I am even more grateful now with the pandemic and things that being closed. Our gym never closes.
Today it was sunny and got warm enough to take the bar outside for a WOD and it felt great. I have taken the sandbag out a few times on but it was nice to play with the bar.
Iโm getting up there with my twenty rep squats. Today the squats went surprisingly well for me and Iโm almost up to body-weight!
These are Interesting times weโre living in. I just saw that the state is closing down non essential businesses. Itโs sort of like Id imagine things could have gone in a nuke attack when the cold war was a big thing growing up.
Today was a good day for me in the home gym. It was one where things go much better than I expected. I really do wish they were a more common occurrence.
I went way out of my comfort zone today with a WOD. I did 95 pound power snatches. Itโs been quite a while since Iโve done that.
I was working through the starting strength program today and got to the pull ups. I learned that Iโm back up to 7 strict pull ups.
It doesnโt happen often, but every once in a while my hamstring gets a good cramp on a tough bench press. Today was one of those days.
It was very dry today, too dry even. My nose felt like it was drying out. Local weather stations showed the relative humidity being around eleven percent.
Improvements donโt always have numbers. Every so often, itโs more about just how you feel doing a repeat WOD. Occasionally, itโs just being able to do something that you were unable to do in the past. It being time for the Crossfit Open reminded me of this thought.
I have no idea when or how it happened, but lunges have finally clicked into place for me. For many years, I struggled with lateral balance. I wrote it off as something I might never get, with only having one eye thatโs really even useful for anything.
Iโve been able to keep the intensity up so far while doing the Street Parking WODs. They have less of a knack for throwing something in that slows me down than Crossfit did.
I donโt really keep it a secret that I love lifting. Squats are my favorite lift. Itโs just me against the weight and gravity. My low vision really isnโt a factor, and I love that I donโt have something uncontrollable holding me back.
One thing I do miss about going to the gym is being able to do a WOD together. A lot of times we donโt have the space to do that here. Today we were able to do the sandbag version of todayโs WOD together!
I miss using my bright green j cups like I could at Trinium. I just canโt see the black ones. They donโt seem to make colored ones that would work with our rack. I have searched.
I still remember and think of the kind words that Mike Jenkins, the strongman had said to me. He just seemed to be such a genuine person.
I have been doing Street parkingโs twenty rep squat program. it looked interesting enough to try something different for squats. The worst part for me is the breathing.
We were able to do yesterdayโs WOD together. I miss doing that and a lot of times we just canโt due to space. It was great to do it yesterday!
One thing I enjoy about fitness related stuff is trying new movements or exercises. Todayโs Street Parking WOD called for seated box jumps. I have always wanted to try them and now I have done them.
First time ding box jump overs. We went to a friendโs boot camp and he had box jump overs programmed. I tried them and didnโt like how the soft plyo box felt unstable so I started legitimately jumping completely over it. That was actually fun. Reminded me of being a young kid and doing stuff like that.
We started doing Street Parking WODs about a month or so ago and I noticed they had a sandbag WOD once a week and options in many of the daily WODs. I picked up a Brute Force sandbag and love this addition to our toy box.
Weโve been in a long run with getting into Crossfit for many reasons. The big one was scheduling. We discovered Street Parking cheap aNd fun programming earlier this month and have enjoyed it.