Snatch

Today, I learned 10 ways how not to snatch 80#. Unfortunately, I couldn't match my PR, but I got close with 75#. I could get under it, which used to be my problem, but I couldn't catch the bar and stabilize it. Bailing was pretty fun though, one time I had to kind of collapse forward into a fetal position to avoid the bar landing on my back. My friends compared it to watching a lift collapse.

 

 My collarbone doesn't hurt very much, we'll see how it feels tonight. My wrists are hands are pretty roughed up though, but they'll be fine :) Road to recovery.

Ice baths, yay

Just chilling in ice, looking of videos of cats on ice lol. I kid you not, here:

Back in Business

WOD
"Xion"
10 Snatch (45#)
20 Clean (45#)
30 DB Thrusters (10#)
40 Front Squat (35#)
50 Push Press (35#)
60 Box Jumps
70 Pull Ups
80 Push Ups
90 Air Squats
100 Sit Ups

Today I decided to scratch what I what doing, and just follow my high school's programming. And it was great :) I'm pretty happy with today, a nice chipper was exactly what I needed. I did get a little light-headed throughout the workout, and I had to stop and rest more times than I would have liked. I could have gone a little bit heavier on pretty much everything, but this was good for starting out. I modified push ups and pull ups by doing then on an incline. Right now I'm icing my collarbone, which is a little sore, but not as bad as its been in the past. I just feel so much better :)

Random pic of the day :)

Fail...

So I haven't posted in three weeks, wow. I keep on freaking doing this, and I'm not sure how to break this particular habit. I can't seem to do anything of importance consistently. And the real fail was last Friday, when I didn't get front squats done like I should have. I did cheer for our guys' cross country team when they won section champs for the third straight time, I did cheer for Karlie Garcia when she beat the[read: her] course record by 14 seconds, and I did go see the new Immortals movie(very good movie btw). But apparently getting my front squats in wasn't a priority. I have an unstoppable determination, I just need to figure out my priorities so that I can apply that determination properly. I'm not even sure if I want to continue with my strength program. So I have some thinking to do. Wish me luck :)

Real guys wear short shorts.

Rest Day

Helped out with the wrestling tournament, we're definitely getting better at this :) Then watched The Thing, which was pretty good. Not an awesome film, but definitely enjoyable. School tomorrow :/

Everything's better with a flamethrower...

Rest Day

I helped set up for the wrestling tournament, which I'll also be helping out at tomorrow. If things were a little different, I might actually be wrestling tomorrow. Oh well. I really need my rest today anyways, to recover from yesterday and midterms. On Monday the slate will be wiped clean, and I can try to avoid my self-destructive patterns :) Oh, I don't know if I've mentioned this, but I got 1960 on the SAT. It definitely wasn't my best effort, and if I were in a different situation I would take it again, but the score is more than adequate to get into CSU Northridge. Valley Crossfit, here I come :)

Front Squat

3 x 5 Front Squat (75/85/95#)

Followed by some core work.

Yeah this was bad. The second set I had to break up 4-1, and the last set I hat to break up 2-2-1. I also had some weird pain in my right elbow, I'm not sure what that was about. It took some work to get this workout in, since there wasn't a "Body Conditioning" class because of midterms. Luckily, Mr. Chiroi was kind and let me just work out when his basketball team was in there. 

Then, I got some extra work carrying mats into the gym in preparation for the wrestling tournament tomorrow (10/23). 

Right now, I'm SUPER sore. My legs aren't that bad, but my collarbone and shoulder are :/ I have normal pain in my collarbone, but my shoulder joint is sore if I just touch it. Patience :)