Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Motivated and back to what I do best in the gym

I had a 2013 resolution to try to shed some pounds.  Since the Boulder 70.3 I've gained 15 and as of today I have only lost 1 lb of it.  Im the heaviest ive ever been and while it doesnt really show, im certain that its not all muscle.  Granted its likely a redistribution, post Half Ironman I had a calf injury that had me inactive other than 2 times a week, I got really into running and hiking 14,000' mountains and into Mounatain biking.  My goal was to increase speed work and get a 5k pr but I ran out of nice enough weather and optimal races for that to happen.

I got back into the gym intermittently trying to get to a point where I could do Olympic lifts with higher weight without risk of injury, my core strength was one thing that hindered me in this. I went to my first 2 classes of crossfit and even though I considered myself out of shape I still was top of the class.  Maybe just because I have technique, or maybe its because crossfit gyms only have out of shape people in them?  Not sure but since then I've went back to training on my own and adding in interval type training as I see fit.

Which brings us to today.  The workout:

What it was supposed to be:   Squat x20 with body weight (169), Bench x20 with the bar at 50% BW, thrusters with bar at 30% BW. 1min rest after each round, do 4 rounds.

What I did (modified):   Squat x10 with 80% BW, Bench x10 with 50% BW dumb bells  3 rounds and then 1 min rest.  I did 2 rounds

x3R Squat x10r 135
        Bench x10r 80
Rest 1