Chugging on

[Lift]

No. This is not about beer.

My knee has been giving me problems for the past 2-3 months and I am finally going to have it looked at on Tuesday at my Orthopaedic. There's pressure when I come up out of the bottom of my squats. Stretching/rolling my calves and hamstrings (and IT band, adductors, and quad) seems to relieve the issue. I've also been having issues when running with my right hip. Resident CrossFit Durham PT Jay De'Awesomeone thinks it's because my hamstring on that leg is extremely weak...like Paul Potorti weak (scary). I'm doing isolation (cringe) work on both legs in hopes to bring up lagging muscle groups.


Fun to note. I recently got a Split Jerk PR @ 225lbs. We had a metcon to do after so I didn't keep working, although I feel like I could have gone much heavier. My form on the 225 was MUCH better than any of the previous sets.


Today's WOD was awful and fun at CFD...it was supposed to be a group WOD (3 people), but I scaled it for me and based on how my knee was feeling.


I did:


50 Hang Squat Cleans, 135lb
100 Pull-Ups
200 Double Unders

The HSC were very difficult. They took me 10 min just on their own. Pull-ups were okay. I knocked out 20 right away and then struggled to hit 10 each time after that. Double Unders were hit and miss as they often are at the end of a WOD.

Total time was 22:41


I'm going to try and update this more frequently (2-3 times a week...maybe just once).


[Eat.Live}

Tonight I will attempt to eat "El Gigante" Burrito at Bandidos in Durham. A Mr. Jack Wiggen believes it's no big deal, which makes me want to try for 2 burritos (about 4-5lbs each). I'll update on how that goes.

Day of Birth

Happy Birthday to me...and George Washington!

I just watched the CrossFit Journal video on the mainpage and I am super excited to see that Reebok is developing new footwear and apparel with the help of CrossFit greats like Mikko Salo.  It reassures me that the $10 million deal between CrossFit and Reebok was indeed a good idea.

The Opens are 3 weeks away.  Starting tomorrow I'll be back to 100% paleo and tracking...until then, I'll continue to be as fat as Paul Potorti.

Today's workout was my birthday WOD at CF Durham....and it was brutal.


Muscle-Ups
x5/4/4/5/4


"Mike's Birthday WOD"

AMRAP 9 min
9 Deadlifts, 135lb
7 Squat Cleans, 135lb
5 Shoulder-to-Overhead, 135lb

4 Rounds + 9 Deadlifts

Rest 3 min

AMRAP 3 min
Burpees (jump to 6" above reach)

41 Burpees


Legs are toast.  I really wanted five rounds, but alas it just did not happen today.

Keep Your Chin Up

What a crappy day to have to drive to Durham.  I'm not a huge fan of rain, especially when it's cold outside.  I also like complaining...so I will.

Today's strength portion was supposed to be 50 strict chin-ups, but I decided to stretch out instead.  I then decided to ADD to the 50 chin-ups into the WOD, as I thought they fit nicely.


50 Box Jumps, 20"
50 Pull-Ups
50 KB Swings, 52lb
50 Sit-Ups (Abmat)
50 DB Hang Power Cleans, 40lb
800m Run
50 GHD Back Extensions

17m 34sec


Post WOD Strength Work

2 Position Snatch
elbow was bothering me (prob. from snatches and OH Squats yesterday)
just worked with 75lb

2 Position Clean
135 x 4sets

Push Jerk + Jerk
135 x 4sets