Monday, January 24, 2011

Going to play a bit with my format here. Today, chronological order! Get excited.
 
Sleep last night was roughly 6 hours. Not ideal, but that Natural Calm works like a charm. I woke up before my 4:00 alarm feeling relatively rested.

Breakfast 4:15
5 eggs over easy in coconut oil
1 grapefruit
1 avocado

6:00
16 oz black coffee (feeling that 3:45 wake-up time)

9:00
3ish oz pasture-raised ham (Thistles & Clover) with a nice 1/2" rind of fat - little bit crispy on the outside, gooey against the ham... so tasty

noonish
My work schedule on Monday is a little scattered, so I can't get to the gym outside of class times for competition prep. Luckily, this morning's workout was easily done in the fitness center at work.

400m run
20 burpees
15 bent over DB rows (35#)
 3 rds = 14:57

This was meant to be 5 rounds, but my lunch break is only so long and I still had to actually eat lunch, so I stopped at 3. I can't say I was too disappointed to stop. :) The runs were okay - slower than I would have liked, but not terrible. (At least it was inside and flat...) Burpees were awful. Slow and painful. Just didn't have any fire after the first 10. Rows went well - sets of 10/5 throughout. I wanted at least one round to be unbroken, but form started to deteriorate around #9 or 10. 

PWO
11 oz coconut water

1 pm
2 chicken thighs (.75ish pounds) with salsa verde, onions, tomatoes (recipe)

4:30
30 box jumps 24"
30 power cleans 126#
30 box jumps 24"
5:37

My goal here was sub-6:00... mostly because on the board, I knew I couldn't beat Libby's 5:02, but the noon guys got just over 6:00. Have to try to beat someone! My box jumps were not good right out of the gate, which is unusual for me. And they just went downhill from there. Power cleans were slow and steady - dropped and waited for it to settle, then right back at it. I rested a breath or two too long here and there, but overall a decent sustainable pace. On a good box jump day, I think I could get closer to that 5:02. Heavy power cleans and box jumps are two of my bigger strengths - this should have been a bit better.

PWO
11 oz coconut water
12 oz chocolate milk w/2 scoops Progenex tropical vanilla

I'm not sure I'm noticing a benefit from the Progenex... this flavor especially is tasty as hell, but I'm not sure it's worth the sketchy ingredient list and the slight tummy discomfort. I'll give it another week or so and reevaluate. In the meantime, it's delicious...

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