Gravity is My Enemy

So I didn’t bail already. I made it to training yesterday. I just didn’t have an opportunity to write a post due to work. I probably don’t even have the time to write this one, but it’s important to me so I’m writing it.

My new approach to nutrition, basically a laid back variation of the Zone Diet is working well. Eating Zone like meals, without worrying about measuring every single ounce makes life much easier and it truly feels more like a lifestyle then a diet. If I can continue to eat like this from now on, then I feel it will be sustainable which is one of my goals. Diets are bad because they don’t teach you to change, and they induce the yo-yo syndrome. Believe me, I’ve been on the ride many times myself and I’ve also seen others do the same thing. Learning to eat sensibly with a proper balance of Carbs, Protein and Fat is the way to go as I see it. We’ll see my opinion 2 years from now. Don’t get me wrong I still aim for the zone balance of 40% Carbs/30% Protein /30% Fat, I’m just not at a loss and feel down on myself if I’m not balanced each and every meal. It’s important to feel like you are on track, at least for me it is.

One other side note. Chinese food while tasting really good and being one of my favorites wreaks severe havoc on the scale. The other day I posted that I had hit 300 again. After two days of “detox” from the sodium I’m down to 290 again, so there was a lot of water weight being stored up. The reason I’m making this point is because I like Chinese food, and if you’re going to eat it on your way down the scale, then just avoid the scale for a couple of days afterwards as to not be discouraged. Lots of people say stay away from the scale period, but I have a bit of a differing opinion on this. It’s funny because most people who say it have never been fat. I think the scale is not a true gauge of where you are at, but it can be a motivator. I’ll write another post on this at some point.

So on to the WOD/Workout of the Day.

Let me start off by saying that after the warmup I would have been very happy going home. One thing I have noticed about CrossFit Malicious is that the warmups are pretty taxing compared to where I used to train. The workouts in turn are designed to be much shorter, which from what I understand is the true essence of CrossFit. The other thing that I have noticed is that I’m happy to just finish the workouts at this point and the time is something that I will worry about later.

Warmup, 3 rounds of 10 reps of each exercise below.

• 50lb kb swing <– I think it was 50, and I did two rounds, Nathan later realized that it wasn’t supposed to be a part of the warmup because it was a part of the workout.
• Hyperextensions <– Hating these, but I think my back is getting strong, but after two straight days I was weak in this area during the workout. This really makes KB Swings a lot of fun
• Overhead Sqauts with a PVC Pipe
• Pullups <– When will these get easier? Yesterday they actually were, but still time consuming for me. 5 in a row on his high bar is the best I can do, assisted.
• Box Jumps  <– Instead of the box we did the big tire.

So after this warmup I was ready to go home, but no, there was still 36:05 of working out to do.

The WOD was simply as follows:

3 Rounds for Time

• 200 Jumprope or 50 doubleunders <– I chose the jumprope as my efficiency with doubleunders is still pretty bad. I need to practice.
• 25 50lb KB Swings
• 25 Knees to Elbows

As mentioned it took 36:05. Not happy about the time, but glad I finished. After round 2 I said to Nathan that I didn’t want to wuss out, but I didn’t think I had a round 3 in me. He didn’t respond, at all. I did round 3. Thanks Nathan, you motivated me well and I appreciate you not letting me have the out!

Today it was easier to drive home, however I was down on the floor for 30 minutes afterwards. This is an improvement from Monday. As of the time I’m writing this on Wednesday morning (I took today off by the way, but I may go this afternoon if I stay in Tampa instead of venturing up to Orlando.), I’m a little sore, but not incapacitated. I’m raring to go and my excitement levels are still very high. It’s time to go eat, so talk to you all soon!

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