K’s BodyBlog

Well, Mt Rainier was a bit of a bust… for me anyway. Very VERY disapponiting. Broke my heart a little. I did just awful. I am blaming it on the rough weekend I had before we left. There is a small amount of comfort in that. Very little sleep, pretty poor nutrition. Spent a significant amount of time in the ER the day before, nothing life threatening, but still exhausting… and late. Bed around mid-night and hardly slept even then. Worst display of strength I have shown in quite some time. Grandmas and little kids were passing me… WHILE I could still see the PARKING LOT!!! Now, no telling me "It’s ok, at least you tried, that is impressive in itself," or "you did your best, you should be proud." Because as many of us here know I’m sure, sometimes our best is still disappointing and NOT good enough. In this case I KNOW that I can do better, I have done better before (did I mention that I didn’t even make it halfway!!!). And I’m not beating myself up. I am aware that I had some things going against me here. I just wanted the opportunity to do something I have never done before, push myself farther then I ever have before. Just didn’t turn out that way and THAT is very disappointing. HOWEVER, I will be back at it on Monday and looking forward to the next goal… whatever that may be. Hopefully, I’ll get a shot at it again next year.

I WISH I had the energy of that little bunny. I was beat last night. Sat around the gym deciding what to do for a half hour or more. Miss my workout partner’s forceful motivation and sometimes literal kick in the butt. I am SO sore from the earlier workouts this week, that my arms and upper back were pretty much useless, so I made up my own Workout Of the Day. Here it is…

5 rounds of..

• 30 1-leg squats w the 45lb bar
• 15 jump squats

Was pretty tough, though I’m not as sore as I was hoping to be today. Tomorrow will tell for sure.

So last night was CrossFit’s Angie. DANG she is TOUGH! For time, 100 pull-ups, 100 push-up, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats. OUCH! Now my max ever for pull-ups is a whole 3 of them, so I did pull downs instead. Last time I did this, I did 50lb pull downs and completed the whole workout in about 29 mins. Last night I did 70lbsx50 and 50lbsx50 and completed it in 27:04. Feels SOOO good when you kick your old record in the butt! ….sad that no one was there to see it though.

3 weeks till the climb and my workout Partner has taken off to go save the world. So I have to push myself for the next two weeks. Ahk! Will be challenging and very good for me. Tough to workout against yourself. But last night wasn’t too bad. Anyway, here’s what I did….

3 Rounds of:

• 10×135lb Deadlifts
• 30×95lb Squats
• 400m Run

Good stuff. Twice as hard being 75 degrees and muggy in the shop too. Loved it… can’t wait to go out again tonight!

Just another one to add to the growing list of fantastic workouts lately. Wasn’t feelin it today, pretty tired, that is where excellent workout partners come in handy. Pumped me up, had a great warm up, and finished the following…..

Reps per round 21/15/9

• 75lb Thrusters
• 70lb Pulldowns
• Box Jumps
• 10lb Wallball Situps

Felt GREAT and I am ready to kick some more butt today!!! Then we’ll take a couple days off to prepare for our climb to Muir on Saturday.

So I have been talked into a new training program, Crossfit. LOVE it. Much more then just weight lifting. Been doing it for over a month now and seeing fantastic results. Loved posting my new pics… now I just need more then just the ab shots huh?!

 So here was yesterdays Workout of the Day….

• 15 Pull up (I did 70lb pull downs)
• 30 Push ups
• 45 Squats

As many rounds as you can get in 20 minutes…. I did 5…. brutal

So, I have been talked into hiking to Camp Muir on Mt Rainier with some friends who will be summiting the mountain this summer.  I will really need to get my butt in gear if I am going to keep up with these crazy people.  The climb to Muir (basecamp for the climbers) is 4.5. The first half 1800′ in elevation the second 2800′!!! 6+ hours of one foot infront of the other. It is going to KICK my BUTT! I can’t WAIT!!! BRING IT ON!

GREAT week! Only made it twice, but they were good ones.  Love feeling sore the next day. The new progress pics really inspired me too.  I was feeling like I would never catch back up at the pace I was going.  After my beautiful friend took some pics and I saw some real progress I feel pretty good about the two days a week I can make it in.  It seems to be working WOOHOO! Thanks for everyones encouragement!!

Alright, MsFitness and Frogprincess have inspired me to keep working my butt off (hopefully literally).  Didn’t make it to the gym last week… not even once!! Not going to get legs like theirs at that pace.  I workout in a pretty cold shop at a friends house with two very little boys.  They’ve both had colds and I… well, doesn’t matter, I have many excuses and excuses will not get rid of the cellulite! So tomorrow is Monday, a bran new week. I will have workouts to log this week!! I sure am glad God gives us Mondays.

Dang life can get in the way!!  I am having a tough time gettin in the gym latley.  LOVE working out!! But stuff keeps coming up.  Last night I actually made it to the gym, I was so excited! But 20mins into it, after my 3 yr old fell for the SECOND time and the baby started getting hungry, I scraped it and went home. Pretty dissappointed. I try not to worry about it too much, but I know I’ll never reach any goals at this pace. Today is a new day though. Each morning is another chance. I’ll try again today.