scuballica’s BodyBlog

Today’s WOD with Crossfit was 15 reps of hang cleans with 115lbs.  This was a new one for me so I dropped to 10 reps with 95 lbs.  I also did 12 reps of dips since we do not have rings here.  Lastly, 21 situps.  I did as many sets as possible in 20 minutes.  I wanted to throw up my protein shake as soon as I drank it.  This will be felt tomorrow.

Today was the first day I have done squats in a few years and the first time since 1996 my buddy has done them.  We started off with a couple of warm up sets and then worked our way up.  My top weight was 255lbs which I thought would take a few months to get.  I love proving myself wrong!

Today was my day back after my day of rest yesterday.  I needed it too.  Today’s WOD was 5 pullups, 10 pushups, and 15 squats per set.  I had 20 minutes to complete as many sets as possible.  My buddy and I completed 11 sets.  Somehow or another, I pinched a nerve in my neck during one of my sets of pushups.  It hurts like hell and I hope it heals by tomorrow…unlikely, but still hoping. 

Honestly, I was hoping today was an off day…sweet odence raven I was wrong.  Yesterday hurt and is still hurting as I write.  Squat thrusts…let me tell you a little something about squat thrusts…they are kind of like being up fecal creek without an oar while being covered with supremely ticked off hornets.  Tell you what, put a thong on backwards and hike it up to your shoulders.  Then go down a metal slide, backwards,  that has been soaking up the suns’ rays for the last 6 hoursand have your friends shoot you with frozen paintballs with the velocity on the guns turned up as high as possible. 

Enough of the jibber jabber…today i almost laid down in the gym for the first time in my life.  Because the air is so thin where I am, the sets were cut in half and I would not have been upset if it would have been cut in thrids.  I did not want but had to drop 10 pounds off the squat thrusters after a few sets.  I would have had better chances being locked ina telephone booth and taking on a starving, p’d off wolverine that’s hyped up on angel dust than finishing with the original weight.  My form and technique were on the verge of looking like a Picasso on acid.  I took the weight off and was thrilled when it was all over.  Usually I do quite a few more excercises….today was a not one of those days. 

I am sure when the pain subisdes, I will look back at today and say…I hope I never have to do those again…even though I will.  I hate being motivated!

This was my first time doing Dead Lifts in a VERY LLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG time.  I would say years…I was just trying to see how hi I could go.  I started out with 2 warm up sets of 10×95lbs and worked my way up…
1×185lbs
1×205lbs
1×225lbs
1×245lbs
1×265lbs
1×275lbs
1×295lbs
I can’t wait for the next round so I can break 300!

This was my first time doing Dead Lifts in a VERY LLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG time.  I would say years…I was just trying to see how hi I could go.  I started out with 2 warm up sets of 10×95lbs and worked my way up…
1×185lbs
1×205lbs
1×225lbs
1×245lbs
1×265lbs
1×275lbs
1×295lbs
I can’t wait for the next round so I can break 300!