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Daily Archives: September 15, 2013
The Week In Workouts
I’ve been switching up my fitness, so I thought I’d pop in on Sundays and share what my workouts have looked like each week. I’m on a mission to find a balance of things I love, that make me healthier, and that overall just feel right.
Here’s what happened last week:
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Last week looked a lot like this:
Work. Workout. Cook. Eat. Work. Sleep. Work. Repeat.
I only worked out 4 times, but I tried to give my all while I was there. Overall it was a good week, but things at my job and cooking for our Whole 30 made for a quiet week on the blog. Hoping this coming week will be a bit more mellow on all fronts (MY LEGS ARE STILL SORE! :))
Monday
The workout was all rowing. Uh, I skipped this one because I rarely put on workout clothes to show up to the gym and only row. Sorry.
Tuesday
LIFT
Push Press:
1 @ 80% 1 Rep Max (95lbs)
1 @ 85% (105 lbs)
Max reps @ 90% — I ended up using 105 lbs for this one and did 10 reps.
METCON
For Time:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Wall balls (14lb)
Burpees
Pull ups
Wall balls, burpees and pull ups. OH MAN! Basically some of my least favorite things! But Garrett and I worked out together because these are some of his FAVORITE things. Actually this workout ended up being pretty fun, although I sort of wanted to off myself when Garrett called time because I was only on round 5. 🙂 Everybody has their strengths!
Wednesday
LIFT
Back squat:
5 x 7 @ 80% of 1 Rep Max
Uh, yeah…so that is 35 squats at 80% of your 1 rep max. The weight that I can do ONE TIME. 80% of that but THIRTY FIVE TIMES. Yikes! That was a heavy day! I did 175lbs and managed to eek out 34 reps. Just couldn’t get that last one up. Also scored a nice bruise on my ass from dropping the bar. Ouch! 🙂
METCON
3 Rounds For Ttime:
400m run
5 deadlifts (165lbs)
25 deficit push ups (on 15 lb plates)
I did this workout with a bunch of fire breathing folks and there is nothing worse (FOR ME) than doing running workouts with young, spry dynamos. 🙂 But it was still a great workout, even if I was slow as molasses. I ended up scaling the pushups (which made them SIGNIFICANTLY easier) so that I wouldn’t finish like 10 minutes after everyone. Clearly my ego got in a workout as well. I kind of wish I would have just tried SOME unscaled pushups. Maybe my ego will take this week off.
Thursday
Woke up today and my legs were CRAZY sore from those squats. And the workout involved FIVE HUNDRED double unders. And I had worked until 10 the night before and had to be in before 7am.
Call me lazy, but when I got off work at 4:30 I just said HELL NO and I skipped it. 🙂
Friday
LIFT
EMOTM for 12 minutes:
1 power clean @ 95% of your 1 Rep Max
Ha. That’s A LOT of heavy ass power cleans. Clearly this was a heavy week. Yikes! I started at 140lbs, but only got in 2 reps before I had to drop it down to 135, which is where I stayed for the rest of the minutes. I love cleans!
METCON
Friday the 13th AMRAP in 13 minutes:
13 push press (75lbs)
13 Chest to Bar pull ups
13 Med ball cleans (14lbs)
Med ball cleans are my favorite thing! Chest to bar pull ups….are not. This was a fun workout though!
Saturday
Skipped open gym and slept in instead, so I did a little outdoor workout in my backyard with our 53lb kettlebell:
100 KB Swings
100 KB Sumo Dead Lift High Pulls
100 KB Swings
And that was enough. 🙂
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How were your workouts this week?