Single Push Jerks

This was a good WOD to start the Week. The Workout:

Single Push Jerks
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Weight: 195, 195, 200, 205, 210 (pr), 185, 135

My form deteriorated on 210. My weight shifted forward, them I over compensated backward, then stuck the weight. After that, I was dead and struggled at 185. I finished at 135 to end with good form.

Food as a Drug

While I was preparing to binge on Indian Food last night (Holy shit I love Indian food), I was reading through the menu. The menu was set up like a book with a ton of options and little blurbs about India and its food. One blurb was about how the Indian culture looks at food as not only as necessary to sustain life, but as a drug or medicine. It talked about how the Indian culture uses different spices for medicinal purposes. I could not help but think about how Dr. Spears promotes this in the Zone, how much of a foreign idea it is to so many people, yet how the idea and practice has been around forever.

I, unfortunately, think I have taken this too far as I now think that I can cure anything with food. We will see how my theory holds up in the upcoming year.

Single Power Cleans

Sorry again for the late post. This was Friday's WOD. I remember sitting in school thinking, "I don't see how life can ever get in the way of me doing all these fun hobbies." Now I feel like everyone else who comes to this epiphany the hard way. Anyway, The Workout:

Power Cleans:

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

PR: 210 lbs.

I have had a pretty bad weekend of nasty eating. Indian for dinner last night: Total pig fest.

Wall-Balls and Pull-ups

After a day or two of my hands hurting pretty badly, and two blisters, I was questioning this WOD. But, once it came time to work, my hands were fine, and a little tape protected those tender spots. The Workout:

Five rounds for time of: (Pack Scaling)
50 Wall-ball shots with 20-pound ball to ten-foot target (35 Thrusters with 45 lb bar)
25 Pull-ups (15 pullups)

Time: 16:30 something

Once again, I find myself posting a day late, at my desk, during my lunch break. I don't have my log book in front of me. I did almost all pullups as butterflies and loved it.

More Family Court Fun

I represented my first Stripped yesterday. A true milestone for any rising defense attorney. However, it was not in criminal court. My client was arrested for failing to appear at a child support hearing. Well, I marched down to family court, met the client (actually a pretty cute girl), and after turning her in to the authorities, headed down to the holding cells to make sure she was ok and talk with her more about the case. While there, the officers served lunch. Ouch, that sucks. Chalk that up as another reason to avoid crime. Two pieces of white bread, slice of american cheese, slice of bologna (or something that looked like it), a pint of orange juice, and two oreos. Not exactly Zone approved. I understand that the county cannot afford to feed the masses in prison, but come one, what about a little baggie of carrots, small bottle of water?

Needless to say, I felt a little guilty when I headed back up to the nice cafeteria to eat my pear, five blocks of cold cuts on whole wheat, and pumpkin seeds. Then I got the case dismissed. GO ME!!!!

Muscle UPs and Squats

I was excited for this WOD. Ever since I learned that I am able to do MU's on a bar, I look forward to MU WOD's. The Workout:

Three rounds for time of: Porch Scaling
12 Muscle-ups (did as many MU as I could, then finished up to 15 reps with Pull-ups and Dips)
75 Squats

Time: 13:01

After receiving a small blister from Barbara on my left ring finger, I taped it for protection. I protected it, but developed a nice big blister on my right palm. Damn. Two days on, and it is already time to give the old hands a break.

Barbara

The first day back after a short vacation. It was tough. I felt a little more gassed than usual, and I found my motivation struggled. The Workout:

Barbara: RX'ed

Five rounds, each for time of:
20 Pull-ups
30 Push-ups
40 Sit-ups
50 Squats

Rest precisely three minutes between each round.

Times: 3:09 (PR), 3:26, 3:54, 3:54, 3:47

Not sure what happened on rounds three and four. I was able to perform unbroken pull-ups, but my push-ups, sit-ups, and squats were broken on every round after the first. I think my sit-ups are getting better.

Back from Vacation

Well, the family returned from Jacksonville, FL yesterday. My overall impression? I don't like Florida. It is too flat, too busy, and somehow we managed to pick all of the restaurants with all of the sucky wait staff. Or, maybe, people in Florida just suck at waiting tables. We did have one dinner full of great service, and I loved it. Being stereotypical, I think it is the laid back attitude of the south that just bothers me. I don't understand how they get shit done. Adding to it, WVU lost and I had to listen to Florida State's stupid cheers and a bunch of fans talk about how WV is full of a bunch of impreds, and I would have rather stayed home and made money all last week. Oh well, it was a nice New Year vacation spent with my GF and family.

I did manage to keep up my WOD's while on vacation. I had to improvise a little, but I worked hard to keep up a good pace. My diet was so-so. This was the first vacation I took since becoming strict on my Zone diet, and I realized it is really hard to stay in the Zone while eating out for every meal. Yuck, my body feels out of balance, and it felt great to cook my own breakfast.

Back to the Globo today. I am going to start with Barbara to get my mind and body back on track. Can't wait.