Day 14 Shoulders and Probiotics

"Fear is an insidious virus. Given a breeding place in our minds it will eat away our spirit and block the forward path of our endeavors." ~ James F. Bell

At this point I can't remember what we've done this week...but my shoulders are telling me that they got worked! Today's WOD (workout of the day) was 3 out of my 4 nemesis: Wall Ball, Kettle Bell (getting to be less of a weakness), and double unders. Add running in there and we would have had all 4. (I know I know, I run marathons....slowly. Speed is not a natural talent of mine, and these people are FAST) This was NOT a workout to come to sans coffee, yet I did. In all honesty, I really went because I thought our new shirts would be there. It wasn't an organized coached class. Our coaches are getting ready to kick ass at Regionals, so it was more of an open gym gig and I didn't think anyone would notice if I wasn't there...but I really wanted the shirt. Welllllll, the shirts arrived, but the printing on the back wasn't done, so no shirt for me. At least it got me there.

I do so much better in a workout when it's competitive and the coach is there watching and yelling. Before, when I would go to 24hour to do my lifting, I would have a plan, plug my headphones in, and execute. When I say execute, I don't mean, crazy go time. More like I would work hard, but I would completely check out, and if I was tired I would stop to catch my breath, do some people watching and then continue. I would be there hours. Crossfit doesn't afford that luxury. I've yet to do a workout in a normal class that exceeded 30 min, maybe even 25 min. The clock is going and you either get it done or you don't. Stopping to breathe costs you precious seconds, you can't check out. Today I did. I let the double unders get to me and eat up the time. I firmly believe that those are as much mental based as skill based, and my head wasn't in it. Yea I was soaked after finishing, yea I was breathing hard...but I in no way performed well or even really tried to. Poor form on my part. I had the mouth of a sailor during the double unders and fantasies of cutting my jump rope in to tiny pieces, putting them all in a box, mailing that box to myself and then burning it when it arrived.

Enough about that. On to Fran. Had my talk with Max on wed and he wasn't appalled at my slip-ups but there was definitely room for improvement. No more nuts. It's really all diet for me as to if I'll improve or not. I'll put in the work for the 20-30 min in the gym, but the other 23 hours of the day, that's the real work for me. So I sit here now, blogging, chugging my black coffee and eating my spinach, mushroom, bell pepper and 2 egg scramble. I've changed my dinners up tilapia and greens and instead of nuts for snack, I get cucumbers and salsa. I think I'll be seeing some epic progress this week. I just have a feeling. With this challenge, I have added a shit ton of greens to my diet. The first week I was bloated and gassy. Not fun. Sunday, I went out and got pro and pre-biotics. I take one in the morning and holy wow the difference. They are magical. Seriously, I knew they were helpful and have used them in the past but I think I am making them part of my morning routine forever.

The homework this week for me was 5 pull-ups every min on the min 8 times. I came yesterday after work to open gym to get them done and they were a breeze. Today after class I went for another round. OH MY HANDS. I didn't finish and will have to have a do-over Saturday or Sunday. I want to get to the point where my strength goes before my hands go. I really want to avoid ripping them, it sucks at work where hand sanitizer is a every few min reality. That stuff on open wounds once is unpleasant to say the least, repeating the process for 12 hours just leads to the longest day ever. Not worth it.

The coffee is starting to kick in and thank goodness. I'm back to work at 2 and it's go time for the next week. Gotta use these next few hours wisely.

-Cheers!