Nancy’s not so great herself.
Nancy is the name of Thursday’s WOD. She took longer for me to finish, but the nature of the workout is different. 5 rounds, 400 m run followed by 15 overhead squats each. The prescribed weight is 95 lbs. One person did the prescribed weight. That person was not me. Me, I did 55 lbs. I did finish in the fastest time, 16:35, but part of me feels I could have pushed harder. Gotten 65 lbs in maybe. Only three other guys did more weight than me, so maybe everyone was taking it slightly easier. Whatever the case, I have a baseline now, and can go up next time Nancy comes calling.
Why are the workouts named after women? No clue. Because women are hard and cruel maybe? Or maybe because they whip us into shape? Your guess is better than mine.
Game of Thrones? Are you watching it? I told you to. Just finished episode nine. Good one. The series is highly recommended, go catch it. I hope they add in some out of story twists next season. I appreciate the dedication to the source material, but it’s following it to the letter practically, and that can be stifling in the creativity department. I may be alone in that opinion though…
Food:
- Protein shake
- Banana + hard boiled egg
- Chicken breast, asparagus, cottage cheese, carrots.
- Walnuts
- Protein shake
- 2 bratwursts, stir fried (in walnut oil) onions, yellow and orange peppers, green beans.
- Wine.
Three Tuesdays, Three Nights, Three Great Movies
For those of you not in the know, Fathom Events is playing the three Lord of the Rings movies on the last three Tuesday nights (14th, 21st, 28th) in June, in your local theaters. And these aren’t just your theaterical releases either, these are your enhanced and extended edition movies. The ones that should have been released in theaters! The real deal! Sorry, no Tom Bombadil still, but worth your time none the less. Last night was Fellowship of the Ring, and it was fantastic.
Screen cap FTW! With no flash, it was hard to get a clear picture, but I think I did ok hah.
Food:
- Protein shake + banana
- Cherries, strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries
- Hard boiled egg
- Two steaks (about 5 – 6 oz each), broccoli, cottage cheese
- More fruit (see above) and walnuts
- 23 oz beer and three pulled pork sandwiches.
The Weekend and Monday, Wrapped Up in 1
The weekend:
Birthday party for best friend in St. Louis and wine.
Really, not much more needs to be said. Did not eat the best, but I refuse to beat myself up over that. I had fun. Went to Montelle winery. Beautiful place, ok wine. You certainly pay for the view, which overlooks the Missouri river valley, several farms and wineries, and long winding roads.
Other than that, the weekend consisted of a lot of driving. I hate driving. Especially that stretch of 70 between KC and StL. Just the worst. Going back in two weekends, yippee.
Monday:
Monday was ok. Back on routine. Eating better. WOD. Rock on.
Food:
- Protein shake (1 cup milk, 1 scoop protein) + 1 banana
- Hard boiled egg, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries
- Chicken breast, broccoli, carrots, cottage cheese
- Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, walnuts, two slices of cheese
- Protein shake
- Salad bar
- Wine, 2 glasses
Winner winner chicken dinner
Hah, the title of this post made me laugh. For two reasons. Firstly, dinner was chicken. Secondly, I rocked it during the WOD today, beating out my fellow crossfitters. First time. I’ll take what I can get. So as you can see, winner winner (crossfit WOD) chicken dinner (self explanatory) is a funny statement. Hopefully you’re laughing with me. The WOD really was good. Warmup was 7 sets of 5 reps, shoulder press. When I first started about 4 weeks ago, my max was 65 lbs. Today I did multiple sets of 5 reps of 65 lbs. Awesome sauce. Even got a couple reps of 75 lbs in. Following that, AMRAP. 15 minutes. 100 m run, 10 plyo pushups, 15 kettle bell swings. I completed 5 rounds, 100 m run, and 6.5 pushups. For the kettle bell, I used a 35 lb.
Food:
- Protein shake (1 cup milk, 1 scoop protein) + 1 banana. Not mixed in. Does it matter?
- Hardboiled egg, strawberry, cherries.
- Lunch – chicken breast, broccoli, stewed tomatoes, cottage cheese.
- Snack – strawberries, cherries.
- Post workout – protein shake.
- Dinner – Chicken breast, steamed broccoli and red peppers, fresh cucumbers and tomatoes.
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