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Hello friends, primordia here. I've pretty much always been at least chubby, I've also always been somewhat active. In 32 years I haven't yet mastered the art of balancing activity with consumption and have never gotten off the proverbial roller coaster.  My highest weight 2 years ago was (at 9 months pregnant) 245. A few days after I had my 8 pound daughter I was 225. I'm the poster child for water retention, apparently. I lost another 45 pounds through diet and exercise and was at 185, now back up to 190 after a month of vacation back home. Getting so close to 200 again has become my final wake up call. The time is right, I've got a good routine going. My husband is in the military and we live overseas in Spain. I will be an unemployed stay-at-home mom (aside from freelance illustration work and some school) for the next 5 months! I've been doing CrossFit off and on for about 6 months with a group of special forces guys who are super motivating and attentive to form. 6 months prior I was doing Starting Strength with my husband and fell in love with lifting heavy things. I now own a set of heavy things. There's a room at the gym where I can let my daughter run and play that has cardio equipment. I have no excuses... just need some extra motivation, it's LOG TIME!  ^me in recovery position Stats: Age: 32 Height: 5'4" Starting Weight: 190lbs  I swear there's muscle in there under all the lards! Goals:  Arbitrary non-toxx goal – lose weight and body fat! 11/23/12 - 191.3 12/03/12 - 189.4 12/11/12 - 189.4 12/18/12 - 188.8 12/24/12 - 189.2 12/31/12 - 188.4 01/07/13 - 187.0 01/14/13 - 186.5 The plan: Consume approximately 1600 calories/day (to be reevaluated on a monthly basis) lower carbs, raise protein. Monday, Wednesday – Cardio at the gym for 45 minutes – 1 hour (or running once I get my jogging stroller fixed) Tuesday, Thursday, Friday – CrossFit in the morning Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday – Stripped 5x5 in the evening Starting weights Deadlift – 175x5 (PR 3 months ago was 225x1 but I'm not sure I could do that now, also I only have 175 pounds worth of weights at home and I can't buy European since the bar is a different size. DOH!) Bent over Row – 80x5 (hate these) Military Press – 65x5 (still weak but much stronger than I used to be) Barbell Squat - 120x5 Barbell Bench Press - 85x4 Current 5RMs: Deadlift - 230 Bent over Row - 115 Overhead Press - 75 Squat - 165 Bench Press - 100  Me and my most favoritest person in the world! Fitocracy name: primordia I track calories with calorie count right now but am open to other suggestions! primordia fucked around with this message at Jan 15, 2013 around 15:09 |
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| # ? May 26, 2013 04:31 |
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Cardio day today. Did the elliptical for 50 minutes while my daughter played in the 'child pit' and two other moms let their babies cry while they read out loud from a christian relationship book. SWAG!
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 21:13 |
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Hey Stripped buddy, glad to see you started your log officially! That's a killer plan, you'll be adding weights to your kid in no time just for fun. Good luck, have fun 
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 01:01 |
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Gonna ace it, pretty lady.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 02:34 |
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Solid plan! Can't wait to see your transformation - especially the beastliness that will develop from 5x5 and Crossfit. Those guns are going to mean serious business 
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 04:14 |
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Yay, more goony mamas around here! Will be following, I'm sure you're going to kill it, and your daughter is adorable.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 07:32 |
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Thanks you guys, you're awesome! This is totally what I need. This morning's CrossFit workout was a quickish one: 3 Rounds For Time 12 Burpees 6 Deadlifts (M: 275# W: 185#) 3 Rope Climbs I can't do rope climbs yet so Senior Chief (our instructor) had me substitute lowering myself to the ground with the rope and then pulling myself up the rope until standing x3 for each rope climb, so 9 of those each round. He also had me do the deadlifts at 145# since there are so many and fatigue from the other exercises makes it a lot tougher to concentrate on form. I forget my time exactly because he hasn't posted it yet but it was 9 minutes something something. I did better than most everyone but some people were doing the lifts as prescribed and actually rope climbing so it's not a fair comparison. I just love the feeling of putting everything I've got into a workout. I definitely plowed through the deadlifts but the "rope climbs" were killer on my forearms and wrists. Now I'm considering moving the stripped 5x5 to the nights I do cardio in the morning. That way I'm a bit fresher considering all the deadlifts I already did today and who knows what other days.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 10:57 |
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You have so got this!
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 14:46 |
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You've got a good attitude and you're going to nail this. 
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 16:25 |
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Gosh CrossFit can be brutal. In a good way. But still you're a braver woman than I. All my friends invite me along to their CrossFit gym and I can't admit to them that I'm a little scared. I enjoy rest between my lifts thankyouverymuch. But they all are so friendly and supportive and I feel like maybe they might get me there soon. So that's a long way of saying I admire your guts for getting stuck in to CrossFit and I look forward to seeing your progress 
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 16:26 |
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Do eeeet! Particularly if you have friends to go with because shared suffering is what it's all about. Having a good group of people is key and I don't know what I'm going to do once we leave here and have to start anew. The workouts are all scalable so you can really come in at any level of fitness and be successful. I feel like it has really taught me how to push myself and my overall level of fitness has improved significantly from when I was just doing cardio and weights separately. There's nothing better than coming into a workout you think is super tough, having butterflies up the wazoo, battling the urge to quit and coming out victorious! There's also all sorts of fun little skills to master like double unders, kipping pullups, box jumps, rope climbs, etc.
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 19:54 |
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I started doing Crossfit too, will be following this log
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 01:51 |
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primordia posted:Do eeeet! Particularly if you have friends to go with because shared suffering is what it's all about. Having a good group of people is key and I don't know what I'm going to do once we leave here and have to start anew. The workouts are all scalable so you can really come in at any level of fitness and be successful. I feel like it has really taught me how to push myself and my overall level of fitness has improved significantly from when I was just doing cardio and weights separately. There's nothing better than coming into a workout you think is super tough, having butterflies up the wazoo, battling the urge to quit and coming out victorious! There's also all sorts of fun little skills to master like double unders, kipping pullups, box jumps, rope climbs, etc. I feel like once I'm done competing and training weightlifting hard this time next year I'll transition over to more CrossFit style fun workouts. I do a lot of the same stuff as CrossFit as part of my weightlifting programming (tabata intervals, HIIT) but I'm not fast and I need my rest. I do love that CrossFit pushes people's boundaries on a regular basis though, having that team atmosphere really makes it easy to go hard. I think that's what I really like about it, having other people to suffer with
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 02:14 |
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fortryllende posted:... having that team atmosphere really makes it easy to go hard. I think that's what I really like about it, having other people to suffer with I'm such a hermit that this would immediately put me off CrossFit forever. *sigh*
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 02:56 |
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What sort of weightlifting are you training fortryllende? I think once we move I'll be searching for a CrossFit gym with certified olympic weightlifting trainers. That seems to be more and more common and it's what I'm really interested in. The more technical lifts (snatches and cleans) are intriguing to me as I can only do really low weights on them as of now but love the way they feel. Voodoo, if you're interested in the workouts but just don't want to join a gym, ahem... BOX I believe is the appropriate term, there are a ton of bodyweight WODs you could try for fun. My husband and I did a few on vacation before we decided to lard out. This morning's cardio was mega lame because we woke up late and I only had 30 minutes in the gym before I had to drop my daughter off. So, 30 minutes of elliptical on hard mode. Workout B of 5x5 will commence tonight, my husband even said he wanted to join in. It's rubbing off
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 09:28 |
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Stripped 5x5 workout B tonight (I gots no pull up bar). Was really happy the husband decided to join me again. I haven't done these in forever so I was curious what my 1RM was. Both are PRs! I guess I really am stronger. Barbell Squat: 80 lb x 5 reps 90 lb x 5 reps 100 lb x 5 reps 110 lb x 5 reps 120 lb x 5 reps PR! 140 lb x 1 reps (145x1 was old PR) 150 lb x 1 reps PR! Barbell Bench Press: 45 lb x 5 reps 55 lb x 5 reps 65 lb x 5 reps 75 lb x 5 reps 85 lb x 4 reps PR! This one shocked me because before I couldn't for the life of me lift 80 95 lb x 1 reps PR! 100 lb x 1 reps PR!
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 21:11 |
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Nice PR's! Been following since you posted this week, finally posting to cheer you on! Go get it!
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 21:16 |
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Following this log, you are one strong lady!
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 21:19 |
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CrossFit this morning... For Time 21 – 15 – 9 Dumbbell Squat Cleans (M: 35# W: 20#) Knees to Elbows KB Swings (M: 53# W: 35#) 11:26 My knees to elbows are more like knees to chest still but I'm getting there! When I got home I made the best protein smoothie thus far. Chocolate protein powder, frozen banana and real coconut water (not the filtered stuff). It was extremely badass. I'll be posting embarrassing pictures of me working out and our little gym this afternoon.
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| # ? Nov 29, 2012 12:14 |
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 My effort faces are pretty hilarious.  The pullup bar is extra wide, really hard to get a good grip.  This is the gym, it's inside of an old hangar and when it rains the roof leaks onto everything!
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| # ? Nov 29, 2012 20:35 |
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5x5 Workout A today. Today didn't start out good, I was up early and ready to go when all of a sudden I was struck with an insane sinus headache. It hurt to open my eyes and I felt dizzy and nauseous. Had to wait until late evening to do the workout, I almost bitched out. Barbell Deadlift: 145 lb x 5 reps 155 lb x 5 reps 165 lb x 5 reps 175 lb x 5 reps 185 lb x 5 reps Bent Over Barbell Row: Didn't have my notebook so I did this in 10's instead of 5's and forgot that I did 85 max last time, doh! 45 lb x 5 reps 55 lb x 5 reps 65 lb x 5 reps 75 lb x 5 reps 85 lb x 5 reps Standing Military Press: 50 lb x 5 reps 55 lb x 5 reps 60 lb x 5 reps 65 lb x 5 reps 70 lb x 2 reps Argh! Too tough 65 lb x 4 reps Couldn't make that last one because of the 70# What is standard protocol in instances like the military press when I failed the last set? I just tried to go back and do 5 of the previous weight but I wasn't really sure what to do.
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| # ? Nov 30, 2012 20:54 |
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primordia posted:5x5 Workout A today. Today didn't start out good, I was up early and ready to go when all of a sudden I was struck with an insane sinus headache. It hurt to open my eyes and I felt dizzy and nauseous. Had to wait until late evening to do the workout, I almost bitched out. I think it depends on your particular program. There are programs where when you fail a set you are done, and there are programs where you back off as far as you need to go to get the desired volume.
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| # ? Nov 30, 2012 21:11 |
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primordia posted:5x5 Workout A today. Today didn't start out good, I was up early and ready to go when all of a sudden I was struck with an insane sinus headache. It hurt to open my eyes and I felt dizzy and nauseous. Had to wait until late evening to do the workout, I almost bitched out. That's a fine thing to do. You want to aim to either increase reps or weight to advance, so if the lift isn't happening you can do more reps at the lower weight, or just pause and rest and keep trying to rep out singles of the max weight, but no matter what just keep aiming to increase SOMEthing. You might find microweights useful too, like chain links you preweigh or collars which are like .5lb each, if 5 lbs is too big a jump. It can be, for us girls, with upper body.
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| # ? Nov 30, 2012 21:12 |
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Thanks for the great advice! I had never even heard of the micro weights until you mentioned it. Sounds perfect for bench press and military press. Today was the crappiest run ever. I was planning on going 3 miles but I also unwisely decided to switch shoes because my old "barefoot" Merrell's are looking a bit worn. I have a pair of Nike Free 3.0's from before I fell in love with the Merrell's so I used those. Well about 3/4 of a mile in my feet and ankles started hurting real bad. I had to stop and when I stopped it just felt worse, so I ran more, it hurt, I stopped. I just had to make my way home at that point because it was not happening and I didn't want to injure myself. Time to get new Merrell's I guess. The barefoot shoes are what I learned to run in (C25k) and the only shoes that have ever not hurt my ankles and flat feet when running. Also, 3 people stopped me while I was running to ask for directions. Also, my earbuds kept popping out annoyingly. Also, I had Euro style cocoa and marshmallows today and I freakin
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Today was supposed to be a rest day but when I went to the gym to aid my husband in a workout I just ended up doing it too! For Time: Row 500m 10 Ground to overhead (M:95# W:65#) Row 400m 10 Ground to overhead Row 300m 10 Ground to overhead Row 200m 10 Ground to overhead Row 100m 16:45, My husband got 15:27, boo! He's 6'4" so he can out row my rear end by a good deal. Ground to overheads you can do any way you like as long as the bar starts on the ground and ends up over your head. The weight is light so just straight snatching it is possible but incredibly tiring. I mainly just cleaned and push pressed it the whole time. I really need to work on my cleans, I get very little hip action which, at these lower weights is not a big deal. Once I pass 80 pounds it just doesn't cut it. This is why I wish we were in the states and I could take lifting classes. There's something my body just doesn't get yet, and I'm hoping to find it soon because they are super fun and I want to be able to lift more! In other news, weigh-in tomorrow morning. 
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primordia posted:What sort of weightlifting are you training fortryllende? I train Oly lifting exclusively. It's fun. Be reminded that not all certified oly coaches are any good so you may need to go outside of Crossfit to get a decent coach. But it's worth it. I'm kinda obsessed with it, even if my progress is slow.
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| # ? Dec 2, 2012 17:28 |
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Thanks, I'll definitely be wary. I know training certification isn't really the pinnacle of expertise, particularly personal training. I guess Olympic weightlifting isn't any different. Hopefully there's a place in the Virginia Beach/Norfolk area.
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| # ? Dec 2, 2012 19:22 |
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Weight and body fat according to my scale: 11/23/12 - 191.3, 27.7% 12/03/12 - 189.4, 26.6% I'm sure these things aren't terribly accurate as far as body fat. Feeling good!
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| # ? Dec 3, 2012 13:43 |
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2 lbs in 2 weeks is good work! Good job!
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| # ? Dec 3, 2012 15:48 |
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Thanks poop! Today's efforts: Elliptical Trainer: (in the A.M.) 0:30:00 || Moderate - Need to get up even earlier  to make this a bit longer.Barbell Squat: (in the P.M.) 90 lb x 5 reps 100 lb x 5 reps 110 lb x 5 reps 120 lb x 5 reps 130 lb x 5 reps - Feeling good on these  , I'll probably have to start upping by 5 pounds very soon though.Barbell Bench Press: 45 lb x 5 reps 55 lb x 5 reps 65 lb x 5 reps 75 lb x 5 reps 85 lb x 5 reps - Yay, got that last rep I missed last time!
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| # ? Dec 3, 2012 20:15 |
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NICE! You should totally try upping that squat next time. I think you can do it.
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| # ? Dec 3, 2012 20:47 |
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 you are so strong! Awesome, keep it up!
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| # ? Dec 3, 2012 20:49 |
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Feeling like a champ this morning! Today's workout: “Fight Gone Bad” (cheesy video explanation) Three Rounds of: Wall Balls (M: 20# W: 14#) SDHP (Sumo Deadlift w/High Pull)(M: 75# W: 45#) Box Jumps Push Press (M: 75# W: 45#) Row (Calories) In this workout, move from each of five stations after a minute. The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. On call of “rotate”, move to next station immediately for best score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point. It was horrid. Seriously. One of those ones that makes you feel like death and when you collapse afterwards it's such a relief! The weird thing (weird for me anyway) is that I LIKE that. I typically count myself out of most of the competitive aspect of CrossFit because I'm not nearly as in shape as most people so intuitively I thought I did lovely, but... I beat out my husband, the other two girls there and a guy who runs marathons. I don't know, maybe I should probably start feeling slightly good about my progress. You'd think it would be easy but that's the hardest part! Why do I always have to poop like 2 minutes before it's time to start? If only I could alter the course of my regularity. primordia fucked around with this message at Dec 4, 2012 around 11:33 |
| # ? Dec 4, 2012 11:20 |
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Holy cow that workout looks intense, great job beating your husband! Your progress is amazing and you should feel amazing .
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| # ? Dec 4, 2012 15:35 |
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Lifted some heavy stuff today: Barbell Deadlift: 155 lb x 5 reps 165 lb x 5 reps 175 lb x 5 reps 185 lb x 5 reps 195 lb x 5 reps - Above body-weight, woo! I really had to psych myself up for this one, it was tough! Not sure I can increase by 10 anymore. Bent Over Barbell Row: 55 lb x 5 reps 65 lb x 5 reps 75 lb x 5 reps 85 lb x 5 reps 95 lb x 5 reps - These feel pretty good so far. Standing Military Press: 50 lb x 5 reps 55 lb x 5 reps 60 lb x 5 reps 65 lb x 5 reps 70 lb x 5 reps - Got those 3 I missed last week! Went out with a friend for lunch today and was really meh about it because I had to estimate calories. I needs me some home cookin and a scale. These estimations will not stand I tell you! primordia fucked around with this message at Dec 5, 2012 around 20:33 |
| # ? Dec 5, 2012 19:51 |
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Girl, you are SO STRONG!
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| # ? Dec 5, 2012 20:33 |
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Today was someone's 44th birthday so she got to randomly select out of a deck of cards one of the CrossFit benchmark workouts. It turned out to be: “Isabel” For Time 30 Snatches (M: 135# W: 95#) I've never snatched more than 75# so I chose to do it at that weight to be safe. We have only one female width bar so all of us had to do it alone in front of everyone, yeesh! One of the girls who has competed in tournaments went right before me (she also chose to do the workout at 75# because she'd been on a month hiatus). While she went I really studied her technique so I could try to emulate her rhythm. A lot of these speed workouts are about the technique of your touch-and-go and breathing pattern. She looked good and FAST! 3:14. I wasn't expecting to even get near that, I just wanted to go as hard as I could. Everyone was cheering me on so at 10 when I felt like stopping I kept going, I thought "well, 5 more and I'll rest". Same thing happened at 15. At 20 I was at 1:30 seconds...took a few seconds rest and then pounded out the last 10. 2:14! Felt pretty good. Afterwards we had to do 44 birthday burpees for the birthday girl, gee isn't CrossFit fun?! I should be happy and proud, right? I feel that way for like a second and then I just revert back to negative thoughts about myself. It's such a worthless way to think, to deprive yourself of inner pride. "Oh well it was a really light weight..."Well you're still fat", "you have no endurance though". I'm really trying to get past this poo poo, I feel like I'm getting better but I guess I just have to keep trying to change my perspective. primordia fucked around with this message at Dec 6, 2012 around 12:28 |
| # ? Dec 6, 2012 12:21 |
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You have fantastic endurance and you ARE really strong. Dang! Burpees are so loving vile.
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| # ? Dec 6, 2012 14:33 |
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You are deadlifting nearly 200 lbs.! Hell yes you should be proud! And hell, I did 30 burpees the other day and about puked...
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You are awesome! Doing 30 snatches in a row at any weight puts the Fear into me though...
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