[katerina11]

no regrets!!! (i am trying to tell myself that. yesterday was my first day of no caffeine and it was an eating disaster)

how many rounds did you do of each one? the xfit rounds like that really wipe me out. the worst for me were the one where you throw the ball up high against the wall. also burpees.

rest day yesterday and today. feels nice. he said it was going to be super easy for monday and tuesday. wednesday is rest day and thursday and friday i will be travelling.



here is the damage report on my diet:
Saturday - 3,353 calories 317carbs 135fats 145 protein
today so far is back under control
2,195 calories 165 carbs 91 fats 165 protein

i still have almost 700 calories of that to eat and i am not hungry. if it gets much later, i will just drink a protein shake with the missing protein grams (2 scoops or 60 grams) and call it a day. that would leave me at 1900 cals with the same protein. heck, i think i will do that.

glad i posted here!

[jamsk8r]

I did 6 full rounds plus 8 reps (5 box jumps and 3 deadlifts) in the first part.
I did 4 rounds even on the burpee/overhead squat workout, then 5 rounds even on the toes to bar/power clean workout. The last one was my favorite by far. I used the 95#...love some heavy-ish and fast power cleans, and the low reps meant no rest, so it was just grab and go the whole time.

[katerina11]

i wanna faint reading that

[jamsk8r]

Kat, why no caffeine? Is that for the meet, or just something you wanted to do for yourself?

[katerina11]

Originally Posted by jamsk8r

Kat, why no caffeine? Is that for the meet, or just something you wanted to do for yourself?

yes, for the meet. i am going to ask my coach about it today, actually. i feel very weak and limp noodley.

i was thinking that i could lower my tolerance to caffeine so on meet day, it would really affect me and i could get MOAR LIFTS! but feeling like how i feel, i don't know if it's a great idea. i'll let you know what he says this morning.

[Defining]

Caffeine withdrawal symptoms will last at least a week. And if you're not sure what your tolerance is after that, you may actually consume too much. I'm pretty sensitive to caffeine, and on days that I have 12oz instead of 8oz (I roast/brew my coffee at home) I get the shakes.

Lifting while your heart is racing and your hands can't keep still, isn't really great. So while I understand your reasoning, yes, absolutely talk to your coach about it.

Also Cheryl, reading your workouts, I'm beginning to think that you are as crazy as Kat.

IanG, keep on keeping on, you're rocking it!

[katerina11]

yeah, my coach said that he has utilized the caffeine withdrawal to better his performance, but he does it starting two weeks out, and doesn't get nausea and the shakes. he has seen lifters where that has happened. i should have talked to him about it beforehand, but didn't think to. i just got the idea on saturday and went for it.

so i am still going to stay away from coffee and monster drinks and continue with tea and diet coke, and then on meet day, i'll drink one monster at the beginning and one about 30 minutes before my deadlifts start.

today was all three lifts. no more big numbers on deadlift. my last day for that was wednesday.

squat warm up to 180x1
bench to warm up to 120x1x3
deadlift 180x2, 180x2, 180x2, 180x3, 180x1, 180x1, 180x1

[jamsk8r]

I've seen crossfitters do that, that's why I asked, but then they're not lifting as heavy as powerlifters, and maybe they cut it further out from their competition.

Definining, it's not as bad as it seems, and I've been doing crossfit for over 5 years, so for me that was just a "good one". The short duration workouts like that, too, though hard in the moment, offer a speedy recovery. Crazy is when we do some hero memorial workout. Those tend to be ridiculous reps and just grinders the whole way through. Thankfully, we only do those a few times a year, or I would be crippled, lol.

[jamsk8r]

So, even though I ate crap several times last week, my scale weight this morning was 190.4 again. Crazy! I figured I'd be right back up the 194. I'll take it, though! Food's been good today so far, and plan to keep it that way.

Today was testing day for 1RM Front Squat, then we did a little workout afterward. My old 1RM Front Squat was from 2010, when I finally got 140, after being stuck at 135 for what seemed like forever. Here are my numbers from this morning:
45x5
45x5
65x5
85x3 (finally getting warmed up here)
(add wrist wraps..that front rack position hurts like a mutha on my wrists...stupid tight shoulders!)
95x3
115x1
(add weight belt)
135x1
145x1 (PR)
155x1 (PR)
165xFAIL and done. Maybe could have gone back for 160 or tried the 165 again, because I let my elbows drop and got on my toes, but I always like leaving some in the tank for next time, and a 15 lb PR was way better than I expected for this lift.

After that, we did a short little workout:
7 mins AMRAP (as many rounds/reps as possible) of
5 pull-ups
7 1 arm kettlebell push press OR push jerk (skater's choice here) 53#men/35#women
10 squats (bodyweight or "air squats")

I got 6 rounds even. I did jumping pull-ups because I'm just getting back to doing kipping pull-ups after the long layoff for the left shoulder, so scaling down the pull-ups let me get more push presses and squats in.

Just taking a short break to regroup before I drive out to work on the big log today. It's ready for grinding and/or sanding...I'm so excited to finally be at the finishing stage with this one, but I only got just shy of 4 hours of sleep overnight, so I am dragging. I'll be fueled completely by caffeine and carbs until I can come home and catch up on sleep.

[katerina11]

i've never done more than 105 for my front squat. you made some monster front squat PR's!!

[jamsk8r]

I understand. It's one of my least favorite lifts, but apparently, the training we did for back squats, deads and floor presses transfers well to front squatting. I'm so excited for your meet this weekend! I meant to say, my friend tried to get video of my 290 deadlift PR last week, but her fiance called at just that moment from Afghanistan, so she had to take it, then after that, there was nothing but me trying and failing to get 300 as my head tried to pop off my body, lol. Maybe next time!

[jamsk8r]

188.0 on the scale this morning, which is a new low since I (re)started. Hopefully the scale will keep dipping lower and get me out of the 190s "for reals" over the next week or two.

Made it out to the log job and about rattled my arms off for a couple hours using the sander on the big tree (let's just call it what it is...it's too big to be called a log, lol) for 4 hours. It's cleaning up nicely.

Not sure all that arm and back torture is going to do great things for me in the gym though. Today is testing for overhead press 1RM. I might be like, pvc press...phew! that was it!

[RVAscreenwriter]

I'll post more on my lifting progress/comments on yours, later. For now, I had to post this:

[katerina11]

LMAO!!!

so not looking forward to being in a singlet in front of a crowd. its the scariest part of the meet by far.

just more of the same from yesterday.
squat to 180. first single was a bit wobbly bc of a form issue. i tend to panic and something will go amiss. my knees dont shoot out wide, or my lats arent engaged or i slow down too much and don't get a stretch reflex. any of these will cause me to tip forward bc my weak area is the core, and then i have to fight the bar to get up.

second single was perfect so i left it at that and moved to bench
up to 105x2 and done

and then light deadlifts just to get one more day of mechanics. 180x3x3

[katerina11]

Originally Posted by jamsk8r

188.0 on the scale this morning, which is a new low since I (re)started. Hopefully the scale will keep dipping lower and get me out of the 190s "for reals" over the next week or two.

Made it out to the log job and about rattled my arms off for a couple hours using the sander on the big tree (let's just call it what it is...it's too big to be called a log, lol) for 4 hours. It's cleaning up nicely.

Not sure all that arm and back torture is going to do great things for me in the gym though. Today is testing for overhead press 1RM. I might be like, pvc press...phew! that was it!

omg!!! 188!! nice going, jamsk8r!

will you take a picture of your log when youre done? are you just stripping it of bark for some part of their house? or?