Monday I spoke to Andrew about my (apparent) plateauing. Once again the first thing he brought up was my diet, which is funny because none of them believe that I adhere to the prescribed paleo diet. Once I convinced him I actually do follow paleo, we broke it down even further and I realized I'm eating too many almonds (or my favorite meatloaf dish made with..... almond meal). He however brought up a good point that I wasn't eating enough in the morning, as I was only having a protein shake. So for this week I'm going to try a protein shake and some eggs to kick start the old metabolism. I tried that this morning and felt surprisingly full until lunchtime and wasn't tempted to snack, so far so good. He also suggested I start taking a fish oil supplement, as I don't get enough omega 3's in my diet. I don't think that suggestion was so much for "weight loss" as it was for overall health. We'll see, research is needed. I'm not overly concerned at this "plateau", as I said before weight is just a number, and perhaps my body is finding its natural weight, so I will be concentrating primarily on composition just to make sure the extra shakes I'm intaking don't start adding unneeded flab.
The saturday morning schedule has been slightly modified, but is still free for all new comers. Now the only way I can go on saturday is if I bring a friend, so anyone reading this that wants to come with me I'm more then willing. You'll get a great workout, get a chance to talk to one of the coaches, and see me gasping for breath.
WOD (monday)
50 thrusters (45lbs - prescribed)
800m run
50 thrusters
This WOD really pushed me for muscular endurance. Even though 45 is a low weight, it just gets heavy after about 35 thrusters, and thats on the first set. A thruster is such a good exercise because it involves your whole body as you go into a full squat and then "thrust" (hence the name) the bar above your head as you squat up. I definitely woke up the next morning real sore in my legs.
Todays workout:
WARMUP:
10 Back Jerks (like a push press but from behind the head, not even sure if thats what its called)
10 ring dips
10 situps
10 squats
2x
WOD:
2 minute timer:
200m run
5 burpees
1 rep max Back Jerk
rest 3 minutes
5 rounds.
This was a great WOD as it combined both strength and sprint cardio (the best kind) into one workout. Each round had to be completed in 2 minutes, and I usually had about 45 seconds left after the 200m run and burpees to gather myself for the back jerk. I started with 95lbs and kept increasing weight each round. The last round I attempted 145lbs and juuuuuuust missed it. Part of the problem is the move involves using "explosion" ( let me just tell you none of my former basketball coaches in middle school or high school ever described me as "explosive") and getting underneath the bar in a half squat. I really think I could've gotten the weight had I used better technique (I seem to say that a lot) as I didn't pop under the weight rather than just try to muscle it up. Nevertheless I was pleased that I got 135 as easily as I did, knowing full well that if I had done this WOD a month ago I would've been maxing at mayyybe 95lbs, probably less.
Another fun thing about today was that it was my partners FIRST day at crossfit, which I think is hilarious that I'm the "grizzled veteran" now after a whole month. I know how I felt on my first day and reached out to him, assured him he was much further along then where I started from and that he just needs to battle through the first few weeks to get comfortable (and to avoid being outrageously sore everyday). Tomorrow I get a day off (which is necessary with the new 4x a week schedule) and will use it to get some grocery shopping done, and probably see xmen again.
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