WSD & MT after the Holidays!

So it's been a long hiatus again. Never good on the body to not work out for a long period of time. I should have been keeping up, but I didn't. So we started off with WSD. A fairly light warm up of jogging, bear crawls, crab walks, and holding plank. We then moved onto reviewing grabs and chokes. After a brief review we did a randori style where we each took turns being the attacker and doing different moves til the bell goes off. Whatever techniques were not done properly during the practice we went over again. We ended with a sparring session. It lasted forever!
Then we moved over to Muay Thai. We joined in with warm up and jogged, planked, did lots of ab work, and were kaput. We were split into beginners and advanced and went over basics like how to stand, punches 1 and 2, and moving. Calves were burning by this time. I took a few extra water breaks so I wouldn't cramp up. But I made it thru whole class. It's going to be torture after i get back from vacation! Hopefully all the walking I do will help keep me in better condition.

MT, CF, and WSD

Saturday we got up and went to our first Muay Thai class. It was brilliant. It's completely different than BJJ. A lot of standing, punching, kicking, etc. There wasn't one thing I couldn't do during class- sure I probably didn't hit as much, as fast, or as hard, but I didn't have to modify. We plan on going next Wednesday since this week is a holiday and it's closed for four days. Looking for gloves and shin guards to start. Eventually the fancy shorts will come.

After the soreness from MT class on Saturday, I spent hours working in the yard Sunday and my right shoulder just was beat up. Needless to say CF was rough today. Warm up was 3 Rounds of: 200m Run (row), 10 x Push-ups, 10 x Jumping squats (non jumping). That had me huffing and puffing and loaded with sweat. So of course it was time to move onto the WOD. It was 3 Rounds of: 400m Run (row), 20 x Burpees, 30 x Double unders (singles), 2 Mins Rest. The row wasn't bad. The burpees, however, were another story. I still can't do a proper burpee, but I try. Today even that wasn't cutting it. I had to scale it back further and not go all the way onto the ground. Jumping was also rough. I can get upwards of 15 jumps without messing up on an awesome day- today it wasn't more than three. Not awesome. I finished last again and then moved on to the core- 50 T2B. On the floor again for this one. Anyone who has been in an environment like this knows that the inevitable will happen. You will fart at the wrong moment. It was really quiet and there were only about four of us left. I lifted my legs up to the bar and the weirdest, loudest sound came from right below my legs! Yes, my first audible CF gas incident. I had to recompose myself and continue on. It took me a while to finish, but I finally did. Rough, rough class.

After all this I still went to WSD. Class wasn't horribly rough, but it had it's moments. Mild warm up, jogging, sit ups, push ups, rolling, hip escapes...  Then we moved onto some review. Starting with wrist grabs and then working up to the oopa. Another day down.

High Spirits!

Today was another good round of CF. We did 3 rounds of 10x ring rows, 10x squats, and 10x shoulder pass throughs. Today we had a skill to work on and it was muscle ups. I kept trying to just hold my body weight from the pull up bar. It's a lot of weight! But I know I'm improving because I could lift my feet off the ground this time. Sure it was probably only milliseconds, but last time I couldn't do it at all. Then we moved onto the WOD. Today was an alternating tabata of pull ups and box jumps. I did ring rows and used a 45# for my jumps. The total of all exercises was the score. Mine was 105. I did way more ring rows than jumps. But again I could feel the difference. It's a good feeling. Core was 30 supermans. After about 20 I was really feeling it. Glad to have another week down.

Still going!

Tuesday we missed BJJ but yesterday we did go to WSD. It was more of a low key class since it was just my daughter and myself. We did warm up and then moved into reviewing techniques.

Today I went to CF and it was pretty good. We did the standard warm up and then moved on to the WOD. Today we started with a 750m row and then 5 rounds of 10 back squats (95# w/ rack) and 10 hand release push ups. I did the girl version of the push ups. My time was 13:34. Core was KTE and since I can't do them on the bar, I do them on the floor. Basically it's where you lay down and bring your legs up as far as you can and then back down without touching your feet to the ground. I did 65. It was a good day.

Getting back on track...

I forgot my sneakers at home this morning. It would be an easy excuse to not go to class today. But instead I bucked up and told coach I forgot my shoes. Luckily the WOD was weight work. So we did warm up and then moved on to the WOD. Today it was Back squat 1RM, Strict press 1RM, Deadlift 1RM. Your score was the total of all three max weights. I got 485! Back squat was 175, Strict press was 85 (brutal), and my Deadlift was 225! It's the most I've ever done. Really glad I went this afternoon and we are all set for WSD tonite. Glad to be back in the swing of things!

Taking a hiatus.

So I feel broken. Mentally and physically. I had a nice weekend away and missed CF Monday because the kid had an appt. We went to WSD and it was a good class. Warm up and then a lot of escapes from the ground. Tues was more appts and wed was a meeting for school. Today I just didn't have it in me. I'm definitely not giving up, but I just need to take a little time off to recover and regroup. I'm having a *lot* of issues with food. If I don't' get that under control then I don't think it will really matter what I do at the gym. It's depressing and difficult and as much as I want to give up, I know I can't. One meal at a time. I'll get there. I'll check back in Monday with hopefully a better outlook!

CF Thurs

So it's my Friday and I decided to be good and go to CF again so I'd have at least two classes down for this week. Today was the standard warm up and then the WOD was “Nancy” which is 5 Rounds for time of: 400m Run (I rowed), 15 x OHS (I did 45#). Again I wasn't the last one to finish. I came in about 3 mins before the last person at 22:10 (or I think it was- I was really really beat and this is the time I remember!) Core was 30 supermans. I feel really good now that I went and it's over, but it was painful during! Still getting those side pains. Hopefully it's just a phase with a muscle or maybe I ate lunch too close to the workout.