13/1/12

think this took me about 12 mins, did strict pullups no band, and 35kg press.

40kg felt too heavy in warmup, but 35kg was too light during the workout, so in hindsight i shlda gone with 37.5.... either that or just be more awesome and press 50kg

press def needs work.

14/1/12 - backsquats 1RM & L-sit

mid-back felt tight (probably from deadlifts PB) so didnt push it on squats, worked Tech with Mike which was great.

think i made some improvement with my 'squat wink' or whatever its called

also just worked tech with L-sit, improved my upper body  position to more upright as i was leaning forward too much before

really wanna get my L-sit so i can destroy my Lvl 1 and get a shiny new wristband

my sexy long legs, big feet/shoes, tight hammies and weak-ish core are conspiring against me to make this difficult, but i will keep at it & reap the rewards when i can finally L-sit like a champ, just like i did in that boob-less dream the other night

15/1/12 - rest day... 

UFC Rio - pint-curls for time at bridies in brunny 

(decent scotch fillet i might add)

hahahaha thanks Brodyn... my legs were made for kicking arse... they're like sniper legs, coz they're so long they can kick arse from long-range ;)

(must spend slightly less time hatching sinister plans for global domination, and more time on logging my awesomeness herein)

knew i had to work on sat so smashed out 5 days straight, which is a first for me... pretty big week of workouts & rather warm so glad i got through & even pulled a backsquat PB outta my rectal cavity at the end of the week, so rather stoked \m/

16/1/12 - worked clean/jerk tech at 40kg / 50kg, then practised L-sits & HSPU (shakes fist at L-sits, which continue to elude me, and are fast becoming my NEMESIS... would love to blame this on my 'sniper legs', however i fear this is more likely attributed to my poor core-strength, and tight hip-flexors & hammies.... mmmm ham)

17/1/12 - filthy fiddy, scaled up, 39:11... not too bad considering 35kg push press and 24kg KB swing, but really wanted to compare to last fiddy effort which is hard due to up-scaling

18/1/12 - kettlebell workout, with KB snatch, KB windmills, KB turkish delight... used 20/20/12 kg KB;s... pulled up with very sore obliques from windmills

19/1/12 - upside down Fran-kenstein... 1st time ive done Fran RX'd (even though it was inside-out) took 11:08, really struggled, but then i guess thats the idea

20/1/12 - back squats, new 3RM PB of 87.5... a 5kg PB... need to do more 5X5 volume on squats & deads every week to increase awesomeness in these areas

would be good if you could delete comments, but doesnt look like its possible...  actually that would be handy in real life too... oops, i guess that slightly chubby woman WASNT pregnant, judging by her reaction of slapping my face after asking her... perfect example of when it would be handy to delete a comment.

my ramblings are often long enough without a whole lotta empty space to make them even bigger.... thats what the inside of my brain must look like.... a few key functional connections... like the ones used to process food, boobs, heavy metal, and basic CF functionality... surrounded by as much empty space as an atom has relative to its electrons or some shit (i probably got that wrong, which i am blaming on said empty space)

3/2/12

(23PU, kip, hold rocks)

6/2/12

TGU - 16kg AHAP

Jackie - 8:50 (rx but run instead of row)

8/2/12

AMRAP 10min

5 + 4

kept looking upwards on the Jerk when struggling... Zane told me to look straight ahead... i asked him to draw some boobs on the whiteboard in front of me so i had something to focus on, and he surprisingly obliged, i proceeded to look straight ahead for the rest of the workout ;) funny about that.

9/2/12

deathlifts 5X5 @ 100kg

(these are just like deadlifts, only sound slightly more death-metal, \m/ )

gotta kick my stripper-deadlift habit, its getting there.

felt good, didnt struggle enough through last reps, must go heavier next week, will try 105 or 110

backsquats 5X5

82.5kg... only one fail late in 4th set

worked on my breathing / holding tight core & really felt this help keep my chest up coming up out of the squat

one of my better squat sessions

scotty & zane were there to spot me on the 5th set... zane said he'd grab my 'glutes' if i failed... i didnt fail but asked if i could still get that grope. he obliged... most action ive has in weeks ;)

few days off training, busy moving into my bachelor pad, SWEEEET!

new place has an approx 25m lap pool, so looking forward to incorporating some swimming back into my training, especially with whats left of the warm weather

20/2/12

deadlift 5X2

then L-sit & 9 ways to skin the cat, of which i could barely manage one

got to 120kg deads... failed at 125 but prob should/could have got it, still not moving very well during this lift, always feel so uncoordinated in terms of timing straightening knees then opening hips.

i keep thinking about this in two separate parts so i get the order right, but then i know this is stopping me move in one flowing motion, probably should do some slow work with lighter weights to learn me some muscle memory with good form

sucked at L-sits & cat-skinning

gotta try work on the L shit a few times a week as i really need to improve on this, still cant even get to the L shape at all, like not even nearly :(

SCORE  (squat 6, Pullup 4, Pushup 4, situp 10, row 6) = 30

scored quite low, not happy even though i went pretty hard.

would have scored much better if this workout had something i didnt suck at, like eating bacon for time or stubby-curls

25/2/12

games open wod 1

7 mins burpees amrap

score - 74

was reasonably happy with this, had an ok rhythm going, and was jumping to my heels fairly well

i think being tall (and handsome) may be a disadvantage on this movement.

awesome atmosphere in the gym on sat for this, so much yelling & good vibes buzzing around

big thanks to Jess for epic judging & encouragement 

hopefully the next games wod has stuff i'm good at, like dbl-unders, reaching things up on high shelves, and looking at boobs ;)