I’m about to hit the road for a really quick weekend trip for Easter. Can you guess where I’m going? Did my Minnie shirt give me away? You got it, I’m off to Florida where I hear the weather is in the 80s. Quite a jump from New Hampshire which as I write this is a lovely 45 degrees. Still warm, but I will be sweating by this afternoon.
And I don’t know about you all, but when it comes to traveling, I am not the kind of person to get all dolled up for a flight. All you fashion bloggers who put on a cute dress and pack your adorable luggage, then wear heels to the airport… bless your heart, but I’m not doing it.
Even with my direct flight, I still want to be comfortable the entire way. Yoga pants, a comfy top, and slip-on shoes. Put a coffee in my hand and I’m ready to go. I think my Victoria’s Secret yoga pants are by far my favorite piece of travel clothes, and slip-on shoes are a must. Sorry-not-sorry guy who sits next to me on the plane, I will not be wearing shoes for the entire flight.
See you all when I land. Until then, this is my go-to attire, what’s yours? What’s your “can’t live without it” travel item?
Two days after my Crossfit workout and I’m sore. Not just a dull pain, I mean I’m having a hard time bending over and picking things up from the ground. Again, I blame my ego and inability to admit defeat.
Turns out those dead lifts I was doing on Tuesday night have finally caught up to me. And now I’m paying for it with a sore back and having to call out of my lesson I was supposed to have tonight. (Sorry, Kate. I owe you.)
That was probably the most devastating part of being sore, having to admit I couldn’t go to EverProven tonight. I learned, it’s DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). Basically my body is trying to heal itself from working out after I’ve been lazy all winter. Surprise, I’m paying for being lazy. The body is releasing cytokines, hormones that tell cells to heal the inflamed muscles.
The solution: a heat pack, some anti-inflammatory meds, and rest. So that’s what I’m up to tonight, reading my butt on the couch with a heat pack and some meds. Hoping I learned my lesson.
My ego is going to get me intro trouble. Day two of my On Ramp program with EverProven and I already think I can carry more weight than I should during dead lifts. That’s probably because I felt like a champ after back squatting 85 lbs (which is a funny story all in itself).
I showed up to my On Ramp class a little early and while I was waiting for coach Kate to finish up with someone else, coach Scott took some time to get me warmed up for my session. He’s brutally thorough in his explanations, but I’ve found it’s helped me be the comfortable with knowing what to do during lessons. He’s also one of the reasons I didn’t give up Crossfit entirely since he didn’t make me feel like I couldn’t keep up with everyone. (Not saying anyone did, he just approaches coaching with positive encouragement.)
So we did some squats, some ring rows, and then he introduced me to how I haven’t been doing push-ups correctly my entire life. Yup, me, who can throw down 15 without stopping, can’t even do two in a row now that I learned my elbows are in the wrong position. Tuck those suckers in.
Then Scott released me to Kate for back squats and was given the women’s bar (35 lbs) and 2 10-lb weights (total 55 lbs). And I squatted that like a champ. I forgot to take a video this time, so you’ll have to deal with this YouTube video I found to know what I was doing:
So the 55 pounds was fine, and we added another 5 lbs on either side of my bar, so I was up to 65, that was a little rougher, but still fine. Then Kate asked if I wanted to put on more weight and my ego said yes. So we grabbed some 10 pounds weights to replace the 5 lbs weights, except I didn’t take off the extra 5 lbs weight on my side. And I squatted, and I couldn’t understand why I was leaning to the left. It was heavy, but not that heavy. I felt like I was off center.
When I racked, I told Kate I wanted to go up, so she went to grab some 2.5 lb weights (she calls them cookies), and as she walked by my side of the bar, she saw my side and realized what had happened. I hadn’t back squatted 75 lbs, I had squatted 80 pounds. Whoops.
Realizing what happened, we popped the 5 lb weight on the right side to even out the bar to a total 85 pounds. And I shook a little with the weight, but I got all five reps in like I had with the other weights. So excited!
Then we went to my timed workout: deadlifts and wall balls.
I got cocky and started my 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 rep workout with the 85 pound weight for deadlifts. Yeah, I learned my lesson quickly, only getting the first set of 9 reps in, then bailed, dropping the weight down to 75. Then could only do that for the 8 and 7 reps, and went down to 55 pounds. Light, but do able. By the final single rep round, I was literally crying out for someone to just take me out. So rough, but such a good workout.
I think keeping your form for that many deadlifts is key to not hurting yourself, and it’s super easy to lose form when all you want to do is quit. Finished in just over 10 minutes. Could have been faster if I hadn’t pushed myself on the weight. Lesson learned.
Metcon
Deadlifts and Ball Ball Rounds
Reps 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Starting with 9 reps each your first round, then 8 your second, 7 your third, etc.)
They got me and I never saw it coming. I’ve been getting those “free panty” coupons in the mail for years and I’ve adamant about going in, getting just the panties and leaving.
Well, the other day we got the Victoria’s Secret Sports catalog in. I didn’t think too much of it until Andy threw it at me and stated that I needed to get a new pair of workout pants. I’m not entirely sure if it was because I started Crossfit again and he wanted me to fit in with the other girls, or if it was because there are actual holes in the thigh region of my yoga pants.
So I started flipping through it and kinda wanted to try a pair on. So when I went in to get my free panties, I snagged the only pair of their pants that would fit me, the only other sizes they had in store was XS, so apparently our shop sells out quickly. I send the above photo to Andy to confirm that yes, I could buy a pair of these. I was approved. The problem was, when I was in the fitting room, the sales associate told me if I bought sports bra, too, it was only going to cost me another $5.
So you’re telling me that I’m going to get a $54 sports bra for $5? Seriously? (Clearly I was not going to get one of the cheaper sports bra they had.)
That’s when all logic went out the window and I pulled out my Angels Card (yes, I have one and it sadly has the VIP logo on it). And somehow I ordered a pair of the Knockout Crops in a bright pink (I think, I can’t remember it was a blur). So in about a week we’ll see what color I actually ordered since the girl at the register could only show me a swatch of color and not what the entire pant would look like.
On the bright side, I’ll be one snazzy dressed Crossfitter at Everproven next week!
