Friday, November 7, 2008

Friday...Ahh..


I couldn't be happier for the weekend! This week felt exceptionally looong. The combination of school+fieldwork+an election was enough to throw off my sleep and training this week. In anticipation of my hectic schedule, I got in a pretty decent workout on Sunday though. Thank God for that.

Sunday
Backsquat 5x3 #114 (back'd off 10%)
Bench Press 5x3 #94

Pull-up Ladder= 10 rounds+5pull-ups C2B
2 Rounds of:
10 Box Jumps 26" box
10 Kb Swings 44#
4:41
Sprint 8 @Piedmont Track

Monday off.
Tuesday would have been my next training day if I hadn't of been glued to the Television.

Wednesday
Squat Cleans 3x5 #88
Wieghted Dips 5x2 #11 (would have done another set but I was rushed)

WOD: How many rounds in 20 mins of?
10 Thrusters #45
1o Pull-ups C2B
=10 rounds

Thursday off.

Friday
My quads were fried after the thruster workout on Wednesday so I did backsquats instead of front. Unfortunately, it still killed my legs.
Backsquat 5x5 #116
Shoulder Press 5x3 #68 (failed) = 4/3/4
Weighted Dips 5x3 #13 (failed) = 4/4/4

WOD: Helen-ish 3 Rounds of:
50 Double Unders
21 Kb Swings #44
12 Pull-ups C2B

Meals have been pretty good this week. I didn't have much time to plan but managed to get by on leftovers from the weekend. I've been maintaining 10-11 blocks of protein with lots of extra fat. Most carbs have been low GI and I've been pretty careful about not overdoing it, oh except for the vino on Tuesday and Thursday...and the homemade carrot cake on Wednesday. Okay, maybe I'm idealizing a bit. Nevertheless, I am really looking forward to the weekend and spending some quality time at home!

Sleep was a bit scarce this week. Late nights at school followed by early mornings at CrossFit put me in a sleep deficit. I averaged about 7.25 hours a nite. This is totally unacceptable, especially if I want to see any gains from my hard training. But, this was a rough week and sometimes it just works out that way. I'm hopeful that next week I'll be able to clock in a solid 9-10 hours/nite.

4 comments:

SMRTGIRLY said...

Go Connie Go! Homemade carrot cake *drool*

Ev said...

Girl after my own heart. 9-10 hours of sleep per night sounds great!!! Way to go on your strength gains. When I read your wods, I invariably have a raised eyebrow moment as you keep getting stronger, fitter and faster. Way to go, lady :)

steven T said...

poor thing... averaged 7+ hours a night for a week? haha

try averaging ~6 hours for 7 years =p

sierra said...

Carrot cake sonds so good. I may have to find one of those tonight!

Your genes load the gun but your lifestyle pulls the trigger. -Dr. Houston