Thursday 02.25.2010
by joelpilon
This will be the last WOD for this week. Friday evening I will be heading out to Mars Hill in Seattle to hear John Piper speak for “a night of Gospel preaching”
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1884779_1884782_1884760,00.html
Even our society is recognizing the resurgence. TIME recognizes it as number 3 on the list. Woot! Jesus is growing His church. PTL
Warm Up
Not sure again.
Focus: 5 core exercises, 2 rounds, one minute each…
Right side plank- right arm and shoes supporting body weight focus on tight right side core.
Sit ups 1 minute (The idea is to keep moving)
Center Plank- both arms, tight core.
V-ups 1 minutes (hands to toes, or as close as possible)
Left side plank- left side focus
This was a draining mini WOD, but it really is a necessary part of so many of the exercises we do to have strong core support to prevent injury.
WOD: AMRAP in 15 mintues
5 thrusters 95lbs
10SDHP 95lbs (sumo dead lift high pulls)- squat stance, straight back, close middle grip on bar, pull bar close to body from ground to chin.
20 mountain climbers
Completed 4 rounds, with 5th through 11 mountain climbers.
I was disappointed with my performance. The focus certainly drained my energy a bit, but I realize across the WODs this week that I am still not properly fueling my body. I am not taking enough “good calories” for my body to perform at it’s highest level for the WODs. I also think this a reason I am seeing signs of a plateau in my progress. Just need to apply the obvious to improve on this.
I am writing this on Friday afternoon and it is nice to have a recuperation day. Today is technically my day of rest because I work the next couple days. I really like coming off a few days of recoup and I can tell my muscles are stronger and my body is ready for more going into the week. I heard someone say recently that it is good to remember that hard work is a good thing for 6 days of the week and take the 7th to appreciate and reap the fruits of our labor. Some may say “duh”, but I know that a productive week leads to a much more satisfying day of rest.
QOD
“I’ve been thinking Hobbes–”
“On a weekend?”
“Well it wasn’t on prupose–”
-Calvin and Hobbes
Enjoy your weekend!
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Hey bro, I have an idea: along with logging the workout of the day on your blog, you could do a food log and report everything you ate — or at the very least your calories. Would be interesting to see how many cals you are intaking and how that affects your workouts.
But then I would have to be accountable for what I am and am not eating. ; ) Hahah. But yeah, that would be better for me. I have to figure out the calorie value for produce…apple, banana, chunk of spinach, onion, bell peppers, etc.
Do my descriptions of the exercises make sense?
Joel,
I have never and will not ever count calories, that seems like too much work for me. I am all about eating quality foods.
I haven’t seen you in for a while, is everything OK?
-Loren