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“The Click” and PUC Day 25
Morning came a little early as Lena woke up with the birds and the sun (at 5:50 am). Sleep was decent, nutrition yesterday was decent (maybe too many calories), and I felt ok. But SOOO stiff and sore from yesterday’s … Continue reading
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Pushups and Squats and Sprints, Oh My! (PUC Day 24)
Too little sleep, so when I woke this morning after less than 5 hours, I decided I couldn’t do the 6:00 am workout at CrossFit Asheville (CFA). Instead, I slept in until 7:00 am, which helped me a lot. I … Continue reading
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Double Trouble. PUC Day 20.
Decent sleep (about 7 hours). Feeling super sore from yesterday, especially in the trapezius muscles. Had a 1 block breakfast. Coffee w/ milk. Then heading to the 7:00 am CrossFit Asheville workout. Warm-Up Judo/MMA warm-up (shoulder rotations, 45 x 360 … Continue reading
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“Healthy Chief.” PUC Day 19.
Decent sleep, but only about 6 hours. 1 block breakfast and coffee. Feeling pretty good. AM weigh in: 183.5. Headed to 6:00 am CrossFit Asheville Workout. Warm Up Judo/Martial Arts Warm Ups. Hip Mobility / Sampsons. Then: 1 round of … Continue reading
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Run and Squat. Parkour practice. PUC Day 17, Part II & Day 18.
Woke up super early. Jet lag. Got to work on the Pull-Up Challenge right away. Then went to the 9:00 am workout. Pull-Up Challenge Day 17, Part II As I noted yesterday, I wasn’t able to finish my reps in … Continue reading
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Bench and Row. PUC Skipped Day.
My trip to London has been great. I bought a one week membership at a little gym right on Belsize Park Gardens, about 2 blocks from Gadi and Mimi’s place. They have Concept II rowers and some crappy olympic weights, … Continue reading
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“The Midwest Regional Support WOD.” PUC Day 13.
Decent sleep, about 7.5 hours, but interrupted at 3:30 am for a pee. 1.5 block breakfast. Then the 9:00 am CrossFit Asheville workout. It was a small crowd today, just Shalene, David, Tom, Randy and myself. The WOD is designed … Continue reading
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PUC Day 10. 15k Bike Ride.
School responsibilities (a curriculum workshop from 9:00 to 2:00) will keep me away from CrossFit Asheville today. It’s too bad, since they will be doing strength work and a super fun 12 minute AMRAP. I got about 6.5 hours of … Continue reading
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Graduation. PUC Day 8.
The fact that I had to attend Mars Hill College’s 2009 graduation ceremonies (occupational hazard) prevented me from joining CrossFit Asheville in doing “Grace” today. Grace is a brutal full-body benchmark workout (30 reps of Clean and Jerk, for time; … Continue reading
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Push Jerk. Mile Run. PUC Day 7.
Decent sleep last night, but only about 5 hours, and it was interrupted. Better than the night before! One block breakfast & coffee, then Warm Up Football-style agility drills, followed by 1 round of Push-ups, Sit-ups, Pull-ups, Squats, 12 reps … Continue reading
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In Honor of SSG Hansen; PUC Day 6
Decent sleep, but too little of it, and interrupted (at 12:30 am) by a piss and a little tossing and turning. Then a 5:00 am wakeup. 1 block breakfast (quadruple fat). Coffee. CrossFit Asheville WOD: In Honor of SSG Hansen … Continue reading
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5k, PUC Day 5
Two low calorie days in a row. Decent sleep last night (over 7 hours). 3 block breakfast. Health in general is good. 5k Run, “The Dog Slide.” Today my own WOD is: 5k for time. My route is “The Dog … Continue reading
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Front Squat, PUC Day 4
Decent sleep but not enough; low calorie day yesterday. One block breakfast (egg and grapefruit) before workout. Front Squats 6:00 am. CrossFit Asheville WOD: find five rep max for front squat. My workout: 10 x 20 kg bar 5 x … Continue reading
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Rest Day; Pull-Up Challenge (PUC) Day 3
Rest Day In my training schedule, today is a “rest day.” It happens also to be a “rest day” on the main CrossFit site, but our rest days only line up once in a while. Yesterday on the main site … Continue reading
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