I'm back to blog land. My computer's back up and running. And, best of all, my body is starting to feel good again. I've been in a bit of a slump the past month or so. I've felt tired, weak and just not up to snuff. Not to mention I haven't been recovering well from workouts and my body just seems to hurt, a banged up shoulder doesn't help. But for the past couple weeks, I've took it pretty easy. A day on, a day or two off. And today was the first day I felt "normal" in a while. The workout went well. And my nutrition was good today too. I've been pretty sloppy nutritionally lately and that, no doubt, has played a big part in me not feeling well. But, for whatever reason, the motivation to be gnarly, both fitness-wise and nutritionally, hasn't been there. Fortunately, I feel like the motivation's returned and after a near perfect day today, I'm pumped to get back on track. I'll eat well tomorrow but will likely splurge a bit this weekend as I attend a bachelor party for a good buddy down in Seattle. But, come Monday, I plan to go on the straight and narrow and will make a return to blogging my nutrition. I'll go pretty strict until Thanksgiving before I have a splurge meal. From there, we'll see how hardcore of a streak I decide to go on when the time comes.
As for the fitness, today's come back wod was a good one. "The Em" (Emilie's favorite workout, hence the nickname) is 5 rounds for time of:
-15 deadlift, 135#
-12 hang power cleans, 135#
-9 front squats, 135#
-6 jerks, 135#
time=15:37
Like I said, this was the best I've felt in weeks. But it was still SLOW. I did this workout last december when I was 5o pounds heavier in 14:45. And today, it didn't seem the weight on the bar felt any heavier than it did then, surprisingly. I moved through the first 3 rounds in 7 minutes. I was cruising. And then I crashed, the weight honestly didn't feel that heavy. My work capacity just wasn't there. I've never been so winded from a barbell workout in my life. But again, I'm back on track and feel like if I saw this one in a couple weeks, my work capacity would be back to the level where I might challenge that 10-12 minute time range. I'm excited to be feeling good again.
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