It's Been Too Long...Back on the Blog!

It's been too long! About time I make my return. First, a little update:

In May, myself and a 5 others from Jogo Crossfit Bellingham competed as a team at the 2010 Northwest Regional Qualifier. We competed valiantly and were in 5th place overall going into the third and final workout, the top 6 teams at the end of the weekend advancing to the 2010 Crossfit Games down in California. We gave it all we had but after the dust settled, our team ended up falling just short, tied for 8th. It was an honor and pleasure to compete side by side with the friends I've come to love through the months of training and preparation leading up to the qualifier. It was also outstanding to go head to head with Loren, Walt and the rest of the Kirkland Crossfit gang. They were just out of the top 6 going into the final workout and put up an outstanding performance to finish in the 4th position overall. As the saying goes, if you can't beat 'em, root for 'em! Were cheering for you guys to take it all come the middle of July!

In the month and a half since then, I've geared down my training in some ways and amped it up in others. I'm trying to give extra focus to the lifts and to the gymnastics skills that are my biggest weaknesses; basically bw pushing and pulling, especially in the handstand position and on the rings. Up to the present, I've done so with varying success. I've not been very productive with the gymnastics programming and am looking to refine what I'm doing to improve. As for the lifts, I've been making decent progress. Until last week, I'd been on a steady progression in load. I had an awful week with the lifts. I think sub-par nutrition and rest in the time since the qualifier finally caught up with me. I'll look to shape up in both of those areas and keep going at it. Stay tuned.

From here on I'll certainly look to be on the blog more consistently. Most often, I'll only be posting when I have pr efforts or when I see a benchmark wod. In the time since the qualifier, I've literally done less than 10 met-cons. Here's a look at a few noteables:

Individual Northwest Qualifier #1

3 rounds for time of:
-10 overhead squats, 135#
-50 double-unders

time=5:04

Walt was in town for this one and we went head to head. I barely clipped him and it was a good battle. I was amazed at how difficult this workout was. I honestly thought I'd finish closer to the 3 minute mark. That last set of overheads was brutal!


"Fight Gone Bad"


score=399

I went after this one last week. I was actually in the gym to lift, was having an awful session, got frustrated and decided to call it and just go after a met-con with the rest of the gym. I wasn't expecting much and was almost in disbelief when I added it up : a 6 rep pr. I'm certain I'll finally eclipse the 400 mark on my next go at 'er.


"Cindy"

AMRAP in 20 minutes of:
5 pull-ups
10 push-ups
15 air squats

score=15+1

I wasn't happy with this result as I was hoping to be closer to 20 rounds. My body-weight going in was about 240 and I felt every pound. As is usually the case, push-ups destroyed me. I know what I have to work on.


That's it for now, be back sooner than later.