Tuesday January 31 - Day 239

He actually had me do what he had the other guys doing....which is rare, very rare.  They do mostly lifting heavy weights and I do mostly cardio and body weight stuff.

1 stair run
5 clapping push ups (I did regular push ups)
10 box jumps - 24" box (I did step ups on the 24" box)
15 v ups
20 squats

20 minute AMRAP

I did 5 full rounds plus one stair run.  I could have done better, but I had to pause and breathe and get water twice.  I recovered quite quickly, since it's stuff I'm used to doing.

The 24" box was new for me and he could see that I was intimidated by jumping up to it, so he had me do the step ups.  The push ups I actually did regular push ups for all rounds but the last round, I did them on my knees.  So that was 20 push ups - regular style!  SQUEEEEE!

Monday January 30 - Day 238

My first day back from my Florida trip and he punishes me for being gone for a week:

5 stair runs
30 calories on bike
20 push ups
30 sit ups
40 squats
3 rounds

It took me 40 minutes to do it, but I did about 90% of this.  I cut back on stairs and bike during the 3rd round and I cut down to 30 squats in the 3rd round as well.  I'm sure he'd kick my butt if he knew, but I did what I felt comfortable with.

I've hit a weight goal I had.  In July I set a goal I wanted to hit by February 1 and two days before that deadline, I am at that goal!  SQUEEEEEE!  I wanted to be below 170.  I am now sitting at 169.4.  I am so bloody excited I had to brag.  This puts me at a total of 27 pounds lost since I started this Crossfit style workout journey.

Monday January 23 - Day 237

When I asked for a workout, I told him "while I don't need the ass kicking I got yesterday, could you send me something?" ha ha I was so NOT willing to have my lungs fall out, ya know?

10 db thrusters (15# each hand)
15 push ups
25 v ups
4 rounds

Ahhh much better!

Off to Florida for the rest of the week for a conference, so I may not get a workout in until Monday of next week.  If I get a wild hair, I may use the gym there at the hotel.

Sunday January 22 - Day 236

I've been having a rough weekend, so I got a wild hair to go to the firehouse to use the gym and workout.  I asked the Trainer to make something up for me and he said he would.

When I got there, we chatted for a bit and then the guys kept telling me good luck on the workout and all that.  Great.  That means it's bad!

25 calories on bike
3 stair runs
10 deadlifts (95#)
10 burpees
lunges up and back (from mirror to mirror on each side of the gym - approximately 20 each way)
5 rounds

o___O  I'm dying.

In the middle of the 3rd round, I stopped and used my inhaler.  It also took me an hour and 5 minutes.  But I finished it all.

Exactly what I needed.

Friday January 20 - Day 235

I had a crappy day.  I needed this ass kicking.  I think.  Maybe.

10 rounds of:
1 stair run
20 squats
fast.

Y'all know what I do with the "fast" portion of these workouts.  I tend to ignore them. But I got this done in 25 minutes.  I'm exhausted!

Thursday January 19 - Day 234

I skipped yesterday because of those union meetings.  He threw me right back into it today

21-15-9

KB deadlifts
burpees

The Kettlebell we have is 70 pounds.  It sits closer to the ground than the barbell w/weights on it.  My back is hating both me and The Trainer right now.  It kicked my butt!

Thankfully, tomorrow is Friday!

Tuesday January 17 - Day 233

Skipped yesterday since it was a holiday.  Tomorrow is going to be iffy since I have to be to the union hall at 5pm for the meetings.  This is a thorn in my side, since I may have to workout on my lunch hour instead.  Pfft.

10 push ups
15 sit ups
20 squats
20 minute AMRAP

I did 10 full rounds + 10 push ups.  Not too bad.  Kicked my butt accordingly.

Friday January 13 Day 232

I told someone today that he was going to give me stairs.  I just get these gut feelings.  I was right.

25 calories on bike
2 stair runs
10 burpees
5 rounds

Seriously!  5 rounds?  Good Lord.  I did it.  And now I'm home for the 3 day weekend.

Thursday January 12 - Day 231

It wasn't too bad of a day.  I'm fighting off a sore throat, a cold and a cold sore.  The cold sore seemed to be the only thing that was working with me today.  I used Neosporin w/pain relief on it every couple hours and it's has shrunk in size by half.  This is promising.

I chose a color for my office at work and they painted today.  It turned a brownish mauve-y pink.  *sigh*  It made me a little crazy.  So my text to The Trainer included these exact words...."Please remember to send me something.  They are painting my office pink, I have a cold and I need my ass kicked.  kthx"

He did not disappoint -

10 calories on bike - super fast
10 deadlift (95#)
10 burpees
10 V ups
15 minute AMRAP

I did a total of 4 rounds + 10 cal and 10 dl.  Not too bad.  Kicked my ass in 15 minutes and I was home by 5:20p.m.

Wednesday January 11 - Day 230

I never heard from him so I snagged the one he gave me 12/23 -

15 minute AMRAP

5 shoulder press
10 squats
50 jump ropes

I used the pink girly barbell instead of dumbbells this time (35# compared to #15 each hand).

I did 8 full rounds plus 5 shoulder press.  Last time I did 25 jump ropes shy of 8 rounds.

I then did 50 sit ups for good measure.

Tuesday January 10 - Day 229

I knew he was going to give me a cardio heavy workout.  He saw me go downstairs once with my co-worker so I know he knows I'm smoking off and on, but he probably thinks I'm just smoking again fully.  It's okay.  I can handle it.

2 stair runs
25 calories on bike
50 lunges
50 V ups
4 rounds

I am now so sleepy I can hardly keep my eyes open.

Monday, January 9 - Day 228

I skipped Friday, due to having plans.  I also think I needed that extra day of rest after the last workout I did.  Ouch!

I was hoping for something quick today and not only did he send me a workout almost right away, but it was a quick one.  I love AMRAP workouts!

10 push ups
10 weighted step ups (15# each hand)
10 ring rows
20 minute AMRAP

I did 8 full rounds + 10 push ups; 10 step ups and 2 ring rows.

BAM!

Thursday January 5 - Day 227

I never heard from the Trainer.  And we all know how much I hate making up my own workouts.  I had no idea what to do, so I took what he had the guys do yesterday and today and mixed it up a bit.

This is what they did:
30/25/20/15/10/5
burpees
12 pull ups and 12 squats between each round
It was really gross looking....

This is what I did:
30/25/20/15/10/5
box jumps (20")
push press (35# barbell)
squats

I did not do the pull ups in between.

I think his insanity has rubbed off on me.  *sigh*

Wednesday January 4 - Day 226

I can probably stop counting the days.  But I kind of like being weird like that.  It reminds me how far I've come and how many workouts I've gotten in the last 390 days or so.  That's a lot of workouts.

50 squats
50 push ups
50 bench dips (read: tricep dips on the bench)
50 V ups
50 Russian twists
2 rounds

Good Lord, he's trying to kill my abs.  I'm sure of it.  Two days in a row of V ups and twists.  HATE them both.  But I do them all and I am better for it, I suppose.  HA!

Tuesday January 3 - Day 225

The first workout of 2012 was an interesting 30 minutes.  I'll let you know I did not finish it all there at the gym at work.  Someone in the gym with me was bathed in cologne and I started to have an asthma attack, so I left.  I finished it when I got home.

20 minute AMRAP
2 stair runs
10 db thrusters (15# each hand)
10 ring rows
I did 5 full rounds + 2 stair runs.
And then:
50 V ups
50 Russian twists
3 rounds

I did one full round at the gym at work and then left.  I finished the other two rounds here at home.