Swim 50s

10 May 12 (Thu)

    10 Rounds

    50m Swim   (various: back kick, side kick, freestyle)

  Bought a nose clip, but couldn't get the damn thing to stay on, I suspect because nose was already wet. Getting better at kick-drills, though.

  Week 3 of Crossfit Games starts tomorrow, and is going to be live on ESPN3. Curious to see how their coverage is. Hope it has the normal Crossfit announcers and not generic ESPN guys who don't know what they're talking about.   :/   Should be fun.

ESPN Crossfit Games Week 3

Swimming

8 May 12 (Tue)

    Warmup

    20 Pullups          (assisted 120lb)

    20 Bench Press   (95lb, smith rack)

    10 Rounds

    50m Swim          (various drills: back kick, prone kick, side kick, freestyle)

  Good and comfortable with the back kick. Still need to work on exhaling underwater in other drills without getting water up nose.

Row & Snatches

7 May 12 (Mon)

    Warmup

    20 Pullups                             (120lb)

    As Many Rounds as Possible

    250m Row

    2 Snatches, +10lb each round  (75lb, 85, 95, 105)

    ***  4 full rounds + 1 row...failed 115lb snatch

    Cooldown

    25 KB Swings                          (40lb)

  Snatches still feel awkward and weak. I suspect that it's because of needing to do power snatches, as well as not being able to move the feet at any point. The knees are really screwing with the mechanics of this lift. I may have to just switch to KB/dumbbell snatches. I'll think on it. It'd be good to switch up just for variety of movement, anyway.

  I'm a bit surprised that I'm still able to drop 10lb of assisted-weight on the pullups weekly, but that may just be from still being in the initial newb-curve of quick, early results from getting back into workouts.

I think that I'm seeing visible bodily slimming and strength gains. I could do a weekly weighing, I suppose, but it kind of goes against the grain to be worried about weight & scales. Would be nice to see some tangible, concrete effects, though. It's a little over 1 1/2 months now, so I guess that's a reasonable time to be seeing some results.  :/