There was some lifting last week, but not enough to count for anything. My back was really sore - 250# on Monday was no good - so I mostly just tried to rest it. Wednesday and Friday consisted mostly of improvised, fairly lightweight, upper-body pushing and pulling circuits.
Today was much better.
Warm Up
10x Overhead Squat @ [...]
My weekend started last Thursday morning. I took the day off work, planning to head to Seattle that afternoon (more on that in a moment).
A Crossfit has opened up recently just about a half-mile from my house. The owner, Meg, has recently received her “how-to-teach-Olympic-lifting” certification. (I don’t think that’s the actual name of the [...]
Race Follow-Up
Here’s the picture from the aforementioned jackass. That’s me ignoring him.
Workout
I’ve taken somewhat of a break over the last week. I went into the gym, but mostly kinda screwed around. I did some light overhead squats; some long, slow lunges; just enough to work my hips and shoulders loose. This week it’s back [...]
Today was the big race day. Master the Met 2009. Several weeks ago, when I decided to do it again, I set two goals.
Raise more money than last year ($100)
Be faster than last year (7:48)
I set a secondary speed goal: be faster than 7:00. Last year’s winner of my age/gender group did the 42 flights [...]
This morning marked the end of my training for the big race this Saturday. Wednesday and Friday mornings I’m going to go back into the gym, do some very light hip mobility work and spend 90 minutes or so bench pressing and doing chin ups.
If these last several weeks of hellish intervals haven’t prepared me [...]