Boots and Utes Independence Day PT

Prior to a good day of Company PME, we hit it hard in Boots and Utes with some budy pair PT:
During each of 5 rounds, each Marine completed:
7 pull ups
20 Burpees
20 push ups
20 squats
75m movement
Only 1 Marine exercising at a time, allowing for rest and strategery...
Movements were sprints, bear crawl, 2x fireman's carry
Cut of was 30 minutes, 2 teams finished, only 1 team had less than 4 rounds, two Marines tossed cookies.
Good times.

Thrusters

2xCFWU
about 20 minutes going over form
10 reps with the bar
Thrusters 5,3,3,2,2,2
10 reps with the bar
My own work this AM was 95,115,135, 175 FL, 160, 165-FL, 155
Finished w/3x5 KTEs and about 3 minutes hitting the heavy bag

Running and Gunning

 "Pershing" seems an apt name for this one, running and gunning pluss the ubiquitous '21' theme that ole Black Jack would probably appreciate himself had he been a CrossFitter...

3 rounds for time:
21 pull ups
21 45lb thrusters
1/4 mile run

Ran through this with the other company commander, 14:45 me, 18:55 him.
Won myself another torn callous.

Definitely doing something wrong.

Trained some Marines in some stuff today

Working with Marines is the highlight of my workday.

No need to say please. Just train them. If you do this you will get strong. Do it like this. Be prepared to work hard. Be ready to sweat and perhaps even bleed a little in a quest for excellence.

Just say the words. They make it happen.

I took three junior Marines to the gym. I told them to look past the mirrors and walk past the machines. We went through the Deadlift, the sumo deadlift highpull and the clean. Then we went through the Back Squat the Front Squat and the Overhead Squat. We began to add weight.

Overhead squats 1,1,1,1 Front squats 1,1,1,1 Back squats 1,1,1,1

Me: OHS: 135,155,165,170(PR and bodyweight), FS: 170,185,205,195 BS: 170,185,205,225

Good times.

Weekly run down

Getting past the burnt palms, slowly but surely healing up.

Got to work out three days on but then took two days off... so I'm getting back on track.

More burnt palms please.

Just when I thought I had had enough of Newskin, Kanka and bandages I tore the callouses on my palms again.

Hooray pull ups.

"Lynne" 5 rounds of mx bdywt bench and pull ups.
My total was 109, pathetic, except that I did 'butterfly' kipping pull-ups the whole time and it was the first time I ever tried it.

Check them out here, here and here.

I may start teaching a few classes at CFBWI, I may, its about time I put that Level 1 cert to use...

Back?

Went back.
Got butt kicked.

Tabata Squats.
400m run
1minute rest
Repeat...

Total Time & Squats: 11:15/16

That's just the way it is pig, that's just the way it is...

As Babe learned, there are some animals that live in the barn, and some that live in the house. This week I have been a house-bound piglet of the first order, and I have no one to blame but me. Two workouts in the past week, after I spent so long diligently doing so much, is taxing on the spirit. But I suppose I was due a break, and its probably all the carefree eating of non-Zone foods that has me so low, not any kind of melodramatic depression.

Melodrama really is not my thing.

This week has been fantastic. Foremost on the list of wonderful things has been coming home to my wonderful wife. Safely returning from the war was nice. Herr Clinton dropping off the presidential race was really nice, especially as I had made numerous comments about resigning my Marine Corps officer commission if she were to have been elected. My reunion with my dog was great. And this weekend I will get to see my extended family.

All in all I have many, many things for which I am grateful.

There is a drive inside of me combined with a stern (if sometimes harsh) stoicism, that is equal parts taken from my mother and my father. At times it makes me a taskmaster, to myself and to others. These qualities sometimes lead me to try to do too much, or to shut people out and just press my nose to the grindstone of the world to complete a goal. I know I can be unbearable, especially when I cannot relax, or when I cannot see the forest for the trees. Rest and relaxation, though they are the order of the day, are hard for me. So I will turn to the next few days with renewed energy, and a focus to remain unfocused.

Sometimes you must concentrate on relaxing.

**Later
I broke the stretch of not working out with a simple and twisted 25,20,15,10,5 rep rounds of 1 pood Kettlebell swing, burpees, 1 pood KB SDLHP, 10inch box jump executed in 14:15...

Back at BWI

10 rounds of 12 burpees & 12 pull-ups.
21:10
This led to some deep my hand callouses. Won't be doing much of anything for the res of the week it seems...
Like it says at the top of the page, if you choose to be dumb, the rest follows. Time to suck it up.

And... done.

As many rounds in twenty minutes of:
5 16kg Kettlebell swings
10 push ups
15 10lb Medicine Ball cleans
And I managed 12 full rounds.

Two days of travel, two days sitting on my can. Got to get back in the swing of things...

Tues, Weds, Thur, Fri, SAT!

I can hardly wait...
Yesterday I did 10 rounds of 15 135lb deadlift & 15 push ups in 12:55.
Today will be 3 rounds of 1/2 mile run, 21 32kg Kettlebell swings and 12 pull-ups.
Tomorrow I will pack.
Thursday I fly.

Last few days...

...and in the last few days I've done the below:
28th: 20 minutes of 1 minute jump rope and 1 minute wall ball for total # of wallball (20lb @10ft target): I managed 170 wallball shots, and I think the jump rope was the more brutal of the two.
29th: 5000m row in 21:50, kep pace ~2:15 for most of it. Pain... sheer, delightful pain.
30th: "Nancy" 5 rounds for time: 1/4 mile run & 15 OHS @95lbs: 16:55
31st: For time--1mile run, 50 thrusters w/45lbs, 50 KB swings w/16kg, 50 box jumps to 20 inch box, 500m row, 50 thrusters w/45lbs, 50 KB swings w/16kg, 50 box jumps to 20 inch box, 1mile run.... haven't hit that yet but I'll post when I do.

It's good to be CrossFit Camp Pendleton.

Single Digit Midget

Single digit midget. A lot being said with three short words.

We tried to find out max Thruster yesterday with 7 singles.
Me: 135,155,165FL, 165, 175FL, 170FL, 160.
So my single Trhuster max is 165. That's almost bodyweught and I'll take it.

Replacement shows up this week, I am thrilled.

Two tough days and two weeks to go...

Yesterday we did a WOD from the main page....
For time:
75 Push-ups
95 pound Sumo-deadlift high-pull, 50 reps
50 Ring Dips
45 pound Weighted Pull-ups, 30 reps
25 Handstand Push-ups
as Rx'ed : 25:59
It wrecked everyone who did it. It was truly incredible. We've dubbed it "F.O.A.D".
Today we were gonna do FRAN but this was what we did instead:
"Fran-etic"
21,15,9 rep rounds of:
115lb front squats
30 in box jumps
55lb KB swings
push ups
Rxed: 12:14
And now we are devastated.
Tomorrow we do "Tabata That"... may God have mercy...

Miss everyone back home, got the next three cycles planned by mode and effort until I leave.
Love and miss you all...
John

Yesterday "Chuck Norris" tomorrow--well, we'll see about that tomorrow...

Had a good week. Except for the moving of heavy functional furniture, varied if not random indirect fire attacks and heated discussions/borderline throwdowns executed at high intensity.
To think, all this and a paycheck too! I am truly blessed.

This cycle:
"Lynne" 5 ronds, BW bench & pull ups: first time I rocked out true BW bench! 175lbs.

As many ruonds in tenty minutes: The gym to chowhall run & 15x65lb clean and jerk.

"Filthy Fifty aka Chuck Norris"
50 each: box jumps, jumping pull-ups, kettlbel swing.. you know all of it, it killed us.
My time improved slightly: 27:44

I have 4 more cycles of 3 days on, 1 day off before I return. But seriously, who's counting?

Back on track

Did "Randy" as Rxed: 9:15

Working hard, wish I was hardly working.

Miss everyone, the end is in sight.

Three days off.

Three days off can change one's attitude, and bring about great effects.
After some hard sparring and some real good workouts, we took three days off in a row over here. It was real nice, but by today the itch to hit the gym was real strong in all of us.

As many rounds in 20 minutes of:
5x45lb OHS
10x16kg kettlebell swings
15x30inch box jumps

It was a sultry 103 degrees in the shade when I did this today. Welcome back to the grind.

Less than four weeks to go on the countdown.
S/F
John

"Diane"

Yesterday, 6:36 as RX'd, new PR.

I think this is the least sleep I've had in a long time for the longest stretch. But oddly its the logest I have managed a three on/one off WOD schedule. So CF=little sleep? Must be something else.

Rest day today, with a really bad dust storm rolling in. We are going to try to stick to the CFHQ WODs from now until we leave, as long as we have the right equipment to do it. This will be a good way to spend the next few weeks before I head out.

Speaking of heading out, see everyone soon. I am getting pretty excited about home.

Flying by

Above is during a respite to celebrate a promotion of one of the Marines.

Today: Press1,1,1,1,1/Push Press3,3,3,3,3/Push Jerk5,5,5,5,5 WOD, Press maxed at 130, PP at 170 and PJ at 160.


Wonderful raw strength work out and wonderful mix of fast and slow twitch muscle fibers. We went over there as three and attracted two mor CrossFitters as we began the warm-up. Nothing draws a crowd like a crowd.


Yesterday did "Helen" in 9:54 for a new PR.


trying to pay good attention to how we cycle the workouts between modes and priorities. Sometimes we follow CFHQ, sometime CFBWI, somoetimes CF Quantico, sometimes I make up something raw and horrible to unleash hell on the system.


I look forward to the return.


S/F


John

Not long to go

Its really F&^%G hot over here.

I love that despite the heat everyday there are at least 4 committed CrossFitters hitting the WOD with me. Water consumption is a must, and the volume of water we need to drink is ridiculous.

I hit a new PR on Overhead squats this week, 150lbs for 5, when 150lbs was my 1 rep max about a month ago. I think I could attempt a BW OHS soon, a long time personal goal. Not sure when I'll hit the OHS squat again.

Trying to tighten up the diet. Too many people sending brownies and other deliscious ways to show us they love us, but I'll forgive them all.

My personal countdown is hovering right over a month, the end is in sight.