Consistency

I need to be more consistent on blogging.

So many thing have changed, and so many more changes are on the way.

I'm not at Solar anymore.  I was failing at showing up consistently.  I had to take that message for what it was.  It was just not working for me.  While I had my best ever Open performance in 2019, I currently feel like I am less fit than I have been in years.

I know how weird that sounds.

Among the upcoming changes; the #Weeklycheckin will be making a comeback.

In addition, more changes are upcoming.

I'll try to keep you informed.

Here's to being more consistent.

Three weeks out

As of today we are three weeks out from The 2020 Open.

At this point, the "hay is in the barn" so to speak.  The work has been done.  I'm not really getting any stronger at this point.  My engine is not going to get much better in three weeks (although I will maintain what I have).

The best way for me to make measurable improvements in three weeks, is to buckle down and become super strict on my diet.

And spoiler, I have already started.

Let's do this!

Vacation 2019

I'm getting on a plane to fly to the Pacific Northwest for a week long backpacking trip today.

I believe it is important to get out of the gym every once in a while.  There is more to life than barbells.

I will be heading up to the North Cascades National Park and spending some much needed time away from everything.

When I get back, it will be time to go to work putting the final touches on my Open preparation. 

• The diet WILL be 100% on point.  No Cheats
• I WILL hit the gym 7+ times per week (w/ a couple of two-a-days per week)
• NO snooze button.

Are you registered for the Open?

Are you putting in the work?

No matter how talented you are, you have to put in the work.

No matter how naturally gifted you are, you have to put in the work. 

If you don't have natural talent, you have to put in the work.

If you are over weight, you have to put in the work.

If you are under weight, you have to put in the work.

If you need to get better at gymnastics, you have to put in the work.

If you need to get stronger, you have to put in the work.

Do you see a trend here?

Are you putting in the work?

Wodapalooza online qualifier week 1

As I mentioned earlier, I signed up for the Wodapalooza Online Qualifier.  Well, the week one workouts are here!

Workout 1:

AMRAP 9
3 Hang Snatch 75/55
3 Overhead Squat 75/55
30 Double Unders

**Each round the reps on the Snatch and Squat increase by 3 (ex. 3, 6, 9, 12, etc . . .)**

Workout 2:

AMRAP 16
40 Alternating Dumbbell Snatch 50/35
40 Pull-ups
30 Dumbell Burpees 50/35
30 Chest-to-bar Pull-ups
20 Devil Press 50/35
20 Bar Muscle-Up

Workout 1 went pretty crappy.  Double unders are a well documented and long running weakness of mine.  And while I have gotten better at them, as I started breathing harder and harder, they got worse and worse.

Workout 2 went a little better, but still not good.  By the time I got to the Chest to Bar pullups, my grip was gone and I just didn't have any "pull" left.

Here's to next week's workouts.

Where's the weekly checkin?

You may notice that I have not posted a weekly checkin post in a few weeks now.  There is a reason for that.

If you don't know, I was weighing myself every morning.  I found that I was starting to focus on the number on the scale to much.  Really to an unhealthy degree.

But don't let the lack of posts fool you.  I am still focusing on my food intake.  Still working to improve my body composition.

The Wodapalooza online qualifier

This morning at the gym, we did the first released Wodapalooza qualifier workout.  It is a 9 minute AMRAP with doubles unders and acending reps of hang snatches and overhead squats.

The snatches and squats were super light, but (as usual) the double unders were the challenge for me.

After the WOD was over, my coach mentioned that she felt like I should actually sign up for the online qualifier.  I had no plans to do this qualifier, but a couple of hours later, I was signed up.

My thinking was that if I want to call myself a compeditor, I need to compete more often than once a year during the Open.  Competing, like most things in CrossFit, requires practice to get good at.

So, in a surprise to myself, I'm doing the Wodapalooza qualifier.

Anybody else doing this qualifier?