Christmas Eve Workout(s)
I worked out twice today... once at the gym and once at the park...
I think it more than made up for the half-tray of home-made brownies i pounded down the night before... here goes:
At the gym:
Hang Snatch
45/4
50/4
55/4 x 2
60/2 x 2
RI - varied. i was chit chatting with the trainers at the gym and with other people working out...
Hang Clean & Jerk
65/4 & 1 x 1 set
70/4 & 1 x 1 set
75/4 & 1 x 1 set
80/4 & 1 x 1 set
Front Squat
(light weight for speed)
65/3 x 2 set
70/3 x 4 sets
45-degree Donkey Calf Press
50/15 x 1 set
65/15 x 3 sets
Chin-Ups
bw/3 x 2 sets
bw/2 x 1 set
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Park Workout
While I was at the gym doing the o-lifts, a guy came up to me and said, "You know, I just wanted to come over here and tell you how awesome i think it is that you're doing this. It's great to see a woman doing olympic lifts! I'm impressed! Where do you lift?" So I told him Thank you but i really suck and i'm flattered that you'd come all the way over here to say anything at all, and that i'm from new york and just train with my boyfriend at the gym where we work, yadda yadda yadda. He said he trains with some friends at his friend's gym, and also he teaches kettlebells and strongman group workouts at the park on saturday mornings, etc. So i said, "you mean like with sand bags and sleds and all that stuff??!??!?!!?!?!" and he said, "Yep! i have a class today at 1030!" So I asked him if i could go play with his toys because my boyfriend would not forgive me if I didn't jump at the chance to pull a sled and carry sandbags and stuff! He gave me the info and 20 minutes later i was wrapping up my gym workout to get to the park and play with the strongman toys!
At the park we were a group of 8 people...
The workout included both strength and agility drills so we did everything from sprints, back pedaling, ladder drills, cariocas, pushups, split squats, to sled-pulling (i'm guessing i pulled about 105lb across a 70-75 yard stretch of field in 35 seconds, not sure the distance exactly), sandbag squats (holding it like a stone in front of you), sandbag bent over rows, throws, and tons of stuff.
I had such a blast! i was FRIED!!! It was like an hour and 15 minutes of HARD FRIGGIN WORK! The other trainer (there were two of them) asked me, "what sports do you play? what do you do? Did you really work out an hour ago? What were you doing? WHAT?? Olympic lifts??? How the hell are you keeping up with this???" so i was like, "no, i don't do any sports, i just lift heavy things and goof around in the gym and i'm toying with the idea of doing an obstacle course in july, and i used to be fat and so the only sport i'm REALLY good at is eating, and yes i worked out an hour ago, snatches and clean and jerks and pullups and no, i have no idea how i haven't passed out or puked in the bushes yet!"
There was this WHINY BITCHY woman in the group, the girlfriend of one of the guys in the group. I was about to hurl the 60-pound sand bag at her fucking face. She was running with her hands "swishing" side to side, and "tip-toeing" like she was going to step on something unpleasant, and her lateral jumps were more like a 4th grader slow dancing than a side jump from cone to cone. and oh my god... the trainer guy and i were laughing our asses off behind her back. Oh and after the first 10 minutes of the workout she had to go pee (no bathroom at the park) so she took off and went to the store down the street to use their bathroom and then came back and was whining about having to catch up with the rest of the group. UGH!!!
Thankfully there was another girl who was in awesome shape (there were three women and the rest were guys). She and i were kicking ass. Her pushups are BEAUTIFUL. Perfect form, nice and strong the whole time! I wish i could do pushups as flawless as hers!!! hahaha! I know that's a stupid thing to even say but you had to see this girl go! Together we were putting the guys on the field (and that stupid 3rd girl) to shame, though! it was fun!!! GIRLS KICKING ASS!
The guy told me i'm welcome to come back any time i'm in miami, so i will definitely take him up on it. Hopefully funk will be with me next time! he would wipe the field with these guys!!!
OK i'm out. family is starting to arrive and there is a pig and a bowl of black beans with my name all over it. Time to chow down!
MERRY HAPPY FELIZ (_____________________) fill in the blank with your holiday of choice!
Hugs to all!