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Oly workout, bright and early this morning. The humidity today was unreal, so it was torn calluses galore. Felt great though. I'm finally starting to feel like...

During the week it's usually fruit/protein smoothies - chocolate protein powder, mixed fruit, chia, flax, psyllium, yoghurt, spinach, coconut milk.

On the weekends I generally do omelettes (either...

Oh lawdy, the last couple of months have been brutal.

A couple of days after my last post, I was floored with a respiratory infection. Diving straight back into a heavy workout schedule before I...

On to last night's Oly workout. On Monday I kept things light on the snatch - partly to ease back into things, but also because I knew that last night we were testing our new 1RM!

**3-position...

Back in the gym again. Yay! Now to get back into the habit of updating my journal here.

First two days back were all about the snatch. Is it possible to get snatch overload? Lol! Monday was...

-Three pairs of shoes (running, Oly and minimalist)
-Log book
-Wrist wraps
-Hair ties
-Head bands
-Towel
-Water bottle
-Swimsuit
-Goggles
-Swim cap

Barring any medical conditions, you're probably not eating enough. Or you need to change when you're eating.

Experiment with your meal timing and composition until you find a routine that works...

Usually a simple pony tail, but it depends on the workout. Any exercise where I'm lying on my back or doing behind the neck, a pony tail gets in the way. On those days, I'll either braid it or wear...

No updates recently because no gym for me.

My left wrist is continuing to be problematic. I tweaked it doing snatches during my last workout. It wasn't cause for alarm at the time because I'm...

I took Tuesday night off and did my Oly work yesterday. Turns out we were only going up to 85% and not 90% as I thought. I ended up doing 90% on my snatch anyways because I can't math :D The...

I knew I was going to be sore yesterday, I just wasn't sure where. The glutes, lats and traps were the lucky winners. Lol. My score from Sunday has boosted me up about 15,000 places in the...

And speaking of CrossFit, I did Open workout 16.4 today.

13:00 AMRAP
55 deadlifts @ 155lbs
55 wall balls @ 14lbs
55 calorie row
55 handstand push-ups

My goal was to make it through the row,...

Oly again yesterday. Starting to get heavier now :)

**Snatch Complex**
-High Hang Snatch
-Hang Snatch
-Snatch
5 x 1 @ 40lbs (55%)

**Snatch**
2 x 1 @ 35lbs

Oops. Forgot to update this after my last workout. The Oly session on Tuesday went really well. Only 3.5 weeks left until we re-test our 1RMs. I'm looking forward to it.

Added bonus: during...

Holy squats, Batman!

**Strength/Skill**

16:00 EMOTM
Same bar throughout, alternating front/back squat each minute
Minute 1: 4 x front squat
Minute 2: 8 x back squat
Minute 3: 4 x front...

That's normal. Depending on your stance, back squat is generally more in the hips/hammies or the quads. Front and split squats target the quads.

For me, lunges and Romanian deadlifts are the...

Soooooooo, it just occurred to me now...9 hours and a bottle of wine later...that a guy at the gym was totally hitting on me today. LMAO! I'm always completely oblivious when that sort of thing...

Stage 1 of the great handstand challenge is complete. Woot-woot!!! :D

1) Wall-facing handstand - DONE!
2) Wall kick-up handstand
3) Free handstand

I'm thrilled with how quickly I progressed...

Oh look! More snatch today! :D Oly class this morning.

**Clean Complex**
-clean grip pause deadlift
-clean
-front squat
5 x 1 @ 60lbs

**Snatch**
2 x 1 @ 35lbs

Well tonight was different. It was workout #3 for the CrossFit Open. I couldn't do either the prescribed or the scaled versions, so I made up my own :p

Prescribed for women was:

7:00 AMRAP...