My Gnolava

Today I started with moving my weights. I moved a total of 716lbs about 100m. (I think)

We are moving. We have 10 days. The house is 4 houses down from us. My workouts this week will be carrying stuff.

I was really ready to get a workout in on Friday. I actually carried my med ball on the bus with me. And then everything went astray. 1. Walked to the school gym. 2. Went to open the door with my ID. 3. No wallet in my pocket - left it on the bus! 4. It starts to rain. 5. I find a student with and ID to let me in. 6. I call Port Authority to try to recover my wallet. 7. 20 mins of phone call without no good outcome. 8. No time to workout. 9. Shower. 10. No towel. 11. As I exit the building...the sky opens with buckets of rain. Thus, I'm behind schedule. I had my kids yesterday and we swam and stuff so I was slightly active. The good news is I did get my wallet back. Restart today.

EMOM for 10 minutes 2 Back Squats @135 I was going to do 5 x 2 and try to play with going a little heavy but I re-thought is. This was programmed for yesterday but circumstances prevented it. Felt good! Might take tomorrow as a rest day, might not.

AMRAP in 15 minutes Sprint 100m 10 situps 10 supermans Got 9 rounds and I am toast! I'm not sure of the distance. I used the indoor track at the student center.

Mowed the lawn yesterday and my plans to do a sprint workout were thwarted. I took it as a chance to have a cheat night...so I ate all sorts of fun stuff. Today (Sunday) Larry suggested we do some biking after church so I did. I want an active life again. So we biked from The Hot Metal Bridge to Point State Park and back. This was about an 11 mile journey. We stopped and rested as needed but really got a good workout. The plan is to pick up tomorrow with my scheduled WOD from Saturday.

“Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier.”  ―  Randy Pausch ,  The Last Lecture I've been doing some morning meditations on Stoicism. The detachment from my workouts - past, present, and future - seems to be gold for me at the moment. I spent too much time dwelling on my CrossFit dream: The gym; The sick partnership with my co-owner; The clients and other trainers who stabbed me in the back;. All of this is and was real. How I responded and continue to respond (or NOT!) is the ONLY thing I have control over. I am working through this daily. I feel good.

For time: 15-12-9 Hang Power Cleans 95lbs Pushups 10:22 This was tough! Used a crappy bar from the campus gym.

One more day off is needed. I will start the next cycle tomorrow. If I feel like going ahead and doing one tonight, I will.

I laid low over the weekend. I was on te couch all day yesterday. I think I'll take one more rest day. I will likely just do recover rowing/swimming/biking to get back to next 4 week cycle. My attitude and focus are where they need to be. I'm in a pretty good place with it all.

YUCK!

7 minute swim. 250 m? Maybe?

7 minute AMRAP 10 DB Cleans @30 LBS 5L 5R (alternating) 10 squats 5 Abmat situps 5 +10 cleans + 5 squats Better than first time.

You know it's getting serious when you have the rest day blues. What will I do tomorrow? This is a double-edged sword.  I really do want to work out tomorrow, which is an indication that I am motivated again. Also, I really do want to work out tomorrow, which makes me sad. Overall it's good. I'm ready for those lighter workouts coming up.

11 minute AMRAP Row 500m 10 hip extension Got 3 + 200m That marks the end of my "3 week" cycle. Next couple of 3 day cycles will be at reduced rate. My body is ready for the break.