Determined Travelers

7/24/2011

21-15-9

225 lb DL

Dips

6:30

First time using bumper plates.  It was awesome.  I didn’t feel bad at all dropping the weight from my thigh on the last rep.  I did the 15 and 9 sets unbroken which is an improvement for sure.  My form began to suck towards the last 3 or so reps, but not too bad.  I did this workout at Family Fitness Works in Richmond, IN.  This place was great and the owner was awesome to let me work out there.  If you’re ever in the area then check it out.  Family Fitness Works

7/26/2011

“Castle”

5 Rounds for Time:

20 Overhead Walking Lunges, cinder block

20 Dips

20 Stone Jumps

20 Sit ups

20 Stone Thrusters

20 Push ups

31:12

This was what I thought looked like a Castle.

There was not a gym close by while we were on vacation so I had some fun creating different workouts.  This one was tougher than I thought it would be.  I used bricks, oddly shaped cinder blocks, and large stones to complete this WOD.

I used the large stone for box jumps.  It was about 24 inches.

7/27/2011

Warm up – 2 mile run

Backyard Bricks

3x10 Back Flies

Upright Rows, Cinder block

One Arm Brick Rows

Cinder Block OH extension

Leg Raises 2x10

Double Unders after each round

I did this in rounds, but was not timed.  It was a constant workout with very little Crossfit movements.  I moved through each workout without resting which gave it that Crossfit feel.  Kind of like a runner’s high, but not really.

7/28/2011

10 Rounds for Time of:

10 Jumping Burpees

Cinder Block OH Yard Walk

18:10

I did this one the morning after a rain storm so I was lucky enough to get muddy and tear up the rental lawn.  I loved this workout because every time I wanted to quit or pause or simply walk away it kept calling me back.  

The mud spots are my hands and feet from the burpees. The bar was probably 10 inches high.

This is what I carried overhead.

7/30/2011

5K

24:10

The Mill:  This past week I was able to do some “old school” Skaggs Dr. type workouts with bricks, stones, and whatever else I could find laying around this place.  It was a lot of fun to simplify the workouts and get crazy with the design of each WOD.

I wanted to quit the “Castle” WOD a little less than half way through.  I even thought about cutting the reps down to 10.  But then I looked in my trustworthy, beat up, composition notebook to find none other than “20” written next to each exercise.  If I couldn’t lie to my notebook how was I going to lie to myself?  I couldn’t do it.  So 20 reps it was, and it sucked.  It was muggy, hot, and almost unbearable to be outside at 8 am.  Nonetheless it was crazy fun.    

I had a lot of time to think over the last week or so.  I allowed everything to slow to down.  Which we all should do more often.   The workouts over that time were incredible.  I was left drained but not defeated.  They took everything I had with each morning workout by the lake.  With each rep I grew a little more determined to complete the workout faster and better.  To be the best that I could be at that very moment was my goal.  The vicious game of Spoons did not enter my mind.  Although it took me a while to shake the loss from the night before, I recouped and began planning the workout for the next morning.  I allowed everything to slow down and I could focus on one thing and one thing only.  The task at hand.  Whether that is for a workout, making dinner, playing Spoons, or writing this blog.  Be determined to be a great husband, father, brother, son, and be determined to be you everywhere you go.