taylor's workout log

volleyball_man · Post by **volleyball_man** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:24 am

Meet the new boss.
Same as the old boss.

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:51 pm

volleyball_man wrote:Meet the new boss.
Same as the old boss.

True that. Now all I can think of is a rock opera about Joe the effing Plumber...

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:13 pm

10/16/08

L4D2: Untimed, ran around 20 minutes.

Feet elevated pushups, subbed squat thrusts w/10# wts for squats.

Squat thrusts added a whole new layer of ugly to the workout, even at light weights. Shoulders are cooked.

volleyball_man · Post by **volleyball_man** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:50 am

Go faster on the thrusts!!!

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:21 am

Faster? Like, use the momentum from the squats to kick the weights up from the shoulders? These are kind of new to me...

volleyball_man · Post by **volleyball_man** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:30 am

That's it! Not one part should be more sore from this. It's a total body move.

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:39 am

Got it. Thanks. Like the sub a lot, but it's a beast.

volleyball_man · Post by **volleyball_man** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:14 am

Try "Fran"

21-15-9
Thrusters/Pullups

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:07 pm

Ugh, Fran. I used to do the BrandX-scaled WODs for Crossfit, probably go back to those again at some point. Now I'm just hoping to crack 5 minutes on L4D3.

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 5:51 pm

10/18/08

L4D3 -- 6:04

Oh, snap! Thought I was gonna make it - big surprise when I checked chrono with two sets of 10 squats left at 5:30. The pullups were just brutal after 15.

Back to L1D1 for a rest week next week, then on with the L4 summit.

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:37 pm

10/20/08

Ran 5/1 intervals x 4, for 23 minutes of running. 'Bout 11 minute/mile pace.

Running a 5K this weekend for the LA Cancer Challenge. Woefully unprepared. Ran 30:29 last year, was hoping to break 30 this year, but doesn't seem likely given my anemic training schedule. Oh well. It's all about, you know. Curing cancer, right?

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:24 pm

10/21/08

Stomach flu! Wow, that sucked. Think I'll be taking a few days off, eating saltines and drinking ginger ale. Blech.

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:54 pm

Wow, back at it, after only like 3 months. No excuses.

Started at Level 2, just for kicks. Tough.

L2D1: 27 rounds

Finished up with 18 extra pushups (TMFS's pushup challenge, day 18) and 30 or so crunches on the stability ball.

taylor · Post by **taylor** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:37 pm

1/20/09

Dr. visit for checkup, 171 pounds, all seems good.

Walked fast 30 minutes with 22 pound baby strapped to me, periodic insane bouncing, which she finds eternally hilarious.

1/21/09

L2D2: around 5 minutes. Ran it :55, :58, :58, :59, :55.

Finished off with 21 pushups, and 15 each crunches/reverse crunches/bicycles per side.

cheapo · Post by **cheapo** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:07 am

Welcome back!