Wednesday 10-14-09

Alright, I suck, I have been busy with work, traveling and sheet. I will use this entry to catch you all up.
I was in Chicago for work Sunday evening through Tuesday evening. Here are some interesting/disturbing/down right pointless tidbits of info from that trip.
- One thing I never remember to do before I board a plane until I take my jacket off and reach to adjust the air vent above my head, is, put on deodorant. I did remember gum, does that cancel it out?
- I ate a tomato and a pear like an apple. The tomato was not so enjoyable because it got all over the place, the pear however tastes better that way.
- There was a hot tub across the hall from my room in the hotel I stayed at. I used it twice, both times in my boxers, one time to warm up. I left the job site early because I was so damn cold. Some guilt crept up on me while I was in the tub, but I just acted like it was the jets.
- I tend to see these people dressed like the Amish at airports frequently. They are obviously not Amish but they dress the same. I thought I heard the guy reading Hebrew aloud. I can't be sure. What I do know is he had a wide brimmed top hat on his head and one in his wide brimmed top hat carrying case. Like a case one would put a guitar in but in the shape of a hate. I could tell it was felt inside, must be a nice hat.
- 90% of the people eating at the airport eat McDonald's. It makes me sick. Other types of food I saw, in order of amount were pizza, ice cream, candy bars, a pop tart, one guy was eating wheat thins that he brought and another a sandwich. What did I eat? I act like you asked. I made a paleo kit with half a bag of assorted dried fruit, jack links beef jerky and some almonds I had. It was delicious. I also ate a powerbar during the flight.

Here are some recent WOD's

21-18-15-12-9-6-3 reps of:

Hang power cleans, 95lbs
pull ups
sit ups
hip extensions

15:41

This was my first WOD back from my Gold Medal winning only man in my weight class performance at the weightlifting meet. It felt great. I felt a little heavy on my pull ups but I did everything unbroken except for the round of 18 pull ups, I split those up into 9 and 9.

AMRAP 20:

250m row
21 SDHP (95lbs)
15 pull upS

6 rounds in 19:40

I was happy with this. Not sure if I could have done much better. The SDHP were easily the most difficult. I couldn't find anyone who got over 5 rounds on the main site, which, surprised me.

Chipper:

25 Walking lunge steps
20 Pull-ups
50 Box jumps, 20 inch box
20 Double-unders
25 Ring dips
20 Knees to elbows
30 Kettlebell swings, 2 pood
30 Sit-ups
20 Hang squat cleans, 35 pound dumbbells
25 Back extensions
30 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
3 Rope climb ascents, 15ft rope

18:16

I think I smoked everyone on the main site with this time. I like chippers the most. My knee was giving me some fits before I started which almost made me chicken out. I decided to go through with it, once it got warm it was alright. This was also the first time I had actually done real rope ascents in a workout. It was the toughest part. When your grip gives out on pull ups you just let go. When your grip gives out on rope ascents you have to keep climbing, then when you get to the top, you have to CLIMB down. My forearms were throbbing.

This weekend is the Hopper. Big Lou, C-Money and yours truly are representing The Athletic Club! We are all excited as hell. 3 WODs in one day. Should be tons of carnage! Oh, and cheat night will follow, I may need a bath afterwards.