Excuses

***WARNING, WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ IS FILLED WITH EXCUSES***

Today I did not perform to my potential in my first workout, in fact, I am quite emabarrased by it. I think I redeemed myself for the second WOD, but I have plenty of excuses for my lack of strength. Here they are, enjoy =)

I ate some pork yesterday that I had left out for 24ish hours. It was already cooked and it didnt smell bad so I decided to eat it. I think this turned out to be a bad idea. I woke up this morning feeling pretty crappy (no pun intended). I was late to work because I had to keep answering my phone, nature wouldn't stop calling me. I felt a little nauseas and uneasy for the rest of the day (although I felt better as the day went on). To add to my discomfort, my legs were still extremely sore from the muscle up-squat WOD we did on Tuesday. As my stomach became less of an issue, my legs made sure I still had a reason to complain.

AM: Squats
1x5 135#
1x5 185#
1x5 225#
1x3 255#
1x3 275#
1x0 300# (massive fail!!)
1x3 275#

So I couldn't even get 300# for 1 rep this morning. I can think of several words to describe this, here is one, pathetic.

PM: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps:
Power Clean, 155#
Dumbbell swings, 70#
Push ups

12:03

I was much more satisfied with my performance on this second WOD, that is of course, after I stopped feeling exhausted and terrible! This WOD kicked our asses! Its not enough reps on any exercise where I feel I can take a legitimate rest during a set. I definitely rested throughout the cleans, but, I did not take my hands off the bar, so, each rest was minimal. All of the swings and push ups were unbroken. The swings were probably the worst due the the fatigue of my lower back and the inability for me to find a reason to put the weight down mid-set. Reps 10 through 7 for all exercises took a long time it seemed. Reps 6-2 sucked and the final 1 rep of each exercise was my favorite.