Friday, October 14, 2011

TD 74

so this is our 99th post!  we have 1 week until The Living Dead, 2 weeks until Men's Health Urbanathlon, and 4 week until Tough Mudder: Tri-State 2011.  time is going by really fast and i'm glad the last few months were spent improving ourselves consistently....

i also found out today that i passed the ANSI Accredited CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Course and am officially a CF-L1 Trainer!  for the most part, i wasn't planning on getting paid to coach anyone in the near future... maybe open an affiliate down the road, who knows?  as i've stated before, it was a great experience and i'm glad to be officially part of the world's greatest fitness network.

moving along, HD & i split up the morning into two parts: (1) deadlift and (2) a timed swim workout.

deadlift
5 reps/125lbs, 5 reps/155lbs, 3 reps/190lbs, 5 reps/125lbs, 5 reps/155lbs, 5 reps/190lbs

i think this deload week was really beneficial, as i can feel my body recovering and getting amped up for next week's training days.  this completed HD's and my first cycle with 5/3/1 and it looks like we're going to stick with it.  HD has made considerable gains and i feel like my weak lifts are catching up to my strong ones... haha finally!

next, for time
8 rounds
50m swim
25 air squats

we rarely swim and this is a monostructural movement i would like to get good at.  i started to tire out at the midway point, taking quick breathers every 25 meters.  eventually, i'm going to do this workout unbroken and faster.  HD & i definitely need to train and practice more.

results
HD: 21min 29sec     DV: 15min 1sec

haha i was actually racing against the clock during my last round of air squats and tried to get sub-15... to no avail, i should've sucked it up and took less breathers... every second counts.

i would also like to share this video i saw on CrossFit Endurance, which came from last week's "whiteboard wednesday" and  discusses the military athlete and how to include rucking into your programming.  great insights:


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cheers,

-DV _ level ^ fitness
CrossFit Level 1 (CF-L1) Trainer 

^ haha i gotta get used to that...

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