The Weekend Update: From First to Last

So I slacked and didn't get my Friday post up until 2 minutes ago.  In it I talked about how my goal was to go in to the gym and give it my all, push myself further than I thought I could go.  When I walked in to the gym I made sure to not look at the wall, I didn't want to know what times everyone else had gotten because that doesn't matter.  It doesn't matter if I push myself as hard as I can and I still come in last because at least I pushed myself!

Anyways, the WOD was 5 rnds 10 155lb deadlifts, 20 kettlebell swings (35lbs) and 30 air squats.  I started strong and pushed myself to keep going even when I wanted to take a break.  I felt strong and frankly lower body stuff is more of a strength of mine relative to upper body (I still need to improve on both).  I ended up with a time of 11:46, coming in 3 minutes faster than the second fastest girls time and a little over a minute behind the top guys time.  I smoked it!  I felt so great about the workout, how hard I pushed myself and that I did it just to push myself, not to beat anyone!

Fast forward to Saturday morning's WOD, 2 rounds 100 double unders (jump rope passes under your feet twice for every one jump), 75 situps, 50 pushpress (55 lbs) and 25 pullups.  I went from feeling on top of the world on Friday to finishing dead last on Saturday and feeling like I just got my ass handed to me on a silver platter!  I couldn't string together more than 10 double unders and the push press was horrible!  I was gassed and honestly could have pushed myself a little harder but this workout was so tough I was scared to push through to that next level.  The picture below if from earlier in the week when we had to do double unders, I had a jump rope that was too big and kept whipping myself with it:

Those are whip marks, I still have them 5 days later!  Anyways, I don't feel down on myself for Saturday's workout, I pushed myself to my limits that's for sure.  Maybe could have pushed a little harder but I certainly was tired, sore and sweaty after it was done.  My reason for sharing?  This is an example of failure and being okay with it.  My upper body strength is weak, especially compared to my lower body.  I know this and I know I need to work on it.  This is why I did so well with Friday's workout and struggled so much with Saturday's workout.  This is what Crossfit is about though, finding what your weaknesses are and then working on them.  Any given workout is going to challenge you, some more than others and its what you do after the workout that determines whether you make improvements or not.

Now on to cheat night!  We had Paddington's pizza and plenty of wine for the girls!  It tasted great and was a good time!  My weight was up this morning, which is to be expected after a carb loaded night.  I'm back on track today and about to go for a run with the dogs.  I will weigh myself tomorrow and hopefully will be back to my Saturday morning weight.  Tomorrow promises to be a challenge as it's the big game!  I am trying to plan my meals out ahead of time in hopes of not going too far off track.  I HAVE to drink my Coors Light tall boy though and play some beer pong, so it's even more important I stay on track today and get a run in and workout super hard tomorrow morning.  Anyways, boring post but that's my quick weekend update! GO DUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!