cannot feel my arms

After tricep dips for the second time in a week yesterday, it hurt to lift my toothbrush this morning.

My arms are sooooo sore.

So when I pulled up the CrossFit workout for today and saw that it was my absolute favorite, I was excited and sad at the same time. I wanted to kill it, but didn't know if I'd be able to because of how sore my arms are.

I've blogged about this workout before (see "tabata" label)- it's called "Tabata Something Else." The last time I did it was December 29th and I had improved by 65 points overall.

The idea of "Tabata Something Else" is 8 rounds of 4 different exercises for a total of 32 rounds. Each round is 20 seconds with a 10 second rest and you do all 8 rounds of one exercise before moving on.

The four exercises are:
1. Pull-ups
2. Push-ups
3. Sit-ups
4. Squats

So, I did 8- 20 second rounds of pull-ups before moving on to push-ups. Needless to say, by the time I was done w/ the first two rounds, your arms are NUMB with PAIN.

Here's what my totals looked liked 4 months ago:
Pull-ups 63
Push-ups 73
Sit-ups 90
Squats 142
TOTAL = 368

In looking at those numbers, I honestly didn't think I'd be able to beat it. I mean, 73 push-ups is a lot and with my arms as sore as they were... it wasn't looking good.

Here's what my totals looked like tonight:
Pull-ups 87 (+24)
Push-ups 94 (+21)
Sit-ups 119 (+29)
Squats 149 (+7)
TOTAL = 449 (+81)

Pretty crazy right?

I can honestly say that this is by far one of the best attributes of CrossFit--- you're constantly seeing improvement even if you don't realize it from day to day. You'll do a workout one month and down the road, you'll do it again and really kill it without realizing how much stronger you've become. It's gratification and reward at their finest.

Tonight, I will sleep really well!!! :) Tomorrow, Michael and I are planning to have a "date" day. His sister moved out this past week since her internship was done, so we're looking forward to the entire day by ourselves. We're going to the dog park, the art museum, dinner, and even a movie. Sounds like a great day huh?

Until tomorrow,
Kelsalynn