Diane

Currently I'm on the CrossFit schedule which is three days on, one day off, repeat.

Once in a while I'll fall off for one reason or another and be one day behind for a while until it works out again that I'm right on track with it.

Friday was a rest day. Check.

Today was "Diane." Check.

Diane calls for:
21-15-9 reps of-
135 pounds deadlifts
Handstand push-ups

I can't do a handstand and do a push-up at the same time (I come toppling down), so I do a modified version with my feet on a bench, my booty in the air, and then a push-up from there.

My time was 9:17. I'm pretty pumped about the deadlifts. My one rep max is 175-180 so the fact that I did 45 reps at 135 is pretty exciting. This probably means I need to shoot for a higher one rep max next time, but honestly, it's not necessarily my legs that make the weight difficult- it's my grip strength. I have a hard time holding onto the bar when it's that heavy, even if my legs could do the motion. Today's workout definitely helped strengthen my grips though, that's for sure. I could feel my forearms aching while I was doing it while my legs were shaking.

Then Michael and I played raquetball for 20 minutes or so... that was fun. I used to have pretty good hand-eye coordination, but I must be getting old or maybe it was the fatigue because I suck. When we played more often, I was improving, but I could definitely tell that it's been a while b/c boy oh boy, did this girl swing and miss a few times!

The weather this past week has been 100+ degrees consistently now. I actually don't mind it and am still biking to and from work (in the AM it's mid-80's). There is one reason, however, that I don't appreciate the heat.

My pets are shedding SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad. It's terrible. I can't keep the dog and cat hair under control right now at all. I feel like we need to vacuum and sweep every day. How are my pets not bald? That's what I want to know... I keep telling them they need to pick up after themselves but they don't listen. I also tell them they need to start pulling their own weight around here but they don't seem to care about that either.

Until tomorrow,
Kelsalynn