Duds, then WOD, then COMPARISON

That's us.

The Dickey's (that's my last name in case you never knew) are a bunch of DUDS today!

It's 3:12 PM and we're both still in our PJ's. We've both taken naps, read our books, watched movies, played on the internet, blah blah blah.

I don't feel like doing anything, yet I'm bored and want to do something. Anyone else ever have this problem?

For AZ, it's cloudy today which probably doesn't help at all.

We'll probably leave soon to go to the gym and workout (because we have nothing else to do) and hopefully that will help give us a little more energy.

Don't count on it though. I have a feeling we'll be right back in our pj's once we get back from the gym. How many movies can you watch in one day? I'll let you know...

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Well, I'm back from the gym and yes, I definitely feel better. I did 50 Hang Power Snatches (HPS) at 35#. It was tough but I really liked it. I did a HPS for the first time just recently if you recall and I wanted to do more of them- they require you to use your entire body- it's really a great movement. CrossFit must have known I wrote that because they came out with today's WOD which called for 75 HPS. I chose to scale it and did "Pack" which only called for 50 reps. My time was 4:35.

I also did my first STRICT pull-up today. I'm totally pumped! I've attempted strict pull-ups for the past couple of weeks but I get to a certain point and have to "kip" slightly in order to get up all the way. It's like there's a spot in the movement that catches me up every time and is like my "wall."

Finally today I was able to break through that wall and go through the full pull-up motion without kipping or stopping. It was a huge boost for me! Once I did it that one time, the mental barrier was broken and I ended up doing 3 total pull-ups without kipping!

Okay, even more exciting, I found my piece of paper with my measurements on it from April of 2008! It actually has 6 months worth of measurements on it so I had Michael take them today for comparison.

I love comparisons... It's so motivating and reassuring. I usually base my comparisons off of performance during workouts, but it's neat to see that my measurements are following in line as well.




Pretty crazy right?

Kelsalynn