CF Total

I practiced the piano twice this week and my piano teacher- Sanar- said she could tell- SWEET! Again, I had such a good time at my lesson and the one hour afterwards where I relax at her pool while she works out with my husband.

The sun must have really zapped me though (or maybe it's the humidity we're experiencing in AZ right now) because I came home today and took a 3 hour nap! Mind you, I had only been awake for maybe 4 hours so I'm not sure what my 3-hour nap was all about but apparently it was needed.

Once I finally woke up, we headed to the gym. Today's WOD called for CrossFit Total. In this WOD, you do a back squat, a shoulder press, and a deadlift. You do a 1-rep max of each movement and your total weight for all 3 is your "CrossFit total score." Here's the chart-

I'm going to completely disregard any score I had before because I'm certain my form wasn't where it needed to be with my back squat. I don't think I got low enough before to count it so I'm not going to. Therefore, today is what I'm considering my "foundation" and I'll try to build from here.

Here's how I did-

Back squat - 160

Shoulder press - 75

Deadlift - 215

Total = 450

I'm totally pumped about the deadlift- that's 10 lbs more than last time when I did 205. My shoulder press is 5 lbs heavier but my squat is considerably less. I'm really proud of the 160 though because it was NOT easy. I even grunted and I am not usually a grunter! I felt like my form was perfect and I wasn't going to count it otherwise.

So since I weigh around 145 lbs, a score of 450 means I'm in the "Intermediate" category.

After doing CrossFit Total, I did a few pull-ups. I still have to do a very slight kip to get up, I can't quite do one without it. I'd like to be able to do a strict pull-up without a small kip to get started but I suppose I'll just add that to the "things I wish I was stronger at."

Until tomorrow,
Kelsalynn