Technical Day

I was absolutely perfect with my eating today and enjoyed all my snacks yet again. I went to Target over lunch today and scored a $2 purse, $5 tank top, and $4 necklace. Jam!

I bought a new sports bra this past weekend and then bought another one at Target today too (not on sale, but not expensive). I'm not sure what the deal is but all my sports bras are too big. Yes, they're older so it's possible they're just stretched out...and maybe once I noticed the first one, I simply noticed it's all of them...and maybe my girls are shrinking.

My birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks and I asked for a nicer, more expensive sports bra then too!

Who said fitness can't be fun?

Anywho... so I went to the gym and decided to have a "technical day." Since we signed up for the Crossfit Level I Certification class yesterday, I have this fear that I'm going to get there and they're going to laugh at me and my poor form. I have no idea how to do a clean or a snatch and I've never had anyone critique my squat or deadlift. I've watched a ton of videos and I like to think I'm doing okay, but I can't see myself from every angle during an exercise.

So, yeah, I think I'm more nervous than I am excited at this point! Eeek.

Back to my trip to the gym... I did
3 sets of 10 ring dips (w/ my feet on the floor) - These were tough, I tried really hard to sink way into the dip and not just lean forward. My arms were shaking.
Round 1 - 7 + 3
Round 2 - 5 + 5
Round 3 - 5 + 5

3 sets of 10 kipping pull-ups - I tried to see how many I could do in a row. I feel like my arms could keep going but I just cannot grip the damn bar any longer- my hands are so week.
Round 1 - 9 + 1
Round 2 - 6 + 4
Round 3 - 4 + 1,1, etc I blame Michael b/c he used the bar for pull-ups and got it soooo sweaty!

Overhead squats - This started off frustrating. I couldn't even do 45# without my knees coming forward. My form was terrible and I was about to quit. I grabbed a 20# bar instead and did those perfectly. Then the 30# bar and did those great. My hubby redeemed himself by pointing out that I needed to push out with my knees. As soon as I made that change, my overhead squat was immediately better.

I ended up doing around 15 reps of a 45# overhead squat and only counted those that looked perfect.

Until tomorrow,
Kelsalynn