Since yesterday was a lift day for me, today was cardio (I can't get away from it) Elliptical for 45 minutes on high resistance and incline and this evening after work I went to my hour long Karate class, I didn't burn a ton of calories in class today but it does help with balance, mind body connection and flexibility.

@krok - you and those box jumps!!! I wish there was a thumbs up smiley!

This one would do! :drinker:

Seriously, everyone looked frightened when the instructor taught us how to do the box jumps. So you're not alone. Once you try it though you'll realize you can jump a lot higher than you think. Start out small and build confidence. Just... not too much. >_>

@batgirl martial arts are awesome! Ellipticals, not so much xD

Meh. Squats are still deloaded because I'm trying to totally stop pitching forward at the end of the lift, and really lock into my heels.
I rounded my lower back on my deads during warm ups, but I did well on my working weight! I guess it's because I was more focused and determined. And I'm still practicing 1-legged RDLs, so I threw in a single set of those; my left side has trouble balancing!

Squats: 2x5 115lbs, 1x5 125lbs

OHP: 4x3 55lbs

Deadlift: 1x5 185 lbs, 1x10 135lbs

Hip Thrusts: 3x12 95lbs

Still on my lifting break, but I had a good checkup at the Dr's and I should be all set in starting Strong Curves next week.

So today I decided I was going to work on my 2 min endurance for boxing by doing intervals on the treadmill. Did a 2 min on, 1 min slower pace run for 2 miles. Was able to complete it in 16:44 which is a good time for me, just about a minute over my all time PR run.

Basically each 1 min "rest" (not that you can call it a rest) was at 6 mph, the 2 min intervals broke down to 8.5, 8, 8, 7.5, 7 and then the last minute was between 8 and 8.5. Next time I'll try to get two intervals at 8.5 to start with.

After that I went and did some body weight work with 2 sets each --

pull ups strict, no assistance - 4; 15 push ups, 10 stability ball pikes
10 per side cable wood choppers @45 lbs, 10 band pull apart, 10 back extensions

Finished off with some yoga poses for stretching and then had to clean up the puddle of sweat I left on the mat.

And box jumps are no joke. I still haven't decided to start throwing them into the mix. I like my shins. :laugh:

Wee! Training session #2 was fun! We did deadlifts, med ball cleans (which are great for learning to drop under! I might've gotten better at my bar cleans too!) and hang swings to knees to bows in a progression towards toes to bar. Oh, and there were "cheat" burpees. Basically, replacing the push-up with letting your chest drop to the ground. I kinda suck at those. Honestly, my legs tire out before my arms anyway xD

Then the WOD was 8 mins AMRAP of
8 deadlifts (loaded my bar @75lbs. Almost went for 95 but tried a few reps and didn't feel it. It was a good choice)
8 burpees
8 hanging knee raises or K2B

I managed just shy of 5 rounds. I knocked out the last 3 knee raises about 30 seconds after the end timer.

Whew!

Oh, and then we finished with prowler sprints. 0, 15, 30, 65lbs for 10m or so back and forth. (I was the one who cheerfully said FINISHER! when the trainer asked us if we wanted to stretch or do a finisher xP) Good times. Needless to say I was ravenous when I got back home. I still want more food

@rugby I'm starting to believe I may be a little crazy. But don't tell my parents, okay? =P

@jstout nice run! I still consider 6mph to be somewhat a steady pace for me! lol. You're one of the girls here that makes me believe I may not be that insane after all! (That's a compliment!) Or maybe we're just both cuckoo in the head. Doesn't matter!

No Krok I'm pretty much convinced that you and Jstout are both a bit touched. I mean that lovingly though.:flowerforyou:

I don't think you'll ever have to worry about tossing them in the dumpster! :laugh:

Squat 65kg 5x5
HARD! Pretty bad form on the last set, definitely staying at 65kg for a while

Bench 40kg 5x5 then tried 42.5kg at the end for 2 reps
I'll break this plateau, I swear!

Barbell row 35kg 5x5
Brutal deload because I realized I've been doing it wrong all along. I've been paying attention to my back position while forgetting about anything else. Nevermind, I'll work my way up from here. It should help my with the dreaded bench as well.

Upright rows with empty oly bar (20 kg) 3x8
Lat raise dumbbells 5kg 3x8 then tried 6kg for 4 reps
Dumbbell bent-over row 10kg 3x8 (hard)
Plank 3x40

@stout=I boxed in college for two years. Stopped when I had laser eye surgery (dr said I could damage my eye sight with direct blow to my eye). Managed to learn to love it in only 6 months. It is my feeling that EVERY ONE should box at least for a year just to gain an understanding of the pain your body can withstand (or have multiple C-sections...both pretty much can suck in a good way)

That's awesome. Yes, I think people have a hard time getting past the idea that something very rewarding could hurt. I've never really had an aversion to pain so I usually dive right in. Sure pain sucks in the moment, but getting past it can be a great mental exercise. My instructor was surprised that everyone continued boxing once they got hit. He said some people just go on the defensive and stop fighting. I didn't have a C-section, but I did half of my labor drug free and yeah, that was rough.

I didn't think about the laser eye surgery thing. I had mine done over 10 years ago and I did mention to my eye dr that I was boxing at my last appointment, but he didn't indicate it would be a problem.

Great stuff going on here!

I finally trained yesterday after almost two weeks of nothing...

I only deloaded the squats, everything else was okay after I carefully tried.

Squats

47,5kg 5x5 (104lbs)

OHP

25kg 5x5 (55lbs)

Dead

62,5kg 5x5 (132lbs) - my goal was to hit 100kg until my birthday but I just realized that this is not possible...hmpf!

Then I did some barbell complexes and walked a bit. Later I went grocery shopping by foot.

Everyone here is crazy! :laugh:

Bench Day for me... hit a PR of 75 lbs. Did some accessory work for my shoulders. Hit 11:00/mi running/jogging. All in all great workout. :bigsmile: