Chrysti Does Life.

Kicking Asphalt 1 mile at a time!

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Afternoon plans are set! Front row seats, $25 a pop. Madisonites, the Wicked Lottery, look into it! It’s a great deal!

Afternoon plans are set!

Front row seats, $25 a pop. Madisonites, the Wicked Lottery, look into it! It’s a great deal!

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Wod 05.21.13 Skill: 5x5 squats with a 5 second pause at the bottom. I was good at squatting TO parallel when I started CF, but past parallel wasn’t there. The Kid squats deep, really deep. Since he isn’t allowed to max, he utilizes that deep squat full range of motion to increase strength. Coach gave The Kid the job of teaching me to squat like him, and he’s been on me like white on rice for months about mobility and depth, and it’s paying off. Lower and lower I went over the months until today when Coach noticed, “Damn, Chrysti, you look awfully comfortable in the bottom of that squat now!” I’ll take it. No more “lower, Mom, get lower!” Wod 2 minute max effort thrusters 60# 8 minute Amrap -8 box jumps (20”) -16 OH Lunges (30#) -24 push ups (princess style) Then 2 minute max effort sumo deadlift high pulls (60#) This was a no rest, running clock for the full 12 minutes, the only “rest” was stripping the bar used for thrusters to use for overhead lunges, then loading it back up for sdlhp: a NASCAR wod. I got 22 thrusters, 3 rounds of the 8 minute Amrap, then 33 or 36 of the high pulls. I couldn’t remember, so I always opt for the lower score when that happens. One of our coaches is in love with shoulder work, and it’s his week for programming. Snatches and 60 hand stand push ups yesterday, thrusters, oh lunges and push ups today, and push presses (as of right now) on tap for tomorrow. Jeb weeks are tough on the shoulders. Interesting side note, that coach will be in Cali this weekend for Northern California regionals to cheer his brother, Devon Simmons, on. His mom also scored amazing in the Masters division here in North Central.

Wod 05.21.13

Skill: 5x5 squats with a 5 second pause at the bottom.

I was good at squatting TO parallel when I started CF, but past parallel wasn’t there. The Kid squats deep, really deep. Since he isn’t allowed to max, he utilizes that deep squat full range of motion to increase strength. Coach gave The Kid the job of teaching me to squat like him, and he’s been on me like white on rice for months about mobility and depth, and it’s paying off.

Lower and lower I went over the months until today when Coach noticed, “Damn, Chrysti, you look awfully comfortable in the bottom of that squat now!” I’ll take it. No more “lower, Mom, get lower!”

Wod

2 minute max effort thrusters 60#

8 minute Amrap

-8 box jumps (20”)

-16 OH Lunges (30#)

-24 push ups (princess style)

Then 2 minute max effort sumo deadlift high pulls (60#)

This was a no rest, running clock for the full 12 minutes, the only “rest” was stripping the bar used for thrusters to use for overhead lunges, then loading it back up for sdlhp: a NASCAR wod.

I got 22 thrusters, 3 rounds of the 8 minute Amrap, then 33 or 36 of the high pulls. I couldn’t remember, so I always opt for the lower score when that happens.

One of our coaches is in love with shoulder work, and it’s his week for programming. Snatches and 60 hand stand push ups yesterday, thrusters, oh lunges and push ups today, and push presses (as of right now) on tap for tomorrow. Jeb weeks are tough on the shoulders. Interesting side note, that coach will be in Cali this weekend for Northern California regionals to cheer his brother, Devon Simmons, on. His mom also scored amazing in the Masters division here in North Central.

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Left my sandals at the gym today, so now I’m homeless and shoeless. Sigh. Borrowed The Kid’s flip flops to run other son to karate class. Now, I have large feet for a girl. Size 10s or 11s. Notice how much bigger my barely 13 year old’s shoes are on me. That kid has got to stop growing. He’s gonna be 8 feet tall at the rate he’s going. So now I just look like a weirdo that doesn’t know how to buy the right size shoes.

Left my sandals at the gym today, so now I’m homeless and shoeless. Sigh.

Borrowed The Kid’s flip flops to run other son to karate class. Now, I have large feet for a girl. Size 10s or 11s. Notice how much bigger my barely 13 year old’s shoes are on me. That kid has got to stop growing. He’s gonna be 8 feet tall at the rate he’s going.

So now I just look like a weirdo that doesn’t know how to buy the right size shoes.

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You know how on most car maker’s web sites you can design your own model of their cars?

You know, choose the color and options you want, and it shows a pretty picture of an overpriced car and the price?

My 7 year old is obsessed with these sites. He loves to go on the computer and “design cars” and prides himself on how expensive he can make them.

This is brought to you by the long explanation I just got about why All Season Tires are a good upgrade. From a 7 year old.

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Wod 05.20.13 Warm up was different: 400 meter run 10 dive bombers 15 good mornings 15 pass thrus 10 ohs with 3 second pause at bottom Skill: 8 minute EMOM: -2 power snatch -2 hang snatch -1 high hang I love snatches (twss) so this was a good time. I stuck at 75# for all 8 minutes. I could’ve gone heavier, but the high hang was getting tough towards the end at that weight. Wod: As listed on whiteboard. Double unders scaled to 150 singles, hspu scaled to pikes, and t2b became knees to elbows. 14:43 This was a hard, sweaty mess; exactly what I needed. Still homeless, and carrying a lot of stress about it, so getting some feels out via hard physical effort was good. Also, hand stand push ups are hard no matter how you scale them. They’re just hard.

Wod 05.20.13

Warm up was different:

400 meter run 10 dive bombers 15 good mornings 15 pass thrus 10 ohs with 3 second pause at bottom

Skill:

8 minute EMOM: -2 power snatch -2 hang snatch -1 high hang

I love snatches (twss) so this was a good time. I stuck at 75# for all 8 minutes. I could’ve gone heavier, but the high hang was getting tough towards the end at that weight.

Wod: As listed on whiteboard.

Double unders scaled to 150 singles, hspu scaled to pikes, and t2b became knees to elbows. 14:43

This was a hard, sweaty mess; exactly what I needed. Still homeless, and carrying a lot of stress about it, so getting some feels out via hard physical effort was good. Also, hand stand push ups are hard no matter how you scale them. They’re just hard.

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Perking up home* with some freshly picked wildflowers** obtained on my walk with the dog just now. *Euphemism for hotel. Still homeless. **Wild = stolen from the landscaping on the property of a nearby restaurant. I’m okay with it.

Perking up home* with some freshly picked wildflowers** obtained on my walk with the dog just now.

*Euphemism for hotel. Still homeless.

**Wild = stolen from the landscaping on the property of a nearby restaurant. I’m okay with it.

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Found out that even though tomorrow was for sure the latest we’d close on the new house, “for sure” was actually code for “not a chance sucka!” Head, meet wall, and repeat for thousands of dollars at a time.

I can’t even process how much this is costing me. So now I am going to bed at 7 pm, which isn’t very far because crappy hotel room, and staying there until tomorrow for an attitude adjustment.

At least the weather has been absolutely perfect.

Filed under And I found some vegetables So there's that

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@Kung fu. Don’t worry, it happens to everyone eventually. I mean, I’ve got a good half century ahead of me before I need to start worrying about it, but eventually.

@Kung fu.

Don’t worry, it happens to everyone eventually. I mean, I’ve got a good half century ahead of me before I need to start worrying about it, but eventually.

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Found the source of THE smell.

Turns out that whoever’s job it was to empty the cooler into the fridge, didn’t finish.

The cooler was supposed to be empty THURSDAY night. Today is Wednesday.

Whatever it was in that cooler grew fur.

Brb, throwing up.

Filed under Kids are gross and unreliable

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Along with the veggie wasteland that comes along with hotel living, the second biggest struggle I’m having is TV. As in, I don’t really watch it or like it.

Normally I may turn the TV on as background noise while I do other things, but sitting down and watching a show is not something I enjoy. It makes me feel like my life is wasting away.

That said, I can only clean this room so many times. I read, clean, organize, try to find the source of that smell (two teenagers who workout with me are in here, so it’s THAT smell) play with the kidlets, creep on my Mr while he gets dressed, but rooms aren’t big and I have to stay here for at least a couple hours each day because of the pets, so TV. We are definitely lacking in activities to do in the room, and I’m hesitant to shove more crap in here.

Cue another morning that I am awake and crawling out of my skin because the only thing happening right now is TV until everyone is up and moving and fed. Life was never meant to be spent staring at a light up box.

I can’t wait to be in my house.