Went back to the box

Went back to Crossfit yesterday for the WOD. It was good seeing old faces. Everyone was looking really good. The WOD was a 1-1-1-1-1-1 deadlift max and a 3-3-3 benchpress max, followed by a tabata rowing session for 1500m. I have been working on my deadlift a lot lately, and finally got it down. I have never went for a max deadlift, so this was a perfect time to try. I knew that everyone could help me out incase my technique wasn’t quite right. I ended up getting 475lb’s which surprised me. The first time I ever deadlifter I wrecked my back trying to lift 315. I think my problem then was I was usuing my arms more than anything. I think I could’ve gotten passed 500 if I tried more. I only got through 4 lifts, then time ran out. On the bench I got 225×3,  255×3 then 265×2. I failed on the last rep on 265 because I was gassed from the rowing. Speeeaking of rowing. The workout was Tabata rowing for 15oo meters. Row for 20 seconds, rest for 10… on and on until you reach 1500m. I’ve been rowing a LOT lately, so I had a strategy coming in.  I rowed fairly easy for the first 10 seconds, then went balls to the wall for the last 10 seconds so that the meters would go a little faster during the 10 second break. It paid off because I finished first in 12rds. I think 16 seconds had gone by in the 12th too, so it turns out to be 1500 4minutes and 16 seconds of work. Which turns out to be 1:25 per 500m. I think it’s time to find out my new 500m PR too. I am down to 1:24, but I think I could shave a second of two off of that.

Wow.. it’s been a while, lol.

It’s been quite a while since I’ve written. I’m not really a blogger, so I’m not totally surprised.  Since this blog was really meant to talk about exercise and fitness, I’ll start with that. I stayed with PCF for about another month after my comeback then left again. I wanted to save more money, and I thought I could do it on my own. I was right… sort of. I’ve saved a lot of money by making my own food and not eating out as much, not drinking, and just being smart about things. I, however, was not successful at keeping up with crossfit outside the box. I gained a lot of weight and ballooned up to 289lbs. I couldn’t believe I was letting myself go again. I decided to needed to make a change and I had to stick with it. I gave up drinking, and started making my own breakfast, lunch and dinner EVERY day. I’m not down to 263, and I feel a lot healthier. I’ve been down to the 260′s and 250′s before, but I feel a lot healthier this time around. I lost a good amount of fat,  and gained and maintained muscle. I’ve been working out at Gold’s (hope no one from PCF is reading this, they’re probably shaking their heads in disbelief  lol. It’s not totally bad tho. I’ve been mixing crossfit workouts with the normal globo workouts. I will say also that most of the things I do in the gym are crossfit related. When I do cardio I’ll do Tabata rowing. Run 400m at a fast pace, then do 10 pushups, then do it over and over again until I can’t anymore.  I am definitely Crossfit at heart.  I am looking to go back to PCF for Fight Gone Bad on the 26th. It will be nice to see everyone again.