Regional Tidbits

Wow! Training has been nuts. Between my 6 classes this semster and spending 2-4 hours at the gym 5 days a week Im starting to feel the crazy impact olympic lifting has on my body. I definitley couldnt keep up this kind of training year round. Im very excited for regionals though. The wods are crazy and I think Im going to have to get a little crazy to do them but I cant wait! I love pushing myself to accomplish new challenges. My team is great too! Everyone- Bobby, Brad, Jay, AM, and Linds have all been working their tails off and working on the movements. Linds and I did the 4th wod(all of the squats) and we have to trade spots 21 times! Holy cow thats a lot of transitions. Rudy has had some great ideas for transitions and strategies though. Casey has been great as well! He has been working with everyone on the movements and has some great input about form, technique, and transitions.

 Today me and the girls practiced the 6th wod. Needless to say it was a bitch. They were smart litttle cookies putting those 2 muscle ups at the end. That shit is hard. haha everything else felt great though! The partner carry is my favorite I think. Wall balls werent bad, even the chin hold wasn't tooo terrible! Surprise surprise! We did tabata style muscle ups. I got one each round for 4 rounds. Couldnt get one afterwards, my arms were shot. Like I said, smaaarrrrt cookies. Cooking up these evil workouts. I feel like when I am getting them Im catching them a lot higher then normal. Someday a muscle up will be no big deal. Until that day Im probably going to continue looking somewhat like a train wreck :)


 I managed to get 15 Hang cleans at 135 this week. SO I know it is possible BUT I need to do them faster. Im going to make myself do 2 at a time everytime I do them now. The bottom line is those SOB's arent going to get any lighter so Im just going to have to remember to have some good form and pick up the bar. Thats the hardest part of crossfit, whether you're grabbing the barbell or getting back on the pullup bar. Its mental! Just pick it up Jamie!!!! (thats what I need you peeps in the stands shouting during this WOD :) Im so incredibly nervous and watching the updates every weekend makes me more nervous but it also gets me super pumped up!!!! Cant wait! 3 more weeks.

Today our favorite blogger from paleOMG.com- Juli Bauer- is going! Cant wait to watch her tear it up! Also there are quite a few awesome guys going. I love watching really competitive regions! There are some incredible athletes in the CrossFit world that keep me going.

Ive been pretty good with paleo. The summer salad is back! :) boom. Its my favorite- Romaine lettuce, avocados, kalamata olives, tomatoes, balsamic and oil, garlic powder, garlic salt, and pepper- BEST SALAD ever. Credit goes to Linda, Bobby's mom, who is an amazing little cook. She has been making some great paleo dishes the last couple of months for Sunday dinners. My favorite by far has been the Mousse she made! Yes Chocolate Mousse that was paleo. I dont care if people think paleo desserts are dumb, sometimes they get me through!

After regionals Im going to just eat clean- mostly paleo because I dont think my body would like grains again or sugar sadly :( but Im not going to be a crazy nazi! I think Im going to have to take a goood long break from CrossFit- maybe 2-3 weeks. Ive been going to a chiropractor because my back has been out, one leg has been longer then the other because my hips are off, and my ribs are all out of place on my sternum and my spine. Weird. Makes for a really uncomfortable position when doing snatches and sleeping at night :/ So Im going to take a break after all of this. I had a massage on wed and it was great but I was feeling pretty exhausted and shitty the next day. Increase the volume and you have to increase the recovery therapy!

Sam and I thought it would be a swell idea to go chill in the Boise River like it was an ice bath. Holy hell was it cold. It was 60 degrees outside and windy. It felt like it was 90 degrees outside after being in that water. Ive never had my elbows hurt so bad! We lasted like a total of 180 seconds-ish! But I did feel better the next day.

Cant wait to get back to being a regular crossfitter! haha and Im also excited to be done with school and have more time to actually train and not be going in twelve thousand directions! :)