Day In A Nutshell:Decent Sleep (11:30 PM to 7:00 AM ). Worked 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM and did the CrossFit WOD at Max Performance CrossFit. Good workout, but my time def suffered from the altitude change. I am excited to see how acclimation to the altitude will help my performance at sea level.
As for my diet today, it was pretty good. The meals were slightly too spaced out but they were all pretty good quality. Lunch may have been a bit worse than the others -- chicken tacos from Chipotle -- but the rest of my meals were balanced, high in protein, fiber and low-glycemic carbs. I even felt like i was in the "zone" all day.
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Started GTGing my HSPU today. My max for HSPU was tested yesterday to be at about 3. My second one has some breaks in form, so I am going to say that I really have a 2 rep max, but can get through 3 if I try and break form hard. For GTG, though, I will say my max is 3 since my numbers are already so low as it is. I did 2 HSPU every 2-3 hours. I would like to lower this increment and keep better track of when I do my reps, so this will be more complete in future logs.
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At CrossFit, I warmed up mostly by doing overhead squats and messing around with some pushups and barbell work and muscle up work. I executed a couple of ring muscle ups with a lot of kip and some other muscle ups with less of a kip..which made me proud.
The tips from steve really helped (Thanks bud!!) and I feel that I am getting much more comfortable with the technique.The WOD today was:
5 Rounds for time:
Run 400m
21 Sumo Deadlift High Pull 75#
21 Thrusters 75#
Time: 42:50
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I had to scale this down since my thrusters are a huge weakness of mine -- I have (what i consider) very poor endurance on thrusters. Since the total reps would be 105 for each skill and I haven't metconned like this in a while, i scaled it down to 65#...and probably should have scaled down a little more since I am not acclimated to the elevation.
With everything considered, I am pretty content with my performance but I feel I could do better once I get back into the groove and adjust to the thinner air.
For a cool down, we did 4 sets of handstands. I did my first away from the wall, max hold -- this was deinitely over 30 seconds -- and terminated the set with a free standing HSPU attempt but lost balance when nose was close to the floor. Second and third set were against a wall for max hold -- both well over 30 seconds. The last set was similar to the first, without the HSPU attempt, just lost balance due to fatigue.
My handstands are definitely much more solid but i notice that when i am tired or warmed up I do them 10x better than trying them cold or when I am rested.
Came home and ate about .75 lbs of chicken with some carby stuff too and felt great
Vegged out for the rest of the evening catching up with some things on the computer. I might stretch for a bit too before bed.
Happy training, and as always I welcome comments.
