Regionals 2010

Regionals 2010

Well last weekend I attended and competed in the South Central Regionals 2010, which was held at GSX Athletics in Fort Worth, TX. It was exciting, nerve wrecking, crazy, fun and hot (I’m sure there are many more words to insert here)…and I loved every min of it! Well If you didn’t follow the competition on SicFit, I’ll give you the brief run down.

These first few pics are of me performing Saturday’s first workout which went ast followed:





Individual event 1 – Snatch/OHS
10 Bars will be set up for men and women – 20 total per heat.
Weights for the men’s bars:135/145/155/165/175/185/195/205/215/225
Weights for the women’s bars:75/85/95/105/110/115/120/125/130/135
At each station athlete must complete:1 Squat Snatch with 2 Overhead Squats or 1 Power Snatch with 3 Overhead SquatsAthletes will have 45 seconds to complete all three movements. Athletes will have 15 seconds between stations. Athletes will finish the workout when they are unable to complete all 3 movements within 45 seconds.

I made it to 95lbs, but as you can see I didn’t get 105lbs as planned but I am okay with that and plan on doing better and improving my snatch. I just gotta remember to drop under the bar! Needless to say this workout didn’t last long.

Later that day, came the following workout:
Individual event 2 – Weighted half Cindy10 Minute AMRAP of:
5 Pull ups
10 Push ups
15 Squats
Men will be wearing a 20lb short weighted vest
Women will be wearing a 10lb short weighted vest.

Cindy” is one of those rough crossfit workouts that you dread but like the challenge. It is AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) in 20 mins of the above minus the weighted vest. It was as rough as my picture shows. LOL! I got ten rounds in during that 10 mins. Afterwards you just drop to the floor and pray someone is there to get your vest off you. That thing feels alot heavier that 10lbs LOL! However I don’t think this is the end of my weighted vest training…maybe an addition to K-Ln!?


Above is the 1st workout on Sunday. It went as follows:

Individual event 3 – DU/DL/SBR/RowFor time:

100 Double Unders

3 Rounds of:

10 Deadlifts(275/185lbs)

1 Sandbag run(75/50lbs)

Then row 1K

Yep…this one wasn’t any easier! 185lb deadlift should be a breeze…NOT! LOL! It as rough! never thought it would be after double unders! I was predicting the sandbag run to kill me…that as recovery! WOW!

Well I finished the day with ATTEMPTING the finalworkout, Sunday evening:

Individual event 4 – Final EventFor time:

10 Muscle Ups

15 Handstand Push Ups

20 Squat Cleans (155/105lbs)

Run the Block

Since I cannot do a muscle up I didn’t make it very far. I just ended up with a massive blister on my left hand…at least I knew I had the grip right! Muscle ups are my trouble spots…ugh! However I have a goal to get them by July! Fingers crossed…

All and all the weekend was AWESOME and I LOVED every min of it! I do need to send a few showouts: Thanks to my AMAZING friends and cheer section, Melisa, Jess, CP and Crossfit Central. And a big ole congrats to Jen for taking 3rd and Jess for taking 4th qualifing them to go to the games as well as the Crossfit Central Affiliate Team for taking first place! And last but not least all the other athletes that lifted…y’all are all such an inspiration to me and give me such great motivation. It is a joy not only to work with you but lift next to you…thank you!

THANK YOU BEN!!!

THANK YOU BEN!!!

When you cannot cook, you tend to be nice to those that can. Cooking is a skill I REALLY want to be good at. The sad part is I try and still suck, so I just rely on friends that can or those that stalk blogs to share info with me! Sad part is, I have LOTS of fun kitchen gadgets, but still cannot cook. Ben and I met at a dance hall a while back. When I discovered he could cook I took full advantage of it. In the past he has made non paleo dishes. Don’t get me wrong they were AMAZING and worth every bite, but now days I have a new way of eating, paleo. Therefore when I asked him to come cook for me last week I told him it needed to be paleo, especially since I had a comp this weekend. Smart man, he researched that way of eating and came prepared. Don’t ask me how he cooked alot of this because all my happy butt does is sit on the counter and quiz him about how/why he does what…as if I am going to remember it and cook it again. LOL! The best part is, he cooks enough for dinner and then for me to have the next day…this time I ate pork for a week…it was AWESOME! The food, wine and company was wonderful!! I cannot wait to eat the next dish! Thanks Ben for another excellent dinner!
Daily Affirmation

Daily Affirmation

No lie I totally stole this from Crystal Nelson, but I couldn’t help it. What happens if we all did this…daily? It would put EVERY one in a better mood…just think of all the positive energy!! YES!!!!

I challenge you to come up with 5 different positive things that are going on in your life and write them on your mirror using a visa-visa marker…no worries it wipes right off! Read these things out loud EVERY morning and see how much better your day is…

Team Awesome!

Team Awesome!

Thanks to the Trojan Challenge of CrossFit I get to work/coach/train with these 2 amazing and motivated people; Stephen and Ashley. Not only are they highly involved with crossfit doing bootcamp, kettlebells, and On Ramp, but they do workouts on their own…including a visit to Karen Ln…and food log, daily! They have set goals and on track to FLY pass them.
Emily Baker, another AMAZING crossfitter is on our team but she isn’t pictured because she had to work…work is sooo overrated.
To the left, is some food Ashley made! She really wants to get all of her veggies in so she purchased juicer and make a mixture and drank it! She also made stuffed bell peppers with turkey meat!
This past Sunday they even came to Karen Ln. to workout. After a good kettlebell workout, I pulled out the sled and we went to town. See videos below (sorry Ash I had to do the one with Steven doing the round off at the end of yours, LOL). For some reason blogger merged the videos…sorry!
Go ahead other coaches…be jealous…this team isn’t just called Team Awesome for any ole reason!!!