smbuckley23 Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 So I figured I should start a daily battle log because I'm really motivated by everyone else's. My problem is eating healthy, so don't judge when I start posting my eating habits. I don't consume many calories each day (not on purpose, just because I have a small appetite) so I'm going to try to start taking in more quality calories every day. You'll probably notice a lot of Dr. Pepper until I ween myself off of it. Pretty sure it's an addiction now. Lucky for me, I love working out, so that's one less thing to worry about. I try to hit up a crossfit METCON class 5-6 days a week and I'm trying to get back into the habit of strength training every MWF, because I love lifting (relatively) heavy things. I'm also trying to do yoga or meditate daily, because I desperately need to stop worrying as much as I currently do, and rumor has it those things can help! 1 Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
ramonawsome Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 Do you have other goals besides "start taking in more quality calories"? Maybe fitness goal? Quote Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 Do you have other goals besides "start taking in more quality calories"? Maybe fitness goal? Well my specific goals would be back squatting 200lbs (last time I did a 1RM I hit 185) and doing a strict pull-up! I can do kipping pull-ups but I know that everyone says those are cheating! 1 Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 June 1st, 2015 WorkoutTabata, 4 rounds, 8 cycles each roundRound 1: PlanksRound 2: Lunges (94)Rd 3: Sit-ups (73)Rd 4: Squats (103)Ran about 1/3 of a mile, maybe a little more. I wanted to run a little because it's one of my biggest weaknesses, but I forgot my running shoes and anyone who's ever tried to run long distance in Nanos knows how much that sucks. FoodI didn't eat very well so I'm not going to shame myself by announcing to the world all the crap I put in my body today Although I did have pork chops and broccoli for dinner, so that cancels out the bad right? Lololol OverallOk so I didn't eat that great, but I did take in a lot of water which is usually difficult for me for some reason. Plus I got two new pairs of Nano 4.0s (that I definitely needed) to replace my old 2.0s it was a sale and I couldn't decide which color, so as the girl on the taco commercial says, "Why don't we have both?" (someone please know which commercial I'm talking about) Also, on an un-health related note, I'm currently in the middle of finishing Star Wars Episode IV for like the fifth time in two weeks. Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 June 2, 2015 Workout10 rounds10 push-ups10 sit-ups10 squatsTime: 13:17 I was really happy because I did all 100 push-ups normally, not on my knees! I used to be decent at push-ups, but for some reason within the last year my abilities have deteriorated. But not today! FoodTerrible. Honestly I ate like nothing today. I don't think I had anything except a cinnamon roll for breakfast, and I didn't even feel hungry most of the day. Does anyone know why this might be? I'd really love some advice about this! OverallI spent most of the day at the beach and pool which is always fantastic! Like I said, I was very happy with my workout, but I seriously miss lifting heavy things! That's the one reason I'm excited to get back home: heavy cleans and squats! Tomorrow I will be paddle-boarding for the first time ever, and rumor has it that's a really good core/upper body workout. I'm going to make a serious attempt to eat a reasonable amount of food tomorrow. Wish me luck. Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 June 3, 2015 WorkoutWell, I was very successful in my first attempt at paddle-boarding! I was the only one who didn't fall After working my upper body all day doing that, I decided to find a strictly lower body workout to do in the evening, so I did this 20 min AMRAP3 tuck jumps3 squats3 broad jumpsTotal: 34 rounds Holy crap it was hard. The original workout just called for five rounds, but I didn't think that sounded like enough so my boyfriend suggested doing it for 20 mins. I almost cut it down to 15 minutes once I got a few minutes in and realized how hard it was going to be, but I finished! FoodHonestly don't remember. I might just stop including this section for a while. OverallI felt really great today! All my muscles were exhausted in the best way. Paddle boarding and kayaking were both really fun. Also, we went to this zoo and it was really small but you could play with certain animals, so I got to hold a baby kangaroo and play with lemurs! They also had this one thing where if you made a reservation like 3 weeks in advance and paid $50 a person you could play with baby tigers..wow I was so jealous of all the people who got to do that. They were seriously the cutest things ever. Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 June 4-7, 2015 I sincerely apologize to all zero people who pay attention to this for not posting the past few days. I ended up getting an infection and was in excruciating pain because I refused to go to the doctor until I got home form vacation. Well I ended up going to urgent care on the last day of our trip and I got an antibiotic and am now feeling much better! I actually did do a couple workouts in that time span, so I'll try to remember them and post them on here. Workout(s)June 45 rounds30 sec handstand hold30 sec hold in the bottom of a squat 5 min abs I tried to go easy because, while I wasn't in pain at the moment, I didn't want to set it off. This workout was harder than I expected, but also not really that hard at all because it was so short. June 610-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1Sit-upsSquatsThen reverse the ladderTime: 8:20 5 min abs I was feeling better by Saturday so I did a decently difficult workout, but I was still trying to be cautious with my kidney or bladder or whatever the heck is actually infected so I didn't want to do something TOO hard. This workout started out as simply 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. I was working out with my mom (hi mom if you're reading this) and my sister's friend and I decided about halfway through to go back up the ladder because it was too easy. Hehehehe they were like SERIOUSLY?! But I wanted a hard workout! OverallI don't remember what I ate at all, but I do know that I've been drinking way more water which is good! Hopefully I'll be better at keeping this updated form now on. If you notice that I haven't posted by like midnight, please say something Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 June 8, 2014 WorkoutStrengthHang clean 5, 5, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1...5 @ 65lbs5 @ 75lbs3 @ 85lbs3 @ 105lbs1 @ 125lbs1 @ 135lbs1 @ 140lbs1 @ 145lbs (new max!!!!!!!) METCONBuy-in: 25 burpees15 hang power cleans 95#15 box jumps12 HP cleans18 box jumps9 HP cleans21 box jumpsBuy-out: 25 burpeesTime: 14:32 Rx Core: 3x15 GHD sit-ups Possibly had more in the tank for the hang clean but I ran out of time. This workout was my shit. It took me a while to finish compared to other people but I didn't care because I Rx'd and killed the strength! OverallDrank a whole bunch of water. Felt pretty good all day! Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 June 9, 2015 WorkoutStrengthBench press5 @ 355 @ 455 @ 553 @ 655 @ 753 @ 853 @ 95 The goal was to get as many reps as you could at 95% of your max. Bench is very frustrating for me because I've improved all of my lifts, but I just can't bench more than 100lbs. Tomorrow is back squat though which is my absolute favorite! metcon15 min AMRAP400m run50 double unders20 hand release push-upsTotal: 2rd+10 reps Did pretty crappy on the metcon. I was using someone else's rope because I can't find mine and I was just feeling really bad all day. BUT I was glad that I did the workout and actually felt better when I was done. Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 June 10, 2015 WorkoutStrengthBack squat (my fave fave fave) 5 @ 50%, 5 @ 60%, 3 @ 75%, 3 @ 85%, max reps @ 95%Ended up hitting 175 for 3 reps!! Wooooooo. My current max is 185 so I'm hoping to raise that to 190, and eventually 200. But that'll probably be a while. I just love squatting heavy because people look at me and they're like dang you're pretty small to squat that and I'm like pshhhhhh yeah. Anything boys can do, girls can do better Metcon3 rounds16 front rack lunges8 shoulder to OH16 back squats8 shoulder to OHTime: 11:53Rx was 75#, I did the first set of walking lunges at that and then lowered it to 65#, and possibly ended up at 55#, but I don't completely remember. It really sucked after the heavy squats though. FoodToday was rough food-wise. I've been feeling really sick to my stomach because I'm taking like three kinds of medicine, so I can't really eat that much. I mostly ate applesauce and ramen noodles. I tried to have yogurt but it made my tummy hurt Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 June 11, 2015 WorkoutStrengthSnatch complex, 5 rounds 1 power snatch, 1 hang squat snatch, 1 snatch balance, 1 OH squat1 @ 35, 1 @ 55, 1 @ 60, 1 @ 65, 1 @ 70I hate snatches. Metcon7 rounds7 power snatches 55#200m row7 CTB pull-upsTime: 22:53I did pretty poorly on this but I suck at snatches and rowing and I couldn't do all the pull-ups. Plus my shoulders were crazy sore. OverallNot a bad day. I almost didn't do the workout so I think my win for the day was doing the workout even though I didn't do that great! Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Ok so I'm changing what I use this for. It's not very fun for me to just post my workouts, so I'm gonna start talking about more fun stuff, even if it's just for my own benefit. Although I probably will still post workouts that I did well on or enjoyed. For now, though, enjoy this super cute video that I could watch everyday. Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Today's WOD sucked. It was more snatches and everyone knows I hate snatches. I ended up adding in a little bit of strength. It's deload week so I just did some light overhead presses. I was also super inspired by this article by Leo Babauta from zen habits. I've found that I really appreciate his well-written and inspiring articles. It also seems like whatever he writes on a specific day applies to my situation at that moment. Final note, I also discovered that Evernote is actually a really great way to track WODs. I'm not sure why I haven't been using it all along! Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
Muscle Professor Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Ok so I have to ask the question I think is really at the front of every ones minds...(jk) Why the purple lightsaber? Theirs nothing wrong with the color purple, I am just wondering if their more to it then liking the color purple. Quote -The Muscle Professor- OtherWorldIron.com Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. -Rumi- Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Ok so I have to ask the question I think is really at the front of every ones minds...(jk) Why the purple lightsaber? Theirs nothing wrong with the color purple, I am just wondering if their more to it then liking the color purple.Just because when I watched the second trilogy I thought Mace Windu's purple light saber was the coolest and most unique one [emoji1] (even though the second trilogy sucked)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
Muscle Professor Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Just because when I watched the second trilogy I thought Mace Windu's purple light saber was the coolest and most unique one [emoji1] (even though the second trilogy sucked)Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLightning fast response time! 1 Quote -The Muscle Professor- OtherWorldIron.com Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. -Rumi- Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Spent a while today doing research on macros and such, partly because I have nothing to do, and partly because I'm getting frustrated because I know my diet is keeping me from reaching my full potential. IT IS SO OVERWHELMING. I don't even know where to start. I love pizza! And I'm really picky! I just don't know where to start! Someone please see this and help me. Also, the past two days have been really good in terms of WODs. Yesterday was a bunch of pull-ups and push press and I did them all without scaling so I was really proud of that! And then today there were double unders and I did all of those too! My shoulders are really tired but I feel great! I've also been brainstorming ideas for my next challenge (I know, I know, it's a little bit early.) I'm thinking about doing something with eliminating soda, doing mobility of some sort every day, and reading 2-3 books throughout the challenge. That's all I've got so far though! Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
Muscle Professor Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Spent a while today doing research on macros and such, partly because I have nothing to do, and partly because I'm getting frustrated because I know my diet is keeping me from reaching my full potential. IT IS SO OVERWHELMING. I don't even know where to start. I love pizza! And I'm really picky! I just don't know where to start! Someone please see this and help me. Also, the past two days have been really good in terms of WODs. Yesterday was a bunch of pull-ups and push press and I did them all without scaling so I was really proud of that! And then today there were double unders and I did all of those too! My shoulders are really tired but I feel great! I've also been brainstorming ideas for my next challenge (I know, I know, it's a little bit early.) I'm thinking about doing something with eliminating soda, doing mobility of some sort every day, and reading 2-3 books throughout the challenge. That's all I've got so far though!This sounds cheesy on my part, but take I look at my profile just to give you a quick rundown of my experience and let me know if I can help you at all. I also do youtube videos at the request of people on this site as well. Quote -The Muscle Professor- OtherWorldIron.com Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. -Rumi- Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 This sounds cheesy on my part, but take I look at my profile just to give you a quick rundown of my experience and let me know if I can help you at all. I also do youtube videos at the request of people on this site as well. I'll let you know when I'm ready to get serious with it!! Right now I've got so much stuff going on that I just want to take it slow and maybe eliminate one bad thing every week or so, ya know? But I'm sure you can help! My problem is figuring out and planning a menu to get enough calories, protein, and not too many carbs. I really don't eat enough as it is because I'm not really ever hungry and it's kind of weird. Plus I'm picky, so that makes it hard. And I have a really high metabolism so I've never had to worry about my weight and I've always been able to eat whatever I want basically. Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 WODs of the week June 15 Strength (deload)Strict press 5 @ 55#Push press 3x5 @ 65# Metcon400m run, 21 snatches 55#, 21 TTB 400m run, 15 snatches 55#, 15 TTB400m run, 9 snatches 55#, 9 TTBScore: 17:34 Notes: Rx was 65#. I felt terrible because I had two cinnamon rolls from Chick-Fil-A around 10:30. Just did a quick strength because I needed to get something in and there wasn't anything as part of the WOD. June 17Metcon10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 pull-ups 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 push press 65#Score: 13:15 Rx Core: 50 ab mat sit-ups Notes: did the entire set of 10 pull-ups unbroken! Broke 9-6 up and did 5-1 unbroken. Did unbroken push press. Biggest problem was that my hands hurt too much to pick the bar up immediately when switching to push press. Did the mobility WOD after. June 18StrengthBack squat (deload)4x5 @ 75#5 @ 95#5 @ 110# Metcon15 min AMRAP30 double unders20 front rack DB step ups 25#100m rowScore: 4+37 Rx Core: 3x20 Superman Notes: shoulders were extremely sore from pull-ups. Busted out the dubs pretty quickly though! Step ups were BRUTAL. June 19StrengthBench (deload)4x5 @ 40lbs5 @ 50lbs5 @ 60lbs Metcon8 min EMOM7 thrusters 55#AMRAP slam balls 30# 3 min rest 8 min EMOM100m runAMRAP push-ups Score: 118 Rx Notes: terrible. Shoulders still sore. Thrusters destroyed me but I managed to get caught back up with the second one. Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
Archon Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Great work on your challenge so far! 1 Quote Level 14 -- Yeti Ranger -- STR 30.25 | DEX 12.00 | STA 21.00 | CON 14.75 | WIS 18.00 | CHA 7.50 Current Challenge -- Previous Challenges -- My Epic Quest -- Album of Holding -- About Me Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted August 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Oh my God I've been so bad about posting and I can't believe it. I decided not to participate in the current challenge because I forgot about it until it was already a week in and there's a lot of stuff that's going to be happening for me during the challenge so I don't think I have the mental energy available to put my full effort into it. Does that make sense or is that just dumb? Anyways, everything's been going pretty well lately! I hit 3 new maxes: 205# on deadlift (which was super easy and my boyfriend says that I should be able to hit 220# but I quit after 205# because we were out of time and I had already done a ton of deadlifts), 105# on bench (probably should've been 115#, but I'll get it next time!) and 135# clean and jerk (which will be at least 145# soon, I swear). So basically I've been improving but I'm a little bit frustrated because I know I should be doing better..or at least I think I should. I think the problem is that my focus just hasn't been where it needs to be for the past week or so. I'm not sure what the problem is, but I just zone out and don't think about what I'm doing until I realize I haven't been pacing myself properly and/or pushing myself hard enough. I'm going to be moving into my new apartment in about a week and classes start in about 2 weeks. Eeeeeeeeeeek! Let's hope this year is better than last. Everyone says freshman year sucks but it seems like everyone I know had a great year. Anyone know how to make college awesome if you don't party? Lololol. I am going to start working out at a new (bigger) box, so hopefully I'll make friends that way. And I'm hopefully gonna get a job to take up more of my time. Sooooooo that's where I'm at right now! And I've started meditating regularly again with the Headspace app/website and LOVINGGGGGG it. I think you can add friends on there (maybe? still a little unclear on that) so if anyone else uses it let me know and maybe we can figure it out together! Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted August 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 This week's WODs so far:MondayMetcon400m run21 front squats 65#21 lateral bar burpees400m run15 front squats15 lateral bar burpees400m run9 front squats9 lateral bar burpeesScore: 15:50 RxI was actually pretty proud of this one because I suck at front squats and burpees and everyone knows I hate running, but I felt super good doing this! Olympic liftingClean pull-squat clean-split jerk2 @ 100#2 @ 110#1 @ 115#1 @ 105# Squats3x3 @ 145# TuesdayChallenge5 attempts at max rep double undersScore: 32SO annoyed at this. I can usually crush DUs but I just wasn't on today. My hands kept getting sweaty and my forearms were tired. Metcon12 min AMRAP8 DB push press ® 25#8 DB push press (L) 32 DUsScore: 7rds Rx Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
smbuckley23 Posted August 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 WednesdayJust did olympic lifting today. We planned on going to this American Ninja Warrior gym and then we didn't so I felt kinda crappy for not getting a full workout in but at least I did something.3 position clean progressionHigh hang-mid thigh-floor3 @ 95#2 @ 110#1 @ 115#1 @ 100# 3RM front squatEnded up getting 125#. Probably could've gone heavier but it's hard to know if you've reached your limit or a 3 rep max. I also finished Take10 on headspace!! I can't wait to start the second level of the foundations course. That much closer to unlocking all the courses! Quote smbuckley23 | level 2 | Spartoi Ranger RecruitSTR: 4 | DEX: 1 | STA: 5 | CON: 2 | WIS: 3 | CHA: 3Becoming Princess Leia | Battle Log"Be a force of nature" Link to comment
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