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Talk about pain! Tonight was interesting. 

We started with finding a new 1 rep max of front squats. Back in January, my 1RM was 125 and my mom's was 100. Tonight, I could still only do 125 and my mom could only do 85. We feel a little discouraged but we haven't been going as consistently in the past month or so due to wedding planning and being so busy. Likewise, mom was out a month with a bad knee. I know there is no excuse that makes skipping workouts acceptable but it's the truth. Hopefully I will be at a new PR next time we do them! 

Here's some pictures of us tonight

The workout was hard but I enjoyed it. 

Burpees kill me!! Everything else wasn't too bad. Just those darn burpees! Here's our results!

Ok I am so beat. Shower and bed.

-Crossfitlys 

Killer WOD on 4/14

The beat part about tonight!!! New PR on deadlifts!!! 205! Not much of an increase from 200 but nonetheless, an increase! Mom got 145 on the deadlifts! She is still building back up from her time out from her knee, so I'm super proud of her! 

For the workout...

Anytime running is involved anymore, I know it will take everything out of me! Running use to be easy, but throw in some wall ball shots and push-ups and it becomes a major challenge and catching your breath just never occurs. This was a 20 minute, no break workout and by the end, I was hurting!  

Results: 

7 rounds and 2 extra wall balls for me

6 rounds even for mom! 

6 even for Amanda! 

And 6 plus 5 wall balls for Chavonne! 

Get job everyone! 

Some pictures of my PR deadlift! 

Just some random pictures of us..

Me and Amanda fanning ourselves off

Me and mom flexing :)

-Crossfitlys

Wooooosa!

The stress and business of every day life would be overwhelming now a days if I didn't have Crossfit to release it all. 

This place is the place that I forget about everything and everyone that annoys me, all my things on my to do list, and the daily stressors that bring me down. 

When I get to crossfit, all I care about is making myself feel great and doing what I love to do, which is lift and get an incredible workout! 

Tonight was awesome! 

Presses at 65 pounds for me which is awesome because my 1 RM before was only 75 which is now probably 85ish. So proud of my progress!

Mom and Chavonne did 50 pounds and then Chavonne did one set at 55. Go girls!!! Especially since mom was off for a month and Chavonne just started! 

The workout tonight was tough and my back is killing me from deadlifts and my hands are all ripped from the farmers carry. 

I used 115 pounds for the deadlifts, 53 pounds in each hand for the farmers carry and then made sure I ran every single time for the 200 meters (which was half uphill btw). 

Results:

The first number is the weight used for the shoulder presses. The second number is the weight used for deadlifts. The pd is the weight of the kettle bells (1pd is 35lbs, 1 1/2 is 53lbs, 2pd is 70lbs in each hand). The number in parentheses is the total rounds completed.

I got 4 rounds plus an additional 12 deadlifts!

Mom got 5 rounds plus an additional 12 deadlifts!

Chavonne got 3 rounds!

Craig with 3 also!

And Diana kicked butt with 6 rounds!

Here's some pics of tonight's workouts: 

Shoulder Presses...

During the actual workout...

I'm so beat. Last night we worked out at planet fitness and killed our arms, so this workout just added to the already ripped muscles. Time to heal.

Going to Crossfit tomorrow too. Night all!

-Crossfitlys 

Squat it out!

Tonight was great except for the immense pain we are in from the last 2 days at the gym. Last night we did the circuit at planet fitness and the day before, the 70 wall balls killed our legs! As mom says "Thank God there's a handicap pole in the bathroom at work or else I wouldn't be able to get onto the toilet" HAHA that's great! Pain can be annoying sometimes but atleast I know I'm doing something right. 

Anyway, tonight's workout: 

The 6 sets of 2 Front squats weren't too bad at the 85%

I used 105 pounds and mom used 45 and then 65 pounds. She is still taking it easy because of the knee. Plus, she took a month off so it's going to take a couple weeks to build back up for her. 

The workout for time was such a great cardio workout! Was pretty easy but I should of used a heavier kettle bell but my wrist was hurting. Mom and I used 18 pounds. Also, we both stepped up on the box jumps instead of jumping up. Ever since I skinned both shins from box jumps, I'm a little weary about them. 

Results:

Me 7 minutes 35 seconds

Mom 7 minutes 28 seconds 

Excellent job mom! You kicked butt! Everyone did a great job tonight! 

Here's me doing my front squats..

Going to Crossfit tomorrow! Going to be in so much pain tomorrow morning! Ugh! 

-Crossfitlys 

Ladies Night! Spring time!

April is here and it's time to get serious! 2+ weeks of craziness has pulled us away from Crossfit and I am one unhappy camper! From a hurt knee for mom to appointments and wedding planning, my nights have been so packed. Now that most of the planning is done, it's time to focus on what I love the most, Crossfit! 

Today was an amazing workout to get back into Crossfit! This warmer temps outside sure do help! 

Overhead Squats were tough, haven't done these in a while. I did 5 sets at 65 pounds and mom used 35lbs (she has to take it light on her knee because I can't have her out again!) 

7 rounds for time with wall balls, knees to bar, and sprints were really hard. That minute of rest between each rounds was amazing. 

Here's some pics of all the ladies tonight!

Took me 16 minutes, 27 seconds.

Too me mom around 18 minutes.

Amazing job tonight everyone! Had a blast with just us ladies :) we know how to get it done! 

-Crossfitlys

P.S back to paleo for me. 

Ripped Hands! It's official!

Well, I have finally succeeded in ripping my skin open during 14.4. I always see pictures of crossfitters with callouses and ripped up hands but I never actually tore my skin, only couloused up. 

If I did more than one toe to bar in a row in this open tonight, my hands would be ripped to shreds!

Here's one of my hands even after countless chalk applying and taking breaks after every toe to bar. 

Anyway, here's the open workout...

You have to be an elite CrossFitter to even get through this workout! I didn't even put a dent into it!

It took me about 4 minutes, 30 seconds to row 60 calories... 

Then the toes to bar absolutely destroyed me. First of all, I've never done these before. So far, at Crossfit, I've only done knees to elbow... So doing toes to bar for the first time (Not to mention having to do 50) was tough! 

I only got 20 of them in 10 minutes, that is 2 a minutes and that is pretty terrible. 

Like I said, I had to stop in between each one and the main reason was because of my hands. 

Next time, I need to tape up for this! 

I will say that I am glad I did the workout. I thought I was for sure going to get to the wall balls. When I practiced toes to bar before the workout, I did a few pretty easily and I was feeling confident I would get through 50. 

Then again, I did just row for 5 minutes. 

Well, I'm exhausted. 

-CrossFitLys

Said Patty's Day Beatdown!

Total killer tonight. What a way to celebrate St Patty's day! Actually, I wouldn't have it any other way ;) 

Doesn't look so bad, except for the fact that on the minute every minute we had to do 5 hand release push ups!!!! So in the midst of all the air squats, sit-ups, thrusters, and knees to elbows, we had to stop every minute on the minute and do 5 push-ups. Absolutely no break and absolute all pain. My arms and legs went numb at one point ...

Endurance workout 100% 

On the split jerk tonight, I got a new PR! 115 for a 1RM! Last time i did these I got a 1RM of 85 so a huge improvement! 

Results of the workout tonight:

Took me 17 minutes and 38 seconds, so with that time, that would be 85 push-ups added to that workout :0 ugh so hard! I'm going to be in so much pain for the next couple days. 

Ok time to relax. 

-CrossFitLys