2012 Crossfit Open….Really?

Hi everyone…

Well, I was “called out” by Coach Kikuchi last night and asked why I was not yet registered for the 2012 Crossfit Open.  AND we have been informed that there will be burpees for all those not registered…but I have questions… 

• I usually do not “Rx” WOD’s – can I still register and do scaled versions once the workouts are released?
•  Do my scores still count if they are scaled?
• Do people like me compete?  And what I mean by “people like me” the “non-hardcore” or “I crossfit for general health and fun” kind of person?
• Are we going to do the WOD’s at the gym?  When during the week will we be doing them?  Will there be a scheduled “Crossfit Open WOD” day?

I’m sorry, but my Type “A” personality goes into high-gear before I commit to anything like this…Well, to be honest,  I have never signed up for anything remotely like this before, but I am seriously thinking about it…can someone answer my questions, either here in comments or at the gym…I will be there at 5pm today (Wednesday).

SO, Tuesday at the gym after a week long hiatus due to MOM duties,  I did pretty well.  I felt boggy and slow and not “my in-shape self” but that is to be expected after the week I had…BUT ANYWAY, we did some skill work on our jerks.  This is just one of the Olympic lifts that we work on at RFM.  Holding the bar shoulder high, elbows slightly forward, feet shoulder width apart.  The movement is generated from the hips, so dip the knees, explode up from the hips pushing upwards, arms following the momentum of the “thrust”(Push-press-ish), feet jumping and firmly planting in the squat position, bar up over head, elbows locked out.  Straighten out legs while bar is still overhead.  Done. (I hope I explained that right).  It is kind of complicated, a lot of body parts involved but once you get the “thrust” momentum the rest follows pretty easily.  We added weight and I got up to 63.5 pounds.  Felt good

The WOD was 4 rounds: run 200 meters, 21 kettle bell swings and 10 dynamic pushups.  There were several options for these pushups; I chose to “jump” up my hands from the floor at the top of each pushup.  Granted I am still on my knees for them, but they were a challenge.  We currently only have one 30 pound kettle bell, and it was taken so I used a 25#.  Glad I did, it was heavy enough for me.  I finished my 4 rounds with a time of 8:37.

See you all this evening @ 5pm. 

TTYL,

~Carrol

Missed my RFM Family

HI!  I am soooooooo looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday.  I have missed working out, having my “normal” weekly schedule.  Things at home seem to be settling down and I can get back to what I wanna do!

And I am actually looking forward to the strength AND the WOD.  I know, sick right?  Whatever, it sounds good to me.

See you all tomorrow @ 5pm.

TTL~

~Carrol

What a crazy week.  We made it through the birthdays, and Valentines Day, work, Sarah’s oral surgery, and today is finally Saturday.  Time to relax, NOT!

Sarah woke up in the night, ill from the pain medicine (nausea and a bad headache).  Poor thing, she looks like a chipmunk that has been REALLY busy gathering food.  I called the Doctor and he said that sometimes after taking Vicodin for a couple of days, it builds up in your system and can make you sick.  Hopefully after a few hours with no pills and some sleep, the medicine will leave her system and her pain wont be too bad and she will start to return to her happy self.     As a mom, there is nothing worse than seeing your child hurting.

The other thing going on today, is Jimmy is going to Junior Prom tonight.  I cannot believe how expensive this is.  I know for SURE that the schools have a contract for “kick-backs” from the florists/tuxedo shops/banquet venues.  UNREAL! But Jimmy wanted to go and since Sarah wasn’t interested in going to her Prom, I wanted to do whatever I could to help Jimmy get the opportunity to go.

So, I am in full MOM mode today and have a lot to get done, but I wanted to update all of my readers…hahahaha, all 6 of you…

TTYL,

~C

P.S. I realllyy miss working out…and will see you all Tuesday (Lord willing…)

Birthdays, Anniversaries, Valentines OH MY!

I don’t know why I get so de-railed this time of year…the same thing happens every single year…the second week of February is crazy at my house.  We have 2 birthdays, an anniversary (of sorts) and Valentines Day all within a matter of 3 days.  WHEW!  Jim’s birthday is the 12th, Sarah’s is the 13th, the anniversary of Jim and I meeting is also the 13th, and then Valentines day.  

Sarah’s birthday this  year was especially difficult…she turned 20,  T W E N T Y!  I am still trying to grasp the idea that I have a 20-year-old child!  It is not possible!!!  Well it is Carrol, get a-hold of yourself!

So, I missed the gym last night, Sarah wanted Indian food.  NOT my cup of tea, but it made her happy to have us all out for dinner at her favorite place, so I sucked it up and went.  THEN of course cake when we got home…Not to mention Chinese food out for Jim’s birthday Sunday…Paleo…Smaleo…UGH  I feel gross.

Oh, and one more “FUN” event this week, tomorrow (February 15th) Sarah is having all 4 of her wisdom teeth pulled, so I am taking the day off work to take care of her…So I guess the gym for me this week is a complete fail.  I just do not have the motivation.  Too much going on and with my terrible nutritional intake so far, I am just going to say UNCLE!

TTYL,

~Carrol

Progress is measured in minutes…

My father had a saying, ” Count your Blessings but also make sure to make your Blessings Count”.  He was a wise man and quite the wordsmith.  He had a funny saying for just about any situation.  I don’t think that a single day goes by without me repeating one of his funny or thought provoking sayings or phrases.  I thought of him when I typed the title of my Monday blog tonight.   It’s true, really.  Life can go by in such a blur, I mean look we are in the year 2012, does that blow anyone else’s mind but mine?

Anyway, the main reason for the title was our WOD tonight.   We were testing “Helen”.  Helen is a benchmark workout that we did back in December (and prior, but December was the last time we did it).  SO, the last time we did “Helen” we were told to work hard, and take good notes and that we would be tested in 6-8 weeks to see how we do.  Tonight was that test.  SO, Helen is 3 rounds for time: run 400 meters, then 21 kettle bell swings, and 12 pull-ups.  My first recorded time for Helen was 14:47.  On December 2, 2011 my time was 14:07….I was so happy that I cut :40 off of my time…and then tonight, Helen AGAIN!  And on a Monday…but I was ready to do my best.  All I wanted to do was beat 14:00.  Well, when it was all said and done, my time was…12:20!! ALMOST 2 minutes faster….YEAHHH!  I was so happy once I finished.  SO yes, Progress is measured in minutes.

Anyway, thank you RFM Coaches for all of the superb training and leadership and encouragement, thank you to my RFM gym-mates for cheering me on.  I think you all ROCK!!

Until tomorrow!!

~Carrol

This should be RawFitnessMaui.com

HELL YEAH!!

Birthdays RFM Style and HOOORAYY Kristi is BACK!!

Hi everyone…

I went to the Saturday class this morning…I used to go all the time.  Not sure why I stopped going but Saturdays at the RFM box are fun!  Especially when there is a birthday in the house.  Today Alec turned 17 and while we had a special “17″ themed WOD scheduled, there was a slight change of plans and we did something different:  AMRAP in 12 minutes – 12 box jumps, 6 barbell thrusters and 6 bar-facing burpees.  The original WOD said nothing about burpees, so I felt a bit “duped” when Robert began writing on the white board, but hey, why complain (it doesn’t change anything and everyone things you are a wuss for bitchin’…so I just shut up).  Due to the size of the class we worked in teams…Nalani was my partner and we kicked BUTT!  We finished with 9 full rounds + 20.  Thanks N-YOU ROCK.!!

OH, and the other awesome thing that happend today…KRISTI IS BACK!!  She got home yesterday after being gone for more than a month taking care of her ill father and being there to support her mom.  We missed you so much and are glad you are home!!!

After the WOD, we all watched (and some of us participated) with Alec while he did 17 burpees for his birthday!  Once he was done…he walked towards the pull-up bar station, and someone yelled “and one for good luck” and he did ANOTHER burpee and then jumped and did a pull-up!!  Burpee pull-ups?  DO NOT get any ideas Coaches…please… Happy B’day Alec!!!

Enjoy your weekend and while I am not a Giant’s fan, I am LESS of a Patriot fan…GO New York!!!!!!!

~Carrol

 

Tuesday…Box Hops & Scraped up knees

Need I say more?

Hey.  Tuesday.  Another fun day at the box even if we didn’t do what I would consider “fun”.   And YES most Crossfit workouts are fun…believe me…

Things that begin with “B”: burpees and box jumps are just not my favorite, and for skill training today, we worked on our max effort box jumps.  OK, I did NOT give it my max effort…but I had other things to do.  MORAL SUPPORT for my girl Alaina.  You see, about a week ago, she had a box hop incident and was pretty bruised up as a result…SO, today was the day she overcame her apprehension of jumping back up on the box, and I was her life coach (I know, sad excuse, I did do a few hops, but whatever). Box jumps are more mental than anything.  Some of the guys are like ninja’s or something, they look weightless and it just seem so easy for them.

The WOD: 7 rounds…YES 7!! ONE round consisted of 7 pull-ups, 7 dumbbell push press, then 7 “man-makers” (with the dumbbells on the floor, your body in a push-up position, do a push-up then upright row right, then left – THAT is 1, do 6 more than you are done with 1 round!  I struggle with upper body so I went with a lower weight on my dumbbells.  I wanted to finish and not kill myself and work on my form (don’t we all say that as a way to excuse our choice of weights?) anyway…I finished with a time of 12:58.  I will say that I feel stronger with my pull-ups, I was able to do most of the rounds all 7 at once, not stopping…progress…perhaps.  Now, because I am not super strong in my upper body, I do my push-ups on my knees and boy-oh-boy are my knees scraped up and raw and sore.  Came home and cleaned them with some hydrogen peroxide YOWIEEE!  oh well…at least I LOOK like I worked out tonight…I got the battle scars to PROVE IT!

 

Yummy dinner of trip tip, and asparagus.   Tired now…need sleep.  See you wonderful people tomorrow,

~Carrol

Monday Squat Mosh and NO EXCUSES!

Hey guys…Monday at the box was fun!  We had a big group, but if you weren’t there, you missed out.  Miss Patty, we missed you and hope you will be back soon…

We started a new strength cycle – power cleans from the deck, pull-ups and overhead squats for the next 3 weeks.  Eeeek!  Today, we started with the cleans.  These seem to be getting easier for me – although we went light tonight to get our technique and form right.  Alaina and Laura and I worked together, and I must say ladies, I do not think I have ever laughed that much lifting weights before…I had a BLAST!!  Thanks.

The WOD – 5 rounds for max reps: 30 seconds of work, 30 seconds of rest with Air Squats, Sit-ups and dips.  However, as my title mentions, Kehau, Kalaheo, Laura and I turned our squat pit into a mini-mosh pit during our 30 seconds of rest before squatting (thank you DJ Bumper for the hardcore workout jams…).  This seemed like a good idea during round 2, but come round three, after “moshing” and it was time to squat, Kehau said…”oh crap” hahahaha.  The squats that round were a little more difficult  but fun!!

I almost did not come tonight.  Was not feeling all that great.  I am glad I went and honestly, I even felt BETTER after working out.  No excuses…get your butt to the gym and you won’t regret it.

Came home and had a perfectly grilled chicken breast and green beans with bacon (mmmm bacon) and onions.  Glass of unsweetened tea and it all filled my tank just right… See you all tomorrow evening!

TTYL

~Carrol

P.S. Kristi…we miss you and hope your daddy is getting better by the day…remembering you in my prayers…

What is your personality type…

http://kisa.ca/personality/

I came across this test today, and it got me right on – describes me to a “T”. 

One you get your 4 letter “Type” Google it or go to www.personalitypage.com and see if it rings true for you too.

Interesting….