Fight Gone Bad (20:33)

Fight Gone Bad (task-based)

Perform three rounds for time. Rest for one minute between each round.

20 wall balls (20#)
20 SDHP (75#)
20 box jumps (24")
20 push press (75#)
20 calorie row

5:55
6:30
6:08

20:33

Heavy Squat Cleans

5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1

95-115-125-135-155-165-175-185

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Grace - 5:55 (115#)

WEDNESDAY 090429

CFWU, 3x10!!!

Grace

30 reps, Clean and Jerk, 135lbs for time

5:55 (115#)

Scored 8:39 with same weight last time. Ready to tackle this Rx'd!!!


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Afternoon Workout

Team workout

7 rounds for time:

200m run
5 burpees
10 sit ups
15 squats

1 round equals you and your partner performing one evolution...

This one was a smoker. Just need to stagger the lead teams start/finish point to keep them within reach of the other teams...

Bench Press

MONDAY 090427

5-5-5-3-3-3-1

155-165-185

195-205-215

225

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Dumbbell Bear

Dumbbell Bear Complex

Every minute on the minute for 20 minutes:

5 DB Deadlifts
5 DB Hang Power Cleans
5 DB Thrusters

40# Dumbbells

14+4

Got 30# last time. Was going to jump up to 35# but I wanted to punish myself instead...

Thank CrossFit!!!

Heavy Push Press

FRIDAY 090424

Push Press

5-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1

135-155-165(PR)

165-175(F)-175(PR)

185-195(F)-195(PR)

Deadlift Burpee Workout

WEDNESDAY 090422

Deadlift Burpee Workout (CrossFit Games 2008)

5 rounds for time of:

5 275-lb deadlifts (245#)
10 burpees

11:16

Power Cleans

5-5-5

3-3-3

1-1-1

95-115-135(PR)

155-165(PR)-good

175-185(F)-185(PR)

Need to get this on video and break down the technique, they felt a little loosey-goosey...

OH Squats

Heavy(-ish) OHSquats

5-5-5-3-3-1-1

95-115-125(PR)
125-135(PR)
135-145(PR)

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TUESDAY 090414

APFT

57 Push ups (84)
77 Sit ups (100)
13:25 2-mile run (100)

284

Double ouch!!!


SATURDAY 090411


Tabata Sprints

20:10 for 8 rounds

Ouch!!!

CF Yongsan Baseline Workout

Got this one courtesy of CrossFit Los Angeles and Andy Petranek...

800m Run
40 squats
30 sit ups
20 push ups
10 pull ups

6:14

No more Kimchi Soup for lunch before CF workouts. This one hurt too bad for an "easy" one.

Hope I can hit the programming harder after next week's APFT to get back into shape. Lost a ton after Thanksgiving, Xmas and PCSing...

Press - Push Press - Push Jerk

CFWU x 1

Shoulder Press
1-1-1
135-140(F)-140(F)

Push Press
3-3-3
140-145-155(PR)

Push Jerk
1-1-1
175-205(F)-Done

Could have had 185 on the 1RM Push Jerk but I got too greedy and I was already getting tired. All in all a good day though. Need to work the heavy Push Presses more to get my strict press numbers up. Seem to be stuck on 135 for 1RM...

Lil' Runny Angie

Lil' Runny Angie

Run 400m
50 squats
Run 400m
50 push ups
Run 400m
50 sit ups
Run 400m
50 pull ups

19:40

After the heavy deads, this one broke me off. Each exercise made the next one even slower...

Heavy Deads (325)

MONDAY 090406

MEBB Deadlift
3-3-3-1-1-1

CFWU x 2 (med band)

135x7; 225 x7

245-275-305-315-325-good

3RM - 305 PR
1RM - 325 PR

CF Endurance Workout (66%???)

Got this one from CF Endurance. Glad I didn't do all three rounds...

200s-400s-600s

2 rounds for time with a running clock:

200m run
Rest time it took to complete 200m (~:40 sec)
400m run
Rest time it took to complete 400m (~1:20)
600m run
Rest time it took to complete 600m (~2:00)

14:13

Three rounds of this would be no joke.

I can hardly wait...

OVERTRAINING FOR SURE...

I know I'm overtraining when my blogging falls off for a week straight...

FRIDAY 090403

HORRIBLE HUNDRED

Load up a bar in reverse with a 5lb, 10lb, 25lb and 45lb on each side...

25 Deadlift (215#)
25 Power Cleans (125#)
25 Thrusters (75#)
25 OH Squats (45#)

This one royally kicked by butt...

14:49

Ouch

MEBB Back Squat 3-3-3-1-1-1

Back Squat

3-3-3-1-1-1

225-245-255(F)-265-Q-Q

Haven't back squatted in quite a while and I remember why now. It's hard!!! But I am getting stronger somehow (CrossFit is the shit!!!).

Last 5RM was 245, now it's my 3RM and I almost got 255. Got 2 reps and just need some Rage Against the Machine and a little screaming to get the last one up. Fuckin Globo Gym!!!

Was happy with the 265 1RM as well, that's up from 245 I think but I was smoked after that one so I didn't try 275 (this time). All in all a good day and I feel good enough this morning to get some MetCon this afternoon with our CF Yongsan group. Stay tuned...

Heavy Thrusters

Thrusters
7-5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1

95-115-115-135-135-135-155-155-155 (all PRs...)

First time with heavier thrusters and I was pretty pleased with the results. And it feels really, really good to drop heavy weights from overhead. Fuckin Globo-Gyms!!!

8k Row - 7:52

Ouch!!!

5k Run (25:30)

Tried another 5k just to see where my running is at for next month's APFT.  Haven't really run since last year's APFT on OCT.  Done some hill sprints here and there but that's it.  Maybe a Helen or two.  Not much.  Felt pretty good today in the Vibram Five Fingers, feet didn't hurt nearly as bad as the first time last year.  Calves are smoked though.  Good smoked.  Might motivate me to workout tomorrow and Monday.  We'll see...

Front Squat 5-5-5-3-3-1

CFWU x 3

OHS 45, 65, 95
Ring Dips (broken)

Front Squat

5-5-5
135-155-165

3-3
185 (4)

1
205 (PR)

Smoked...

Cindy (14 rounds)

Ouch...

This was good though, after two full rounds of the CFWU no less.

Need a good pull up bar and no more excuses...

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Grace* (9:56 - 115#)

Glad I didn't try to do this as Rx'd. This smoked my bags. Gonna hit
more workouts this week.

Grace
30 Clean and Jerks anyhow for time

9:56

Broke these up into sets of 5-4-3-2-1-5-4-3-2-1. Grip is smoked and I
am TIRED. I like this one. Gonna get 135 next time...

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Donkey Kong

4 rounds for time of:

Descend/ascend 6 flights of stairs
20 pushups
30 sit ups
40 squats

19:25

3:50-5:04-5:04-5:27

Almost wish the Camp Carroll gym opened up earlier so I could have
tried 20 rounds of Cindy for time instead (almost...)

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OHSquats

FRIDAY 090306

Overhead Squats

5-5-5-1-ouch

95-115-115(5RM)-135(1RM)

Finished with max reps at 95-pounds (12).

THURSDAY 090305

Rest Day

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Hill Sprints

TUESDAY 090303

6xHill sprints
@ :45 seconds per sprint

Forgot how much these suck...

MONDAY

Rest Day

TUESDAY

Rest Day

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Helen (12:36)

Helen

Run 400 meters
21 Kettlebell swings
12 pull ups

12:36

This one was a little rough. My run has fallen off for sure. Glad I
used the 16kg Kettlebell. Tweaked my damn upper back trying to pull
the bell down rather than be lazy and take a micro-break by letting it
just fall down. You definately have to stay tight.

First round was 3:30. Last two were about 4:30 each.

Will run easier the first round next time and run harder the last two
rounds. Should also handle the 2 pood (24kg) Kettlebell next time.
Just hope my pullups are better by next time...

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Hat Trick

OHSquats 1-1-1-1-1
115-125-135 (PR)

Front Squats 3-3-3-3
135-155-185 (PR)

Back Squats 5-5-5
225-245 (PR)

Couldn't get the boys away from the weights today. When you can drop
it safely, you have the confidence to lift more weight.

PRs were flying in left and right...

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Gordie (26:15)

12 rounds of:
10 deadlifts (135/95)
8 push ups
6 hang power cleans (135/95)
4 burpees

13:00 for the first 6 rounds. I'll bet I miscounted and only got
11??!?!!? We'll see when David posts the video... ouch...

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Playin with Squat Cleans

The great thing about never having worked a movement, every time you
hit it, it's a PR!

1RM squat clean - 155#
3RM squat clean - 135#
5RM squat clean - 115#

Could have done more but my crappy form got worse fast.

Was just glad to move some weight. What a sweet exercise...!!!

mdp

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Rest Days

SUNDAY 090222

Rest Day

Woke up with upper back pain AGAIN. I guess it's not from too much
judo. Damnit!!! Might have to front squat tomorrow.

SATURDAY 090221

Rest Day

FRIDAY 090220

Rest Day

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Tabatas

THURSDAY 090219

Camp Kim

Tabata Something or Other (OUCH-ish)

35# Kb Swings
8-9-8-8-7-7-7-7
Wall Balls
9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9
OH Squats with PVC
10-13-11-11-11-11-11-12
55# SDHP
7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
Jumping Dips
20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27

This was a good one. I was worried about all the squatting but it wasn't too bad. Adding push ups and/or pull ups in there somewhere would have been a little brutal. That's my favorite, a "little" brutal...

Frozen A$$ Fran (9:58)

WEDNESDAY 090218

Rest Day (CP Carroll trip)

TUESDAY 090217

Fran

Outside

40 degrees

No gloves

9:58

Worked up a sweat but it wasn't enough to save my frozen ass hands.
Between the cold ass barbell and pull up bar, fingers felt like
swollen, numb little sausages and couldn't tell if grip was going to
keep me on the pull up bar or not.

Really felt like quitting this one but our newfound CF community got
me through it.

I won't be too proud to workout with gloves on ever again...

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Fight Gone Bad

MONDAY 090216

Rest Day.  Took the little boy skiing for the first time today.  Lots of fun but lots of work bending over and hanging onto him while snow plowing the whole way down the mountain.  Cold as hell too.  Good day though.


SUNDAY 090215

Rest Day


SATURDAY 090214

FIGHT GONE BAD

Hit some FGB with our newest clients.  Big fun but a very challenging way for some newbs to learn to tackle a few semi-complicated moves.

They were chomping at the bit so we only hit two rounds and then let them go.  I wasn't complaining.  Those two rounds kicked my butt.

I gotta get after it.

Got almost 100 points on the first round, only like 75 rounds the second.  Final round would have been ugly.  Would like to chase the elusive 300 points on this one day sooner than later.

mdp

More Workouts

Getting back into the swing of things finally.  It definitely helps having a set routine and a schedule that becomes easier to stick to as time goes on.  Would like to start ramping back up the intensity soon.

 

FRIDAY 090213

Rest Day


THURSDAY 090212

Rest Day

 

WEDNESDAY 090211

 

CFWU 3x10

 

Half Cindy

 

Perform as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of:

5 pull ups (medium band)

10 push ups

15 squats

 

Pushups were the hardest again.  Gonna have to start greasing the groove...

 

7 rounds in 10 minutes**

 

 

TUESDAY 090210

 

CFWU 3x10

 

Front Squats

 

5-5-5-5-5

 

95-115-135-135-135

 

 

MONDAY 090209

 

Rest Day

Swing - slam - wall

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of each of the following:

Kettlebell swings, 16kg
Slam balls, 10#
Wall balls, 20#

9:40

Should be 5 rounds of 20 or 30.

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Warm up from Hell

Tried to hit an easier metcon-y workout to help get back in the swing
of things.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of each for time:

Squat
Samson stretch
Sit up
Back extension
Push up
Double unders

22:13

This was a good one. Would be interesting with less rest between the
pull ups to double unders and back to squats.

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Technique, Consistency, then Intensity

It's been a long painful lay off but over the holidays when you are bombarded with excuses and you are not on your regular schedule AND you don't have your usual reliable day care, it can be a little difficult to drag your butt to the gym every day for some of your usual pain.  Needlesstosay, it's been a while and it's going to stop this week.  Back in the saddle.  Starting from scratch.  Starting over.  Restarting.  Whatever.  Just gonna do it.  Wish me luck.

Have had two or three crappy workouts since getting to Korea but that's mostly because it's been weeks since the last good workout and it always hurts more to start over.  Going to start hitting it again this week and see what happens.  Have a line on a pretty good pull up bar and I'm all set at home for pull ups and dips during all the crappy, homemade AFN (Armed Forces Network propaganda commercials on our version of cable TV) commercials.  Should be fun working off all this Turkey Day through Lunar New Year's flab...

C.H.

Globo gym workout

Took CrazyWife to the local Globo Gym to get in a quick workout. We were both pretty sore from the Dan John Rapid Ascent lifting.

Warm up

Played with handstands.

3 rounds of max perfect push ups. (25-16-15)

Warm up 250m row.

500m Row. (1:34.9) Concept2 Model C but at least they had two of them.

Tabata Sprints. Only got four rounds at 12.0 incline and 7.0 speed. This kicked my ass. I guess that ten pounds I put on is catching up with me. Going to have to balance the metcon with the weightlifting I guess...

WEDNESDAY'S PROGRESS REPORT

TRAINING: 7 (felt like an 8 but it was a pretty weak effort)
RECOVERY: 5.5
Sleep (2) 6hrs of okay sleep
Nutrition (2) one cheat (cake and ice cream - yum)
Active Recovery (0)
Stress (1.5) alone time + hung out with Crazy Great-Grandma

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Tracking your Progress

TRAINING: 7
   Quality Day (Dan John - lifted heavy, PR'd front squat, press was too easy)
RECOVERY: 6
   Sleep (2) 4.5hrs + quality sleep despite going to bed at 1am
   Nutrition (2) one cheat (nachos and fountain pepsi)
   Active Recovery (0)
   Stress (2) alone time + shopping for shoes

Found a re-hash of a great way to track your training and recovery at a great site, CrossFit Portland.  It was basically taken from the Lifting/Throwing Coach Dan John and I had seen it before and it's pretty simple so I think I'll break it out and try it again.  It is ironic (creepy) that I had just got through doing my favorite Dan John Workout yesterday and then found this tracking modality (again).  I love this "creepiness" of CrossFit, it just leads you down the right path if you just keep your eyes (and heart) open.

Progress is tracked on a 1-10 scale.  On days with a WOD, you want the TRAINING number to be high with RECOVERY at least equal if not higher.  On Rest Days, you want the RECOVERY score to always be higher so that you know you are getting high-quality recovery so you can effectively see gains and get ready for more training.  Pretty simple (I hope).

TRAINING score (1-10)
  1-3: no training
  4-5: active recovery (no workout but beneficial Rest Day)
  6-8: easy through medium workout
  9-10: sweat angels through OMFG

RECOVERY score (1-10)
  Nutrition (0-3)
     - basically 3 is perfect day; minus 1 per cheat
  Sleep (0-3)
     - <4.5 hr = 0
     - 4.5-6hr = 1
     - 6-7.5hr = 2
     - 7.5hr+ = 3
     - Sleep Quality Bonus = +/- 1
  Active Recovery (0-1)
     +1 for extra stretching, yoga, massage, foam roller, etc...
  Stress (0-3)
     +1 for no relationship stress
     +1 for getting some alone time
     +1 for doing something fun that day

Okay, here goes.  Recovery Tracking Day 1 (again)

TRAINING: 7
   Quality Day (Dan John - lifted heavy, PR'd front squat, press was too easy)
RECOVERY: 6
   Sleep (2) 4.5hrs + quality sleep despite going to bed at 1am
   Nutrition (2) one cheat (nachos and fountain pepsi)
   Active Recovery (0)
   Stress (2) alone time + shopping for shoes

Overall, not bad, good training day, not too taxing but still saw progress.  Recovery was a little weak, sleep and nutrition could have been better but considering we are camped out at the in-laws it could have been worse.  Just need to keep track of this and make sure Rest Day is all about recovery.  I guess my cheat days can't be when I'm not working out.  Not sure if that makes better sense but it might be easier to not cheat at all on the Rest Days and allow for a little cheating on days I workout (seems fair?)

Dan John Rapid Ascent

8-6-4 reps of the following:

Power Clean
95-135

Shoulder Press
65-95

Front Squat
115-145

Felt good in all three. Still getting stronger?! Gonna have to go
bigger next time...

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Gymnastic Cert

3-4 January 2009

Las Vegas, NV

Max Overhead

MONDAY 081229

Shoulder press 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Push press 3-3-3-3-3 reps
Push Jerk 5-5-5-5-5 reps

Un-fun "Globo Gym" workout. What a bunch of zombies floating through the gym, alone, hidden behind their iPod and headphones. Losers. I'll never go back to that crap...

SP 95-95-115-115-135
PP 115-125-135-135-135
PJ 115-135-135-150 had to leave early, couldn't take anymore of the dreadful, boring ass atmosphere...

Getting sick, feeling like crap, very tired of eating with the carboholic families. Have we always eaten such crap and thought we were being healthy????

Can't wait for the Gymnastics Cert this weekend. A little worried that it's going to kick my ass.

SATURDAY 081227

SATURDAY 081227

Complete as many rounds as possible 20 minutes of:
95 pound Thruster, 5 reps
95 pound Hang Powercleans, 7 reps
95 pound Sumo Deadlift High-pull, 10 reps

5 rounds in first 10 minutes as Rx'd.
7 rounds in second 10 minutes at 65#.

Pussed out...

"The Chief"

WEDNESDAY 081224

The Chief

Perform as many rounds as possible in 3 minutes of:

135-lb Power cleans, 3 reps
Push ups, 6 reps
Squats, 9 reps

Rest for one minute and repeat four more times.

4-3-3-3-4 plus some random reps at the end of most of the rounds...

What a suck fest... loved it...

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Squat yer @$$ off

Another dozie from Andy and Chaaz at CrossFit Asylum.

3 rounds of:

135# back squats, 50 repetitions

Rest as required between each set. Try to get as many reps as
possible per set (up to 50) without racking the weight.

30-26-22

Damn, just when my legs and glutes were feeling better...

Also got 3 sets of kipping pull ups on their sweet 1-1/2 inch bar.

10-10-15(PR)

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Deadlift-push press

MONDAY 081222

21-15-9 reps of:

Deadlift (185#)
Box jumps, 20-in
Push press (95#)

9:00

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Jackie (11:02)

SUNDAY 081221

Jackie

1000m Row
45-lb Thrusters, 50 reps
30 pull ups

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Mini-Painstorm

Tried this one out at CrossFit Asylum in Boise.  What a sweet box they have over there.  3000 sq ft of CrossFit-y goodness.  I can't wait to have something very similar.

PAINSTORM XX???

3 rounds for time of:

10 Db ManMakers
20 Db Deadlifts
30 Db Snatches
40 Db Lunges
50 Db Swings

25# Dumbbells/16kg Kettlebell

36:36...Ouch!  Now I know why I have stayed away from all things Painstorm...!!!  This one is really supposed to be 7 rounds for time... WHAT!?!??!?!???

Barbell Cert Day 2

More learning and more punishment...

Deadlift
5RM - 245 (PR)

Power clean
3x3 - 135 (PR)

Smoked...!!!

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CF Barbell Cert

SATURDAY 081213

Another great certification with insights you can't get from a book or
some videos.

(Re)learned the squat, the press and the bench press.

SQUAT
5x5 (185) PR having never tried a 5RM

PRESS
115 - 5RM PR
135 - 1RM PR

BENCH PRESS
195 - 5RM PR

What a day! Now I can safely start lifting heavy!!!

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Nasty Girls (24:25)

Nasty Girls
3 rounds for time of:
50 squats
7 muscle ups
10 135-pound Hang Power Cleans

24:25

7:00
8:45
8:40

Only got the first set of squats unbroken. Subbed 3 pull ups and 3
dips for each muscle up. First 21 pull ups and dips were broken into
3 sets of 7. Will talk about the belly of the beast next time...

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Finding your kryptonite

Holidays are here and we are stressing big time.

The Army has found it in their infinite wisdom to move us to Korea for
a few years. Pile on selling one of our vehicles, selling our house
(in December), six days of movers packing out all of our worldly
possessions, managing a rambunxious two year old, under packing our
over-packed luggage for a 30-day vacation and then a 15 hour flight,
living in a hotel room, eating out for breakfast, lunch and dinner,
and oh by the way did I mention that we are pregnant...???

I say all this not looking for sympathy but to say that I'm painfully
aware of how hard it is to eat right. Everywhere you go it's all
bread and pasta and "what would you like to drink with that?" Soda,
super sugary lemonade, sweet tea, you name it and it will quickly put
you into a blissful food coma. And when you are stressing, you go
back to that trough early and often. Then you feel like crap so you
are more apt to do it all over again to try to recapture some of those
blissful feelings and pretty soon you find yourself in an endless loop
of shittiness.

It took me a week of swirling in that self-inflicted cesspool to
figure out that I use (fountain) Pepsi to self-medicate. LOTS of soda
if I can help it. I figure I've been averaging 100+ ounces a day for
the last few days.

That's easily 1,250 extra calories every day without counting all the
bread and pizza and ice cream I will pile on top of that. No amount
of CrossFitting will keep all that from turning someone into a fat ass
pronto.

Therefore...

Pepsi is my kryptonite...

So...

Until we are finally settled into our new pad in Korea with our own
groceries and kitchen, I am going monitor my level of Pepsi
consumption so I can stay within spitting distance of my girlish figure.

Today:
44 ounces

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Annie (15:42)

"Annie"

50-40-30-20-10 rep rounds of:
Double unders
Sit ups

15:42

This one was ugly. I have been avoiding DUs like the plague. I tried
some ugly doubles and uglier triples the first two rounds but I was
failing so often that it was losing it's metcon effect. Went with
straight jumping with a single double under mixed in to keep jumping.
This one will be an ass kicker when I try to string together the DUs
more and more. Did get one set of 4 in a row but that was it for my
Coordination, Accuracy, Balance and Agility...

Individual rounds looked like this:

4:40
4:29
3:13
2:13
1:04

Lots of room for improvement (as usual).

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Pull ups & ring push ups...

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
15 pull ups
15 ring push ups
15 back extensions
15 GHD sit ups

Got 7 rounds + 5 pull ups of 10 pull ups, 10 ring push ups, 10 lying
back hypers and 10 regular sit ups.

1st three rounds of 10 straight pull ups on real pull up bar was
sweet. Kipping pull ups will come with continued practice...

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Dan John Rapid Ascent with half-Cindy icing

Tried out the Dan John Rapid Ascent program on SGM Keener at Jimmy Brought bright and early this morning and I felt pretty good cuz we took it easy on the good SGM. He is in killer Army shape but has a long way to go with lifting the Iron and with his flexibility but it was still a good workout.

Power Cleans 8-6-4
85-95
Press 8-6-4
65-85
Front Squat 8-6-4
75-115

Half Cindy to keep SGM Keener happy

AMRAP in 10 minutes of:
5 pull ups
10 push ups
15 squats

8 rounds

I haven't done any kind of Cindy with real pull ups, just the IronWoody bands so I was interested in seeing how this would go. I got the first three rounds on the minute and then the wind started slipping. Got all 10 pushups for the first 6 rounds though. Squats were easy. Pull ups weren't too bad. Hopefully I can find some good pull up bars in Korea to keep trying on this one. Not sure I want any part of a full Cindy or even worse, some Chelsea...

CrossFit Central

5 rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
15 Thrusters (95-lb)

19:54

Didn't really have any plans to go to CrossFit but after dropping CrazyWife off at her nursing boards testing, I was just 3 miles away so I drove right over. Made it just in time for their 8am class so I got to work. They have a pretty cool set up with a gym that looks like an old gas station with 4 or 5 garage doors with the pull up bars hanging outside. The rest is open space with rubber mats and a few rowers, barbells, boxes and med balls around the outside edges.

It is definitely better to workout in a group. This is what I have been missing in my CrossFitting this year. I am going to try my best to workout with my groups in Korea with minimal coaching. Maybe a quick foundations class before the workout starts for any newbs and then everyone hits it hard. Dunno, we'll see...

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Fran (8:50)

WEDNESDAY 081203

"Fran"

Three rounds, 21-15- and 9 reps, for time of:
95 pound Thruster
Pull-ups

8:50

New PR by 1:32 I think.  Full size pull up bar helped with the kipping pull ups big time but I was able to get the first set of 21 thrusters unbroken for the very first time... nice...

Tried this one out on some of the boys down at the Brigade Gym and it smoked them skinny PT runners big time, even unweighted... here comes CrossFit...!!!

Shoulder Press 1-1-1-1-1-1-1

TUESDAY 081202

Shoulder Press 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

65x8
95
95
115
115
125
125
135 (fail)

Tabata Treadmill Sprints
12% incline
8:34 pace
8x20:10

Need to try 8:15 next time...

Tabata Something Else

Pull ups - 4-5-4-4-4-4-3-4
Push ups - 10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7
Sit ups - 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11
Squats - 12-13-14-13-14-14-14-14

32-65-88-108 (293)

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Rest Day

Took it easy today, pretty sore from yesterday so it'll be okay.
Looking forward to Tabata Something Else tomorrow.

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Double Duty

I'm not sure why I thought the CF Running and Endurance cert wouldn't
include a workout but it did so my plan to hit an early workout
backfired...not that there's anything wrong with going to bed at 6:30,
right?

15-14-13-12...4-3-2-1 reps of the following:
Dips
Sit ups
Squats

19:38

Helen with a little throw up in her mouth
3 rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
21 53-pound Kettlebell (20kg)
12 burpees

11:20

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Nate - 9*

Perform as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:

2 muscle ups
4 handstand push ups
8 2-pood Kettlebell swings

*subbed 2 strict pull ups and 2 ring dips for the 2 muscle ups; large
and medium Woody bands for HSPUs; 1.5 pood Kb for 2 pood Kb (24kg/36kg)

This one was another smoker. Couldn't hardly breath when I was upside
down. Coulda done a few more pull ups. Ring dips were just right.
36-kg Kb would have been interesting. HSPUs kicked my ass. I'll add
them to my warm up I guess...

I am diggin the main page WODs for sure. Definitely going to hit the
weaknesses hard, cherry-picking workouts is not useful...

Looking forward to tomorrow's rest day and to the Running and
Endurance Cert this weekend.

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Mr Joshua (19:50*)

5 rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
30 GHD sit ups
15 250-lb deadlifts

19:50*

*subbed regular sit ups
*scaled DLs to 135-lbs

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Lynne (185-67)

"Lynne"

5 rounds for max reps of:
Bodyweight bench press
Pull ups

185-67
5-8-7-7-7
8-7-6-6-6

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Main Page WOD

I have finally decompressed from the end of my final Captains Career
Course as an instructor. I'm ready to get back after some CrossFit
for real. No more smelly Army PT if I can help it. Today is a rest
day so I'm knocking out my annual physical and tomorrow I start
tackling the WODs from the main page as is (fingers crossed). Focus
will be on weaknesses like pull ups, handstand push ups, double
unders, etc...

Wish me luck and stay tuned...

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15-minutes the hard way

Run for 5 minutes. Rest for 5 minutes. Run for 4 minutes. Rest for
4. Run for 3 minutes. Rest for 3. Run for 2. Rest for 2. Run for
1 minute.

Total distance: 1,800 meters

Maintained 6:40 mile pace for the first two runs for sure. Got tired
quickly after that and had a hard time counting up all my laps let
alone figuring my pace on the last three runs. Actually only slipped
that pace on the 3 minute run. That one and the last two were
brutal. It was to get out in the Vibram Five Fingers though.

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Strength Work

Power Clean 5x5
Shoulder press 5x5
Front squat 5x5

PC: 95-115-135-135-155
SP: 75-95-95-115-115
FS: 115-135-135-155-175

1-min rest after 1st set. 2-min after 2nd set. 3-min rest after the
rest.

1st time 5RM PRs on all 3. Good starting point for some SS-esque
programming.

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1946 APFT

1946 APFT

Pull ups - 10 (7 last time)
Squat thrusts - 50 (45?)
Push ups - 40 (35)
Sit ups - 50 (40)
300yd shuttle run - 1:01 (1:04?)

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Push up progression

Push up progression

3 sets of regular push ups
1 set close hand push ups
1 set wide arm push ups
1-min rest between each set
**Chest to deck

25-25-25-13-12

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Run Squat Run

FRIDAY 081107

Run Squat Run

Four rounds for time

Run 400 meters
50 squats

13:03

Dan John Rapid Ascent

Power clean
95-115
Press
75-95
Front squat
115-135

Felt a little better today. Only did two rounds per exercise and
rested about 60 seconds between each set instead of only 30.

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Dan John Rapid Ascent

Worked on this with CrossFit Keith. Worked well as I was able to get
more weight than I usually get by myself.

Perform alternating sets with a partner of 8-6-4 reps then increase
weight and repeat until get to a max weight.

Power clean 95-95-115-125
Press 75-85-95
Front squat 95-115-135

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FRIDAY 081031

FRIDAY 081031

Maybe two or three of the worst days of my life between these two posts (TUE - FRI). Got some stomach virus bug (I think from the little boy who had projectile vomit and poo last weekend now that I think about it) and it had me upside-down. Chocolate Yoohoo coming out of my bum for 16 hours, some Maalox and a disturbing 1-lb Lord's Kitchen burger to jam me up with some killer heartburn that woke me up in the middle of the night making me think I was going to die, or at least poo and throw up all at the same time. Crazy week.

Luckily, Friday's workout was kettlebells so I got to take it kinda easy (low-impact anyway). Did a big warm up with my kids with every Kb exercise I could remember (just threw away my 3x5s when I cleaned out the car last month). Then we went through a new workout I found somewhere... Breathing Ladders.

Kb Swing Breathing Ladder (1-20)

1 Kb swing
rest 1 breath
2 Kb swings
rest 2 breaths...up to
19 Kb swings
rest 19 breaths
20 Kb swings

took about 10:34 so we stopped there, going back down from 20 to 1 in under 20 minutes would be interesting. Using an actually heavy Kb would be good too (used 12kg -- thank goodness).

Update: going with the junk food all morning, chips to "coat the stomach" only gave me more heartburn but the sprites caused "good" bubbles making me belch and fart all morning which was at least fun if not "helpful". How's that for a prescription, burp and fart til you feel better... LOL. Started to feel like total ass by the time lunch came around so I wasn't going to eat but I couldn't pass up the Toll House Pie and ice cream from Josephines... mmmmm... That made me feel like a million bucks til we went out for Halloween and my one jumbo Crown & Coke kicked in the heartburn (again). Not to worry, the chips and hummus and bacon wrapped shrimp and jalapeno slices must have done the trick because I feel back to "normal" this morning and think I'll take the fam out for some pancake breakfast before our workouts just to make sure I'm all better... hee-hee.

Glad to be back (I hope). Looking forward to getting after the training next week and recommitting to the diet, the steak and broccoli was getting a little tiresome so I just picked up the recipe book from Performance Menu. Should be good. Wanna keep momma and me headed in the right direction on the scale (wink).

Read a great article in the November Performance Menu from Josh Everett about training and recovery for old farts (he's about 35) which is cool because he is the only one to place in the top three in the last two CF Games. He's obviously in killer shape but he doesn't follow the CF WODS and focuses on sprinting and Oly lifts with two rest days per week for three weeks then he takes a week off (easier?) every month. I have definitely been overtraining... hope getting smarter and training less actually helps my performance. Still want to focus on all of my weakness everyday as skill work to see if that helps too (think double unders, pull ups, push ups, handstand push ups, POSE techniques, etc...)

All-in-all, looking forward to think "hard reset" that has been the last few weeks as I struggled to figure out what my body was telling me...

Dan John Rapid Ascent

Power Cleans
95-115
Press
75-95
Front Squat
115-135

Getting easier = getting stronger? Will try three weights for each
lift when I have more time. This one only took 25-min...

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100 Perfect Push ups (10:33)

Perform as many perfect push ups (chest to deck) that you can in a row. You can only pause in the front lean and rest position (plank position). If you rest for more than two seconds, you have to jump up and run 400 meters. Do push ups again to "failure" and then run another 400 meters. Continue until you get to 100 perfect push ups.

10:33

Push ups:
22-21-20-19-19 (101)

400s:
1:47-1:55-1:58-1:58

Need to get on the push ups and get this down to four sets of 25. Got 10:10 last time. Probably should have had some dinner last night...

CWCF Benchmark

FRIDAY 081024

Run 800m
40 squats
30 sit ups
20 push ups
10 pull ups*** (dead hang; no bands!!!)

6:48/3:15 - (800)

Team Challange

Broke my students down into two groups of 7 this morning and tackled a bunch of calisthenics.

Team workout:
200 pull ups
300 sit ups
400 push ups
500 squats

Both teams knocked it out in just under 15 minutes. Going to have to make this one harder next time... "Burpees anyone?"

No running today, I can barely walk and I'm not looking forward to more stairs... My calves are still trashed two days after the Vibram Five Fingers 5k experiment. Going to have to run some more to get used to that. Really felt like I could've run faster but I didn't want to gork my form and REALLY hurt my feet, ankles, calves, etc...

I'm kinda excited to get faster and run by people in my crazy shoes... going to have to add some Long Slow Distance back into the repitoire...

5k Run (24:33)

Combat Medic Run

7:53
8:05
8:33

First "long" run in my vibram five fingers. Feet and calves were
barking but I think I could go faster next time as long as they
continue to hold up okay...

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CF Radio*

Run 400m
20 push ups
Run 400m
20 push ups
30 sit ups
Run 400m
20 push ups
30 sit ups
40 squats
Run 400m
20 push ups
30 sit ups
40 squats
50 pull ups (with Lg IronWoody band)

(17:59)

400s
1:30
1:43
1:49
1:44

Forgot to add the final 400m run at the end...ouch.

Might try this one again with 10-15-20-25-20-15-10 and a few more 400s...

Double ouch...

Dan John's Rapid Ascent Program

CFWU (3 x 5/6/7)

8/6/4 (30-sec rest btw sets)

Power clean (75/95/105)
Press (65/75/85)
Front squat (115/125)

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100 Push up Challenge (12/86)

Week 3 - Day 1

25-17-17-15-Max

(12/86)

This was assuming a max of 30+. Starting over on this challenge since
my APFT push ups didn't really improve. I'm thinking that 100 PU in a
row will help me on the upper body strength for pull ups, etc...

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Blood Chemistry

Got the blood drawn yesterday to do some labs to see where my health is at as we start into this Paleo clean-eating thing. Mostly so we can see how much improvement our health will make in a few short months.

Got some not to startling news back as the first labs were tested and posted to my medical records. My kidney function is looking a little suspect (maybe to increased protein intake this past week???) and my white blood cell count is way down like I fighting an immuno-suppressing illness of some kind. I'll have a doc look at it more closely next week but what it confirms for me is that I have been over training in preparation for this week's APFT.

I feel okay but I've been pretty run down, tired alot, having trouble sleeping all the way through the night and just borderline exhausted. I guess I was riding that fine line a little closer than I anticipated. That's all good to know though, that you just need to listen to your body when it's trying to tell you to take it easy for a week or two to get back on track.

Drastically changing the eating habits will take some time to get used to as well, so I'm going to be taking it easy for a month or so and really see how much of my fat loss is diet related and not exercise related. It amazes me how much we've all been brain-washed into believing as long as your just workout a little bit more, you can burn off all that crap we like to eat all day long. Too bad it doesn't work that way. No amount of exercise, no matter how intense, is going to off set stuffing all that crap down your pie hole.

Sorry for the rant, but I don't want to forget this lesson anytime soon.

APFT Prep

WEDNESDAY 081008

Five rounds for time of:
135 pound Deadlift, 15 reps
135 pound Hang power clean, 12 reps
135 pound Front squat, 9 reps
135 pound Push Jerk, 6 reps

22:01

Started with 115 pounds for first round and quickly scaled down to 95. CF always does that to me. Always looks easier on paper. Damnit...LOL.

TUESDAY 081007

Record APFT
2-min max push ups
2-min max sit ups
2-mile run

65-80-14:34-283

Push ups were better but much weaker. Got 61 last time with chest to ground on every rep. Need more work on max sets. Sit ups were easy as usual, coulda got 82 but don't like the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg since I'm a former 101st guy and I'm not getting 101 sit ups... Run broke it off in my ass, first two 800s were great, was on pace for 13:30ish and was ahead of Jim Perkins but I ran out of gas.

I hope this Paleo eating will get my body weight down to something more manageable and I'm going to hit the running hard twice a week versus once or twice a week. Probably need more hill sprints as well. Also, going to cut back on my training load until I feel better and/or start getting more sleep/recovery. I think I burned myself out getting ready for this stupid APFT. At least I got at least 90 in each event for the PT patch.

MONDAY 081006

800-50-50

3 rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 push ups
50 sit ups

17:30

Scaled to 800-25-25 and took it easy the day before the APFT. (Should have taken the day off after warming up, maybe hit one set of push ups and a sprint or two to loosen up)

SUNDAY 081005

Tabata Something Else-ish
Tabata Push ups
Tabata Sit ups
Tabata Sprints

Did 6 sets of push ups and sit ups, did all 8 sets of the sprints. What a smoker. The 20 seconds gets me about a full football field, guess I'm not headed to the NFL any time soon...LOL

FRIDAY 081003

Tabata Something Else-ish
Tabata Squats 15-16-15-15-15-15-15-15
Tabata Push ups 15-10-10-7-7-6-6-5
Tabata Sit ups 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11
Tabata Sprints

Smoker

Front Squats 3-3-3-3-3 (195)

3-3-3-3-3

155-185-185-185-195

PR

Lucy (14:44)

5 rounds for time of:

5 push ups
10 burpees
400m run

14:44

PU/B: :49, 1:12, 1:09, 1:12, 1:05
400s: 1:47, 1:46, 1:56, 1:58, 1:46

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800-50-50 (20:07)

42 seconds faster than a few weeks ago but this one won't get any
easier. Always a suckfest...

800s:
3:22
3:30
3:41

50-50:
2:51
3:09
3:31

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6 x 400m run (18:42)

FRIDAY 080926

6 x 400m sprints
2-min rest btw sprints

(18:42)

1:19
1:27
1:23
1:28
1:25
1:27

Felt pretty "good" about the effort. Hope it's not too little, too
late for the OCT APFT in ten days. Oh well, at least I've seen the
light on the benefit of running at least twice a week.

My kids did really well for their first real workout. They've got
pretty good attitudes so far. I'm impressed...

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1946 APFT

WEDNESDAY 080924

1946 APFT

7 deadhang pull ups
41 squat jumps
31 close hand push ups
45 straight-leg rocky sit ups
:55 second 300yd shuttle run
(5x60yd)

Okay with that, looking forward to big improvements by November.

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Chief

"The Chief"

Max rounds in 3 minutes of:
135 pound Power cleans, 3 reps
6 Push-ups
9 Squats

Rest 1 minute. Repeat for a total of 5 cycles.

Decided to spin this one after the first cycle. Got three rounds in 2:45 and hit the timer for a one minute break. Then I did three rounds in each set and just timed the whole thing and the splits for each set including each one minute break.

Smoker.

Round 1: 2:46
Round 2: 3:00
Round 3: 2:39
Round 4: 3:10
Round 5: 2:45

Total time: 18:22

Grace* (7:35) 115#

2 x 12 CFWU

Grace
135 pound Clean & Jerks, 30 reps

(7:35) 115 pounds

WEDNESDAY 080917

Jim Perkins swim workout

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Fran (10:44)

TUESDAY 080916

Nothing to write home about but still a PR and I'll take it. Got the
first 11 thrusters, wondering if I shouldn't just do sets of 7 and
closely monitor rest breaks. What I wouldn't give for a real pull up
bar...

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800-50-50 (20:49)

Slower and weaker after hard weekend

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5k Run (28:37)

8:30
9:30
10:37

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Bench press-Pull ups-Back squat

FRIDAY 080912

5 rounds for max reps of:

BW Bench press
Pull up
BW Back squat

(185#)

BP - 8-7-7-7-6
PU - 8-7-6-7-6
BS - 7-7-7-6-6

Wow...talk about metabolic distress...

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3k Run (13:20)

"Easier" treadmill run today. Only time for one round of CFWU w/ 2x15
OHS at 45#. I think I'm ready to start adding weight to those jokers...

Jumped right on the treadmill and got after it, 1.5 incline. Spent
first minute on 10:00 min/mile pace, second minute at 9:00 min/mile
pace then cranked it up around 6:48 min/mile pace as long as I could.
Had to start dialing it back at the 8:00 min mark but was able to hang
on for a decent 13:20 for 1.8 miles at 1.5 incline.

This might be a good one to revisit after two minutes of sit ups and a
short warm up run. Want to try out some better interval runs like
1:00/:30 harder/easier...gotta love gamin all these CrossFit workouts...

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Linda (aka "Three Bars of Death") (28:11)

TUESDAY 080900

"LINDA"

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps for time of the triplet:

Deadlift: 1-1/2 x bodyweight
Bench Press: 1 x bodyweight
Clean: 3/4 x bodyweight

(28:11)

185# DL
155# Bench
95# Squat Clean

Ouch...

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Fight Gone Bad (270)

"Fight Gone Bad!"

Three rounds of:
Wall-ball, 20 pound ball, 10 ft target (Reps)
Sumo deadlift high-pull, 75 pounds (Reps)
Box Jump, 20" box (Reps)
Push-press, 75 pounds (Reps)
Row (Calories)

In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute.The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. On call of "rotate", the athletes must move to next station immediately for best score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point.

Holy crap, don't try to do this one by yourself.  You'll never be able to keep score.  Luckily, I asked my wife to score these as I went along...

FGB (270-101-87-82) Wall ball (30-27-22) SDHP (22-19-17) Box Jump (15-13-13) Push Press (19-16-17) Row (15-12-13)

...ouch!

Deadlift 3-3-3-3-3 (245)

185-225-225-245-245

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Back Squat 3-3-3-3-3 (200#)

3x5 CFWU

Left shoulder and right elbow sore from yesterday, took it easy on the
pull ups.

10x135
5x185

195
200
200
200
200

Was feelin it after the first set and knees kept bowing in on the way
up so I didn't want to push it.

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Db Bear Complex (30#)

Dumbbell Bear Complex

Got hit with this one in May at CrossFit St.Louis and it kicked my butt then. I was using 20s and I didn't finish without cheating. Damn you Laurie...

Tried it again a month or two ago and was ready to move up to 25# dumbbells.

Tried out 30# DBs today and smoked it. Ready for 35s for sure...


Db Bear Complex

5 x Db Deadlift
5 x Db Hang Power Clean
5 x Db Thruster

Perform this "complex" every minute on the minute for 20 minutes. I was able to bang these out with really good form in 33 seconds for all 20 sets. Laid down to recover after round 10, 15, and 18. Piece of cake. Smoked me for the rest of the day though. Sore and tired from top to bottom. Love the workouts that do that. Can't wait for tomorrow...