Take care of yourself

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Son of a gun. That's the second strange cycling tail I've read about this week. A few days ago, my buddy was riding when two cars shot around a corner. The lead car was across the center line, and the driver tried to correct when he saw two cyclists. When he did, though, he put the car into the ditch. Then the driver and the passenger jumped out and took off on foot. They ran into a landfill. When the workers at the landfill found out about it, they went on a hunt in their trucks. They came out with the driver. The passenger had come out on his own a few minutes earlier.

The police discovered that the second car was chasing the first car. Apparently, the first car rear-ended the other car a few miles down the road. When the car sped off, the other car went after the driver. I guess the landfill guys also had a bag of white powder with them when the turned the driver over to the police.

Crazy world out there. I got back into the swing of things today with a back and biceps workout and some serious house cleaning. I'm starting to feel relatively thin, at least in comparison to where I was. The wife made me unbutton my Polo shirt today so she can see my chest hair. I have a deep tan from the Keys. I guess she thinks I'm sexy. But I'm not too sexy for my shirt. Not yet, anyway.

 

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And here I felt guilty for not riding my bike for the past three weeks. I might keep it parked another three weeks after those stories. Jeesh.

On the good side, anyone looking for a good lower body beatdown needs to do the Flash Kick-Ass Leg Workout (TM). My good Canuckistani helper, you'll be glad to know that today's beatdown caused me to take a seat on the stairs for about 30 seconds on my way back to the locker room. Wobbly legs after a good session are the best.

I'm doing it twice a week now and have added 20 pounds to my first superset squat since I started. Needless to say, I'm lovin the results, and it's not killing me as I get back into marathon training. November 9, here I come!

 

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Doing the Rocky-at-the-top-of-the-stairs dance, AP.

 

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Today

Three round of each of these for time: half-mile run, 21 kettleball swings (45-pound ball), 21 thrusters (75 pounds), 21 pullups. A metcon bitch, and I was so slow on my half-mile runs, as in 3:45, 3:54, 4:34.

Finished in 39:45.

I feel like puking or shitting or something. Ugh, I gotta put the beer down before these workouts because they're killing me.

Joe

 

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Just curious: Is Shake and Bake for chicken bad for you?

 

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On Shake and Bake: Read the label

Also, 3 1/2 miles in 30 minutes on a treadmill today. Not bad, not bad. I'll live with it. Chugging along at 6-2, 234ish right now. Need to get down to 6-2, 220. Might be able to take on some ball carriers in the hole at that weight (though I'll never catch 'em in the open field...).

 

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I figure this thread isn't just about our successes, but also our struggles and frustrations -- hell, maybe even our failures. After two days off, today was the latter three.

Yesterday's workout on the crossfit site: bodyweight bench press and pullups, five rounds. Bench then pullups, resting as needed after each round. I scaled to 75 percent of my bodyweight (130 pounds), and it was still fucking pathetic: 8 (8), 7 (10), 5 (7), 4 (9), 4 (7) for a total of 69. Christ god almight, I could have done better when I was 16.

Not satisfied to fuck up just one exercise, I also did Saturday's prescribed workout, 45 of each: jump rope double unders, 135-pound squat clean (scaled to 85 pounds), ring dips (regular dips), double unders.

I don't know what's happened, but the last three times I've done double unders, it's as if I had never done them before. Whereas three weeks ago I could knock out five, six, seven in a row, now it's one, two and maybe three. What should take two minutes -- max -- took me eight fucking minutes. I did the squat clean in sets of five, and that still took 12-13 minutes. The dips, after benching and pullups, took another 12ish, and I skipped the final set of double unders. Total time, 33:47.

Fuck me. I'm so goddamn frustrated, I want to kick the dog. And I don't even own a dog.

Joe

 

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Don't kick the dog. That's mean. Find a third-grader and punch it.

 

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Did two sets of 15 clapping pull-ups on Saturday, including several later on a light post on the way to the bar to show my friends they are actually possible. They kill your back, but they are a great workout.

 

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Joe, you whiny little bitch. Suck it up and work harder. Really, though, you'll be fine. Just make sure you're putting the right fuel in your body and keep at it.

I'm on my way to the Best Western Inn and Suites gym here in Byron, Georgia. I have to walk past the continental breakfast crowd, and I forgot to bring a hat. I'm going to slick my hair down and just cruise on past while they stare at their gravy and wonder why it looks so much like vomit.

 

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Gak. Pure sodium (and a lot of chemicals). You can get the same cooking effect from crushed bread crumbs and light seasoning.

 

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Thanks for taking away my appetite for breakfast!

Excellent advice. Crushed Corn Flakes are all right, too.