XFit - 20090527

Did the “Barbara”:

Five rounds, each for time of:
20 Pull-ups
30 Push-ups
40 Sit-ups
50 Squats

Rest precisely three minutes between each round.

This is a REALLY hard workout - I looked at it, and at first was like “ahh yeah man - this’ll be an easy one” - obviously, it was my first encounter with said “Barbara”… it is not easy, at all. Not one bit. My first two rounds were full, as RX’d; after that, I had to scale it - just couldn’t finish it. I mean I went ahead with the sit-ups and squats as rx’d - but the pull ups, and pushups were scaled back by at least 5 reps.

I’m as sore as I’ve ever been (on Crossfit) today. Good stuff. My average for finishing each round was about 3 minutes… i didn’t actually stopwatch it, but I was looking at a digital clock, so i don’t have exact times down to the second.

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finally, American Idol is over. I am fully relieved of watching that show for the year. Whew. I actually kinda got into it this year - I mean the level of talent, at least when it got down to the final 3 or 4 was definately elevated from the past several seasons. I am so utterly relieved that Adam Lambert didn’t win, and elated that Kris Allen did! America did a great job on that one - at least now I know I wasn’t the only one who was not on the Lambert bandwagon.

So now, i know summer’s here, because there really isn’t anything to watch on the boob-tube. Time to go to the lake.

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i’m SO not on the “Adam Lambert” bandwagon. The guy just doesn’t do it for me. I find him extremely irritating to watch. I really don’t understand why everyone is so googly for him… he’s got a decent voice, and he has tremendous stage presence; but … eh…

I think what it is, is that I grew up in the late 80s/early 90s with bands like Poison, Skid Row, Motley Crew, etc… and to be quite honest, the high pitch screaming is one of the reasons I haven’t listened to that stuff since then. I CAN NOT STAND it. And lets face it, that’s all the guy really does - it’s like he’s ripping KISS with the tongue stick out BS and every other band from back then with the screaming. And EVERY week on American Idol, he sounds exactly the same, but not in a good way. He’s a perfect example of someone who is riding ONE great performance, because since that one that got the media all stirred up, he’s been average at best - take away his mainstay screaming and he’s really got nothin’.

Hey, Adam - The 80’s called - they want thier screaming back. Thanks.

Why, oh WHY do i even watch that stinking show? (It’s gotta be my wife’s fault)

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ouch

So, with certain family issues, I’ve not been posting. There are more important things that I’ve needed to tend to, and my mindset hasn’t really been one to post in.

The other side of it is that I’ve actually not Crossfit’d all week - in our soccer game last week, I seemed to injure the ol’ knee again - it’s better each day, but it was hurting me bad enough to warrant seeing a doc. I decided to lay off a few days to let it heal up before this week’s game. Although, i’m back on the wagon tonight.

In addition to Xfitting, tonight I will need to do these things:

• Complete sign order
• Complete update on a client site
• Create artwork / design new logo for client
• Purchase/Pickup tubes (for boat) in Frisco (hopefully)
• Purchase/Pickup weights (for olympic lifts)

and that’s about it. Should make for a fun evening. Hope you have a great day, and I’ll post my Xfit results tonight after the workout.