Back From London and Back to Paleo!

So I got back from London last Friday after a grueling 3 week trip for work.  I was only able to get to a CrossFit (CrossFit Central London) twice -- the last Saturday and Sunday I was there.  Other than that, I stuck with the hotel gym, which was an LA Fitness.

The good part was that I was able to try a lot of new movements/skills on the two days I was able to train at CFCL.  We did sandbag carries with a sandbag weighing about 60 kg and then a metcon involving kettlebell snatches and supine ring rows, neither of which I've ever done in a WOD.  It's a little surprising that 2 years into CrossFit I'm still brand new to some of these skills!  The other accomplishment was increasing my press max to 42 kg (92.4 lbs).  Still not to the 95 lb -- let alone triple digit -- benchmark, but I'm getting closer.  My workouts since getting back are below:

10/16/10

Team WOD at WCCF

In teams of 4, 1 set of partners works on the first 6-set metcon and the other works on the second 6-set metcon.  Switch during the 5 minute rest.

6 sets each (1 minute on/1 minute off):
3 hang squat cleans (65#)
5 box jumps
- 5 minute rest -
6 sets each (1 minute on/1 minute off):
3 pull ups
6 jumping lunges

Total team reps: 962

10/17/10

Soccer Game

No subs, so this was a good way to try to get my legs back from the long flight.  It seriously takes my muscles a week to get back to normal after those trans-Atlantic flights.

10/19/10

Back to CFC!

Deadlift: 135 x 10, 185 x 5, 225 x 3, 255 x 3, 275 x 1, 295 x 1, 315 x 1, 325 x 1 (stopped there)

3 rounds:
15 hang power clean (95#)
15 burpees
5:30

I was tempted to go for more on the deadlift, but I already had a ripped hand from Saturday's workout and didn't want it to re-rip before the metcon.  As it was, I had to tape it up before I started the cleans.  My back and legs still weren't feeling back to 100% either. 

As of the 19th, I'm also in for the Paleo Challenge and am on a team with Scott and Emi.  Yay!  I'll post my food log in the next post.  This one is already too long.

7 Days Complete

I've survived 7 days on the Velocity Diet so far, and I'm still going.  I wouldn't exactly call it going "strong", but I'm slogging through.  I'm battling a lot of boredom already, and I have gotten a few headaches.  The shakes are no longer treats, and my stomach turns a bit when it comes time for another meal, but I have always had a reactive stomach and am not that surprised.  Haven't been able to get away from the office in time for CrossFit yet this week, but the plan is to go tonight. 

On Sunday, I had my team's championship soccer game.  I play for a pretty high level league in the city over at the Rauner YMCA on Western.  Our halves for the championship were 35 minutes, and WOW did I feel it.  We only had 1 female sub, so I had maybe a 5 minute break each half.  Normally this isn't much of an issue, but I now understand why the V-Diet advises that you don't engage in long, high intensity cardio.  I was utterly drained.  Luckily, the team we were playing in the finals didn't pack too much of a punch, and we won either 8 or 9 to 1. 

Sunday also marked Dave's and my very first HSM (healthy solid meal) of the 28 day diet, so as soon as I got back from the game, we headed to Whole Foods to do some damage.  The great part of the HSM is that you don't have to worry about quantity at all -- just HIGH QUALITY food.  So here's what we did:

Appetizer (Dave did this on a whim since the oven was taking too damn long to get to 350 degrees)
Seared steak with some salsa tossed in -- We ate this right out of the pan.  Yeah, we were excited for solid food.

Dinner
Chilean sea bass filet -- oven roasted with butter, salt, pepper
1/2 baked sweet potato -- mashed with cinnamon and a little butter
Sauteed green beans and red peppers

Dessert
Sliced pineapple

We were so stuffed after this meal that both of us were completely dazed for the rest of the evening.  The bad thing was that we were so full that we missed our bedtime shakes.  Oh well.

I weighed myself this morning (morning of Day 8), and I've lost 4 lbs so far.  I am going to try to drink more water today to see how that impacts the headaches, nausea, and general lack of energy.