Lifting Love

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Dreaming of The Games

Hello Loves! How goes it? Here I am blogging from Jersey when I should be in California working the games. However, it was not in the cards for this year. I'm living vicariously through friends tweets and Instagrams plus updates from CrossFit and Lisbeth. The good news is I'm at camp and I love this summer job.

Always a bonus to love what you do. I consider myself über lucky too since I love my regular full time job and this bonus summer job is fabulous too!! Our staff is pretty sweet - Katie and I made out with our counselors! They are great!

I went to dinner last night with BNic from school - other middle math teacher. It was good. I adore her and had a blast catching up. We both can't believe how fast this summer is going. Only two more weeks left of camp, then a few days before the JT/JayZ concert with some loves & CrossFit Aspire ladies then TENNESSEE bound for a week!!!

CrossFit is going great this week.

Tuesday - Push Jerk 1x2 @ 120#. First was sloppy but second felt good. Metcon was brutal - 3 rounds: 10 shoulder-to-overhead, 15KB swings and 30 DU (well attempts for me). I actually did decently well on the DU attempts. Connected 5 in a row with 5 singles, DU, 5 singles, DU, etc. I also did cash out with Tricia and Nilda - 4 400m repeats with ~30s rest, 3x20 Russian twists with 14# medball and finally 3x1:00 min plank holds - I couldn't do the full mins. Need core work! Can't wait to do Kat's August Core Challenge - join me?

Wednesday - back squat 1x8 @ 145#. I tried for 150 and failed on the 7th. I'm ok with it. My number is slowly climbing back up and I love. It really pushed my legs and I needed to feel that. Metcon was 4 rounds: 400m run + 20 wallballs 14#. No cash out because I went straight to PT haha. That's definetly extra work!

Haven't WODed today yet....going after camp tonight. We got Deadlifts and Diane on the books. Plus some bonus cash out - but I will have to tell you later because I can't remember what it is!

I haven't run this week. I need to get out and do it. Well I've run, but only at CrossFit. I need to get some more time out - even if it is just short/speed stuff. Lord knows can't hurt me to try and get faster haha. Dumbo Double Dare is coming SUPER quick!!

How's your week? Good workouts? Are you going to do Kat's core challenge too?

~xo

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Test Your Metal + New Home

Oh loves, how are y'all? What a crazy, busy but amazing weekend. Once again this weekend I was reminded of how blessed I am with such awesome people in my life. Let's recap -

Friday - Katie ended up letting me go early since we were super light on kids and I had a ton to do to get ready for my move. My cousin Ashley and my Peanut (her daughter) came over and helped me finish up most of the apartment. We tried to get everything but the big stuff done. It was a LONG and HOT day. In between trips from the old to the new, I did stop and get a slice of pizza with them...

Peanut was a fabulous help and we got it all done. Had a little bit of an issue with my living room furniture and the most I will say is I am SO thankful to be out of that dump!!

Anyways - I was suppose to go to Philly for Usher's birthday but was exhausted. Some of the box crew was down the street at PJs so I popped out. Thought I'd have a drink then crash. Oh no. Apparently I had a couple drinks and got smashed. Like couldn't function next day smashed. Bad news bears. Thankfully Chris loves me and drove me home. Begin my rough Saturday - Teralyn came to get me to go get my car and I got sick, so instead she took me to go meet the folks helping me move. Everyone helped me as I laid on the floor/grass and back into the car. It was bad. Huge about outs to my crew - Bobby, Ash+TB, Cuzzo+Dollface, Dawn+Allen, Lutfi, Nick, Jamie, Sandy and Teralyn. I think that's everyone. I would have been LOST without y'all, especially since I wasn't really functioning. Teralyn managed my phone and texts haha - best personal assistant ever! It seemed to go fast from what I hear. I spent most of the rest of my day sleeping. Allie came over and made me eat, go get my car and back to bed I went.

Sunday - today - was a team competition out in Allentown, PA called Test Your Metal. It was a GREAT day!! My team was me, Tara, Erik and our coach, Justin. We scaled and had a ball!!