"Angie" can go to H...E....Double L!!!

Well I guess I'm blame myself a little on this...I did go give blood before my WOD today. Hey I am O- and we are in MASSIVE shortage here....I have to do my part!!

So then I drove to the gym in the rainstorm!! lol

Strength Work ~
    1x20 Power Clean @ 65 (I should have done 70!!! UGH)

The flow of this getting so much better!! I did all my lifts in complete darkness!! Funny NO ONE ELSE continued lifting...it was like if they couldn't SEE themselves in the mirrors they couldn't lift....TOO FLIPPIN' HILARIOUS!!!

WOD ~
  "ANGIE"
100 Pullups (50 w/band&50Jumpin')
100 Pushups
100 Situps
100 Squats
TIME : 16:49

My Left Hip is my nemesis...

Well, I just have to realize my left hip will just be my enemy for the REST OF MY LIFE!!! During the Fitness Asssesment...I was in tears (LITERALLY) trying to just get .87 miles in 12minutes! And then in todays WOD I am NOT subbing anymore...I don't care if I have to walk it....if it says RUN....I WILL be using my legs in some fashion!! Though I already know tears will be flowing! Time to SUCK IT UP!

Strength Work ~
   1x20 Deadlift @ 95 (left really good...definitly could have gone higher in weight, so next time!)
   1x20 Push Press @ 85 (I pushed my limits...but only got in 17!! My arms weakened!! UGH!!)

WOD ~
   3 Rounds For Time : 22:32
     50m Overhead Lunges (25lb plate) (last rd did wide lunges left hip was on fire)
     40 Step Ups
     400m Run (yes I jogged at 4.6-5.0 pace!!)

Checkout ~
   4x30sec Handstand Holds (getting better, but these SUCK!!)

My food is definitely getting better, but I am cuttin gout more fruit...and adding more veggies and protein. I also IF twice a week, just a 12 hr ones, though I will be doing a 24 hr one if I need to!

Ok...a little QUICKIE!!! (hee hee)

I switched it up...cuz I was a little sore today!!

Fitness Assessment (not sure how the RUNNING part is gonna work on this with me...since I can't run or barely jog...but I put I goal in my head!!)

1min MAX REP PUSHUPS ~ 51
Rest 2mins
1min MAX REP SITUPS ~ 45
Rest 2mins
1min MAX REP SQUATS ~ 50
Rest 2mins
12min MAX DISTANCE RUN ~ .87 (my goal was 3/4mile...so I broke it!)

Tomorrow I do todays WOD!! LOL!!!

What can YOU do in an hour??

I found out what I can!!! :)

WARM UP ~ STRETCH

Strength Work ~
    Push Jerk 1-1-1-1-1
      75~85~95~100~110PR  Hell Yeah!!!

WOD ~
For Time : 10:16
21 ~ 15 ~ 9
KBS @ 30
Burpees
Jumping Pullups
DB Press (L/R) @ 30

CFE ~ Bike
10x220m (rest same time in between as long as it took u to do it)
1:16
1:09
1:06
1:04
1:05
1:04
1:04
1:04
1:05
1:04

Stretch to cool down....or should I say die on the gym floor!!! But I love kicking my own ass!! My hip starting giving mme issues....but I was not about to give in to it...MIND over MATTER! It was not HURT PAIN, it was like HELLO STOP USING ME AND CRAWL INTO BED OR I AM GONNA GO NUMB!!!

Can't wait to hit it again tomorrow...I love CrossFit...what a great rehab for me....this should be a part of everyones physical therapy!!!

So I'm thinking...

I really think I should start a recipe book for picky PALEO/ZONE eaters!!!  I could probably make some money off of it....because I am starting to become very creative in my limited choices and yet my meals are so darn yummy!! Even so delicious that my kid is finishing them before I do!!

So on to what this is really about...my WODs!! Today was great...I was so happy that I got to push myself alongside LL!!

Strength Work ~
1x20 Squat Clean @ 65 (started out at there, but at the last 5 I had to drop the weight to 55. I hate that I can't jump!)
1x20 Bench Press @ 90 (8 weeks ago I started this at 75, I am stoked that I jumped this amount...lovin it!)

My upper body definitely isn't my problem...its my lifts that include my hip...where I have to jump and throw my hip into it or use my low back (i.e, deadlift). But my numbers are increasing and all I can say to that is...my muscles are getting stronger and are building....slowly but surely. And I will take that!!

WOD ~ repeat from 5/6/10 (old time 9:06)
10 Rds For Time:7:04
3 Snatch Pulls 90% 1RM
6 Ring Dips (sub Reg Dips-don't have rings)
9 KTE (sub Inverted situps-no area to do this)
(Exactly what I did last time)

2 x 100 single jump ropes
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Now to just ramble...cuz I haven't mentioned it...but OMG!! The Games...my laptop was attached to my hip this past weekend!!! I was addicted...it was like I was on crack!!! I loved every minute of it. It  made me realize how far away I am from 2011 competition, but thats ok...I am completely in awe of those athletes. And two I have come to just start chatting with on Facebook briefly. But all blew me away!! The ONE thing I love most about CrossFit is that it makes YOU challenge YOU!! You witnessed it FIRSTHAND in the Finals, yes they were there to see who was the fittest in the world....but when they were done with their WOD, they didn't walk away...they encouraged,supported, cheered on, pushed, yelled at to keep going, hugged, fist pumped...the same people they were just battling against. You would never see that in other sports!! I love being a part of this community and I plan on it staying a part of my life until the day I die! :)

Letting someone else KICK MY ASS...

So yesterday I choose to let someone else kick my ass....YEAH...so I left completely drenched in sweat (no a/c) and my heart was pumping....but here is the thing....absolutely not sore AT ALL TODAY!!!

I feel like I can KICK MY OWN ASS BETTER!!!  Is that bad?

I guess I push myself hard and am a determined woman and motivator from within that even if I have someone in my face (like a Jillian Michaels) it does nothing...cuz I am my own Jillian Michaels! LOL!!

So off to go KICK MY OWN ASS....and I LOVE DOING IT!!!!

Can I get an AMEN!!!!??? 

Hey Lauren....I do love Kicking Ass with you though!!! ANYTIME GIRLFRIEND!! ANYTIME!!

I love it when....

I absolutely love it when friends who have heard me talk about CrossFit and me kicking my own ass...come and do it with me!! One of dearest friends, Leigh (Kevin yoiu met her...she was the one who works for the Cape Fire) and her friend Jamie, happend to miss their spinning class this morning. So I offered them to come do my WOD with me and Dawn. Leigh was up for hte challenge! We grabbed out Kettlebells and headed towards the back room!

Here was the Rx WOD:
For Time : 19:00
50-40-30-20-10
Single Rope Jumps
KBS @ 25 (for me)
Situps
Pushups

They rocked it...no complaining...they pushed them out...sweat was pouring ...grunts were being made. And even a statement of "this is worse than spinning class"...hell yeah it is!! I was so proud of them...they did amazing. Leigh even mention I became a different person...I was no joke when the clock started...lol!!

It was great!!! I absolutely LOVE to motivate people and encourage them...to take them past there breaking point. After the WOD Dawn did some strength work of Push Press, Shoulder Press and Bench Press...she needs upper body strength training...so we are focusing on that. She did good 5x5's. I am glad I didn;t do any since I came home and sae CF TOTAL 2 was posted for today!!! UGH!!! I will stay focused and postive just like I did for CF TOTAL 1!!!

CF TOTAL 1 and a little about weight!!

OMG!!! I can't flipping believe it....I am so excited!!! So excited I had to call Lauren between my Deadlift 2nd and 3rd attempt to see wat I should go for since I already lifted my PR on my 2nd attempt!!

You see this is why!! If you haven't been keeping up with  my blog...I have been COMPLETELY out of commission for 37 days!! DOING NOTHING...and when I say nothing...I mean just the daily routine of life and nothing else. Which SUCKED!!! I was put on strict orders my my doctor during the procedures I was getting done to PLEASE NOT DO CROSSFIT OR ANYTHING ELSE...to just to daily routine things and when ever possible relax in bed...do you know how much that drove me crazy!!?? AAGGHHH!!! Can you hear me screaming through the computer!!

So here I am only back a week...I have only done 2 Strength Trainings before Kevin decides to put up the CF Total 1, the last time we did it was May 18, 2010...so 2 months ago! So I go to the gym and I am actually looking forward to it...I am being positive...if I hit my old PRs...I will be happy! How can I not after the hell I have just been thru with my hip and back...and here I have to do lifts that are ALL HIP AND BACK!!

So here it goes my CF 1 Total ~ Oh by the way did I mention ~

 I PR'D ALL MY LIFTS ! YES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!!

Deadlift 125 ~ 145 ~ 175
Back Squat  135 ~ 145 ~ 175
Shoulder Press 80 ~ 95 ~ 105
TOTAL = 455
Old Total = 390...up 65!!

Hell yeah!!!

Oh yeah and then I ended with a 5k Bike Time:18:49, I also felt good enough so I just continued biking...not for time. This si the first time my legs weren't going numb so I just pedaled until they did! I made it 10.4 miles!!! My left leg was completely numb and my right the last three toes were dead and it traveled up the outside of my leg...but oh well, that is the LONGEST I have biked since the accident NON STOP! I know it wasn't on my TREK and it was on a recumnunt bike, but who cares...that is a HUGE MILESTONE fior me!!!

Yesterday, I did a mini WOD at home cuz I wasn't feeling to great...
100 sit ups
200 squats
50 burpees
Time: 14:19

Now on to another subject totally off topic...but something I have dealt with over the 37 days that I was laid up and actually a topic I have dealt with MY ENTIRE LIFE!!!
WEIGHT!!
I am so sick and tired of skinny ass chicks or people who think they are healthy and know what the f&(# they are talking about, trash talking people who are overweight. Do I think there are people who lack desire to change, will power, who want the "easy" way out...yes I do. But coming from someone who use to be 275 pounds (yes I was THAT big)! But also someone who before that was athletic, who knew how to take care of herself, but circumstances of life happened. Don't pass judgement on people when you never walked a day in there shoes. Instead of belittling them, why not sit down and listen to their story! Take a journey with them...you might actually LEARN something from them!! Do I believe that some people are just plain couch potatoes...yep...but I also believe not everyone is born to have that strong will power in them, or to be able to motivate themselves or encourage themselves. How do you know that those people were not let down by the same type of people you are...why in the world would they want ANYTHING to do with you...even if it has to do with being healthy...to them YOU ARE A BITCH, SNOB, JUDGEMENTAL, SELF ABSORD ASS!!! Hell~I wouldn't want your help or want to be like you...if your aren't "healthy" on the inside...I really could careless what you look like on the outside!!

When my light buld finally went off in 2005..I literally was in so much pain trying to lose my weight. I know I did it to myself, so I didn't care about the pain I had to go throught to get it off...I was going to do it. FOR ME!!! And I did!! I didn't do it to find a guy, I did't do it for my butt to look good in jeans, I did't go get plastic surgery to fix shit...I am  natural!! I happy with what God has given me...I will work with what I have and make it stronger and healthier to be around for my daughter and to live a life that I want to live....to fulfill MY DREAMS AND GOALS!!!

I guess some people don't understand because they have never looked death in the face like I have four times, they have never had to overcome huge obstacles without any help, just all on there own...that is when you grow and learn that life is a blessing...every breath you breathe is precious and it is not guaranteed....so don't judge someone for their outside...because when you do...your inside shines through and it's not so pretty!!

Holy Crap...it's happening!!!

So I  have A TON TO TELL!!!

FIRST ~ I am back in the gym doing WODs!! I got back in there on Saturday! It felt great...all my strength work was right on target, but OMG my cardio...I think I was going to die!! It's nice to know that my muscle takes time to get weak, but my heart decides to fall of the face of the earth immediately!! LOL!!

SECOND ~ Lauren and Tim found this awesome space for the box...and today we got everything in writing. Now it just is up to the Cali guys! It's happening...we are going to start helping people chage their lives...not just their bodies, but everything...their minds, their attitudes, their families...EVERYTHING!! I can't wait to watch the transformations and hear the testimonies!!! We are so gonna have a testimonies wall!!!

So here are the WODs from Saturday and today!

Saturday ~
   Strength Work~
       1x20 Push Press @ 75
       1x20 Back Squat @ 100
       1x20 Bench Press @ 75

   WOD ~
      4 Rounds For Time: 16:41
          25 Pushups
          25 Squats
          25 KBS @ 30
          25 Situps

    CFE ~  Bike
       4x440 ~ 1) 1:12    2) 1:02    3) 1:03    4) 0:54

Today ~
    Strength Work ~
        5x5 Shoulder Press (45-50-60-70-75)
        5x5 Hang Clean (45-55-65-75-80)

    WOD ~
        Tabata (20 secs on 10 secs off) 8 rounds - Score lowest
            Pullups - 9
            Pushups - 8
            Situps - 12
            Squats - 14

I really need to do a lot of cardio work to get me back to where I was! I get out of breath really quick...it sucks!!! I will get there!!! I am just glad to be back!!! WOO HOO!!! And it was great having LL there pushing me!!
         

Today is the day!!

I GET MY LIFE BACK!! Well or so I hope!! Actually, whether or not my doctor tells me I can or can't, I am am taking charge of my life and taking it back! I am sick of not doing ANYTHING!! I am in pain whether I am laying in pain doing NOTHING or if I am doing my WODs, so I might as well be doing my WODs and feeling good in my head and hurting in my body...right?! LOL!!

I had a really great talk with LL & Tim yesterday! God couldn't have blessed me with better business partners! I really had to put my pride aside and start focusing on the BIGGER picture (THANX KEV!!)! I know in the beginning it was my dream, but it turned into our dream and it is going to be AMAZING!! We are going to be helping SO MANY people in their lives...and isn't that what it's all about!!

I have decided to go back to school too...I am looking into financial aid! I am looking at rehabalition schooling and also I have been told by a few hundred people to become a LIFE COACH and to WRITE A BOOK...so I praying about that too and seeing where God leads me.

All I know is doors are opening all over the place and I am receiving all of them...some are getting slammed in my face (and I will admit rejection sucks...but it makes you grow)! I take everything as a learning experience, how can I not!

As for my pain. I am where I will be for the rest of my life...the chronic part...until I get more surgeries or replacements done. So now it is just trying to manage it as best as I can. I know I will have my good days and bad ones...but I will just roll with it. That is where Lauren and Tim will be my ROCKS!!! Literally!!!

I also started my 18th tattoo yesteray...WOO HOO!! Oh my gosh...I absolutely love it so far...it is huge!!! It is taking two sittings...part one is done and part two will be done on the 20th of July! Then I am done! Well I have said that so many times before...but I do believe this is it! Though if I leave the sheriff's office I can get my piercings back!! HECK YEAH!! (My family is gonna freak!!...lol)

I will post pics of the final tat when it's complete...And I will blog tomorrow after my first WOD in MANY weeks!! See ya!!!

Update

Well I don't have much to write about since my doc has taken CrossFit away from me until I see him this Friday!! I had my second procedure and it made things extremely worse!! Both my legs go numb now for absolutely NO REASON and then the weather on top of it has not been nice to me! So I can tell I will be hating summers (w/ rain) and winters (w/cold) for the rest of my life!! So time to suck it up and deal!

I had my 18 month follow up from my accident last Tuesday and my ortho doc put me at MMI (Maximum Medical Improvement). I am as far healed and recovered as I ever will be and that I will NEVER be returning as a deputy! :(  But I came to being ok with this almost a year ago!! But it still absolutely sux to know that the dream you had for 14 years and achieved is gone in a blink of an eye!!

As for the rest of my life...I have some HUGE decisions to make regarding my future and financial state for me and my daughter. I had this NEW SPARK come into my life for a new dream/goal...but me being the analytical person I am...things are happening that I might have to leave that dream behind. I am doing a lot of praying and seeing if this is truly what my future is supposed to be! All I know is that I will do whatever is right for me and Adrianna.

I hope I get the ok this Friday that I can restart my WODs come Saturday!!! But I will be doing it just every other day...with maybe a CFE on the off days!!! And gonna start some open water swims!