90 days gone but not forgotten!

Well the 90 days officially ended yesterday and everything has been submitted, now it is just a waiting game to find out the results and who has won! We all have worked hard over the 90 days, pushing ourselves past limits we didn’t know existed – well at least I did.

So much has changed over these 90 days. I have PR on every workout that I do, and some days scale down to keep myself on track. Even on my off week I still managed to show up to ACF and try the WOD’s. I think about all the workouts that I have been a part of before coming to CrossFit and I have never committed so much time and energy into a workout/health program in my life.

I was 2.8 lbs short of my 20 lbs goal but that is ok – I still killed it on all of my workouts and I was amazed at how much I had grown over the 90 days. When I started 90 days ago I was intimidated, shy and held back but now I am confident. My first run at the benchmark workouts I was just coming off the high of bootcamp but still very unfamiliar with some of the movements and my strength. Going into the second run at the benchmark I was getting through the workouts hitting huge PR’s!

Here are my results:

Workouts	Before	After
FRAN (35 lbs/ring rows)	7:47	5:14
10K Row	1:08:24	55:54
1RM Back Squat	75 lbs	130 lbs
1RM Snatch	45 lbs	55 lbs
7 Minutes Burpee’s	55	66

My first FRAN I did incorrectly and to my own fault since I was new and Andrew try to get me started but I might not have paid attention to what he was exactly saying! (see Andrew – Its not your fault!) After 12:00 minutes of not knowing what I was doing and being exhausted I quit the workout. The next day as I worked on my back squat and snatch I learned what I needed to do to correct it and came back to do it the correct way (although I would have had a HUGE PR if I hadn’t been honest J). Andrew was there and helped me through the whole workout and I was able to finish with 7:47 score! I was impressed and exhausted after the workout and wasn’t sure how much I would progress at the end since I really went all out that time. Then came the time in the class to do the workout and I decided to keep the weight the same since I wanted to know the time improvement – I was amazed at how fast I had improved my time and know that the next time I could at least go up in weight!

My first Row was difficult – again I was just off of bootcamp and had struggled when we would row 200m! As I went through each  1000 meters I was struggling to keep a consistent pace. My back was hurting, I stopped for water and I struggled to breathe through the whole thing. The second time I went during the scheduled time for the row and had Alex there to give us advice as we went through each 1000 meters. The best advice was to row hard every 500 meters for 5 pulls and then fall into your pace! I found that this helped me stay in a consistent pace and helped me dramatically improve my time!

7 minutes of hell I mean Burpee’s was the first workout I did at the start and the last at the end! The first time I was full of adrenalin since it was my first time after bootcamp that I was at ACF and I didn’t know anyone there. Thankfully I met some pretty awesome people – Carmen, Mary and Lynn who went through the torture with me! Carmen did a great job of motivating me through the burpee’s and although we weren’t using the 6” target I still got 55 burpee’s completed! Then since Carmen and I couldn’t get together to do it again I made Dave help me during one of our PT times. Dave had me do the 6” target this time and helped push me to get 66 burpee’s complete – 11 PR!

The back squat and snatch movements were weak in the beginning because I struggled with form. I had James there to walk me through the movements and I remember failing at 90lbs for my back squat and now I was able to get 130 failing at 140! The Snatch is problem the one movement I struggle the most with – I just can’t seem to get it! With James I struggled to get 45 and then when the first open workout was announced I panicked – 45lbs 30 times??? But I was able to do it! When I tried to improve the snatch I only PR’d by 10lbs but it was still a PR – my form needs to be worked on before I can start to do heavy movements!!

So with the 90 days past 17.2 lbs lighter, 12” gone and a much better attitude I am ready for my next challenge. I have about 90 days before I head to Aruba! I want so bad to be comfortable in summer clothes and know that I am at least half way there. Over the next 90 days I have set the following goals and benchmarks:

Goal: Lose 15 more lbs

Benchmark workouts:

1)      Run a 5k  (36:45)

2)      Pull-ups (0 – just started doing them with bands)

3)      Dead-lifts (150lbs)

4)      Clean and Jerk (90lbs)

5)      Karen – (87 in 12 mins with 14lbs ball; 8lbs ball – 12:02)

So stick with me for the next 90 days and see if I can continue making awesome progress –the prize – a killer body for Aruba!! Maybe I can convince my husband to let me buy all new clothes too if I (when I) improve!!!