Sunday, September 6th, 2009

We had our first run at having an 8AM class on Saturday. We’ve only had a 9AM and 10AM class since the beginning and those two classes have just gravitated to team workouts. I opened the 8AM class for those that wanted to follow normal programming instead of team workouts. We did the same for Sunday, having a class at 1PM. We’ve never had a Sunday class and I kind of made it more of an open gym type atmosphere. I will coach and help out but I think this is a great opportunity for the community to learn from each other.

Both classes were a hit. We had about 30 people show up for both days. I hope to see about this many people on a regular basis. It really makes working out a lot more fun.

During cleans on Saturday, I didn’t pr but pretty much matched my previous best. I missed three times at what would have been a pr and had my best attempt at it on the first try. The last two were not as pretty. During that first attempt though, I jammed my wrist a little and today it has really bothered me. Almost to the point that I thought I may have fractured it. I can’t support myself in a pushup position, let alone do a pushup. Its improving as the hours pass though. I hope it doesn’t keep me from sticking with the training. I have been feeling really well about how things are going and would hate it if I really had to alter what I am doing because of this injury. I didn’t know if I was going to be able to do today’s workout but didn’t really give up on it until I got into the gym, put some tape on, and hit a few reps.

As I mentioned, I couldn’t even support myself in a pushup position this morning, it hurt so bad. When I got into the gym, I immediately put on a ton a tape for support and tried a few overhead squats with an empty bar. Not to bad but I probably wasn’t going to be able to do much weight if a squat was involved. Luckily it was power snatch. I started throwing some weight on the bar to test out the tape job and it was holding up fairly well. I decided to give the workout a go and after it was all said and done, everything held up. I am guessing now, that it isn’t broken, ha. It is strained pretty good and I know that I won’t be able to go as heavy as I would like on the upcoming overhead squat 1RM. We’ll see how it goes. I am not one for giving in beforehand before I know what my actual limitations are and even then, I’m probably not the smartest. You can probably guess that I will push a little to see where it hurts the most.

I’ll keep you up to date on how the injury feels as the days pass and if it holds me back or not.

I am excited for the day off we have tomorrow. The gym is closed and the family will be home. I need to catch up on some rest and some son time. We’re gonna play some baseball at the park.

Have a happy labor day.

Sunday’s WOD (090906)
With a continuously running clock, do one 115 pound power snatch the first minute, two the second minute, three the third and so on. Continue for as long as you are able.

Minutes completed: 11

Saturday’s WOD (090905)
Clean 1RM – 272 (pr is 274)
missed three times at 282

mc:
“Annie”
50-40-30-20-10 reps for time of
Double Unders
Situps

Time: 5:26 (not sure if pr or not but i would like to think I have done it faster before)