Welcome your majesty.
Coaches can be cruel.
I find my likelihood of maintaining my online log increases dramatically if I post during my rest periods. Of course this requires a smart phone. And the tapatalk app helps.
OK. I don't have time for this shit, but my coach, Tamara Cohen, insists that I do this. I work full time (read, 60 hrs/week), have 4 kids, and work out at the gym 7 hour/week (Tue, Thurs 2 hrs, Saturday for 3 hrs). I don't know if I can keep up this log after this initial entry, but here goes.
I am 53, 5'1", 130 lbs. I started Crossfit about 2.5 years ago after 20 years of being a couch potato + giving birth to 4 kids. I had been very athletic as a young woman (tennis, swimming, gymnastics, hiking, running). When I had my first child at 32, I let myself go. I had my 4th child at age 42. By then, I was barely moving. At age 51, I started Crossfit. My fitness level improved dramatically over the next two years, but I also injured myself to the point of needing rotator cuff surgery in November of 2011. It was a very painful recovery as I had "frozen shoulder syndrome." After surgery, I quit Crossfit and joined Asheville Strength and Conditioning to rebuild my strength. For the few months or so, I was restricted to Airdyne, light dumbells, and lower body work. Then, in Feb, I was allowed to begin lifting very light weights.
2/8/12
Squat 65# 3x5
DL 55# 3x5
OH Press 3 lb dumbbells 3x10
On 4/13/12 I started to snatch at 10 kg.
On 4/21/12 I started to power clean at 33#.
On 6/1/12 I started to Bench at 24.5#.
On 7/24/12 I started to front squat and hit 145# x 1.
On 8/12 I did the following:
Snatch 29 kg x 1
Clean 44 kg x 1
My shoulder is still very weak and a bit painful, so I am going slow on the Olympic lifts.
On 9/4 I did the following:
Squat 225# x 1
OHP 60# 3x5
On 9/6/12 I did the following
Bench press 80# at 3x5
DL 230# x 5
FS 170# x 1
So, that's my story. Weak upper body, strong lower body. Operation Upper Body Strength in force.
Welcome your majesty.
Coaches can be cruel.
I find my likelihood of maintaining my online log increases dramatically if I post during my rest periods. Of course this requires a smart phone. And the tapatalk app helps.
welcome!
Pixies, awesome.
9/8/12
Today I learned that I've shrunk from 5'1" to 5' even. Nice. I love growing older.
Look, I am actually posting again. This is amazing. I don't know how much longer I can commit the time necessary to keep this up, though.
Squat singles (in lbs)
45
135
185
195
205 just above parallel
215 well below parallel
227 A NEW PR!!! And well below parallel
230 crash and burn, oh well.
Back off doubles: 185, 195, 205 (the last 205 was a GRIND, but I did it)
My shoulder started aching very badly during back off sets. Had to apply a lacrosse ball to it in order to continue lifting.
Press (in lbs)
5 x 45
5 x 55
3x5x 62.5 All strong except the very last lift. At that point, my right arm was stronger than my left (rotator surgery) and I was able raise the bar with my right but not my left arm, bummer.
Close grip bench (for shoulder strengthening purposes) 3 x 8 x 57.5#
Power Clean singles (in kgs)
25 kg
30
35
40
43
46 had trouble getting under the bar and hit myself in the chest twice, so I stopped. Tamara pointed out that I should be using the women's bar, not the men's bar. Duh. Too late to switch over. At this point my legs felt trashed and my shoulders hurt. Time to call it quits.
Great work! Love to see operation Upper Body Strength in action
Thanks for the comments. My upper body strength is what's keeping me from competing. I need to improve in my bench before I compete as a powerlifter. Rotator cuff surgery left me very weak in my left arm (I was unable to lift a 1# dumbbell 8 weeks after surgery). I've come a long way, but have a lot of work to do yet.