workout 20140408 – jerk/amrap

// 2014.04.08 12:58 // ,

Jerk 5-5-3-3-1-1-1

75-95-115-135-155-175

10 minute AMRAP
15x power KB swing 44#
12x DB push press 35#
9x ring dip

3+28

The jerk was going well this morning, but as usual time was short and I did not finish the prescribed amount of reps even though I was rushing a bit. I probably should have started at a heavier weight as I felt I could lift a lot more than 175# for one rep. As it was, 175# is still my PR.

The dips were the critical path for the AMRAP as I cannot do nine reps unbroken even when relatively rested. By the second and third go-around, I was doing them two at a time. I probably could have used a heavier KB; I was unsure how hard “powering” a heavy KB would be. I could have done heavier DBs, too, since after the first round I was breaking them up into 6×2 sets anyway.

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moscow mule 01

// 2014.04.07 22:06 // ,

Moscow Mule

2 oz Skyy vodka
1 oz Rose’s lime juice
4 oz Verner’s

combined in glass with ice and stirred.

I’ve had the Skyy for a long time, probably since I’ve been in Seattle. So, eight+ years? It’s usually been in the freezer, and vodka doesn’t go bad, does it? It had been opened before. Everything else is of normal age and had been refrigerated. I could have added a lime garnish, but I did not.

It was good, although not as gingery as I wanted. Perhaps less lime juice and/or more ale. Or a different ale or actual ginger beer. It was pretty strong, but that did not hit me until perhaps 30 minutes later. It also made me feel a little alcoholic, so perhaps something funky happened to the vodka. Something to keep track of next time I use the spirit.

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last sunday

// 2014.04.07 14:08 //

2014 APR 06 : SUNDAY

The rest of the family went to Geraldine’s for bfast while I left to workout. I actually dropped by Geraldine’s before heading to the gym to drop off some medicinals for ARK.

After bfast, the family went to the Science Center for some special UW thing. ARK was also meeting a coworker with her son there. I also headed up there after a shower and a return trip to the gym to get my MEC checked sweater that I left there. It is an old old friend that I do not wish to lose.

After the science center, we had lunch at the armory, where I had my usual falafel pita and fries at Kabob. J ate a lot of my fries as well as my falafel patties.

J and I napped back home while ARK and LK went to his Mandarin class and got haircuts and groceries. The stylist (who as usual asked when I was going to come back in) noticed a couple of lice nits on his hair!!!! There was an outbreak at his school a couple of weeks ago, but we thought we escaped unscathed. ARK got the treatment and we treated his hair and whatnot. And we have to wash everything and dispose of our brushes, etc. etc. etc. Although we can sterilize them, eh, I am not going to bother.

ARK does not have lice, as the stylist looked. J looks to be OK as well. ARK looked at my hair, but there is a lot of it. If I get them, I probably will just shave it all off. Would be easier.

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workout 20140406 – Team row, wall ball, lunges

// 2014.04.07 13:57 // ,

Two person teams for time:
1000m row
75x partner wall ball
75x jumping lunge
750m row
50x partner wall ball
50x jumping lunge
500m row
25x partner wall ball
25x jumping lunge

only one person works during row and lunges.

24:57 with R

R found it harder than I, so his cardio was the limiting factor. I definitely felt tired afterwards, though. We were the slowest team; the faster team finished many minutes before us. Partner wall balls are surprisingly hard; hard in the sense that catching the ball from the other person is harder than one might think. One sees this fluffy medicine ball type thing come down and thinks “oh, this will be easy to catch” and it is always a surprise with how heavy it is. When one does it alone, I guess one has more of a feel for the weight.

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haiku 20140405

// 2014.04.05 21:48 //

poor little mussel
once alive but now just sits
in a tasty sauce

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