18 March 2009

'Murph'

For time:
1 mile Run
100 Pull-ups
200 Push-ups
300 Squats
1 mile Run

Well I did this one differently than before. In the past I have partitioned it to either cindy style breaking it down to 20 rounds of 5 pull ups 10 push ups and 15 squats (note after the run I always start off with min. 30 squats). or I do the 10 round version of 10-20-30 which i like but it forces more rest. Now this time I just went at it chipped away at each event. I saved the majority of the pull ups till the end, and tried to knock out the squats more so in the beginning. The only good thing about doing it this way is that I did not have the feeling of chasing my tail. my total time was 46:35 but the last run I just went to 'map my run' and it has told me that I am short on my last run. I only ran .8 miles. ugh..... so add about 2 minutes to my final time and that is about right.

16 March 2009

Fridays WOD.

The main site WOD was back squats. After doing the CF total I was not very enthusiastic about doing Back squats so soon. I also knew I would be training with 3 others. So I came up with a team WOD that I thought would be fun. 2 teams to complete 100 hang power snatches @ 75lbs. while one person is working the other had to run out the door and run 400m (I thought it was 400m but I believe it was closer to 500m.)
Anyhow the WOD went well, total time was 10:14. So it was a fast one, but definitely a burner.

On another note, I just ate Zone chocolate chip pancakes. I do not feel like there was anything 'Zone' about them. In the book by Dr. Barry Sears 'Enter the Zone' he says that the body does not know the difference between one bad carb or another.(carbs high on the glycemic index) Whether it was 1 block of chocolate or or 1 block of pasta they are the same and the body processes the same. My zone pancakes usually do not consist of any 'bad' carbs, except the sugar free maple syrup. But it is sugar free and yes it has all that other junk in it that will most likely give me cancer, but it is not sugar.
What an effect it has had on me, I am really questioning the idea that all bad carb blocks are the same. Well we know that they are not but I am curious to really what effect each will have. I see different performance when I eat well with different foods, So I am curious to how the bad carbs will effect me differently. One thing for sure I wont be having any chocolate chip pancakes again.