She Gets It

Well my new club arrived, and instead of sending me a woman's club, shortened 1" I got a mens club, not shortened.  Luckily they sent me a return label and have placed a replacement order.  Hopefully I'll get the right one this time, I've been golfing fair---I'm happy with my progress so far.  I got to golf with Kev, Craig and Jack when we were in Maine and that was very fun.  We golfed at Hampden CC, when we go back in October I want to check out Foxcroft to see if we want to buy season passes for next summer. Tonight is Pam's Pink Par-Tee, Melissa just texted me it's also wear pink, Kerri would be so proud if I go buy more golf clothes!  

Yesterday morning we took out the ball machine and I really focused on my backhand, forehand drives, muscle memory, good muscle memory is kicking in and I felt like I was making good progress.  Now if my opponents would just hit it to me, you know right to me, like the ball machine does.  I was going to go this morning and drill more on my scorpions and overheads but just didn't get there.  We played last night and I had some great shots but also missed some ridiculously easy shots which is very aggravating.  Crossfit this morning was running, which is a nope for me so I'm headed to the garage to get some bench presses in, golf tonight and calling it good.

 

Clean and Jerk

 Today I did 65 and ran out of time to go heavier but it felt ok, no struggle.

Tubing

 Spent the day on the lake with the grandkids--no Crossfit--why I Crossfit?  I always think about Crossfit in terms of how heavy (not heavy) I'm lifting, today when I was out on the tube with the grandkids, I realized how I take my grip strength for granted.  We never really measure it, it's just a byproduct of all the bar work we do, something I never really think about until....just being able to hang on with the kids.

Power Cleans

 3-3-3-3-3

Why are my cleans not getting better? Let me answer that for myself, I'm pulling too soon, not getting under the bar, not keeping the bar path close, not jumping hard and high enough, and slow turnover of my elbows.  Is there another component I'm doing wrong, if it exists it should be on my list.  The ironic thing is it is a lift I really like.

On a better note golf last night was really fun.

Muscle Up Annie

 15:02, it was ok, dumb practice (that was a typo for dub practice, but it kinda fits), RMU practice and a whole lot of sit ups.

Pickleball last night, who does an outdoor lesson when it's 115? Still good lesson.  Golf tonight.

Ring Rows, Pushups and Back Squats

 Ring rows and pushups were a scale for ring muscle ups, I like the fact that my pushups are getting stronger and I can do more.  Back squats we had to be able to do unbroken, I chose 65lbs, probably should have pushed a little heavier.

Went to Fritz after, lost 1, won 1, called it good.

But Did I Touch

 I kinda sorta got a toes to bar today, I'm just not absolutely positive my toes hit that bar, if not it was close, very, very close.  Lots of box jumps, stressing out on the 20", came home and did three consecutive jumps on the 20" then stressed out again.  I used 18" for the WOD.

24 Dubs--they're coming along

12 Toes 2 Bar

12 Box Jumps

Every 2 minutes you stop dubs and t2b and do 12 box jumps.

I got 4 rounds.

Golf and Crossfit

 Golf last night was really fun, I think it'll be like pickleball, a lifetime to never master it, but it is fun trying (most of the time).

CrossFit was:

5x3:00 rounds for reps

15/20 Calorie Row (I did 10)

20 Alternating hand dB snatches

Max dB facing burpees

Count the burpees=55

I Can Stilll Do It

 Last night was my pickleball lesson, I worked on things that frustrated me in the tournament on Sunday.  Kolbe encouraged me to play more at Fritz. I played this morning and was very happy with the points I got and had a good time.

BUT... that means if I'm going to get my three Crossfit check ins before the end of the month I have to go Wed, Thurs, and Friday.  Still time...

Golf tonight.

Week Off

 I took a week off from CrossFit last week, not with intention, just kinda happened.  It's always hard to get the motivation to go when you've taken a little time off, so much easier to stay home or go to pickleball.  I went.....which will make tomorrow easier to do.  I also got a message that I only need three more check ins to make Foundry Fanatics for the month of July, I didn't think I was that close.  Funny how something basically meaningless is so motivating, may be I should look at Foundry Fanatics as meaningful, obviously it is because I will go three more times before the end of the week!

Today's workout was a complex of Power Snatch + Hang Power Snatch, my numbers were: 35, 40, 45, 45, 45 I attempted 50 and it didn't happen.

Followed by Legless Rope climb, Power snatches

2 Legless rope climbs

4 Power Snatches

add 1 power snatch every round

I thought I would scale the legless rope climb with regular rope climbs, but todays scale was ring rows which I didn't mind.

I got 7 rounds + 10

Tournament

 I haven't played a tournament in awhile, I played up and really struggled, even with the simplest of shots.  Some days are like that, but then someone dropped out of fixed doubles so they asked me and Craig to stay and play.  That was an extremely reluctant yes but I'm glad we did, I redeemed myself, we only lost one of our matches.  I'm not sure how we placed, when we were done, we were done, it had been a long day so we didn't stay for results and I haven't seen them posted yet.  Feeling good about the end.

PR

 PR'd my deadlift today at 157, I tried to do 159.5 and failed.  Backsquats today also, just not feeling like pushing them.

Golf

 It's going to take awhile.

Middle and Thirds

 Things to work on this week.

Round Robin

Last week's round robin was very frustrating I felt like I played well and ended up DFL.  Yeah, stats don't lie so that's how I played. This week was a bit of redemption, no a lot of redemption, I moved up to 5th--I'll take it!

Did an upper body workout at home, I was hoping to pr my bench, nope not happening today but I did get three good consecutive pull ups.  Checking out pulley systems to add to my garage gym.

Pickled!

 No not us!  We pickled them! The thing is, this is not a gloat because the same people could easily turn the tables on us, but just for this morning I gotta put it in writing because it's my first. Good morning of pickleball, one game went 14-12 and to be honest I can't remember if we won or lost it, the rallies were so good.

 I did a very definitive senior citizen thing yesterday, I bought Skechers pickleball shoes, I have an ongoing saga of problematic shoe issues, whether it's the lack of selection in my size, the cut around my ankles, the toe box etc. They had a buy 1 get one 1/2 off so of course that means I had to buy two pairs. What can I say, we had a good morning with me wearing my new shoes! Just don't tell Brent---

Pickleball, Pickleball, Crossfit

Played pickleball last night, pretty evenly matched, drilled this morning and pr'd my power cleans at Crossfit, I cleaned 72, not sure how I did that and it is not currently repeatable, I had to drop weight to finish. 

2+36

 AMRAP 14

Handstand Walk, Knees to Elbows, KB Swings

I forgot how heavy my kettlebell was but I used the heaviest one I've ever used. Pickleball drills before CrossFit.

Balance

Tonight I worked on balance when being pulled wide and getting back and ready to take a middle shot, also on a little strategy, breaking up this sequence with a lob.  I feel like I get pulled off and become very defensive and then forget all about trying to take back any offensive shots.  It's frustrating.  Sunday I played really well as far as returning shots but not coming through with the winners, which makes for too many lost games. Practice went well and Kolbe definitely identified some footwork and ready mistakes I was (still am) making.

Crossfit this morning was:

AMRAP 2 Deadlifts

AMRAP 19 

4 Strict Pull Ups

11 Box Jumps

13 Hand Release Push Ups

23 Cal Bike

AMRAP 2

Deadlifts

I'm not sure what all my totals were but altogether I got 165 reps, I did jumping pull ups and was really happy with them in each round.  The hand release pushups also went better than I expected,

 

Scorpions

 Yesterday's pickleball drilling went way better than Wednesdays.  Last night we went to see the Scorpions play which was really fun, it was also nice to see the pros up close make those same mistakes I make, maybe a whole lot less often though!

Crossfit this morning was deadlifts and burpee box jump overs, start with 3 each, add three each round, I finished 5 rounds + 6.