Bench Press

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Bench Press @52lbs for all sets, with jumping chest to bar 

Paddle Comparison-Honolulu J6CR vs Pickle Poppers

 Last night I had a lesson with my new coach, it went really well, so I think it'll be a good change, I will  still do my group class for the community but for now summer is looking travel crazy and I need a little break.

I started stealing Craig's Honolulu paddle awhile back, it worked out great when we weren't playing together, so he ordered me my own. I really like it, it's got an elongated handle for my twoeys, and the paddle itself is elongated and every little bit of extra paddle helps, especially on the overheads. A couple weeks ago when I was away visiting mom he ordered me another paddle (pretty sure he was bored, or in a competition with our friend Jason to see who can order the most paddles).

This is the Honolulu--I love this paddle, but look what showed up (after being delivered to the wrong address and tracking it down with the very helpful post office)

I know it looks like a Barbie paddle!  But it's a serious paddle, what I don't like is nothing is elongated, what I do like----everything else.  It has pop and power, and it's very light for fast hands, and the best part is it has the smallest grip out there.  You would think there would be more paddles with a small grip size.

So, what to do, which one to play with?  I just got it yesterday so I didn't use it in my lesson, this morning I took it out to drill with Craig and the ball machine.  I started with the Honolulu because I wanted to work on some things from my lesson, when I got tired I switched out to the Pickle Popper, it was a nice switch and I could definitely feel how much lighter it felt.  I didn't play any real games this morning just got a lot of drilling done, so I'll update after a real game. But for the moment it's all positive.

Oh and not to mention it came in this box, it looks like it should be a board game, how can I throw this away?

Rope Climb, Farmer Carry, Deadlift, Bike

 Wow--that's a lot to pack into one WOD, if I had done it Rx there would have been 12 rope climbs, I did 5 and was happy with that. I did the Farmer's Carry @ 50lbs (total) and 50lbs on the dumbbell deadlifts, the bike sucked as usual, at the end I forgot to do the last bike and just decided to call that scaling rather than drag myself up off the floor and go do it once I realized I really wasn't done.

Time: 17:34

I had a comparison Dexa Scan this morning also, my body fat has decreased and muscle has increased although not as much as I would like.  All in all the results are good, BMD was good, no osteoporosis or osteopenia, not complaining about that!

Pickleball lesson tonight with a new coach, we"ll see how that goes. 

3 RFT

 3 RFT

30 Wall Ball Shots

90 Dubs

My dubs are getting better, but no where near 90 in a round.  Wall balls were supposed to be heavy today, I went from a 6lb to 8lb ball, that's heavier!

Time: 9:35

Hit or Miss

 Workouts have been sorta hit or miss lately but sometimes a break is good.  Maybe it's been a lot of breaks, and sometimes I just haven't recorded them, but this morning I got a good garage gym workout.

Kettlebell Swings/Burpees

 6 Rounds for Time:

24 KB Swings

12 Burpees to Target

Time: 15:42

Followed by Turkish get up attempts

Pistol Squats and Bike Cals

I really do want to learn to do them.