Friday, January 25, 2013

Back squats in pregnancy



Strength: Worked up to 115#
21-15-9: hang cleans (65#) / front squats (65#)
6:20

Cleans and squats are some of my favourite movements but at 12 weeks pregnant, I've been reading that I should stop squatting below parallel. No more movements that make me grunt. Up until now, I've done an okay job of managing my cardio (although I'll admit, I could be better) and to keep my pace at "conversational". I build in mandatory breaks and I won't start again until my heart rate is a lower. I've been watching my sweating, making sure I don't overheat. Scaling has been difficult but I've been practising.
With that said, 65# is light for me in this WOD so I went rx'ed. I tried to go as steady as possible and broke up all my sets at least once. For back squats, I tried not to squat below parallel but my goal with these will be to maintain as much control and as good form as possible.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Oh Karen!



Karen (power WB at 10#)
10:41

I'm back posting but the cat's out of the bag... I am crossfitting while pregnant!
I've never done Karen before and I was bummed to be missing a benchmark WOD that I could have done rx'ed but I've got other priorities now! I've been reading a lot about how pregnant women shouldn't squat below parallel and after testing a few air squats out today, I did not feel comfortable with that movement so I stuck with power wall balls.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Light jerks



Strength: jerk... worked up to 95# (I think, no heavier)
4 rounds of 8 DB single arm snatch (35#) / 16 slam balls (20#) / 16 slam ball sit ups (10#)
13:36

Situps with the heavier slam ball caused some discomfort with the stretching in the belly so grabbed a lighter weight.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Jan 11 WOD



Strength: power cleans up to 95#
4 rounds of 42 DU / 21 KBS (1 pood) / 12 ring dips (skinny red band)
13:04

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Crazy post-WOD

Sometimes, this kind of thing happens at Sasquatch...

5 rounds of 15 WB (rx, 14#) / 20 DU / 10 TTB
12:54

Post-WOD "easy" Helen: 14:55

Friday, January 4, 2013

Double WOD??



A. 4 rounds of 10 OHS (rx, 65#) / 30 DU / 10 box jump (rx, 20")
9:30

B. 10 min "easy" row: 2119m

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy New Year!



5 rounds of 7 hang clean (75#) / 14 TTB / 21 WB (10#)
20:22