Push Up

Good times all around on Saturday evening - definitely made up for Wednesday night about ten-fold. Went to church with the fam on Sunday and we all went out to lunch at one of our usual Colombian spots in Elizabeth. i specifically ordered the platter with the rice and beans. Not sure if this article had to do with my recent string of poor nutritional choices, but i hope to be better motivated so i can perform at my best during the wods.

I think my rating system for movies that are already out on dvd is going to adhere to the following: buy it, rent it, wait for cable, avoid at all costs. I determined this as i watched Rob Zombie's Halloween II. My rating - rent it.  while it was very good, i just couldnt give it a buy it rating due to the brutal way most of the victims in the movie "bought the farm" - watching once is fine but its not something that i would want to own to watch over and over and over again.

Mon 10/25/10

Got to work early with the intent not to leave until i finally got this project (which involves requesting a permit  from the Department of Environmental Protection for a routine culvert replacement) that has been sitting on my desk for months submitted for review. Mostly administrative stuff but it needed to get done. Left the office at 545p.

due to some new guidelines at the box, i did not have the requisite amount of time prior to class starting to do the wod - so i was going to have to do it on my own after everyone left. Great.

15-12-9
Thrusters, 115#
Clapping Push-Ups

Watching everyone go through it revealed that the wod was a lot tougher than it looked. Double Great. After the last class, I warmed up really well - and I guess should sport a goatee more often as I had a small audience to cheer me on (thanks for staying everyone) - then 3,2,1.. go and banged the first 15 thrusters unbroken. i was feeling really good. the next 15 clapping push-ups smacked me from the small pedestal i had just put myself on. Push-ups are such a goat for me - i just fatigue so quickly. I had to do sets of 3. Overall i finished in 6:54 and that was with two missed lifts, a fall down, and doing 1 clapping push-up at a time in the third round. the last few push ups did not have the greatest form either as my shoulders were coming up before my hips - but it is what it is. Even though the fastest times were sub 5 minutes, I never deceived myself that i would get below 5:45 - so i was extremely happy with my effort.

Went shopping after my wod - unfortunately Walmart rolled back its rollback price for its no sugar added applesauce from $1.50 to $1.78 - but i found some skirt steak at the supermarket that i made immediately when i got home. Delish!