So I cheated this weekend.
Yeah yeah yeah, I know. I had five days to go before finishing the Whole 30 paleo diet and I decided to break the fast. But notice I said "decided." It's not like I was fighting temptation and caved in. My brother was in town the same weekend that I got a new job and I said to myself "We need to celebrate." So on Saturday night we did. Could we have stayed sober? Yeah but that wouldn't have been as much fun. Besides my brother lives on Oahu and we don't get to see each other that often.
Anyway, so I had some alcohol. All that means is I'm going to start the Whole 30 all over again. And you know what? I want to. I saw some good results but it's not enough. Thirty days is not enough. I want more. And you know what? It was easy. Once you get going the temptation doesn't even exist. I'm thinking mid Jan to mid Feb. No major holidays and all that. Wait when's the Superbowl again? Uh, wait, maybe after that then.
Today was also the first day back in the gym since last week. Doesn't sound that long right? Well for Crossfit it is. A week off means a tough workout once you come back. And today we had a doozy. First we did back squats. I did 135 5 times, 185 3 times and 205 3 times. Not too bad. Then we did 7 thrusters and 7 chest to the bar pullups for as many rounds as we could in 10 minutes. That was kinda sucky. I only did four rounds with 95 lbs BUT I didn't use the rubber bands at all for the pullups. Yeah!
Somehow I've managed to develop my own Kipping pullups which look kinda weird. My whole body goes horizontal. Bumper and Kristi get a kick out of it but hell dude, I did a total of 28 pullups without those stupid rubber bands tonight. I think I might try to see how many in a row I can do at a time. Some of these guys can do 50 or so I hear. That's nuts.
Oh and I don't know WHAT the hell I did to my back this weekend. On Saturday Bumper posts what looked like a simple workout. You start with 20 pushups then do one situp. Then you do 19 pushups and 2 situps. Then 18 pushups and 3 situps and . . . well, you get the picture. You keep going until you're doing 20 situps and 1 pushup.
So I figure I can just do this at home and start the workout while wearing an old pair of bannana republic cargo shorts. Now, this doesn't sound too bad but I tore the hell out of my lower back somehow. The constant friction of my shorts rubbed a hole in my lower back and it's all red. Looks terrible and feels worse. So the lesson for today kids is to wear the proper workout attire, even if you're just working out at home. Aloha!
