Holiday WODs

I'm back at home after five days of hanging out with my in-laws for Thanksgiving. My husband has gotten his entire family into CrossFit, so we went to their box a couple times (not work out for five days? unthinkable!) and worked up a sweat.

The first day we did...Fran, again! My head was still sore from my last Fran, but I got through my thrusters unbroken. My time was a lot slower because I couldn't get a toe on the ground for pull-ups. Really need to learn to kip. It's so much harder to do 21-15-9 strict pull-ups, even with bands!

The second day we did Elizabeth, which I scaled to 15-12-9 of 25 kg squat cleans and ring dips (with a red band). We rarely do squat cleans at our box, and I was feeling the burn big time by the last set.

We had planned to go again Thursday and Friday, but after Tuesday's WOD, my husband's sister developed this freaky lump on her abdomen and went to the doctor to get it checked out. They're pretty sure it's not a hernia, but think it's a severely strained muscle and told her not to work out at all for a week. She's bummed. She's lost about 20 pounds since this summer, doing CrossFit and eating paleo, and is super strong and good at everything to boot. She surpassed my performance within a couple of months of starting.

My husband and I have a new appreciation for our home box after realizing how attentive and focused on safety our trainers are as compared to some other gyms. I was a little shocked that the squat clean wasn't reviewed at all before the WOD, and there were some new members in there struggling with the movement and using too much weight. I'm not a trainer, but I had to bite my tongue to keep from correcting people's form.

It was also interesting to hear from my sister-in-law about the occasional spats between members - just macho head-butting, it sounded like ("who are you to say anything to me when your deadlift is only 350#?!"), but I can honestly say I've never witnessed anything like that at home. We do have some gym drama, but I think it's more behind the scenes kind of stuff that most members don't witness.

I managed to stay pretty darn close to paleo the whole time, even on Thanksgiving itself! I had a piece of pumpkin pie, and an almond butter cup. I absolutely gorged myself on veggies (they were delicious) and had an entire turkey leg, but hey, I'm trying to gain muscle :)