Joyce’s Workouts: 5 September-9 September 2016

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Took my rest day early this week to celebrate Labor Day. And by celebrate I mean going to Trader Joe’s, followed by some lounging, and catching a “Law & Order” marathon.

Wow. Burpees really do suck. For Tuesday’s workout, I saw that the weight was only 80# and I was hoping to go a little heavier, like 85# or 95#. But after getting back on the bar and doing the second set of burpees I was so happy that the weight wasn’t heavier. That 80# quickly felt like 280#. And my legs were crying.

Wednesday’s workout was a quickie, but still packed a lot of punch. Ding dang push-ups.

Thursday was my birthday and I love deadlifts, so it was perfect. Or so I thought. It’s always the ones that look simple on the board that are the most challenging. Biggest obstacle for me on this was my head. I let some negative thoughts creep in there. I had to get rid of them the only way I knew how: quickly picking up the bar off the ground, not letting go, and pushing forward. And they left. When I was done I felt great and asked myself the question I’ve been asking myself for three years, “Why the hell do I workout on my birthday?” I’m sure I’ll be asking the same question next year.

Friday’s workout had a lot of clean & jerks and it’s been a while since I’ve done them. It felt good to get back to doing them, even if my time was slow. I’m not going to beat myself up too much for taking way longer than I wanted to. At least I did it. I would have felt worse if I had gone with my original plan: not doing anything at all. My shoulder is still a little sore, and I so wanted to just take an extra rest day today. But I knew I’d feel better getting it done. And I did. And if you are wondering if you can workout the day after finishing a bottle of wine the night before – the answer is yes.

Have a great weekend and see you back here next week! Happy rest days!

Tuesday:

5 Minute AMRAP:

21 Deadlifts (80#)

15 Burpees Over the Bar

Completed 2 Rounds

**Rest 5 minutes

5 Minute AMRAP:

15 Hang Power Cleans (80#)

10 Burpees Over the Bar

Completed 2 Rounds

**Rest 5 Minutes

5 Minute AMRAP:

9 Front Squats (80#)

5 Burpees Over the Bar

Completed 3+5 Rounds

Wednesday:

21-18-15-12-9-6-3

Kettlebell Swings (35#)

Push-Ups

Ab Mat Sit-Ups

Completed in 12 minutes

Thursday:

For Time:

100 Deadlifts at 135#

Every time you break: 5 Burpees-Over-The-Bar

Broke 10 times (35 total burpees over the bar)

Time: 15 minutes (I think)

Friday:

For Time:

27-21-15-9 reps of

Wallballs (14#)

Clean & Jerk (65#)

Time: 19:11

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