Good morning from La Jolla, CA! I’m out here in Southern California soaking up just a tiny bit of sunshine in the afternoon. We’ve had lots of fog here until about 4pm, which hasn’t helped with the sight seeing much. Yesterday we went kayaking and barely saw a fish. I did see lots of birds pooping, though! Winning! Anywho, I’m over here finding out all the best places to go and best things to see while in San Diego so I can tell you all about it on the blog next week! Stay tuned!
I hope your week is going well and you’re as excited as I am about the CrossFit open finally coming to a close this week! Woooohooooooo! No more pushing the weight harder than I’d like to or making my hands raw. No thank you. This past week I had to do 2 of the open workouts in the same week since I was out of town and I can definitely say that my back and hamstrings are pretty damn sore. I don’t ever go that heavy on deadlifts, unless it is the strength portion of a workout. So I’m very happy for the open to end and for workouts at our gym to go back to normal!
Well I’ve got to get moving today, but before I let you go, just a quick reminder to stay motivated. We haven’t really talked about that in a while, but it’s still something that should always be on the mind in some way. It’s so easy to skip a workout and it’s so easy for one workout to turn into many, but it’s important to remember why you set your goals in the first place and what will help you continue to accomplish them. Rome was not built in a day and the same goes for you. If you continue to strive every day for your goals, if you are able to reminder yourself of what you want, and if you can take at least one step every day, you’ll be just a little closer to your goal. You are the only person who can hold yourself back and the same goes for pushing yourself forward. Remind yourself of your goals today and make a list of how you are going to accomplish them. Sometimes just a small reminder will keep you on track to a healthier and happier you!
Sunday – Workout with Cassy at hotel gym – see video here
6 rounds:
20 total side skater jumps
10 burpees
20 total jumping lunges
10 burpee pops
I’m really not sure how long this took to finish. I turned my timer on in my phone then noticed in 102 hours later…
Monday – CrossFit Broadway Class – CrossFit Open 17.3
Prior to 8:00, complete: 3 rounds of: 6 chest-to-bar pull-ups and 6 squat snatches (95/65)
Then, 3 rounds of: 7 chest-to-bar pull-ups and 5 squat snatches (135/95)
Prior to 12:00, complete 3 rounds of: 8 chest-to-bar pull-ups and 4 squat snatches (185/135)
*Prior to 16:00, complete 3 rounds of: 9 chest-to-bar pull-ups and 3 squat snatches (225/155)
*Prior to 20:00, complete 3 rounds of: 10 chest-to-bar pull-ups and 2 squat snatches (245/175)
*Prior to 24:00, complete 3 rounds of: 11 chest-to-bar pull-ups and 1 squat snatch 265 / 185
*If all reps are completed, time cap extends by 4 minutes.
I got through 80 reps – finished the snatches at 95#
Tuesday – Orange Theory Class
Wednesday – FIT on Broadway Class
10 Minute Warm-up then FIT Test: 500m Row For Time
24 Minutes:
#1 Every Minute On The Minute for 6 minutes – 10 Air squats + 10 Burpees
#2 Every 2 Minutes for 6 minutes – 200m run and 15 KB sumo deadlifts 70/55#
#3 Every Minute On The Minute for 6 minutes – 13/11 Cal Row
#4 Every 2 Minutes for 6 minutes – 20 Wall balls 20/14# and 15 WB sit-ups 20/14#
Retest 500m Row
Thursday – Orange Theory Class
Friday – CrossFit Broadway Class – CrossFit Open 17.4
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 13 minutes of:
55 deadlifts, 225/155 lb.
55 wall-ball shots, 20/14 lb. ball to 10’/9′ target
55-calorie row
55 handstand push-ups
I got 195 reps (through 30 handstand push ups)
Saturday – Rest day – Travel to San Diego
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Free Travel Workout:
800m run
5 rounds of:
8 DB man makers
8 burpees
8 heavy DB thrusters
8 star jumps
finish w/ 800m run
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What I Ate in a Day:
I started my morning off at 5:30am with a cup of coffee with some heavy cream, liquid stevia, and a tablespoon of collagen. (you can see my collagen favorites here).
Around 9, I had brunch at Devil’s Food with a friend. I got an almond milk latte but didn’t finish it since it got cold pretty quickly. Then I ordered the duck hash that had peppers, onion, potatoes, kale, duck confit and an egg on top. I ate it all except half of the egg (eggs make my skin break out so I try to not eat them too often).
Around 1, I had lunch that was pretty much leftovers. The leftovers included leftover ground taco meat along with some green beans and butternut squash, and I added some random salad greens and some thai peanut smoked salmon that I picked up at Whole Foods.
Before I headed to the gym for a workout, I ate 1 dolma (found them at Whole Foods) then drank 1/2 a Bonafide Provisions carrot bone broth drink.
After my workout, I drank the rest of the bone broth drink. After coaching for an hour, I ate a peanut chocolate chip larabar.
Once I got home around 8, I started dinner. While I made dinner, I had a handful of Simple Mills almond flour crackers then I had dinner which was a Butcher Box sirloin steak (discount for PaleOMG readers coming the first week of April!) with roasted brussels sprouts and baby potatoes topped with goat cheese.
After dinner, I had 1 piece of Taza Maple Pecan Chocolate!
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Hi Juli. Actually listening to your podcast right now 🙂 I love it and our humor is pretty much the same so I find myself laughing while cleaning my house and listening to your podcast. I have been doing crossfit for 2 years now but have not been very consistent. I find myself getting super into it and then getting burnt out on it. I have a big fear of “bulking”. I am not naturally petite (5’7″ and 150) and have been self conscious about my legs for a long time. I tried the open for the first time since doing crossfit this year and it really motivated me to better myself. I do feel the pressure that you talk about in your podcasts about “rxing” weight. My weights aren’t super heavy right now but I am able to rx a lot of workouts. How do I know when to stop going up in weight in order to avoid bulking? IIs there a way to slim down at the same time as doing crossfit? I really love my gym and don’t want to give it up but I’m wondering if maybe it won’t help me achieve the body I want.
you just have to listen to your body! when i find my legs getting a little bigger or my clothes not fitting like they did before, i cut back on the weight. that’s how i know!
hi! never know where to comment but wanted to tell you that – a) LOVE the podcasts and would listen even if 2 hours long – the longer the better – your rants and raves are fantastic and it helps me to work out! b) LOVE your free workouts – especially the travel ones (love it if includes dumbbells or kettle bells too but i don’t do cross fit so i can’t always do your other stuff. keep it going!
thanks for the love, julie!
Your lunch made me smile a little–so funny how our tastebuds adapt to eating real food. I have slowly but surely been trying to eat more REAL food after losing weight doing high carb/low fat for a year. Today for breakfast I made eggs with stevia, pb and strawberry preserves. SO weird sounding, but after seeing Melissa Hartwig talk about blueberries in her eggs several times, and seeing another girl on Instagram put fruit in her eggs, I was craving PB&J and it really hit the spot. AND I didn’t have to eat any worthless carbs or bread to make it happen.
How does one ever have just 1 piece of Taza chocolate though!? Or any kind of dark chocolate, really. Soo good.
I was just about to place an order with Butcher Box but remembered that there was a discount coming our way. Can’t wait!