Well good morning, you little lovely human! Are you tired from the Super Bowl last night? Did you party too hard? I thought my morning classes at the gym would be dead today but turns out, they’re all on the no drinking plan right now. We have a couple different classes going on at our gym including CrossFit Open prep and a Women’s Transformation class, so all these people have not been drinking and have been filling up all the classes at the gym instead. It’s amazing how no drinking keeps your life on track. I would think everyone in Denver would be celebrating like Peyton and drinking dat Budweiser. He must REALLY love that Bud Light because he talked about it not once, but TWICE. Loving that beer.
Anywho, how’s your motivation been in the New Year? Do you have certain goals you’re trying to attain or rules you’ve set for yourself for a while? I honestly didn’t really set a New Year’s resolution other than trying to stay away from dairy before my wedding so I don’t break out. But I’ve still eat some dairy. Because it’s effing delicious. I wish I could eat blue cheese on everything. But other than that resolution, I haven’t set any others. Which I think needs to change. I think I need to get back on my positive train. Because I’ve had lots of negative people here and on instagram lately and it’s quite a drag. So starting today, I’m going to start going to acupuncture (for stress relief) and start being positive AF. WHO IS WITH ME?!!?
Now let’s go get our workout on before any of the Debby Downers can drag us down!! POSITIVE 2016 HERE WE COME!
Sunday – Rest Day
Monday –
14 mins to find a 1 Rep Max Thruster (from floor) – I got 130#
Between Attempts: 6 Strict C2B Pull Ups – with hollow. (minimum of 5 sets) – I did regular strict pull ups
Then 4 Rounds Of: (1 min rest between rounds)
With a 3 min Clock:
12 Push Jerks (135/95)
12 Front Squats (135/95)
12 Power Cleans (135/95)
In remaining time Max Burpees
*Score is Total Burpees. – I got 92 burpees
Tuesday
Deadlift: 6 x 2. All sets at 90%. Reset at bottom of every rep. (18 mins) – I did all my sets at 195#
Between Sets: 30 Sec HS Hold in middle of floor / 45 sec Noes & Toes To Wall
Then 12 min AMRAP Of:
7 Hang Power Snatch (135/95)
17 Wall Ball
37 Double Unders
I got 6+4 reps using 75#
Wednesday
Every 2 mins x 7 sets: Snatch + OHS + Snatch. Reset before 2nd Snatch. All sets between 75 & 85% – I got to 105#
Then 30 sec work / 30 sec rest x 5 sets: OH Barbell Holds with 85% of 1 rep max Strict Press Weight! – I used 90#
Lastly 7 min As Far As Possible Of:
3-6-9-12-15-18-21…
OHS (95/65)
Pull Ups
I got through the reps of 18 + 6 overhead squat at rx
Thursday – Rest Day
Friday –
EMOM x 12: 1 C&J: First set at 60%. Add as you wish. Goal should be 95% minimum. – I got to 140#
Then 6 min AMRAP Of:
5 C&J (135/95)
10 Toes To Bar
30 Double Unders
– 3 min REST THEN REPEAT –
I got 4 rounds then 4 rounds + 2 reps using 85#
Saturday –
20 minute AMRAP:
60 calorie row
50 toes to bar
40 wall ball
30 power cleans (135/95)
20 muscle ups or 30 C2B pull ups
I got 1 round + 40 reps using 85#
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At Home or Hotel Body Weight Workout:
10 rounds for time:
20 Side Skaters
10 Hand Release Push Ups
20 Jumping Squats
10 V-ups
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What I Ate in a Day:
Here’s what I ate on a normal Saturday!
7:00am – Wake up, drink half a cup of coffee with less than a tablespoon of heavy cream and some liquid stevia
8:00am – Breakfast of 2 breakfast sausage patties (apple fennel breakfast sausage form Juli Bauer’s Paleo Cookbook) with shredded brussels sprouts sauteed in ghee and Primal Palate’s breakfast blend
9:00am – Workout then hang out with a friend
12:00am – Lunch of 1 leftover breakfast sausage patty, leftover pork chile verde (recipe on the blog soon), and more leftover brussels sprouts
1:00pm – Some nuts and chocolate from granola bars I made for the blog (recipe on the blog soon)
4:00pm – 1 container of strawberry sheep’s milk yogurt. I’ve been testing out sheep’s milk lately to see how my skin does with it since regular dairy seems to flare my skin up. (I have only eaten two so i’m still not sure yet)
5:00pm – 1/4 cup dang coconut chips with a little almond milk (like granola!)
7:30pm – Dinner out at Ototo with a friend where we shared scallop skewers wrapped in bacon, brussels sprouts with pomegranates and grapefruit then I got a ramen bowl and asked them for no noodles and sub for white rice. It was effing delicious.
I’m a runner and a crossfitter, so I get it from both worlds (most runners and crossiftters are awesome, just a few bad apples in the bunch); Runners: “OMG crossfit is so dangerous, just run it’s better for you” Crossfitters: “OMG running is so bad for your body, just lift weights it’s better for you” Me “OMG piss off I’m awesome”.
yeah, why do people care so much?? everyone needs to mind their business!
OMG! I’m a runner/crossfitter too. It’s so crazy how runners and crossfitters can hate on each other so much. It drives me crazy. Sometimes it’s discouraging but dang it I want to do both!
Hi Juli,
I know you post “what you eat in a day”, which I enjoy, but I am looking for recommendations on what to eat pre and post crossfit class to avoid dizziness and sickness during a WOD. It seems my banana almond milk smoothee with sun butter isn’t doing the trick anymore. Thanks!
I love your “what I ate in a day” posts! And I’m totally on board with the positivity and the goal setting–sometimes it helps to have that focus, ya know? I’m sure wedding stress is also adding up around now (I know you were hoping to skip the stress part altogether, and that’s totally how I was as a bride, but at some point it’s just going to find you no matter what). I hope the acupuncture helps! Keep doing you, you’re an inspiration to so many of us 🙂
Xo, HC
I started acupuncture almost 4 years ago for stress relief. Stress manifests for me as tightening in my left shoulder causing my left arms to have pin, needles, and aches. I go once a month now for maintenance to keep the shoulder loose plus I try to attend a yoga class every week. The combination of yoga and acupuncture has definitely helped. I still get stressed but I don’t have much if any physical side effects. My experience is that the acupuncturist puts the needles in, makes sure your comfortable/warm, then lets you nap/doze for a half hour. I always feel well rested afterwards.
Thanks for sharing Juli! Sorry about the haters… I don’t know what they could possibly be hating on. I react to dairy as well (well, skin as well as a lot of gastro stuff) and I’m wondering if I might tolerate sheep’s milk okay… You’ve inspired me to give it a try!
Just one dumb/silly/embarrassing question… I’ve been trying to figure it out for awhile and I can’t seem to get any luck when searching Google. What do the numbers after some of the CrossFit exercises mean? E.g., 12 Power Cleans (135/95)
Hope you have a great week!
whenever you see those number like 135/95, 135 pounds for men and 95 pounds for women for the power clean weight!
Hey Juli,
Congrats on your wedding! Question for you, I’ve noticed you eat white rice and other non-paleo items from time-to-time, do you just try to follow paleo most of the time? Just wondering since white rice is supposed to be bad for you, or obviously just a big insulin spiker.
Thanks!
white rice doesn’t upset my stomach and since I’m not trying to lose weight, I eat it to maintain energy and feel better through my workouts! i cut it out for years and subbed cauliflower instead but when i added it back in, i noticed that i felt better, performed better and actually maintained a better weight since i was consuming the correct about of carbohydrates for my lifestyle. hope that helps!