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
Favorite Workout Attire Right Now:
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These Black Running Tights for 25% off
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My Favorite Color Nike Flyknits for 30% off
This Cool Tank Top for 25% off
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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.
Have you done acupuncture before? You should do a post on it once you go. I’m totally curious!
haven’t done it yet, i’ll definitely let you know what i think!
Do you know if that is the same thing as dry needling? I would like to hear what you think as well!
i don’t think so but i don’t really know the difference
Hey Juli, I’m wondering if you could make the workouts pin-able (is that a word?!) so we can save them in one spot like your recipes!
hmmmmm i bet i could create a picture of the workouts to let you save and pin them. i’ll look into it and see if there’s any better way to do. great idea!
As an alternative e- Just use your “Sniping Tool”, Copy and Paste. I do this and save up the fun WODs for my Sunday Fundays! 🙂
Dry needling and acupuncture are different (I’m a PT certified in dry needling 🙂 ) acupuncture follows meridians and specific points in the body focused on establishing “chi and balance” where dry needling is trigger point therapy. When you have “knots” in the muscle, these are trigger points , they can refer pain in the area and even away from the area in characteristic referred pain patterns for each muscle. Acupuncture needles are used (this is where the confusion comes in) to target these trigger points, the needle is inserted and moved around to elicit a twitch response in the muscle (it basically fires the muscle and then it relaxes thereby getting rid of “the knot” and pain. There’s a whole neurological reason for this that I won’t bore you with but it is really really helpful for a lot of people with muscular issues!
Awesome!!! Love your ‘grams. Keep sharing!!
Monday’s workout with 92 burpees for remaining time……I am in actual awe. You are my hero! I am going to have to try this 🙂
awwww you’re the nicest! i loooooved that workout!
Have you tried the Sheep’s Milk Ice-cream? Not Paleo pure since it has sugar but it’s delightful. And very creamy. I prefer it to the almond or coconut milk ice-creams. 🙂
Yet, I should probably stay away from ALL ice-creams since my booty is getting wider and my abs are getting softer! (PS – love acupuncture)
oooo what brand of ice cream do you get? i want to try it now!
they hate us cuz they ain’t us
seriously, ignore the haters – they aren’t even people
I love that sheep’s milk yogurt – I just wish it wasn’t so expensive!
Here’s the best snack:
sheep’s milk plain yogurt + frozen cherries (defrosted) + salted pepitas + raw cacao nibs + bee pollen. HEAVEN!!
whooooooaaaa, that sounds so good!!
Can you do a post on your experience with acupuncture? I am curious to hear what you think, as I’ve never done it before (but have considered it many times).
….About the Peyton Manning Budweiser comments – I just kept wondering how much he got paid to say that! I was like, “You go, Peyton! Get that money!” Haha.
absolutely! i’ll definitely share what i think!
I just scared my dog to death…. “92 BURPEES!!!! Holy Sh*tballs!!!!” Deep bow. My hero.
Seriously you make me proud with how chill-ly you respond/react (if at all) to the Instagram haters. That can’t be easy; mad kudos to you. (PS I bought a bunch of brussels and can’t wait to go HAM on them during dinner. Freakin’ love me some brussels.)
i so badly want to lose my shit most of the time, but that’s exactly what they are looking for so it’s completely pointless, so thank you for noticing me biting my tongue lol. ps i have candied brussels sprouts coming up on the blog next week!!