Hitting PR's

Today was a good day for me. My Mom is in town, so I decided that I would not go to the gym tonight. Instead, I decided to crunch all my workouts in over my lunch period. Gotta love being in the military and getting the luxury of 1.5 hour lunch breaks. It has been a while since I have done any running and also since I have done any significantly heavy lifting. So, I decided to hit both today.

I started off with a Tabata run. That's 8 rounds of run as fast as you can for 20 seconds followed by a 10 second rest...oh, and don't forget that the treadmill is jacked up to a 12% grade. Yeah, that changes things a bit. I did the run at 10.5mph for all 8 reps, which is my typical tabata run pace.

Immediately following the run, well, when I was able to breathe again, I went over to the gym and did CrossFit Total. CF Total is a max effort of shoulder press, back squat and deadlift. Your score is the total weight lifted for all the lifts. My previous best was 666.5, today I hit 685. I did 135# in the shoulder press. It was an admittedly ugly lift, did not maintain midline stability very well and my back is a bit sore right now because of it. My back squat was 235. I felt that I could have lifted more, but I did not have a spotter and I didn't feel like pushing my luck. I have been thanked by my wife for that moment of clarity. My deadlift was 315. Both the press and deadlift weights were single lift PR's for me. I was pretty surprised by this result, especially considering that I had just finished that very intense run. Hope to continue to see results like this throughout the rest of this challenge and beyond.

Breakfast
2 oz rotisserie chicken
85g sugar snap peas
1/2 c cottage cheese
1c blueberries
chopped almonds

Snack
2 oz deli turkey
grapes and strawberries
apricot kernels and walnuts

Lunch
4 oz grilled chicken
carrots
celery
1 small cucumber
kimchi
grapes
strawberry
mixed nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds)

Snack
2 oz rotisserie chicken
apple
mixed nuts

Dinner
4 oz roast pork
sauteed asparagus
salad (lettuce, tomato, celery, cucumber, avocado)
Orange Cranberry vinaigrette
small handful of macadamia nuts

Snack
1 Stone Ruination IPA
handful of peanuts
1 cheese stick