it's not steroids—it's crossfit

it's amazing how i go on a weekend food and drinking binge, only gain 1 pound and put up pr's a few days later in the gym. really makes me wonder how much of a role the zone plays in performance. in my right mind i know it makes a difference; i've seen the results first hand but it's really tough to give up food and drink and live 100% paleo-zone. i guess it all boils down to how bad do you want it? nicole talks a bit about it in one of her nutrition lectures, she mentions that shaving 10 seconds off your fran time has to really fuckin matter to you, to live there in the zone.

i got an email from a friend and fellow crossfitter pat barber, he's been doing some sort of zone challenge and zoned hard-core for 9 days straight at crossfit santa cruz then shaved 43 seconds of his fran time. he pr'd a few days ago at 2:20 which is very close to the crossfit record. for any non-crossfitters who might stumble over here fran is :21-15-9 reps of thrusters and pull-ups, girls use 65 # barbell and guys 95#. it is one of the most mentally challenging workouts for crossfitters—it takes between 3-10 minutes depending on your fitness level; when you are done you are left on the floor crying out for your mommy. it's fuckin awesome. so do you need to zone to hit pr's? i don't know, what i do know is when i am really strict i hit metcon pr's and when i cheat and binge drink i hit lifting pr's...oh well i'll continue the experiment.

wednesday, may 28, 2009

btw: 113

shoulder press warm-up: 45x10, 65x5

Shoulder Press 3-3-3-3-3 reps

75x3-80x3-85x3-90x3(PR!)-95x2 (f on last rep)

pre: wux2
mid: max reps double unders 20-20-25-15-15
post: 3x25 sit-ups

all in all pretty decent workout. very happy with my pr. a few weeks ago i could only shoulder press 90#x1. that was a new low for me, my sp pr has been 100# but sometimes i get stuck at 95. to be able to put up 95x2 and almost 3x today was huge for me. my legs are still thrashed from jason on monday, and i'm really dreading making up that tuesday morning metcon this afternoon.

diet:

i did pretty well with my diet zoned as usual until late evening when i had dinner plans. luckily we went for sushi but that is so hard to zone! i had zero alcohol which is huge for me as i enjoy sake or wine or beer or sakitini's or... shit for fucks sake i like any alcohol with my sushi! anyway the point is i didn't drink anything, just water! shared a barbie roll, spicy tuna roll and some sort of scallop roll with my friend. cut out my last 1 block snack as well.