Thanks for the welcome, everyone! I'm looking forward to the challenge. I think it's just what I need to keep motivated. Especially, the pictures as I may not see the changes, but others (hopefully!) will.
Jen, I hope you like the protein shake as much as I do! lol
I'm still doing well with OPT. Tomorrow will be my official weigh in. I've done some weigh ins in between and the scale has gone back down to where it normally hovers. I was bad and had a few Hershey kisses yesterday...okay, more than a few
However, I noticed some recently purchased pants that were starting to get snug were fitting better, so I know something is working!
Yesterday, we worked on push jerks. I don't think we've ever really done them before. It's one of those exercises, like hang cleans, that I can do if I don't think about it. If I think about the movements, I screw them up.
We did 5-5-5-5-5. The 1st set of 5 was with the 45 pound bar. I did those with no problem. 2nd set at 55#, a little wobbly, but not bad. 3rd set at 55#, did well. 4th set was 65# was pretty much failure. I think I got two of them done properly. I dropped down to 60# on the last set. By then, my arms were tired, so it was just eh. I probably should have gone up in 5# increments instead of 10. As I go heavier (and the same with shoulder presses and push presses), I tend to arch my back. I also have a lot of flexibility in my shoulders and elbows and sometimes I throw my arms too far back when pushing up. Luckily, my partner is able to spot when I do and I can adjust.
We did a short WOD afterwards. 5 rounds/time of 10 walking lunges and 15 db swings. I used 25# each arm for the lunges and 30# for the swings. I finished in 5:33. My partner finished a few minutes behind me and I think either I only did four rounds or she did 6. She insisted we both did 5. I think one of us counted wrong as she usually smokes me in the WODs!