Oh hellz no. Too friggin hot, and too many teenagers in tow. We'll stick to the inner rim methinks.
So, yesterday I hurt my hamstring at the knee by stretching. Sad. Felt numb all the way down the posterior thigh and into my calf (helllooooo sciatic nerve). Today's workout was very careful:
This is true. It would be worse than the .25 mile I hiked into the canyon in May one year many moons ago. It was frigging hot.
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
Hey Bytsi, thanks! It's feeling better, just slightly stiff when I start below the knee on my pulls.
Paula, I am soooo gonna wilt. I'm not designed for 110 degrees and brutal sun--I might have one or two functioning melanocytes, total. I am chez whitey northern snowflower!
You and me both Tina. Bob just doesn't get that if I'm out in the sun too long I burn. He just gets brown.
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
Hey Bytsi, thanks! It's feeling better, just slightly stiff when I start below the knee on my pulls.
Paula, I am soooo gonna wilt. I'm not designed for 110 degrees and brutal sun--I might have one or two functioning melanocytes, total. I am chez whitey northern snowflower!
Thanks for keeping my log warm...and I know you're joking, dorks, but BK=below knee.
Home and lifted today--nothing special. Snatches up to 70 lb (whoop di do), C&J to 80, Clean DL + shrug to 135 for doubles, front squats only to 125x3, Jerk balances + jerk only up to 75lb, and drop snatches + 2 OH squats only up to 55 today. Very off balance and feeling wimpy. My left inner knee is still friggin tight and sore from whatever the hell I did to it by stretching--better but as I sit here it's slightly throbbing.
But--here's the good stuff today, courtesy of the Grand Canyon--the first pic shows the trail we hiked down, the second is just a nice view. I've got about 300 of these and I'll post the best ones as I go. If you've never been--holy crap! I feel very small and inconsequential after seeing it. It's so enormous, you can't even comprehend what you're seeing.
Ross and I are going to hike from the N to the S Rim--it's a 14 mile hike down from the N, and about a 7 mile hike out. Let me tell you, it is HOT down there, too. The day we hiked down to the first rest stop (hey, we had 4 kids with us.. 3 miles total was plenty!), it was 1.5 miles length with a 2200 ft elevation change. Add that to the 120 degrees in the sun (thank goodness it rained the day of the longer hike) and you can see why 50 people a year die hiking.
Tee hee I don't audibly burn, but I'm pretty darn close.
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
Great pictures of the Grand Canyon. I hope the moving went well!
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
Snatch (BK/hang/BK): 3x45,3x50,3x55,2x3x60,3x65 easy! I swung out on the last set at the end but definitely think I was getting a lot closer on all the others.
Holy crap ... three hulking teenage boys!! That would be one pretty penny grocery bill!!! Mine is $175-200 per week with two little ones ... I can't imagine with 6 adults eating!!
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Very cool pictures, now that I finally remembered to look from home where i am free from the stupid corporate firewall. I really need to make it to the grand canyon some day.
Holy crap ... three hulking teenage boys!! That would be one pretty penny grocery bill!!! Mine is $175-200 per week with two little ones ... I can't imagine with 6 adults eating!!
It cost significantly more for food than lodging. Somewhat shockingly more...
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Heh.
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nice training, and very cool pics. Ive never been there myself, only as far as zion, maybe next year!
oh, and alco ruined your log with the BK comment, thats all i can think of when reading your training
I know! Gotta get to the next page, stat!
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Hey ... aren't you out of scareyville? When's the new badass garage gym going in?
Movers come a week from Monday. I've been lugging boxes daily; should be down to just furniture by the time the truck pulls up.
Gym will go in at the end of the month.
[quote=marthand99;582693]Awesome pictures! Glad you had a good trip!
It was a great trip, Marty! I even ate a couple of bites of pizza... that shit is mmm, mmm, good--even though it was obviously straight outta the freezer. Yum!
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more training and videos arrrggggg
and nice pictures!
Vids next weekend after the meet, promise!
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Very cool pictures, now that I finally remembered to look from home where i am free from the stupid corporate firewall. I really need to make it to the grand canyon some day.
You absolutely have to, Paul. It's indescribable.
WOOOOOOOOOOORKOUT!
Snatches: up to 39 kg, a little rough today for some reason. Couldn't get 40kg on the first attempt and Jim nixed it.
C&J: 52kg baby! +2 kg PR
Clean grip DL + shrug: up to 80 kg.
FS: Up to 67.5 kg for 2. Jim was feeling extra sadistic today, and I then got to go to 60x3 and 50x5. THAT was rough.
Drop snatch + 2 OHS: up to 30kg. Piece of cake.
Really good workout. I am interested to see how much stronger I'll be when I'm not in a constant caloric deficit... also, once I get the killer garage gym I'm going to a 4 day/week plan which will give me a little less volume/workout.
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