Murph on 50th

[CAchief]

what type of pulldowns are you doing? Wide grip or close?

[Bill2380]

Usually shoulder width. I'll do close if WOD call for rope climbing.

[Bill2380]

Wednesday 12/20/05

Basketball Night- good night. Got 6 games in and best of all Chet the Iranian was a no show tonight. All the regulars went out for a X Mas beer afterwards. On bad note, I did about 12 pull-ups between games and really feel it today. Hopefully the arnica gel or stretching or Alieve starts to help soon.

[hard_rox]

Bill,

Thanks for holiday greetings and I'd like to extend my best wishes to you and your family for Christmas and the New Year, too. At your current rate, 'Murph' doesn't stand a chance. You're making great progress with Xfit and it's a pleasure to be along for the ride.

Greg

[kuri]

Bill, Merry Christmas to you & yours. It's been fun witnessing your progress - keep it up!

[BamaDave]

Hey Bill - good job on all the workouts! Merry Christmas and may your 2006 be filled with many basketball games free from Chet the Iranian!

[Bill2380]

Dave, may the wind always be at your back. I'd miss Chet like a case of the clap.

Monday 12/26/

5 Rounds: Stationary bike 1 mile and 50 sit-ups.

Got back from my holday trip to see my family at my dad's cottage in NE Pa. Only exercise I got there was chasing my beagle around on the frozen lake. I thought it would be a great place for him to run and the 3 to 4 feet natural drop would keep him penned in. Wrong, the little bastard cleared a chest high wall and took off down the road. Luckily there was almost no traffic this time off year. Eventually he allowed me to capture him, his Chrismas gift to me I guess.

My elbow is starting to feel better with the combination of Alieve, Arnica, stretching and a few days off. I'm going to forgo all upper body exercise this week to rest it some more. Hopefully it continues to heal.

[Bill2380]

Tuesday 12/27/05

206.5 lbs

2.0 mile run

time 18:25

Ya, I gained a little weight over the holiday. Sticking with the plan to rest my elbow.

[Bill2380]

Thursday 12/29/05

221.5 lbs

For time:
Run 1,600 meters
Bench press, body weight, 21 reps
Run 800 meters
Bench press, body weight, 15 reps
Run 400 meters
Bench press, bodyweight, 9 reps

Time 23:15

Subbed Bench press 145 lbs for body weight. Tuesdays weight was 226.5 not typo 206.5 lbs. I scheduled an appointment for next Wednesday for a type of massage therapy for my elbow. Bill Hartman also suggested some exercises which I will start tonight.

[hard_rox]

Great time on the WO, Bill!!! It looks fun, except for the part where you run 1,600 meters. They're calling for rain tomorrow morning so I'll have to skip it, oh damn.

Good luck with the elbow rehab. Bill knows his stuff and will get you going in the right direction.

[Bill2380]

I hate long runs. That's anything over 1 mile for me. It't not hard, just boring to me. I did these on the treadmill with Celeberty Fat Club on tv. The new series starts this Sunday. I'll schedule my workout around that for sure. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Buk]

Good job Bill. Either you speed up from Tuesday, or you really hammered out the bench press. Running gets better the better you get at it. At some point it becomes fun - I am not at that point right now. I have always hated the treadmill though.

[Bill2380]

No one has ever used the word speed and my name in the same sentence. The Bench press was pretty light so I moved through them pretty fast. I should do more here but benching does put some strain on this damn elbow.

[Bill2380]

Saturday 12/31/05

222 lbs

Deadlift 3-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1 reps
145-3/165-2/185-2/205-2/225-1/235-1/
255-1/265-1
Cross Fit continues to force me to try things I never would have considered before. I really had no idea what my max deadlift was, now I know. It's 265 and not a pound more. Off to dinner and the strawberry drop in downtown Harrisburg. Happy New Year!

[kuri]

Nice job on the DLs Bill and way to push your limits. That's the perfect way to end the year!

Happy New Year to you and we look forward to seeing more hard work on this log next year.

[hard_rox]

Excellent pull, Bill. I'll bet you'll hit 300 by your birthday.

Have a great New Year Bill! See you in 2006.

[Bill2380]

Sunday 01/01/06

222lbs

Burpies
Cable Pull Downs 215lbs
Sit-ups

Rounds 30/25/20/15/10/5 reps

Time 36:00

What a way to start out the year. I'm literally soaked in sweat and freeking exhausted. BURPIES BLOW!!!!!

[Bill2380]

Monday 01/02/05

222lbs

Deadlift 165lbs 10/9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1
Bench Press 155lbs 10/9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1
Clean 115lbs 10/9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1
Straight Sets
Time 38:00

Pushed hard but only equalled last time. However, I did add 10 lbs to deadlift and 20 lbs to clean. Feels good.

P.S. - I should thank the surgeon who did my hernia surgery last spring for Saturday's deadlift.

[kuri]

Nice job on Linda & the previous burpee workouts. Those are two of the toughest WODs yet.

Were all your sets on Linda unbroken?

[Bill2380]

Dead lifts and cleans were unbroken. I was trying to keep rest periods short and lifting alone so I did have breaks in set 5,6 and 7 in bench.