Johnny D's Workout Life

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Hawaii Mother Earth Throwing her weight around

The trip to Hawaii ended up being eventful for more than just work. There was an earthquake and two Hurricanes were scheduled to hit the island. The good news was that I was able to hit the road before they arrived. Thankfully when the first one did hit it lost steam and didnt cause that much damage. Uneventful trip home and drive back to Maine.

Amazing Sunset @Marc Benioff's house

Rainbow

Earthquake before the storms

Front edge of storm pushing thru

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Day 3 Maun Kea Resort Hotel Wod

Im still waking up on EST time which is fine since I can get a lot done. I have also been able to get in bed fairly early which means I am betting between 4-6 hours of sleep. Not great but not completely awful either.

Warm Up -
Dumbell Snatches - 10 reps at 35, 45, 50

Then I dusted off an old travel WOD from April 2014. It crushed me then but I dont seem to have a time for it. Bummer.

Wod
Run 1 Mile
100 squats
25 push-ups
100 sit-ups
Run 1 Mile
50 sit-ups
25 push-ups
50 squats

The running was way harder than it should have been. Total time 29:55

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Dumbell Hell

I had planned on going to CrossFit Kawaihae but couldnt get a ride over there. So did a quick google of dumbell wods and camp up with this nasty wod.

Every minute on the minute for 20 minutes:

5 Dumbbell deadlifts
5 Dumbbell hang power cleans
5 Dumbbell thrusters
The rx’d dumbbell weight is 45% bodyweight for men and 30% bodyweight for women (that is
both dumbbells combined).

The author posted on their blog that this wod " is a mental game from start to finish. I always want to just lay down and give up about round 11 or 12 but I've learned if I can make it to round 15 there's no way I'll ever give up. You don't go that far just to quit!!! And if you do it right (meaning fast enough) you have 30 seconds of rest every round."

Warm-Up
The warm-up today included a 10 minute cycling WOD. Sprint 30 seconds, rest 30 seconds for total meters.

My score:

Back to the WOD - I knew this one was going to be very hard. I did have 30 seconds of rest for the first 10 rounds but I could tell that the wheels were going to come off. At this point its a determination of whether you want to suffer or not. For the past year I have only been willing to give a little bit of myself versus really committing to the pain. Today was no different. I made it thru 18 round and 13 reps. 2 shy of finishing the 19th round.

TIme zone challenged

Woke up at 2am and couldn't fall back asleep. Surprisingly it didn't crush me later in the day. What did crush me was how damn hot it was in the conference room we were in.

Pressed for time this morning so just got in a short ride and a few dumbbell exercises.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Fitting it all in

After driving back from the wedding I made a mad dash to Belmont Wheelworks to pick up a pair of Enve 3.4 carbon wheels, Now if I was using pure logic there would be no way to justify the purchase. I'm not racing nor am I even riding enough, but they are super cool and I need every edge I can to keep up. The folks at Wheelworks were great as they swapped my freewheel and installed the tires etc. even though it was past closing. I only wish I had brought my whole bike as it's not shifting well and the brakes need an adjustment.

Got up earlly today in order to get a test ride in before the 15 hr journey to the executive meeting. I rode the same loop that I did a few weeks ago when I was pressed for time. The wheels felt fast even thought I really couldn't get comfortable on the bike. Fit was fine my legs just didn't have any kick which is weird since I had a day off on Friday. Huge thanks to Kev Willers for all of the recommendations and helpful answers to my questions. I wish you lived nearby as I would draft you to be my mechanic.