Feels Good To Be Back

Weight 273.4 Body Fat%29.1

I made it back into Crossfit today. I went to physical therapy this morning and felt good. So after talking it over with the therapist I decided it was a go. I also talked to Ricky and Joe for a little while before hand and told them everything I knew as far as my back. We are going to watch it and try to work around it for a while. It was fun to be back with the noon crossfiters. The workout for the day was:

Complete 5 rounds of:
5 Hang Squat Cleans (50/35 pound db's)
5 Pull-ups
Then run up the road to 90th street and back
then complete 5 more rounds of:
5 Hang Squat Cleans
5 Pull-ups

I scaled. I only used 20lb dbs and bands a blue and a tan pullup for the pullups. Halfway through I had to add another tan. I felt intimidated when I came in. All week I felt like I was losing everything I had so far. I felt like a slug. I knew the first workout back would be rough and it was. The running was the worst. I never like running (again because it has always been a weakness) but today felt like it would never end. It wasn't even really that far.

I finished last out of the noon group (again not that out of the norm) but I didn't feel like it was everything I had. I struggled the whole workout because of my last week, but also because mentally I was trying to avoid over doing it. I probably could have done a little more weight or a little bit faster, but I just wanted to keep from hurting myself. I felt bad, yet at the same time I felt great because there was not back pain. In fact I didn't hurt at all. I usually feel beat up afterwards, but I felt good (out of breath but good). The only thing that hurts is a crick in my neck from organizing my garage the last two days.

I learned something important about myself this last week. I am undisciplined. No big surprise, but I had it hit home. If I don't go to crossfit I probably will not work out. I just won't motivate myself. The exercises I did for PT I only motivated myself to do because I knew that if I didn't I would be able to do crossfit. If I don't wear my bodybug I won't keep track of what I eat. Anybody could take a journal and write it down, but I didn't because I am unmotivated. Yet, I find that with the bodybug on I keep track because I want to see what the numbers look like at the end of the day. I want to see how I matched up. So far bodybug and crossfit are showing a big difference in my motivation. By the way check out the motivation on number 3. That's my boy.