HandStand PushUp Challenge

I've been doing the handstand pushup challenge since Jan 1st.

It's part of my meager 2009 goals.

The other goals are: Clean up my diet to be more Zone-like, Get a muscle up, Get back into private training.

I had my first private of the year last week and it felt good. I've been eating better and kept up with the challenge.

I feel like I should be able to get a real HSPU but I'm doing modified HSPU for the challenge. I tried to get a full range one the other day and failed miserably.

I'm not posting the HSPU here on my blog but I am logging it in the thread for the challenge on Brand X.

Today I have to do 50 modifed handstand pushups. Yikes. This is getting difficult.

Worked on some lifting that wasn’t the total.

Hang power snatch 5x5
50, 60, 65, 70, 75 (PR)

I need to "shrug more aggressively"...which is typical for me.

Hang power clean 5x4 (got interrupted)
75, 80, 85, 90

Push jerk 5x5
75, 80, 85, 90, 100 (PR)

1/2 Karen/Grace merger 7:59

Private with Coach Jeff (yayyyy! )

Half the Karen/Grace workout.

5 rounds
3x 95# C&J
15 Wall Ball 14#

7:59

Jeff was merciful in not making me do 10 rounds.

Monday - Back Squat 5-5-5 PR

9am Crossfit @ Brand X

Buy in
2:00 Jump rope

Back Squat
5-5-5

95 - 125 - 135

Thanks, Cyndi!

Cash out
5 x
100 M sprint
9 Push ups (first round attempted HSPU)

Saturday @ Brand X.

I don’t see Saturday’s BX class workout posted. It was “fun.“ Or “Dastardly…“


Buy in:

5:00 of
Run 200m
3 tire flips
6 lunges
9 situps

Workout:

3 way Cindy….AMRAP (as many reps as possible!) in 20 minutes.

Teams of three doing Cindy exercises. One at each station - Pull ups, Push ups, Suats.
Perform the exercise until Switch is called. Move to the next exercise per Cindy protocol and keep a running total of each exercise for your team and record them at the end of 20 Minutes.

Team Short: Laurar, BDN, Courtney

Pull ups: 200
Push Ups: 189
Squats: 421

Cash out: Hoover Ball.

Did 27 of my 34 required HSPU, feet on the GHD machine. Thanks for the form check, Essie.

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Gotta work on getting my feet together.

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Goal is 30 HSPU mods today.

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Wednesday - Nate (modified)

6pm Crossfit @ Brand X

Buy in
200 M
5 Forward rolls
10 squats
5 Cartwheels
10 squats

Nate
AMRAP in 20 minutes
2 muscle ups
4 HSPU
8 KB swings 32kg/24kg

I did seated muscle ups but my shoulders are so trashed from HSPU challenge I had to use a foot on the floor to assist on some of the dips.
HSPU with feet on a box/tire for about half the rounds then I went to knees on box so I could be more vertical and still get correct ROM.

Used the 24kg (53#) kettlebell. Did about half the rounds with unbroken swings.

Erik kept me motivated through the last 5 minutes. I got my ninth round with 15 seconds to spare and a set of unbroken KB swings.


Cash out
Handstand walks or wheelbarrow walks

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Tuesday - Rest Day

Walked on Del Mar beach. Had to climb down a sandy embankment. Then back up.

Morning: small Latte w/whole milk

Breakfast: 1/2 cup cottage cheese/ 1/2 cup canned peaches (no sugar added)

Lunch 1/2 sliced turkey sandwich w/cheese but I took the top bread off.

Monday - Cindy revisited

6pm class with GD

Buy in:
2 laps of small building. 10 squats at two corners of each lap.

Workout:
5 minutes Cindy
3 minutes Rest
5 minutes Cindy
3 minutes Rest
5 minutes Cindy

Start beginning of each time block where your last one left off.

8 total rounds plus 3 pull ups
Flat bar.

Cash out:
Handstand hold practice or handstand walks


Food:

Morning Small latte w/ whole milk

Breakfast: 1/2 cup cottage cheese with 1/2 cup canned peaches.

Lunch: Turkey sandwich on a bagel (1/2 bagel) w/ cheese. A few potota chips. Not zone.

Snack 1/4 cup of cottage cheese 1/4 cup of peaches (no sugar added)

Dinner 3 oz grilled chicken breast. Fresh orange slices.

Snack...ermmm chips.

And then I ate a Hebrew National beef frank wrapped up in a warm tortilla. DOH!

Fruit plate. Mmmmm.

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Scrambled dinner. took the contents of one carne asada burrito and added 2 scrambled eggs. replaced into one of the corn tortillas .Then had a half of cara cara orange after.

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With a continuously running clock do one 135 pound Clean and Jerk the first minute, two 135 pound Clean and Jerks the second minute, three 135 pound Clean and Jerks the third minute… continuing as long as you are able.

Use as many sets each minute as needed.

I went over by 4 seconds on the 6th minute. So 5 rounds + 5 is teh official score.

Last time I completed 6 and started the 7th minute.

Lunch

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Brand X 6pm CrossFit with Big D

Buy in
2x
2 minutes jump rope
10 handstand attempts

3 rounds
Run 400m
30 situps
20 toes to bar
10 windshield wipers (floor)

22:54

Cashout (missed)
Practice handstand holds or hand walks)

(Next week back to CrossPit. I promise!)

adding 10 piked HSPU

Food; 1/05/08

Prepackaged, marinated fresh chicken breasts cook nicely in our toaster over. A bag of pre cut broccoli you steam in the store bag and a fresh cut up cara cara orange.

3 oz of chicken, 1 cup of cooked broccoli and 1/2 an orange. Added a cup of whole milk.

Breakfast was 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and 1/2 cup of cut up fresh pineapple.

Lunch was a turkey, pepperjack cheese and sour dough bread sandwich. I ate half the sandwiche then the meat and cheese out of the other half.

I had a little bit more cottage cheese and pineapple with a bit of a nutbar before I left work to go to Brand X.

No excuses to eat poorly at Costco.

This is the Chicken Ceasar Salad for 3.99 at their outdoor food court. Along with the Turkey Cheese Wrap, it adds a healthy alternative to the giant artery clogging hot dogs and sugar laden frozen treats.

I'm attempting to stick close to the zone so I was very happy to see this hiding at the very end of the menu. It was too big for me to eat all of it.

6 HSPU, feet on trash can outside navy hospital courtyard.

I suck at HSPU

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2009 - year 5 of CrossFit in progress

Status: Sick.


Workout: Questionable. I may give it one more day before I work out.

Diet-- Zone...starting again.

Moring latte: 1 block
Breakfast: 1 cup cottage cheese and 1/2 cup fresh pineapple.
Lunch will be at the mall. It shall be some kind of meat and veggies.
Dinner....I think scrambled eggs salsa and veggies.

I may do an snack of a boiled egg and some kind of fruit (or popcorn to feed my salt craving.)

Monday, Dec 29th - late posting

Shoulder press 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Push press 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Push Jerk 1-1-1-1-1 reps

65-75-80-85-90
95-105-115-120-125
105-115-120-125 (failed 130)

Was sick when I did this and still sick today. Grossness still clogging up the breathing apparati.