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I am 20 years old at Springfield College. I started Crossfit in the winter of 2008 and have went on and off with that and P90x. But since the summer of 2009 until summer of 2011 I did Crossfit then switched to Strength and Conditioning. I Played soccer lacrosse basketball and ran track throughout my life. I played lacrosse at Endicott but I was injured and did not play the entire season. Another passion is strength and conditioning which has changed my life for the better. My midterm goal is to compete in a powerlifting competition, run an ultra and run the Boston Marathon, and my ultimate long term goal is to become a Strength and Conditioning coach, a lacrosse coach, and to open my own Strength and Conditioning gym as well as break the record for bench press at 165lbs bw. Along with training for my goals I enjoy pushing my body to its limits and seeing what the human body is capable of by doing activities that require a lot of physical and mental aspects.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Catch Up

6/27/11
1rm Press
5x45
5x135
1x165
1x185 f
1x155
2x8x135

BB Rows
10 x135
10x155

Tabata Beach Run
Tree to Tree about 15 or 20 yrds
30 touches

Notes: Wasn't feeling it today thats for sure. The tabata beach run was good though.

6/28/11

5rds for time:
Beach run 30-35yrds out and back with 60lbs weighted vest
10 burpees
20 OH wl steps with tree branch
10:04

Notes: Good fun workout on the beach. Love doing workouts like this

6/29/11

1 Power Clean on the min for 10 mins
185,205,225,235,245,250pr,255f,225,245,255f

3x Chin ups
20,15,10

2x Dips
15 w/25lbs, 9 w/35lbs

Agility Work
-ladder 4 ea. ones, twos, icky, in + out, step overs
- 5-10-5 shuttle x3
- figure 8s x3

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Rest Day

Rest Day

Fooled around with some bench work

mwod (wrist, shoulder, shoulder/neck, plate on legs)

hour and a half of full court bball

Body: feeling pretty good just a bit tired
Sleep: 7hrs
Nutrition: good but had ice cream
Notes: solid day. Basketball was a good time and I hope to do that more often. Tomorrow I am going to the gym right in the morning and then we are heading up to maine until wednesday. We will be getting some beach workouts in and good things like that. Mostly a lot of relaxing and fishing though.

6/25/11 Awful Wod

5 rds for time:
400m run
20 burpees
15 bent db rows 50lbs each hand
19:31

mwod (couch, table top, shoulder/neck)

Body: not bad
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: cheat day and celebrated a friends bday....
Notes: I was off my pr on this wod by about 50 seconds or so which I am actually not to mad about. I hit all the rows ina row without a problem the only thing keeping me from a pr was the burpees...they killed me. Tomorrow I will maybe fuck around and do something small and then back at it on monday.

Friday, June 24, 2011

DE Press, Wod

DE Press
2 presses on the min for 10 mins @95lbs

Amrap 15
30 pull ups
10 Kb swings 60lbs
20 push ups
5 rds + 5 pull ups


Body: shoulders a bit sore still
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: great but had a few drinks
Notes: Today was a solid day of training the de presses were pretty fun and I felt them the perfect amount. The wod was really good and a ton of pull ups. I hit all the kb swings unbroken which i am chalking up to me being a lot stronger than before...gotta love being strong I will definitely revisit getting strong in the off season of soccer if I make the team and if not during the winter time will be my time to get big again. Hopefully I will keep some of my strength though. Tomorrow I will hit a wod and then maybe some endurance. I am also going to golf tomorrow then to celebrate a friends birthday in webster. Sunday will be rest and then Monday to Wednesday I will be in Maine...Cant wait for some time out on the lake.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Rest Day

No Training

Body: pretty good shoulders a but sore
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: good
Notes: solid rest day ready to hit it tomorrow

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

DE Box Squats, Wod

DE Box Squats 10x2 45 sec rest between each
225lbs

Amrap 20
9 pull ups
12 push press 95lbs
50m farmers walk 55lbs kb
9rds

Body: ankle is a bit sore
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: good had a few gin and tonics though
Notes: Great day of training this was my first 20 minute metcon in a while and I feel like I did well on it. I killed the push presses because of my strength and I am hopefully going to start getting my conditioning back because I need to for soccer. I also need to start mwoding and doing more things for my foot work like the agility ladder.

6/21/11

4rds each for time:
3 power cleans 185lbs
10 burpees
*rest 4:30 between each
34 sec, 32 sec, 31 sec, 32 sec

3x1000m runs rest 3 mins between each

3:39, 4:00, 4:20

Curls

Indoor Soccer Game

Body: good
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: good
Notes: solid day not much else to say.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Floor Press and Wod

ME Floor Press
8x135
3x185
2x225
1x275
1x285

9-6-3
Push Jerk 185lbs
Strict Pull ups
8:00

mwod (ext. rotation, neck)

Body: good
Sleep: 11hrs
Nutrition: really good
Notes: Solid workout today but I am not sure if I like the programming tomorrows wod is a joke and I am not sure what to do. I will rethink what I am doing at work tomorrow since I will have a lot of time to do so. The wod today was heavy and decent nothing special.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Rest Day

Rest Day

Body: good but very tired
Sleep: 2hrs......
Nutrition: Great
Notes: So as you can tell I did not get a lot of sleep last night. We all got a bit carried away at the party and the next thing we knew it was morning. Safe to say I will be sleeping early tonight. Can't wait to hit it hard this week.

6/18/11

Weighted Vest Helen 20lbs Vest
3rds for time
400m run
21 DB Swings 50lbs
12 Pull ups
10:26

Body:good
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: good but drank
Notes: Got to start blogging on time again. Rest Day tomorrow.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

6/17/11 Day 1

ME Front Squat
2x165
2x205
2x245
1x275
1x300pr

Amrap 10
10 Ghds/regular situps
10 Goblet Squats 60lbs kb
15 T2b
4rds
had to switch from ghds 2.5 rds into the workout due to abs clenching from not being used to the ghds again

Body: Very good today
Sleep:10hrs
Nutrition: pretty strict
Notes: Great first day not looking forward to being sore in the abs tomorrow. Tomorrow I will do another workout maybe a longer one instead of the long run.

Friday, June 17, 2011

6/16/2011

Rest Day

Played 2 hours of soccer

Body: getting better all over
Sleep: 8hrs
Nutrition: Good
Notes: tomorrow starts the new programming pretty excited for that.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

J.T.

J.T.
21-15-9
HSPU
Ring Dips
Push Ups
9:29

Body: god the rib checked out just damaged something in between the ribs should be fine in a bit with some ice
Sleep: 8.5hrs
Nutrition: strict and minimal
Notes: So since I decided to try out I am changing off of my previous program after tomorrows rest day and I am following the new crossfit endurance programming. So for the next 5 weeks or so my programming will look like this:

Monday: Strength and Crossfit
Tuesday: Crossfit and Endurance
Wednesday: Strength and Crossfit
Thursday: Off
Friday: Strength and Crossfit
Saturday: long run
Sunday: Off

The strength consists of a max effort day a medium effort day and a dynamic effort day so I will not be overtraining. My goal is to follow the training spot on for 5 weeks and then test the things I will be tested on during soccer and see what I need to work on and then revamp from there. My nutrition will also be a lot better from now on no more grains and a lot less ice cream which sucks but itll help in the long run.

6/14/11

Indoor Soccer Game

Body: not bad rib hurts a bit
Sleep: cant remember
Nutrition: good
Notes: decided today that I am going to try out for the springfield soccer team more on this tomorrow

Monday, June 13, 2011

Squat, Bench, Metcon

Squat
5x160
5x200
5x240
5x280
10x240

Bench
5x95
5x140
10x170
10x190
10x190

3rds each for time with full recovery
Max Rep Strict Pull up
Deadlift walk across the yard
sprint to stop sign and back

pu/time
1. 23(pr)/1:36
2. 21/1:27
3. 15/1:28
first rd was 135lbs last two at 185lbs for the deadlift walk

Body: run down from the weekend
Sleep: 11hrs
Nutrition: good had a massive shake for recovery including whey, bananas, peanut butter, ice cream, and whole milk
Notes: So I woke up still feeling the effects of this party weekend in the cape which is completely understandable. I kept it on the lighter side for my lifts but with higher reps. I felt a little tweaking in my back still but much better. Also my forearms are almost all better as well. The metcon was awesome, really hurt but I will need to do a lot of endurance if I decide to play soccer which is still up in the air.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

6/10/11

Bench
5x115
5x145
5x175
5x200
3x235
8x175

Pumped Everything.....

Body: not bad getting better couldnt squat because of my back though
Sleep: 8hrs
Nutrition: solid but drank
Notes: I am in the cape right now for a weekend of festivities so nutrition will be off for a few days. I wont be doing anything but relaxing and drinking all weekend and I will get back at it on Monday.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

6/8/11 Body Building Day

Laying Down Leg Press 3 sets

Leg Extensions 3 sets

Hamstring Curls 3 sets

Fly Machine 3 sets

Push ups 2x25 1x35

Pump: Shoulder Flys, Back Flys, DB Row

Forearm rope thing

Body: Pretty good back has a pulled or strained muscle but everything else is getting a lot better
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: good fasted for about 8hrs in between lunch and dinner
Notes: Fun day to say the least at the gym even though I am not able to deadlift or press yet. I will probably have another fun day on friday and then try and heal it up over the weekend. Also this weekend I will be renting a house in cape cod from friday to sunday so nutrition will be poor and I wont be working out.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Indoor Madness

1 hour indoor soccer game

Body: felt good today took some advil and wrapped the ankles for the game
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: good
Notes: I fucking love soccer and playing indoor keeps on bringing back more and more memories especially playing with some of the kids from my previous team. I am really thinking of playing soccer or lax in college again I need to decide soon because I have some conditioning work to do. We will see and I will keep tossing the ideas around until I make up my mind.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Squat, Pump, Conditioning

Squat
5x160
5x200
5x240
5x280
5x320

Leg Press Calf Raise Medley

Fly Machine until pumped out

Bike:
30:20x10

Body: good minus the injuries
Sleep: 10hrs
Nutrition: good ate a lot
Notes: Great day at the gym for having the injuries that I do. I am also proud to say that came close to passing out after the 320 by 5 squat. I started to unrack the back and saw my vision closing in to a tunnel vision and everything else was black so I stopped went and got some water and splashed it on my face. I guess that just means that I am doing something right by lifting this heavy weight. Tomorrow I will tape up the ankles and play some soccer and then we will see about wednesday.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Rest and Catch Up

Rest Day

Body: still injured
Nutrition: decent had pasta
Notes: Been bummed out lately because of the injuries that just pile up. Going to squat tomorrow we will see how that goes.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Something Has to Be Wrong

Rest Day

Suited up to play some lax today

Body: not good see notes
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: pretty good
Notes: I feel like I am saying this every other day now and I do not know why it keeps happening. I did something to my right ankle today and it does not feel good at all this ones almost unbearable. I feel like my parents don't believe me that I am actually really hurting because I have been having so many freak injuries. It's just really frustrating and I dont know what to do anymore I havent been healthy in a year and I keep getting more and more hurt. It's keeping me in a pissed off shitty mood at all times such a sick life I am living right now.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Deadlift, Tabata

Deadlift
5x255
5x305
5x355
stopped due to forearms

Tabata Front Squats 95lbs
101 reps

1x20 leg levers

forearm work

Mwod (hip mob)

Body: decent minus the forearms
Sleep: not good
Nutrition: minimal due to being under stress
Notes: well it was really frustrating today having to stop deadlifting and not being able to press because of how cool my forearms are being. Decided to just doing a killer tabata and call it at least try and get something out of being at the gym today. I guess I just got to keep resting icing and strengthening my forearms until they are good to go....hopefully by next monday.

5/31/11

1hr Indoor Soccer Game

Body: good forearms still bothering me
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: good minus the piece of cake and beer for my bday
Notes: Every tuesday I will be playing this indoor soccer league and it is a lot of run so this will cancel out my runs on Tuesday. Playing soccer is way more fun too. Been having thoughts of playing a college sport again but then I go right back to the way I feel about so much commitment and how I didnt like that. At this point who knows.