C'mon... it'll make you feel good

I am in week 5 of challenge number 2.

I finished up Crossfit Equality's challenge on September 14th and started Lurong Living's challenge on September 16th.

I started out on July 14th at 141.6 lbs with a BMI of 33.4.  I finished up at 130.8 lbs and a BMI of 23.  And I turned 6 pounds of fat into muscle.

I also shaved over a minute off my mile time, I accomplished consecutive double unders and went down on a band in my pull ups.

I call that a success.  Add in that I feel GREAT and scale shmale... I am smaller than I think I've ever been.

I started Lurong and I will say it's easier to "cheat" because every meal is a separate entity... as opposed to if you don't cheat at all during the week it's add 6 points to your score kind of thing.  But you also have to do additional workouts as part of this challenge.

WOD 1

18 Min Time Cap:

21-18-15-12-9-6-3 of:
Level I (1)
8 pound Wall Balls
55 pound Deadlifts
12 inch Box Jumps

I did this level because of the darn wall balls.  (You have to throw it up against the wall 9 feet in the air and catch it in a full squat.)

WOD 2:  

12 Min Time Cap:

• 100 Burpees 
• 100 Kettlebell Swings

The twist: Athletes can break up the exercises and REPS in any order they choose.

I did level 2 on this one which had a 26 lb Kettlebell.

WOD 3 

5 Min Time Cap:

• Decending Ladder of Hang Power Cleans
• Ascending Ladder of Shuttle Sprints

Level II (2)
65 lb Hang Power Clean
Shuttle Sprints (10 Meter Increments)

WOD 4

10 Min Time Cap:

• 50 Thrusters
• 50 Toes-to-Bar
• The athlete must complete all 50 Thrusters before moving on to the next movement

 Level II (2)
50- 45 lb Thrusters
50- Ab Mat Sit-Ups
(I did 45 lbs against my better judgement... ;)  but I finished!)

I'll go through WOD's 5 and 6 in next post and I'll post my times too.

I love the workouts even if they are challenging.  But I suppose that's the way it's supposed to be, right?  :)