sweet, strong, sweaty

Previously: DERBY AND CROSSFIT

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wow - i totally forgot about this tumblog

in the almost 7 years since I last posted on this blog, I:

stopped CrossFit

stopped Derby

went sober

moved from the Northeast to the PNW

attempted 75 Hard 3 times!! with great success (no completion)

started practicing kettlebells (I can get-up 45 lbs!!)

stopped intensely practicing kettlebells lol

started powerlifting competitively

I’ve been powerlifting for three years now and even won a comptition last year! I'm currently working towards achieving a national qualifying total, so I can compete at nationals in 2026.

My current maxes are:

Deadlift @ 375 lbs

Squat @ 308 lbs

Bench @ 170 lbs

It's been such a fun fitness journey! I'm so excited for 2025.

Not sure I'll keep posting here, but it's nice to see how far I've come.

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Muscles and stuff: WeightsAndCrossfit.tumblr.com

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18.5

not too bad for my first ever crossfit open WOD

7 min amrap of thrusters and pullupsssss...started at 3 each then every new round grew by an increment of 3 for each until 7min or death - whichever came first.

my goal was simply not to have the lowest score. which is a very me goal lol, and when I finished I did the math wrong and calculated 50% of my score - the bottom of the pack. I was pretty pissed and wanted to do the whole workout over bc hell no, was I gonna be in last place lol. but then I realized i miscounted and actually scored double!

I'm so darn small that you can't even see my pull-up bar in the pic I took.

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bc we currently don't have water at home im gonna skip derby practice tonight - those make me SO sweaty (moreso than most of my wods) - bc i won't be able to shower

im considering going back to give the wod another go. just need to check in with my body and coach first.

it's been years since I had a two-a-day! (pray for me)

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pipe burst in the house last night so getting to shower today was juuuust that extra incentive I needed to get to the box this morning

warmup - 2rounds

8 band pulls

8 band overhead pulls

5 inchworm sumo pushups

5 RDL at 15

skill - emom 14min

power clean

7 at 35

7 at 45

wod - amrap 15min (completed 6 rounds flat)

12 knees to bar

10 ring dips

8 hang power clean

1 at 45 (lol)

5 at 35

at the start of the wod i was (in retrospect) unrealistically ambitious. I wanted to get 10 rounds down. By the 7:30 mark I adjusted the goal to 8 rounds thinking id give myself two minutes a round. What I didn’t factor in is the 20s rests I gave myself between rounds and the struggle that is hanging on a bar and lifting your knees up over and over again. at 30seconds I double timed my last 5 dips then pushed through the cleans (form wavered on rep 7 though)

I’m actually pretty proud of myself tbh. When I finished I was happy I pushed through the end but a little cranky that I didn’t reach my HUGE original goal. But then everyone else in the class got 5-8 rounds done which did make me feel significantly better about my performance. i wasn’t outlier-level bad!

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there's a good sore and there's a bad sore

after 2 weeks of regular trips to the box im finally back to the good sore experience

those first two weeks were hell though

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warm up

500m row

10 weighted arm circles

10 reverse weighted arm circles

8 banded good mornings

8 banded overhead squats

skill (if you want to call it that lol)

4 30s rounds - reverse defect lunges & one leg good mornings (15 lbs)

1m overhead carry for each arm (6lbs)

1m overheard hold for each arm (6lbs)

4 rounds - 30s ghb leg lifts, 30s plank, 30s weighted russian twists (6lbs)

WOD

Every minute for 15m

10 front squats (15lbs)

5 over bar burpee

at round 8 i adjusted it to 8 air squats and 3 over bar burpees

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warmup

2x

250m row

25m overhead carry

8 weighted good morning

30s weighted squat hold

skill

front squat 8-5-3-1-1-20-20x

20 - 35 - 45 - 50 - 50 - 15 - 15lbs

modified wod (original: 20, 2x10, 2x10)

4x FT w/ 12lb kettlebell

10 kbs

2 x 5 on snatch

2 x 5 walking kb lunges

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after sleeping through yesterday mornings workout i made a fb status asking friends if any of them were willing to call me at 6am on workout days and encourage me to get out of bed and to the box

i had one taker which is 1 more than i expected lol

and honestly it was the most helpful thing!!!!

today’s workout was a boost in every way - endorphins, alertness, confidence, happiness - so im so glad I was able to ask for help

Ok so workout today was as follows

warmup

band work

lunges

overhead carries

pre wod

EMOM 14m: 2 power snatch @ 20 then 25

wod

AMRAP 15m: 10 floor press @20 / 10 ring rows

(I finished with 10 full rounds and 1 extra set of floor press)

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AF

I did not expect to get that much done and hopefully the next time that wod comes around I can add an extra 30% all around to this PR 🤞🏾

I will say though that I’m not too amped about how low I’m starting at…I know obviously that’s the way it should so I can build to and sustain the schedule that I want (6x a week). I also know that duh it’ll be hard af and I had surgery 8 months ago which means I didn’t exercise for 8 months. I understand but it still sucks. I feel like I’m weak even though I know I’m not.

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finally

got my shit together enough to get to the box for a 6:30 workout. perfect timing too bc we have the month off for derby.

workout fucked me up lmfao

15-15-15 split squat. it was supposed to be at max but I'm working on building back mynstrenght so I kept it at 35lbs which was still super hard

WOD

40-30-20-10

hang muscle snatch

overhead squat

50m overhead carry

I did all of that at 25lbs

Finished in 11:24 which isn't half bad.

my legs hurt and were as stable as jelly for the rest of the day though

I miss being strong though 💔

I have to take it easy and I really don't want to lol. I'm doing every other day till mid month and will reassess then as to if I can pick it up with the frequency of my workouts

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IM GOING BACK TO THE BOX WEDNESDAY IM SO EXCITED OMG YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY

it’s been 3 fucking months which is so damn long and it feels like I’ve been gone years

it’s gonna suck and im gonna love it

my coach told me to try a class first and use that time to figure out what skills i want to focus on in our PTs

[igp510derby]

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practice was a tough one today

i just couldn't get out of my head

i stated the first minute (right at the top of warmup laps) off my game and it just continued through the whole 2 hour practice

I'm feeling annoyed and discouraged

I don't like sucking at things

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im leaning more and more towards skating under my own name or a close variation of it

blakey d

bj [10-letter last name]

blake d

bj d

something like one of those. im just not really feeling the nickname vibe…

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put on some skates today and made it through practice without pain! I even fell in the same way as when I hurt my knee and felt 100.

I am so relieved.

Back to the box at the end of the month! (But hopefully sooner bc practice kicked my ass tonight. So tiring.)

Did some hitting today! And I got hit a bit too. I did pretty well I think. Was able to stay grounded and on balance about 90% of the time. Granted it wasn't like HARD hitting or anything but still - I'm happy with it especially when I remind myself of the fact that I was very concerned about hurting my knee tonight. So I can imagine how good it will be once I'm no longer worried about it.

I should get a brace...

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My first inktober piece. The prompt is “swift” and so I drew a swift jammer ❤💛💚💙💜

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