Monday, September 17, 2012

Monday, 9.17.12

Not going to try to remeber the workouts I did last week. I did do a little bit almost every day, but it is still all pretty easy stuff as I heal from labor and delivery.

Warm Up: 3200m Row

Strength:

-Back Squats: 6x10 @ 75lbs ( did one rope climbs in between each set)

-Front Squats: 3x10 @ 75lbs

-Cleans: 2x5 @ 70lbs

-Snatch: 1x65, 1x85, 1x95, 1x108 (PR), 1x110 (PR!!!) - ugly form, but it counted! I am used to bringing the bar too out in front of me now because of my pregnant tummy, so my form needs ALOT of work.

-Push Press: 100 push presses at 70lbs in sets of 15 and 10.

My goal for strength is to do high reps at easy weight untill I can start doing heavier weight in a few weeks. I am only almost 3 weeks port pardom, so I still should technically be taking it easy. I will try to add conditioning in a week or two.

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Saturday, 9.8.12

Warm Up: 2500m Row

Strength/Conditioning: 10 Rounds of:
-10 Back Squats with 35lb Bar
-5 Push Ups
-5 Pull Ups

Conditioning #2: 5 Rounds of:
-250m Row
-15 Squats (3 rds back squats, 2 rounds front squats)

Friday 9.7.12

Warm Up/ Conditioning: 3500m Row

Strength: Shoulder Press/ Hang Power Cleans

SP: 35x10, 55x10, 65x5, 75x5, 80x3, 82x1, 90x1, 95x1
HPC: 35x10, 55x5, 65x5, 75x5, 85x5, 95x5, 100x5

* I did 4-5 pullups between each strength set

Thursday, 9.6.12

100 Push Ups in sets of 5......just for fun.

"Labor" WOD

Yes, Labor is a workout. Some of you have been asking, so here is the story:

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 started out as just a normal day. I was going to be getting induced at 6pm that night, so I decided to exercise one last time before I came home and got all my stuff packed for the hospital. I had to pee every 20 minutes by this point of my pregnancy, so I decided to run on the treadmil. I ran for about 35 minutes and walked for another 15 or 20 on a incline (not too much). After that I did about 200-250 air squats. I was feeling good and ready to be induced!

About an hour later at 11:30am, I started having mild contractions that were coming pretty consistantly every 4-6 minutes. Those contractions never stopped the whole day. We got to the hospital and I was dialated to a 3. I was thinking the labor was going to be easy since the contrations werent hurting at all! Well by 7pm they got really bad! I was able to breathe through them and be very calm. I didnt even cus out my husband this time! At 9pm I got my epidural, but it didnt start working till 10:00pm. At 10:30pm they checked me and I was dialated to a 4.5. My water broke when my doctor check me, so she told my hisband Cragen that it will be a few hours and that he could leave to go get dinner.

I was laying there and relaxing when all of a sudden I could feel the contractions again. At 11pm, my epidural was wearing off! I was nervous that they were going to have to redo the epidural. They finally came in to check me at 11:30pm so see how far I was before they decided what to do about the epidural. Well she never really "checked" my dialation because the head was crowning! That's right, in 1 hour I went from a 4 to a 10 and it was time to push! Apparently when the baby descends this fast the epidural will not be as effective, which is why I started to feel all my contractions. The doctor yelled "get the team in here!" right as my husband walked through the door at 11:32pm. He was pretty confused and shocked just like I was! By 11:35pm we were ready to push. The pushing took the pain of the contractions away. by 11:44pm, Tanner Ron Retherford was born! (16 minutes before his due date). It was the fastest labor and the easiest pushing ever! (9 minutes....PR!!!)

This Pregnancy and Delivery Vs. First Pregnancy and Delivery:

-Tanner was 8lbs 0 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long/ Carter was 9lbs, 6 ounces, 21 inches long

-7 hours of easy contractions, 4 hours of active labor with Tanner/ 2 hours of easy contractions, 12 hours of active labor with Carter

-9 minutes of pushing with Tanner/ 2 hours of Labor down time plus 1.5 hours of pushing with Carter

-2 degree tare with Tanner/ Episiotomy and rip to a 3.5 degree with Carter

-Tanner cried right when he came out/ Carter was not breathing and had no pulse

- 1 hour of skin to skin time with Tanner right after birth/ Carter went to NICU right after birth

- 1 day of medication for pain because the nurses made me with Tanner/ 2 weeks of constant medicine for pain with Carter

-Less than 24 hrs at the hospital with Tanner/ 3 days at the hospital with Carter

- Gained about the same amount of weight (35lbs) but felt way more energetic, healthy, and "light" with Tanner. This pregnancy was a breeze compared to Carter.

-The main difference: With Carter, I walked and did the elliptical. With Tanner, I did CROSSFIT.

Now I'm not saying that crossfit is the reason for all the differences between my two pregnancies. What I am saying is that both my pregnancy and labor were a WHOLE LOT EASIER this time around because of it. I worked my butt off trying to work out every single day so that I could have an easier time during labor, and I guarentee that crossfit helped my labor. All the workouts I completed helped me stay strong and healthy and it is helping me now with my recovery time. I have already started doing some minor workouts, and I hope to be back to 100% in 2-3 weeks so I can train as hard as I want again!

Monday, 8.20.12-Tuesday, 8.28.12

So for the rest of the time before I had the baby on the 28th, I did basically the same thing everyday (ran/walk). Some days I threw in some squats and jumping jacks too. The Saturday before I had the baby I did 1,000 DOUBLE UNDERS!! I decided that running wasnt working, so I tried the jump rope. It felt good to know I could still do double unders 5 days before I was due! And I am happy to report that I did run, fast walk, and squat the day I went into labor, which means I can actually say I worked out my ENTIRE pregnancy, and that just makes me feel good. I will put my labor story in the next post.