Daily Photo?

Okay, so...where's the daily photo? Sorry about that...geocites won't let me post that much data at once. So it's canxed. Maybe I'll figure something out eventually, though, who knows?

WoDism

Yesterday:

As many rounds in 20 mins of:

65 lb Thruster, 12 reps
Pull-ups, 10 reps

I got seven. Bleh. Could have probably done more but my lower back was starting to ache so I calmed it down a bit.

Today:

As many rounds in 20 minutes of:
65lb Power Snatch, 12 reps
10 Push-Ups

Again, seven. And again, lower back. This time my legs were toast before I even started, thanks to yesterday.

After that I did some situps (30-40ish) on one of those rubber ball things to get some reciprocal effort on my abs and lower back. After that, some swimming, but nothing serious...mostly just bobbing and two or three mask recovery cycles. I DID get a 50 yard underwater fin swim though!! Woohoo! Best so far. Now to do it without the fins...sigh...argh....! :)

WOD! WODWODWODWOD!!!

Today:

I haven't been able to keep up with the 'official' schedule since sometime last week, so I've been ad hoc'ing it since then. Today I tried something that would at least work the same muscle groups as the squats, presses and deads, if not the same way. The 'hang' part wasn't actually a hang, I set the barbell on the floor each time. I just forgot to do the squat and instead did a short dip.

Hang clean and jerk, 5-5-5-5-5

95-115-135-155-165

I haven't been able to put 165 above my head since inprocessing at DEPS. Thank you Crossfit!

Yesterday: REST!!

Thursday:

Henrietta - 65lb bar in the overhead squat postion, but instead of the squat, it's a one leg lunge.

Jezebell - Modified "iron cross" found at http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.php?Name=Iron%2BCross (family/work safe). The modified makes it a four count exercise. One, arms at sides; two, squat with arms out front; three, arms retracted to chest; four, single squat thrust to return weights overhead. The weights were weight plates from the barbells, not dumbells with the convenience of handles.
Here's the workout:
10 seconds work/ 10 seconds rest, four sets
Push-Ups
Squats
Dips
Back Raises

Henrietta
Jezebel
Henrietta

10/10 Work/Rest of
Back Raises
Dips
Squats
Push-Ups

3 mile run
(The above was sq PT.)

Later on in the day I rowed for 8,000 meters and some change.

I don't remember the rest of the WoD's for this week. I know the climbing and half-marathon row didn't happen. One, my partner cancelled, and two, I felt like crap when I STARTED the row (crap as in malnourished crap), so I figured discretion was the better part of valor for that attempt. I think I did a tabata type workout somewhere, too, but don't remember precisely when.

Daily Photo #3

Today's photo's are pretty neat, I think. Both were taken in the coffee shop. I used the "color accent" mode on the camera - it makes everything black and white except for one color you specify. I was trying to get the bottom photo, and in the process saw an opportunity for the top photo. I think I like that one better.

My other hobby!

Daily Photo #2

Today's Daily Photo!

This one is interesting. Notice how the primary subject is the stalk in front of the rock...notice how the stalk is perfectly centered on the rock, the rock is centered in the pic, the line between the shore and the water isn't centered but on the bottom third of the photo...one carefully planned and executed picture, right?

NOT!

Getting this pic was hilarious! Ha! I walked down to a small lake by my apartement building in search of something interesting. As I arrived I noticed the fifty or so Canadian Geese and a few swans swimming about. Fun!

I walked around, took a few pics, and aimed toward the shore. I saw the stone and thought, great! That'll be a cool photo. Hehehe...well, some people came up behind me and started throwing bread on the shore. Of course the geese saw it and one of them apparently rang the dinner bell because EVERY goose, swan, blackbird, and sea gull (yes, there are sea gulls in Oklahoma!), swarmed the beach. I'm not kidding, within 30 seconds I was charged by every bird in the county, and the big ones wanted me to go away! So I did! No plans on making America's Funniest Home videos, here, no thank you!

As those thirty seconds ticked away, I set the camera to "Auto" and snapped a few pics. As I looked through the viewfinder I thought a couple were out of focus but took the chance anyway. They weren't out of focus, the camera focused on the SINGLE weed between the rock and me! Ha! Anyway, I thought the pic was a perfect example of how telling God your plans seems to be a great way to make Him laugh. :) Enjoy!

Tommorrow's WoD

Well, I've got an exciting day planned for tomorrow! We'll see how it works out. Two of three events are dependant on other people, so who knows!

Half marathon row in the morning: 21,097.5 meters

Climbing in the afternoon

Assisting someone workout in the evening

Yay! Rhabdo, here I come!

Daily Photo #1

In today's photo, the subject was a pair of baby shoes at a friend's house. I took the pic last night (the actual baby was way to active to catch in a photo). I think maximum zoom was used (I was a good ten feet away, too), and the "Indoor" special mode was utilized to try and capture the right light.

Critiques?

Doing the ordinary extraordinarily well....

Okay, so maybe not. Still, I've decided to use the digital camera as often as possible. Hopefully I'll be able to post one photo a day, or every other day at the most (except for during the fly-a-thons at work).

The intent is to practice photography. Subjects could be anything, and photos posted will not be edited except for sizing.

With the photo on the right, I was trying to emphasize how bright and different the light was coming from the building compared to the ones next to it. I wanted to make it surreal if possible. The "fireworks" special mode was used to take this photo.