A Journey to Overcome Weakness

My name is Melina, I'm 18 and i've been crossfitting since December of 2011. Since then I've become completely addicted to the lifestyle and community.

My love of food has grown exponentially since I started eating (mostly) paleo (most of the time).

So here's some stuff I find interesting, inspiring, or would just like to eat.

January 17, 2013 at 7:28pm

WOD

Strength/skillwork:

Worked on double unders, kipping pull ups and ring dips but forgot to count any of them. 

Back squat 3x5 (160)

Metcon:

9 minute AMRAP of

3 squat clean into thrusters (65 lbs)

6 kettlebell swings (45)

9 box jumps (20”)

Finished 5 rounds + 1 squat clean thruster

The box jumps were the hardest part. My cardio has not been so good lately. It’s possibly because I’ve been eating a little more dairy and that has affected me in the past. I’m gonna try to cut down on that and any processed sugar. Right now I’m just glad that one’s over. 

January 10, 2013 at 9:31pm

WOD

Strength:

Back squat 3x5 (150)

Metcon:

5 rounds for time of

7 wall balls (15 lbs)

7 box jumps (20 inches)

7 weighted lunges (65 lbs)

Finished in 7:30

I was super tired beforehand and just mentally out of it, so I sort of took forever on my first set of lunges,  figuring out exactly what the hell I was doing. But it was an ok workout. I definitely feel it in my butt. 

November 20, 2012 at 9:54pm

WOD

Strength:

Power snatch 5x1, I don’t remember the weight of every set but I worked up to 92 lbs.

Deadlift 1x5 (195 lbs)

Metcon:

4 rounds of

3 ground to overhead (any way)

6 box jumps (20”)

10 toes to bar

Finished in 8:16

I used 87 lbs on the ground to overhead because i started out with power snatches, but they felt so awkward for some reason that I just switched to clean and jerk. I probably could have stuck it out in the snatches but I didn’t want to risk anything weird happening. And I kept my form good on the c&j. The toes to bar weren’t bad but they were definitely pretty slow. After I worked on muscle ups for a while.

It was a pretty good day considering I PR’d on my snatch and deadlift and felt pretty strong on both of them. I also got to hold a week and a half old baby which was wonderful. So I don’t know why I feel bad. 

July 24, 2012 at 8:52pm

WOD

1x5RM deadlift (160)

Then 5 rounds of 

10 box jump overs (20”)

10 medball cleans, games style (30 lbs)

Finished in 10:12

RX’d it. Yep.

June 26, 2012 at 1:30pm

WOD

25 calorie row

25 box jumps (20”)

25 kettlebell swings (45 lbs)

25 push ups

25 ring pull ups (negative reps)

25 calorie row

Finished in 14:59

June 19, 2012 at 11:17pm

This is me struggling through the workout today. And falling off of the bar. It happens.

June 7, 2012 at 4:10pm

Me and my mom doing box jumps and overhead squats last Saturday.

June 1, 2012 at 8:48pm

WOD

“Hope”

Three rounds of:
Burpees
52 pound Power snatch
Box jump, 20″ box
52 pound Thruster
Chest to bar Pull-ups (from box)

Do each exercise for one minute, counting reps. After each round there was a minute break. 

Total reps: 144

Freaked myself out on the box jumps by missing it on the first round and almost falling on my face. Fun.

May 25, 2012 at 11:25pm

WOD

5 rounds for time of:
10 Box Jump (20 in)
15 Kettlebell Swings (35 lbs)
50 m Sled Push (120 lbs)

Finished in 16:41 totally RX.


I got called a beast today. It was awesome.

May 19, 2012 at 1:06pm

Friday’s WOD

Someday I will be comfortable with doing power snatches. Friday was not that day.

5 Rounds for time of:

6 power snatch (47 lbs)

10 box jumps (20”)

Of course I found out afterwards that the reason they felt a bit awkward and wrong was because my butt was too high up. This information would have been helpful during the workout.