We've Come a Long Way, Baby!

Friday, April 24;
You may be wondering why in the crap do I have a picture of Loretta Lynn on my blog. I thought it worked perfectly to go along with the title of this entry. Friday was a great workout, and the lyrics to the Loretta Lynn song, "We've come a long way, Baby!" kept running through my head.

You may think that's a horrible thing, but I disagree. The phrase has been used to further the feminist movement... you know.. we've come a long way..., but this may be a new kind of feminism. A 21st century feminist that Loretta Lynn would be proud of. The kind of girl that doesn't let a bump in the road keep her down. That puts a smile on her face and puts one foot in front of the other despite what kind of crap she's dealing with.

I'm not really sure where I'm going with that.. To get back to my initial thought, Jenn Conlin came in to work out today and we partnered up to do a wounded shoulder work out. We are recovering from opposite problems with our shoulder. She is trying to build back her range of motion after surgery, and I am trying to tighten my shoulder muscles to avoid surgery. Neither of us can do most of the Crossfit workouts as prescribed, so it was awesome to have someone to workout with.

Since we are both recovering, it's smarter for us to focus on perfect technique rather than getting the fastest time or the highest number of reps. The most difficult part of this workout for me were the pushups (done from my knees). It was the first time I've incorporated pushups into a workout since January. We kept the number of reps pretty low and focused on keeping a solid core and perfect form. We also did hang power cleans and a push press. The idea was to keep this pretty light, so I could maintain perfect form. I'm having to retrain my body to properly do so many movement. I'm going to go pickup some little weights today, so I can work on my over head strength at home.

Workout:
3 rounds for time

10 HPC & PP (35lb barbell)
5 ring rows
10 perfect pushups (from knees)
15 squats
5 ring rows
10 perfect pushups (from knees)
15 squats

Jenn and I finished about a second apart. I don't remember the exact time, but it was a little over 11 minutes for both of us.

Something else to point out, it was so cool to workout with someone who was doing the same thing you're doing. I was competing with Jen, but for me it was more important to keep perfect form than to actually finish first. That is certainly a big change than how I used to workout. It's a nice change!