A weekend w/ Team Larsen + Life Larsen

Jordan and I spent Saturday and Sunday with three very special and influential people... Team Larsen... they shared Life and life with us and we all shared in God's grace! Thank you for such an amazing weekend. You gave us rest and encouragement and laughter and wisdom and love!!! We will never be the same and we will always be side by side on a road that leads home...

We love you Matt and Lauren and Life!!!

Going Heavy...!

On Tuesday Jordan and I did "Elizabeth" Jordan did so well and I went heavy. Rx'd is 135lbs and I bumped it up to 155lbs.

Elizabeth
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21-15-9
Squat Cleans
Ring Dips
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Jordan = 11:05
Danny = 15:41

I plan to take the rest of the week off to rest and sleep. We have Fight Gone Bad on Saturday and I hope to get up around 400 if not over! After that Jordan and I are driving up to Dallas to stay with Matt and Lauren and Life Larsen!! Can't Wait!!!

As far as training I have been feeling really sore after workouts and feel it has a lot to due with sleep right now. I plan to take all of next week off with only Judo on Tuesday and Thursday and then the Judo Comp on Saturday. I want to be fully rested for the Comp so that I can see where I am compared to the state in Judo! I will be competing in the novice division most likely 73kg group... this means all white, yellow, orange and green belts! Jordan will be away at her bachelorette party, but I hope to have some video of my matches up that day.

Long Weekend...

It was a long weekend in Liberty City, but things with Jordan always seem a whole lot better! We had a great wedding shower and we are both so thankful for everyone and everything! On Thursday last week I got a 3:23 Fran... NEW PR!!! and took the rest of the weekend off. Today, Jordan and I did "Nicole" As many rounds as possible in 20 min of Max rep pull ups and 400m sprints. We only counted the Pull ups and Jordan got 37 straight real pull ups!!! Way to go Jo!!!
I got 103 pull ups with a 20lb weighted vest. This thing killed me on the sprints! Tonight we are full Paleo and feeling good> FGB this weekend and up to Dallas to hang with our friends Matt, Lauren and Life Larsen!

Peace

"To Get One's Goat" or "My Goat" a short story by Danny Morchat

Most of the things at annoy me are: spam, telemarketers, HEB on Sunday night, my landlord and overhead squats! This morning at CrossFit we did a famous workout called "Nancy" it is 5 rounds for time of - 400m sprint and 15 overhead squats at 95lbs. Like I said in yesterday's post... I have been trying to go "Heavy" on my workouts, but the second I posted that on the blog "Nancy" shows up on the whiteboard in the garage and I am rethinking my statement.(Definition taken from http://www.zyra.org.uk/getgoat.htm) The saying, "That gets my goat" comes from the 1900's and has two origins:
1.Horses of a highly-strung nature were often accompanied by a goat (or sheep). It was a way of calming a horse down, especially a thoroughbred horse before a race. The legend has it that rivals and crooks deliberately betting against that horse, would steal the goat, resulting in the horse being upset and less able to race. Such practices are uncommon these days.
2. There is an old French phrase "prendre la chevre" which also means approximately "to get your goat" or "to take away the goat". Various places suggest this is because in old times a person's goat would be their only source of milk, so they'd be understandable pissed if someone took it!. With that being said... I hate Overhead squats. They "get my goat"
This morning they made me feel like a French man who realized that he had to eat his cereal with water. I have realized that I have 4-5 "goats" in CrossFit
1. Overhead Squats
2. Sumo Dead Lift High Pulls
3. Handstand Push-Ups
4. "Linda" aka "Three Bars of Death"
5. Dead Lift

With that being said... Jonny Kalaher suggested that I warm-up with "my goat" before every workout. Thanks Jonny... I will and no one will steal my milk goat!!!

WOD:
Nancy
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400m sprint
15 Overhead Squats
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Danny = 17:02 w/ 98lbs (NEW PR!!)
Jordan = 19:08 w/ 52lbs

Judo: 1 1/2 hours
Zone/Paleo: Somewhere between 15-17 blocks

The New House

So, with the new school year in full force and no internet at the new house my posts have been very sporadic. For that I can only say... welcome back again...
Home - Sweet - Home
For the past month Jordan and I have been "nesting" at 305 and have finished... for now
The house is ready for the bride to come home! I painted the chairs blue and hung my flags. She put out lime tree in the yard and the living room is full of our favorite nick-nacks!!!
(Drew I painted the shelves yellow, to match our kitchen)

Speak'n of... The kitchen is ready for Zone/Paleo meals and the new espresso makers is hot and ready!


We have no TV, just my parents record player and each other! Oh ya, my roommate until Jordan moves in Brit Norvell. (Great Guy)




As far as CrossFit goes... last Tuesday I had a date with "Linda" (aka. "Three Bars of Death!)

1.5 body weight DeadLift = 244lbs
Body Weight Bench Press = 163 lbs
3/4 Body Weight Squat Clean = 135
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
This was the first CrossFit WOD that I could/did not finish... I really had to have some time to myself about this, but Linda will always humble even the mortals who get a big head with out Dutch or Johnny around. I only made it to the 6's
I did Fight Gone Bad on Thursday and got 302 points. Got a cold on Friday and took Saturday off.
Sunday WOD
21-15-9
Deadlift
Pushups
400m sprint (3 total)

Time - Danny 8:48 / Jordan 10:02

Monday (today) "The Chief"

Max rounds in 3 minutes of:
135 pound Power cleans, 3 reps
6 Push-ups
9 Squats

Rest 1 minute. Repeat for a total of 5 cycles.

Danny = Heavy Chief - 155lb Power Cleans = 21 rounds

Jordan = 53lb Power Cleans = 23 rounds

It feels good to be back to a full Zone and moving toward a full Paleo diet. I have been eating small 2 block meals and this really helps me keep my insulin regulated all day. I have been loading my Post WOD meal with 3x the Carbs and cutting back on the Carbs all day... with this I have seen good results and I feel great. My fat blocks are up 9x to about 30-40 fat blocks a day!!!!

I have been trying to do all of my WOD's "Heavy" so that I can build my strenght. Judo was put on hold last week and I plan to hit it strong tomorrow night to continue getting ready for the comp in Oct!!!

Jordan's Snatch + 3 other dudes who don't even compare

Jordan's Max Snatch = 62 lbs

Marshall's Max Snatch = 158lbs

Danny's Max Snatch = 148lbs

Dale Smith = Snatch Technique

Zone People...Snatch Max... Judo

Here is a quick link for all of those Zone nerds out there..

USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory

Just type in what you are/want to eat and it tells you everything you needed to know!!!!

Jordan, Marshall Lowy, Dale Smith and I maxed in the Snatch on Sunday afternoon. Dale told me his body was so sore!

Marshall = 158 lbs
Jordan = 62 lbs
Danny = 148 lbs
Dale = Snatch Technique with 65lbs

I plan to put up video of the Snatch Day! Jordan and Marshall really have good form!

Monday : Rest Day
Tuesday WOD:
400m sprint
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7 rounds w/ 30lb DB's in each hand
5 DB Deadlifts
5 DB Squat Cleans
5 DB Thrusters
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400m sprint

Time- 10:07 ( I need to do more sprinting!)

JUDO: Getting ready for the comp's coming up in October and November! I will be competing in my first two Judo Tournaments (College Station Oct. 4th/ Houston Nov. 1st) and will be using the next month and 1/2 to train hard for them!!! More ground work and throws!!!