a peek into the life of Team Morchat...

Here is a quick video/ slide show of what Jordan and I have been up to...

Monday and Tuesday and Monday and Tuesday and ...

Ok... so the really good blogging has been far from consistent with me the past two weeks, but I finish up with things this week and plan to have some good one-on-one time with the computer next week. Here is what Jordan and I have been up to....

Monday WOD:
Shoulder Press 1-1-1-1-1 {Danny (105,125,135,135,135), Jordan (45lbs)}
Push Press 3-3-3-3-3 {Danny (all at 135lbs), Jordan (45lbs)}
Push Jerk 5-5-5-5-5 {Danny (all at 135lbs), Jordan (45lbs)}

Monday CFE:
Run Tabata x 2 = 20 sec of work, 10 sec of rest for 16 rounds
Distance: 1750 meters
Tabata Bike

Tuesday WOD: "Jeremy"
21-15-9
Overhead Squat (95lbs/45lbs)

Danny - 7:24 Rx'd
Jordan - 6:19 (45lbs)

Odessa Workout at Globo Gym

Jordan and I pulled a card from the Hopper Deck today and rocked it at the Odessa YMCA. Everything was so weird because there was no music and no one was talking and dudes with headphones were walking around looking at themselves in the mirrors.... I'm so past this man!

21-15-9
Deadlift (205/95)
Knees to Elbows

Danny 5:44 (205lbs)
Jordan 6:40 ( 95lbs)

Real Quick.. Driving to Odessa...

This is Judo....



Thursday:

WOD: Back Squat 5-5-5
Judo: 2 hrs (Warm up, Throws, 3 min rounds groundwork, 3-5min matches, strength training)


Friday:

WOD: "Snatch Fran"
21-15-9
Snatch (65lbs)
Pull Ups

Time - 7:25 !!! It was good to be "Snatch'n" again!!!

CFE: 1 min ladder
1min on, 1 min off, 1 min on, 50 sec off, 1 min on, 40 sec off, 1 min on, 30 sec off, 1 min on 20 sec off, 1 min on, 10 sec off, then go back up the ladder until you finish with 1 min on, 50 sec off, 1 min on.
Distance: 3900 meters, 2.4 miles.

Totally Engaged!!!

I talked with a long lost friend of mine (Jason Ballard) last week and told him that Jordan proposed to me on Sunday night. He said, " Now you are totally engaged! You can't be anymore engaged then you are right now!"

Jason Ballard: I agree with you 100%

Two Sunday's ago Jordan Coulter (soon to be Jordan Morchat) proposed to me at Comm Church. As I closed my eye's (not to sleep, but only to rest) during a song, she placed the ring in my lap. I opened my eye's because of the unusual pressure I felt on my crotch and found the ring that Jordan had made for me. She then asked if I would merry her! YES!!!

I have since worn my ring for an average of 1 hour a day just to start getting used to it.

Jordan! I DO

Breakfast - 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 cup strawberries, 1 plum, 1 apple,15 almonds, 24oz coffee, 40 oz water (4 blocks)
Lunch - 3 eggs, 1oz deli ham, 1 slice of bread, 1 whole avocado, 2 oranges, 1/2 cup cooked spinach, 32 oz water (4 blocks)
Snack - 2 oz grilled chicken, 1 apple, 40 oz water (2 blocks)
Dinner - 4 oz chicken, 2 1/4 cups broccoli, 1 slice of bread, 1 avocado, 2 cups milk (6 blocks)
Snack - 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1 cup strawberries, 1/3 cup oats (2 blocks)

Total Blocks = 18

WOD: 6 rounds
240m sprint
24 squats
Time - 9:33

Push Press 5-5-5-5-5
----115, 135,145,155,165

CFE: Tabata Bike

Morning Decaf Coffee...

Every morning I wake up and start heating water on the stove. I grind 1/4 cup of decaf espresso coffee beans and get the coffee press ready. I pour just a little water in with the beans to open up the flavor pours (this is called "Flowering the Beans") and then wait... this really means I turn on the boob tube and watch the Tour de France. When the beans have flowered I pour the boiling water into the press and let it brew for 5-10 min and then push the press, pour the coffee into my beautiful coffee mug (with cool stickers) and enjoy. Sometimes I go outside with the dog or sit and watch more Tour de France. Team Garmin-Chipotle is doing really well and they are the team I'm cheering for!! I drink decaf because I stopped drinking caffeine, but still love the smell and taste of coffee. It is a comfort drink for me... especially in the morning.
Here are some links to good fairly traded (helps the farmer), shade grown (saves the earth), organic (helps our bodies) beans:

• Grounds for Change
• Equal Exchange
• Higher Grounds Trading Company
• Pura Vida Coffee
  

Breakfast -1 cup cottage cheese, 2 cup strawberries, 1 apple, 2 cups milk, 2 cups of decaf coffee, 32oz water (6 blocks)
Lunch - 4 oz ground buffalo, 1 apple, 1 plum, 1 cup papaya, 16 oz water (4 blocks)
Snack - 16 oz water, 1 Clif Builder's bar, 1 cup soy milk (4 blocks)
Dinner - 5 oz grilled chicken, 1 cup butternut squash soup, 1 cup mac'n cheese (5 blocks)
Snack - 1 cup 2% milk (1 block)

Total Blocks = 20

WOD: Rest Day

Judo: 6:15pm - 7:45 - Throws, groundwork, grip fighting

Daily Food Diary

Here is the question... How can I dial-in my diet?

Answer... Write down everything you eat for a week and see where you fall short.
Everything seems to be a formula?... Well, this is because your body is a machine and if your machine needs rocket fuel, don't put regular gas in it!!! You need to give you body what it wants and for me with my CrossFit training and Judo and CFE... I need to pump rocket fuel into my system.

As I finished "The Hard Routine" I came to understand how much diet plays into everyday fitness and then into elite fitness. I use Dr. Barry Sears-Zone Diet- to track my intake and measure my foods. This week Jordan and I will be doing another experiment in nutrition... we will be recording our food. Everything and I mean everything...

Breakfast - 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 cup strawberries, 1 Apple, 1 Plum, 48oz water (4 Blocks)
Lunch - 4oz Deli Turkey, 1oz Munster Cheese, 1 Apple, 1 Orange, 1 Beer (5 Blocks)
Snack -1 Clif Builders Bar, 1 cup whole milk (4 Blocks)
Dinner - 5oz Buffalo Meat, 1.5 cup broccoli, 1 slice of bread, 1/2 avocado, 2 beer (5 Blocks)
Late night Snack - 1/4 cup cottage cheese, 1 cup strawberries, 1 cup whole milk (2 Blocks)

Total Blocks = 20

WOD: 3 rounds for time
50 double unders
20 sit ups
20 cross chops (30lb DB)
Time= 10:14

CFE: Tabata Run - distance covered = 950 m