Day 1 - Strollin' and Cleanin' in California!

This place is crazy, good crazy. I'm lovin it. Trained at CrossFit Hollywood today had a great workout. Awesome guys down there, even got a lift back to the hostel and petrol money was refused. DInner at Lucky Devils, Organic chicken salad. Wild rice quinoa and flat bread on the side not paleo, the rest all paleo with nuts, chicken, salad and avocado. I think some flax aswell. The beer wasnt paleo at all but I needed a celebratory drink to mark the first day of this epic adventure.

I cant wipe the smile off my face. It's safe to say after 9 hours in California I have fallen in true love with approx 7-9 californian girls. Pictures to come. I've never felt luckier to be an Aussie (almost).

Quote of the day (warning explicit language): "You aint gettin' no head tonight if you don't getcho ass home now boy!"

Workout of the day:
3.something mile run to CrossFit Hollywood
275 pound Tyre flips 3 x 3 (team relay).
Tabata Monkey Squats - These are nassstttyy! Look them up. The fastest and hardest my quads have ever burnt.

WOD
AMRepsAP 20 (for poundage)
95 Pound Power Clean
Every time you drop or hesitate with the bar run 400m
127 reps = 12,065 pounds

Going from Melbourne winter to Californian summer was tough. It's safe to say the shirt came off when the 20 minutes was up. To save laundry of course ;).

Now im going to check out the hostel bar see if I can't make some friends :D.

P.s. Organic protein bars are my friend due to the only cheap food coming out of the deep fryer or broiler. Ew.

Double Rest and Prepare

Pack bag. Book accommodation. Buy stuff. 2 rest days and I'm ready to go.

The Final Throwdown

Last workout with the boys at city club and it was a good one.

Modified from CFSK

AMRAP 20

11 DB Swings 32.5kg

15 Pushups

7 Thrusters 42.5kg

9 Situps

50 Burpees for first to finish as soon as the bell went for 20 mins. 

Result - 8 Rounds + Swings, Pushups, thrusters and 3 situps.

Absolutely destroyed. A few crawl up burpees ala Tommy Hackenbruck '09 games to start with after being fatigued from the AMRAP. Now rest.

Nearly There

Today the reality of me shooting off in a couple of days has hit for the first time since I started planning. Excited. Little nervous. Should be good.

Workout:

3 Rounds for time:

8 x Weighted strict chins @ 20kg

3 x Squat clean @ 80kg

40 m(ish) carry @ 1x 35kg SB on shoulder + 1x 35 kg DB farmers carry.

30 Double Unders

+ 1 extra carry to even out sides of body.

12:35

Like yesterday made this one up myself, wasn't as good as yesterday's but not too bad. 

3 x Max Ring Pushups with feet on bench.

20, 15, 12.

Nice coffee from market lane and some biodynamic chicken sausages for tea!

Forearm Fire

Trying to avoid going over head for a little while whilst my shoulder settles down so made up a little workout the turned out to be grip and forearm destruction.

For time:

500m Row

then 

5 Rounds

6 Deadlift @ 120kg

8 HPC @ 60kg (unloaded the one bar ourselves from 120 - 60kg)

10 Box Jumps @ 30 inch

12 KTE

then 

500m Run on treadmil 2 degree incline.

Max - 22:17. Adam - 22:16. KTE and HPC were tough to keep a hold of. Legs fell to pieces on run. 3 Shifts to go. Starting to sink in now.

Easy Sunday

Not feeling it at all today. Could be residual fuzz from Friday nights antics with the boys.

Butterfly practice

Bench Press 10, 9, 5 @ 80kg

with 10 dead hang pullups in between sets

then

40 Ring Dips

First time to 10 reps of BW Bench Press. Happy with that.

10 - 1

3 x 3 Front Squat at 80kg to wake the legs up.

From CFSK

Front Squat @ 50kg

Pushups

Sumos @ 50kg

60m Sprint - replaced in selected movements by 10-1 Burpees due to locale.

13:19

Was sucking in the big ones! 

Butterfly practice. New best 15 unbroken. Felt good. 

Big going away night out tonight and best mate Nick's Bday. Fun times.