When I got home from work this morning, I got a wild hair and decided to hit the trail on the ol' Rollerblades ( Read more... )

mitsu99 posted a video on his Facebook showing his max weight / personal record for a lifting exercise called "split jerk." His was 176 ( Read more... )

Ok. Here's the very embarrassing video of my progress, from January 8-April 2. I thought I joined Crossfit on the 15th, hence the "2-1/2 months" I kept saying in the video.

I'm only in my boxers, and my body is gross. But I'm definitely making some progress. Tell me what you think!

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

"Getting In Shape" video diary from Jon-Paul on Vimeo.

I rollerbladed a whopping 22.7 miles today, putting my yearly total to 116.0 miles ( Read more... )

My friend Steph, who is taking part in my "1,000 Mile Human Locomotion Challenge," asked how my progress has been going. So, here's where I'm at:


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I went 14.7 miles on the trail today, though I went a little slower than last time. Partly because I went in a different direction and had to climb up a super steep hill.

And, for some reason, I just didn't have the energy today. April and I did a Crossfit workout the other day in which I think I overdid it. My energy has been shot ever since ( Read more... )

For my own personal information:

Today's WOD:
20 deadlifts @ 115#
10 deadlifts @ 145#

84 pull-ups.

Just got off the trail, my first 14.4 mile ride of the season! The arches on my feet ache something bad, and I forgot how much of an incline it is going to the half-way mark. It's only .3%, but that's pretty noticeable when you are trying to average 10 mph on rollerblades.

Anyway, here is my route and stats for the trip. I average 10.1 miles ( Read more... )

Testing out the GPS feature on my iPhone...

Click here to see the track I rollerbladed as my warm-up before crossfit. It was my "short route," a quick jaunt I take that goes from one resting station to another and back. Going to the resting station is all uphill, so if you check my speed you'll see it's a lot faster on the way back ( Read more... )

This is today's WOD. Instead of running, I did 400m, 400m, and 500m of rowing. And my deadlift high pull was 65 lbs.

I did this in 14:23.


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