clevermanka: default (la catrina)
clevermanka ([personal profile] clevermanka) wrote2012-06-12 10:09 am

I'm waiting for my boyfriend to be on the radio

I went to CrossFit last night! It was tough, but not overwhelming. Our warm-up was crazy. It was a 50-40-30-20-10 of double-unders and sit-ups. Since I still can't do double-unders, I had to double the jumps, so for me it was 100 single jumps, 50 sit-ups, 80 single jumps, 40 sit-ups, etc. The worst part was the 150 (total) sit-ups. My abs got tired, yes, but what I really hated was the nausea from the back-and-forth movement of the sit-ups that set in somewhere around the half-way mark of the second set. By the time I was done, I couldn't walk a straight line. *woo* I'm surprised I managed to stay upright on the last two sets of jump-rope.

I gotta work on getting double-unders, for real.

I missed two weeks of CrossFit because of my Hashimoto’s flareup (boo). Last night was my first night back in the box, and there was only one other person in attendance for the 4:30 WOD. We introduced ourselves and she was nervous because she’d missed a month. I confessed to missing two weeks because of illness, and said we’d struggle through together. When she asked about what illness, I sorta hedged and said "Oh, I have a little autoimmune disease." She squinted at me and said "Me, too. I have Hashimoto’s."

OMG NEW BFF SQUEE!!! We were so excited to meet a fellow Hashi-sufferer in person–and at CrossFit! This is the first person I've met in person who has Hashimoto's--and the same for her. She's treating hers with diet and acupuncture, too. I gave her my email and we're going to stay in contact, outside of CrossFit, to exchange notes and support. The thing Paleo makes her miss the most is beer. You know I like this woman.

This is one of the must fucking awesome things in the history of fucking awesome things. Ever.

Bad Romance x Avengers from Fishball51 on Vimeo.


Various GIFS from the video can be found here.

THIS PERSON WINS THE INTERNET.

In a perfect world, I would have a mother to whom I could send this as a Mother's Day card.

Check out this amazing hoodie. You know, this really wouldn't be that hard to make.

My life, a lot of the time:


Wow, I need to buy some Henley shirts to wear under suit jackets. That's a good look.

And I have a new collection up, myself, today. June 12: Twisted Iconographies.

[identity profile] saffronhare.livejournal.com 2012-06-12 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I need to start recording your crossfit warm-ups, because warming up is good, but the warm-ups I usually do at home are BORING and probably not sufficient. Not that I could do a double-under. EVER.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-06-12 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Not that I could do a double-under. EVER.

If you think you can't...You're right.

[identity profile] saffronhare.livejournal.com 2012-06-12 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Reason #37 why I think you're pretty spiffy. Thank you. Clearly, I need to add to my list of "101 in 1001" an item: Do an effing double-under. And then do another one.

[identity profile] sherwood21.livejournal.com 2012-06-12 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
That video made me laugh so hard that I am now grateful I have strong bladder muscles.

[identity profile] msmitti.livejournal.com 2012-06-12 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't belive you just randomly ran into somebody with the same rare autoimmune disease. What are the odds? crazy.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-06-12 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
SIX DEGREES OF CHERNOBYL RED.

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_luaineach/ 2012-06-12 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you'll be able to get the double unders piece-of-cake with practice. They are one of those things that you suddenly get the timing of and then you wonder how you couldn't do them. I know this because *I* can do double unders because one of the daughters of our BFFs has been in the Tucson Twist-Its (http://tucsontwistits.com/) for the past couple of years and she always tries to teach me things. I can also do the butt bounce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gshO7MXXGlQ&feature=relmfu) that the girl does at ~24seconds, believe it or not. However, I do not recommend getting whooped up on jump roping and attempting numerous butt bounces after having been drinking beer all evening - NOT BACK FRIENDLY. No.

Yay for you on the IRL body buddy!!
Edited 2012-06-12 22:28 (UTC)

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-06-13 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the vote of confidence and the valuable advice. =D