Only because you asked. It’s a work in progress. The artist is letting me heal before he thrashes the same spots again. I have two more sessions to finish. He said this one was going to be blocky but the next one would smooth everything out.
In case you can’t tell, it’s supposed to be an American flag that looks real (blowing in the wind). It’ll be black and gray except the stripe below the stars will be blue to make it the Thin Blue Line version of the flag.
Can’t wait to see the full tatoo.
Woke at 239.2 lbs. Went to bed hungry and slept horribly. My daughter woke me up at 1:00, 2:00, 2:40, & 3:25.
She’s going through this awful phase where she wants someone to lay in her bed with her. She says she’s scared. Even we ask what she’s scared of she says “The scary things.”
She’s killing us.
My tattoo feels like a sunburn. I’m looking forward to Friday when I can stop washing it every 4-5 hrs and switch to just putting lotion on it.
Here’s today’s workout. I’m thinking about swapping station A and doing the FITNESS WOD with the deadlifts. The problem is going to be moving from deads to the bike or rower.
JUNE 27, 2018 – FITNESS
Every 90 seconds, for 30 minutes (5 sets of each):
Station 1 – 20 Walking Lunges with DB/KB Farmer’s Carry
Station 2 – 15/10 Calories of Assault Bike or 250/200 Meters of Rowing
Station 3 – 15 Burpees
Station 4 – 200 Meter Run
For stations 2 and 4, pick a distance/calories that will force you to work hard for 45-60 seconds.
JUNE 27, 2018 – PERFORMANCE
Every 90 seconds, for 30 minutes (5 sets of each):
Station 1 – 20 Double-Unders + 10 Deadlifts (275/185 lbs)
Station 2 – 15/10 Calories of Assault Bike or 250/200 Meters of Rowing
Station 3 – 12 Burpee Box Jump-Overs (24″/20″)
Station 4 – 200 Meter Run
Its awful when your kids go through that phase, and hard to know what the right thing to do is (if she is scared, you do not want to deny her comfort). From my friends experiences however, if you do not nip the behaviour in the bud now, you might have a kid sleeping with you for a long time! Good lick, its a challenge!
Congrats getting a workout in!
Nice tattoo!
We’re sending her back to bed but she’s not getting it. Last night was the worst it’s been. My daughter is a staller. She’ll whine at bed time and her excuse changes when you ask her what’s wrong.
She’ll say she’s scared. She’s not tired. She doesn’t know how to fall asleep. She wants a hug. And the list goes on.
I haven’t done the workout yet. That’s just what’s ahead of me even though I feel like going back to bed.
Our oldest son (2.5) will wake up screaming at 2:30-3 every now and then. We think it’s night terror’s, which I guess is a thing… Doesn’t sound as bad as your situation, but it does suck and I feel for you guys. Good luck getting that squared away.
You must win the battle to win the war. If you cave, she wins. If you really feel there is nothing wrong (she is not scared etc…) then keep doing what you are doing. She eventually will get it!
I’m also not letting her nap today as payback. She’s tired from keeping us up all night. She’s not getting any sympathy from me 
2 LAP DYNAMIC WARM UP
WOD
4 Stations, begin the exercise every 90 sec, 5 total rounds
Soooo that didn’t happen.
ROUND 1 as prescribed but I couldn’t start round 2 on time. I decided to rest 3 min and do the circuit for time.
ROUND 2 in 6:44 all reps unbroken
ROUND 3 in 7:30 broke up burpees 9/6 and the run was walk/jog
It took 26 minutes to run my version of this. I should’ve caught this before I started but this was set up for 60 sec of work and 30 sec rest. What kind of sick bastard does that!?
The phosphocreatine system needs a 1:12 to 1:20 work:rest ratio to allow it to recover. But I guess 2:1 sounds good too. I’m beginning to think the folks at CF Invictus are all freaks.
I put in 26 minutes of hard work and that’s a good day for me. I still spent 5-10 minutes on the floor trying to get my shit together afterwards but I didn’t feel like puking. That’s a plus!
New avatar Big J, looking good.
Tough workout today. You really pick some nasty stuff for the WOD’s
Every station gets the heart pumping and the lungs screaming.
I would die too.
Oh check out CompTrain ‘fight club’
It legitimately looks disgusting.
I learned very quickly that anything labeled a standard or benchmark is designed to kill you!
Congrats on the squat PR mate, and the tat looks the goods 
Dude that is brutal…and I totally agree about the burpees. They are a complete mindset thing
Keep in mind a couple things:
For one, you’ve only just started doing these workouts. Your body will adjust, it’s been a long period of conventional lifting and an added 20 pounds to move around, so you’ve got to take time to get used to it.
And secondly, based on what I’ve seen from your videos, you’re doing all these xfit workouts with proper form and full ROM - a rarity in a lot of crossfit circles. Not that the high level competitors don’t have great form as well as tons of other regular joes, but a lot of people I’ve seen sacrifice form, ROM, and most of the benefit of the exercise just to finish the workout for time. You’ve only gotta beat YOUR time to win.
The strength & conditioning specialist in me says I just need to push myself and challenge my body to improve. I’m doing that but I definitely underestimated these workouts. It’s humbling.
The slightly depressing thing is that I don’t know if they’ll ever be enjoyable. You just push yourself as hard as you can. I might improve my performance but I’m pretty sure I’ll always be miserable lol
Oh, well, it’s just a training phase.
Just looked at this. You could promise me a clothing optional weekend getaway with Katrin and I’d still probably fail to start round 2 
100% accurate. Fuck that.
Today’s Prescribed Workout @ Invictus
June 28, 2018 – Fitness
A.
Every 3 minutes, for 18 minutes (2 sets), rotate through the following stations:
Station 1 – Rope Climb Technique Work – no more than 4 ascents
(if you don’t have a rope, work on achieving 12 perfect L-Pull-Ups)
Station 2 – Freestanding Handstand Hold Work
(use partner assists to learn balance points and accumulate time upside down)
Station 3 – Tuck Rock to Tuck Sit x 15 reps
B.
Three rounds for time of:
800 Meter Run
15 Strict Handstand Push-Ups or L-Seated DB Presses
15 Dumbbell Thrusters
F that! I’m not walking around on my hands and I can’t do overhead movements at home. I’ll just do something in my basement after work and I’m leaning towards Hulk Hogan or Black and Blue.
Hulk Hogan
Every 2 minutes for 20 minutes:
5 Power Cleans (185/135)
3 Strict C2B Pull-Ups
7 Burpees
Black and Blue
5RFT:
10 Power Cleans (135/95)
10 Burpees
I’ll report back later and let ya’ll know which one I did and if I completed it/survived.
