My Attempt at a CrossFit Pregnancy

Well, I didn't ever end up doing the workout below. I plan to at least get my big butt on the treadmill tonight to walk for 10 minutes. We'll see if it goes anywhere from there. :) I hope I get at least some push-ups or a few KB swings in there as well, but I'm keeping my expectations low. I can't even remember the last time I worked out. Usually my afternoons consist of putting together baby gear and laying on the couch with my feet up praying that the swelling goes down:). Hello CANKLES! :)haha.

Feeling huge, but still really good. I'm 30.5 weeks now, and up about 28lbs. Well over my goal for this point in the pregnancy, but I've pretty much given up the idea of eating paleo while I have half of my husband's genes inside of me:)haha. It's funny, we both came home one night and confessed to eating fast food that day and it clicked! THAT'S why I'm eating like crap... it's the Adam in me now:). As soon as she arrives, it'll be back to strict paleo/primal so I can feel normal again.

Crazy hectic this month and I'm really looking forward to June. I plan to take it easy as far as activities outside of the home for the next two months. No more trips, no more busy, busy weekends. We've done the childbirth class, done the baby shower, now we just need to get busy on the nursery and doing all the crazy house-cleaning stuff that everyone always jokes about. :)

I'll update again once I do my walking this afternoon.

UPDATE:

10 min. walk on treadmill @ 3.5mph
20 air squats
20 one-armed KB swings, 15#
10 push-ups, knees down on parallettes
20, 1 leg lift to chest (subbing this as an ab exercise)

And I stopped there because I didn't want to overdo it:)haha

We had our 4D ultrasound yesterday and I must say the technology is really amazing! It was so fun to see what our little one is going to look like as an infant.

Warm-Up:
10 min. walk on treadmill
20, 1-arm KB swings, 15#
20, 1 leg lifts

CF Mom 5.19.10: "Reagan" (Beginner)
15-12-9
Push ups (knees down, on parallettes)
Lunges
Hang power cleans #25

Time:

Taking it slow today and easing back into working out. It feels like it's been forever what with the vacation last week and all. Lots of walking, but also lots of eating, so I don't know that it evened out:). I'm excited to get back into a routine, but I'm still exhausted from the trip.

Well, Adam and I are taking our "babymoon" tomorrow to NYC. It should be a really fun and packed week! I'm so excited and yet, tired at just the thought. Hopefully we'll get in lots of walking and my sciatic pain won't kick in. It was really bad over the weekend due to sitting for 8 hours in a childbirth class. It has since backed off some (and I hope I'm not jinxing myself!!).

Back to a normal routine next week, I hope!

Going to try to get this done this afternoon after dinner with my mom. Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo (meaning mexican food for dinner!!), so I would like to make that a rest day:). If this doesn't get done tonight, it'll be done tomorrow.

EDIT 5/5/10: Well, this didn't get done last night! :) So I'll be doing this early this afternoon before Adam gets home.

Warm-Up:
10 min. walk on treadmill
20, 1-armed KB swings
10, 45# good mornings

CF Mom 5.4.10: "Baby Barbara" (beginner)
5 rounds
4 pull ups or progressions (ring rows)
5 push ups (knees down on parallettes)
6 knees to elbows or knee ups (did these lying down, one leg to chest at a time)
7 squats

Time: 8:28

I think I'm offically stopping the KTE's until baby arrives. I can't stomach watching the muscle separation when I do them. It's completely freaky. I tried doing them one leg at a time, and it was still graphic, so I'll be doing these on the floor from now on:). This was a good work-out. Definitely not too tough, but got me sweating!

Now... on to some Mexican food!! :)

<-- 27 weeks, feeling HUGE!

Ugh, hot weather has been a pain lately! I really hope this isn't a foreshadowing of what our summer will be like. I don't know that I'll be tolerable to be around come July with this humidity.

Warm-Up:
10 min. walk
10 push-ups (knees down w/parallettes)
10 KTC's (had to break these up into 4-3-3)
20, 1-armed KB swings (15#)

CF Mom 5.3.10: "Jade" (Intermediate)
3 rounds TWO rounds
15 hang power cleans #45
15 walking lunges
15 shoulder press #45

Time: 10:13

Scaled this back to two rounds instead of three (hoping to eliminate some soreness tomorrow/tonight).