Fran...We Salute You!

My hands on the other hand...not so much!

Yep, that's from doing pull ups

My hands feel like they are on fire...literally.

For you folks who do not do Cross Fit (which is silly by the way, you should!), there are these series of WOD's (Work Out of the Day) that are all named after fallen soldier's.  "Fran" happens to be one of these WOD's and was used as a benchmark workout for this whole Paleo Challenge that I participated in at the fabulous North Country Cross Fit gym I work out at.

Fran consists of 21 Thrusters (65lbs); 21 Pull Ups; 15 Thrusters (still 65lbs); 15 Pull Ups; 9 more Thrusters (yep, you guessed it, 65lbs) and finish with 9 Pull Ups. We did the "Fran" workout 6 weeks ago and then again today.  This helps us gauge just how much progress we have made over these past couple weeks.  I do not know my exact time from the first time I attempted this byotch, but I'm pretty sure I completed the workout somewhere around 13 minutes or so AND I used the Green and Blue assist bands to do my pull ups.  Today, 6 weeks later (and a whole dress size smaller, thank you very much bacon and all the other tasty carnivor-licious treats) I completed Fran in 10:50 and used the red band for all my pull ups.  The red band is the last skinny band you use before you are doing them on your own.  The blue is a little bit thicker and green is much thicker.  Thicker = more support and assist with your pull ups.  I'm so excited because I'm so close to reaching ONE of my goals, which is do a real pull-up...I can taste it!  Progress is a beautiful thing!

Just want to give a HUGE thank you to Meg Kriff and Ben Freiberg, the wonderful coaches at North Country Cross Fit, for sneaking weight on my bar and pushing me to limits that I would be too big of a pooncy to push myself to.

Although this whole Paleo challenge is over, I still plan on cooking and eating clean and will keep posting recipes and other fun random stories.  Stay tuned for before and after pictures...maybe...I haven't decided yet...or have I? (muahahahaha...that's what us Marketing Nerds call "the hook line and sinker" - you have no choice but to return to my blog).

Umbrigado!

Dias Girl