Learning All the Things
Category: Olympic Lifting

4
Sep
“…Maybe You Will Fix it in One Night”
About DokiDara, Crossfit, Olympic Lifting, Real Life, Workout

After finishing up my heavy squat cycle, my coach asked me what I wanted to work on next. I thought about it for a bit, and I decided that I thought the best move for me, next, would be to fix my strange “power snatch and power clean everything” affliction. Thus, I have dubbed this […]

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26
Aug
7(ish) Week Squat Cycle Review & Results
About DokiDara, Crossfit, Derby, Olympic Lifting, Real Life, Workout

Since I came back from my gigantic trip, I’ve felt completely off – my weight is down almost 10 pounds, I hadn’t been weight training with any consistency in about 3 months between work travel and everything else, and I just felt like a complete and total mess. I told all of this to my […]

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24
Apr
I’ve Never Been So Happy to Be 162nd! <3
Olympic Lifting, Workout

After chatting with my coach today about a variety of things, I decided to try and get into my online USAW account. Why not, right? So after encountering some weird technical issues, I finally got in (thanks, USAW tech support!) and was able to update my profile. After that, I decided to poke around the […]

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23
Apr
10 Reasons Why Today Was A Great Day
About DokiDara, Crossfit, Derby, Olympic Lifting, Real Life, Workout

Today was pretty flipping awesome for so so many reasons… here’s just a sampling of them… 10. I GOT TO TALK TO MY LITTLE TALI!! 9. Andy, Jason and I got to hash out a bunch of Neko stuffs. 8. Steak, green beans, and baby red potatoes for dindin. YUM. 7. I stopped being antisocial […]

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22
Apr
Traveling and Crossfit and Lifting
Crossfit, Derby, Olympic Lifting, Workout

Point blank, traveling and trying to keep up with your routine BITES. In the past few weeks, I’ve been on a weeklong trip to Houston & San Francisco, back to Jersey for four days, and then back to San Francisco for another week. And then back, with hives and a cold, which I attribute to […]

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11
Mar
March 2014 Check-In & 1 Year of Crossfit
About DokiDara, Crossfit, Derby, Olympic Lifting

So what’s interesting about this check-in is that it’s also my one year(is) crossfit check-in. My first WOD was 3/23/2013, so it’s between this month’s and next month’s check-in… and today is my mom’s birthday and I have a lot to say. So I’m saying it today, and you’re going to like it. Or not, […]

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9
Mar
Taper Training for the NYC Open – Weeks 2 & 3
Crossfit, Olympic Lifting, Real Life, Workout

Ok, ok, so I failed at updating last week on Sunday… but in my defense, it was the start to a crazy week… Anyway, here’s what we’ve got: WEEK TWO Monday (W2D1) 1) Snatch: find a max for the day then 80%/1, 85%/1, 90%1 of daily max 65×2, 85, 95, 105, 110-2X, 85, 90, 95 2) […]

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23
Feb
Taper Training for the NYC Open
Olympic Lifting, Real Life, Workout

In my attempts to move forward and learn more about all things lifting, I’ve decided to embark on a journey with an individualized lifting program. This will be in addition to my typical Crossfit, Derby and group Oly classes, so everything. is. about. to. get. crazy. Since I’m training for the NYC Open, I’ll be […]

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12
Feb
February 2014 Check-In
Crossfit, Olympic Lifting, Real Life, Workout

Wow I feel like I blogged SO MUCH in January because of the FDU meet, and then pretty much not at *all* the past week. Meep. I’ll work on that. Anyhow, what’s new this month? Well… I officially sent off my registration for the NYC Open on March 16th, so that’s a thing I’m doing […]

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