Day 18: This is Why Reese's and I Can't Be Friends...

Today I had to do a couple of shorter workouts.
Here was round 1 with minimal rest:
***Single-Arm Row: 2 sets of 8 @ 45 pounds
***TRX Hip Press: 2 sets of 8
***Pushup: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14
***Step Up to 24" Block: 3 sets of 10/leg
Floor Wiper: 3 sets of 15 @ 175 pounds
***Overhead Windmill: 4 sets of 5/side
Then after a snack that went very wrong (hooray for vomiting!  Second time in 4 days), I did this little beauty, 8 times through, with no rest:
***Sprinters Start: 20 seconds on/10 seconds rest
Dead Clean: 20 second per arm/10 seconds rest @ 35 pounds
High Pull: 20 seconds per arm/10 seconds rest @ 35 pounds
The Lesson: I'm noticing that my body is becoming more sensitive to processed foods, to the point where I have to be extremely careful of what I'm eating.  About 2 hours before my first workout, I ate a peanut butter chocolate thing that reminded me of a Reese's Cup.  I noticed that the primary ingredient for this thing was "hydrogenated soybean oil."  I thought to myself "I've been extremely good throughout this whole workout process, why not try one bad thing?"
Big mistake.
Almost immediately I felt my energy being sapped.  To be frank, it sucked.  I realized that because I've cut out pretty much all processed foods, my body is starting to show me its true potential.  Better start giving my body what it really needs.
Thoughts:
Single-Arm Row: I did both sets in a row, with no rest.  It got a lot of the gunk out of my back.
TRX Hip Press: Another "get-the-gunk-out" exercise for my butt and lower back from the deadlift.  Lovely little move.

Relaxing...

Flex that Butt!

Pushup: Trying to do this with minimal is pretty nuts but I did it (maximum of about 5 seconds rest in between each rung).  For those of you doing the math, 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14=105 pushup.  Feel that burn.

Step Up: Mostly this was for cardio, I'm assuming, because this was ridiculously easy.  Oh well...with the way I was feeling, maybe this was a blessing in disguise.

Floor Wipers:  Ouch.  This was hurting a bit.  Here's a video to review what a floor wiper is.

Look at that form!

That was 5 reps, with 135 pounds.  Make it 3 sets of 15, then throw on an extra 40 pounds, then you'll know what I was in pain.  And for those of you who think that it's an easy feat, let's do some more math:

I weight 162 pounds.  I was holding up 175 pounds for a prolonged period of time.  For those of you who are handy at math, I'm holding up about 108% of my body weight.  Not an easy feat, believe me.  But when you put that weight down, you feel so awesome.

Overhead Windmill: I don't know about you, but I don't get this exercise.  I didn't feel any work at all, for any of the windmills.  I'll come up with another exercise to kill the obliques, trust me.

Sprinters Start: Normally: fine.  After throwing up: Not so much.  It hurt, but man it felt good when I was done.  Here's a video of the sprinters start:

Power!

Dead Clean: It's getting so much easier!  I hope I'll fly through the dead clean and presses without any issues on the 300 Workout.

High Pull: Same thing as the dead clean.  I guess I should up the intensity; or get a heavier weight.

Here a video of the high pull in case you need a reminder:

Dastardly...I love it!

Ok, I'm heading off to bed.  These past few days I've been performing a bit under par, so I'm gonna get some sleep tonight.  Tomorrow, let's really rock and roll.