Muscle (and Callous) Building

Woke up feeling nauseous. I made myself get up and try to eat. All I could eat was an apple which isn't really enough but my stomach was so upset I figured it was better than nothing. I made it to Cynergy this morning and as I read the white board I thought it didn't look like too tough a day. Boy was I wrong! An amazing workout!

We started with a short circuit of 4 exercises. First for 30 seconds, then for 45 seconds. We did the rowing machine, sit-ups, wall ball (throwing a weighted ball against the wall) and PVC thrusts (hold a pvc pipe, squat and thrust the pvc over head). The we did some skills training to prepare for the WOD (Workout of the day) and we did thrusts with weighted barbells.-5 thrusts 3 times. Next off to the bars--grab an overhead bar and swing the body. I had a tough time doing them. Can't lift my own weight---bottom heavy, weak arms--hahaha. But I did start to build some callouses--a rite of passage as many of the veteran Crossfitters have them and many wear gloves.
The workout of the day was called "FRAN" --many workouts are named after hurricanes (and usually female names I think) because (I am assuming) the speed and the power of the workout is like a hurricane.
It was a 21-15-9 day which means first you do 21 reps on each of the exercises, then 15, then 9 and it is timed as well. But time isn't as important as form and doing each rep correctly.
The two exercises we had to do were:
Pull-ups (at the bar) Or in my case I used the rings and jumped to get my chin above my hands. I'll work up to the bar.
Thrusts (not sure this is the right name but it will be listed on the Cynergy blog) I used a 35 pound barbell and I squatted then thrust the weighted barbell over my head. My butt is supposed to hit the ball behind me and I'm getting close I actually hit my butt there once today! The power is supposed to come from your legs as you get up from the squat. It really feels different when you use your legs to get it over your head versus trying to just use arm power.
My time was 10:02 with 35 pound weights so next time I can see improvement hopefully.
Red-faced and sweaty I stretched and felt better leaving there than when I got there!

Gut Instinct: If you wake up feeling tired, nauseous, or just feeling blah, make yourself get up and get moving, eat something, it may go away. If it's nothing too bad, go workout, you may end up feeling better.