My New Closet

I spent every waking moment this week (that I wasn't at work) building a closet off my bedroom. The house was sold with the closet bare. No rods, no shelves, nada. So I got some tools, wood, stain, and got after it. It too a while and there are a few things I didn't get quite perfect, but overall I'm happy with the look. Put double bars on the right and a singe high nar in the back left corner. Smaller shelves on the bottom left for shoes. The wood is stained walnut and is pretty dark which I think works well against the white bars and the white walls.
The only think I might have done differently is put in cedar paneling for the anti-moth effect and the bomb smell.




Sunday: Dynamic Day
1) Back Squat with Medium Bands + 185lbs - 10x2
2) Bench Press with medium Bands + 122.5lbs - 9x3
3) Deadlift with Medium Bands + 205lbs - 6x2
4) Reverse Hyper with 70lbs - 5x5
5) Pullups 5x5



Monday:
1) Bike Trainer 30min
2) 8 rounds
- Mini leg blaster
-10 pushups
-15 situps
3) 200 pull ups - dispersed throughout the day




Tuesday:
Run: 25 minutes
Power Clean: 5x3 190lbs
Press: 5x5 with purple bands
KB Press: 5x5 with 53 lb KBs



Wednesday: Max Lift Day
Squat 1RM: 315 (PR!!!)
Bench 1RM: 235 (255 fail x2)
- should have gone for 250 here
Close Grip Bench 3x10 at 135lbs
Upright Row: 3x8 at 135lbs
then
Jones Crawl: 3 rounds
-10x 185lb Deadlift
-25 box jumps at 24"



Thursday:
Run 35 min



Friday: Oly Day
10x2 Squat CLean and Jerk at 155lbs
3 rounds: 1-3-5 (Press/PP/Jerk) at 135lbs
WOD: 1 min on, 1 min rest
-Squat - 60
-Situp - 39
-Box Jump 18" - 47
-Burpee - 20
-Mountain Climber - 74
-Wall Ball - 31
-Row - 31
-Total 302



Saturday:
Run 35 minutes

What we take for granted

I don't usually write about this sort of thing on my blog. For good reason. You don't want to read it, and I don't want to relive it. Tonight was different. After my shift tonight, I feel like getting something off my chest.

I saw man die tonight. I've seen that before, a lot. But tonight a 27 year old man presented in cardiac arrest. while at home watching TV with his family he grabbed his chest and said "I think I'm having a heart attack." He collapsed and stopped breathing. Bystanders started CPR and he was brought in by EMS. I threw everything I could think of at this kid. We coded him for and hour and a half: CPR, meds, TPA. We even called down the interventional cardiologist. Nothing.
I brought the family in after 10 minutes or so. They stayed the entire time. I knew it was pointless after about 15 minutes, but I just couldn't stop. He had a tiny bit of heart movement on ultrasound. (If its not moving your chance of survival is 0%). That kept me going. He started bleeding out of his breathing tube from the TPA. His labs looked great, the best I've ever seen in a cardiac arrest. Everything was done right. But we couldn't turn it around.
His family was amazing. Mom, wife and dad at the bedside. They were composed and kept it together. You would have to drug me if that were my son or spouse on the table. They were obviously religious, and it helps me see the attraction to God. It gives you strength and explanation when your world is turned upside down. Faith seems like a small price to pay for comfort in a horrible situation like this. Of course they were crying, they were heartbroken, but they were there, for him, for themselves.

His wife looked like she was in college. Mascara was running down her face. At one point blood shot out of his ET tube onto her. She didn't even flinch. She just kept telling him how much she loved him, and how wonderful he is. I hope he heard her.
Hs mother didn't look much older than his wife. She stood there, holding his hand the entire time, except when we moved her to perform procedures.
Dad wasn't much older. He kept involved, constantly asking me what we were doing, why we were doing it, and if it was working. It wasn't. He told me how strong his son was. How athletic he was, and how much he had already been through. I listened.

In this sort of situation, I never get to meet the patient. I only know them through the family. It's amazing how much you can learn about a person, from talking with their family at their time of death.

His family couldn't stop thanking us after we stopped. You don't often get thanks for calling a time of death. But they were adamant. Honest. Sincere. I couldn't stop saying "I'm sorry" "I wish we could have done more."

Tonight was one of those times I think a lot about death. Not just others, but mine, the people I love. In a way, I think we live forever. Our daily interactions influence others. For good or bad we change people. We make our mark on the world. This 27 year old clearly made his mark on his family, on me, on everyone I meet.
Thank you for that.

Powder

Awesome day at the bird this Tuesday:
30 inch storm, blue skis....... wow




Monday:
Tried again at 300 BS. Today I failed on a warm up set.... weird
Couldn't even get 285 up once.
I knew something was wrong. Stopped squating and went for a run.
Bench 195 5x5
Run 1 mile, row 2000m, run 1 mile: 23:30


Tuesday:
Max Press: 152.5 (1RM PR)
Max Clean: 215 (1RM PR)
then
5-10-15-10-5
-Clean and Jerk @ 145
-=Box Jump 36"


Wednesday:


Thursday:
Deadlift max: 385 (1RM PR!)
Bench 200 5x5
Sled Pushes:
-100m pushes with 90lbs on sled
-10x with 1 min rest between


Friday:
Reverse Hyper: 4x5 heavy- 90lbs
GHD Sit ups 3x10
IWT:
-3 rounds:
---15 Push press at 95lbs
---20 min row at <1:45/500m pace (570m,570m,530m)
---rest 2 min
-rest 3 min
-3 rounds:
---10 atlas ball to shoulder
---50 bow jumps 24" (2:06,2:16,2:30)

Sliding below the MLK Crust

On MLK weekend we had a rain event in the wasatch. Rain fell and froze. It f'd everything up, creating a huge thick hard rain crust that many been concerned about slides on. Now it turns out that crust may not be the problem. The picture below is from a slide in red pine where the slide went to 7 feet deep. hundreds of feet wide - it was a natural slide and no one was injured. Makes you want to go back country skiing huh?





Tuesday:
BS 235 3x5
Press 137.5 5x5
PC 200 5x3


Wednesday:
Sled sprints (2x45s on sled)
10 100ft sprints in 15 min
- holy crap this taxed me
3x15 GHD situps and reverse hypers


Thursday:
Bench Press: 190 5x5


Friday:
BS 300 (fail on rep 4)
BS 225 3x5
Press 140 5x5
PC 205 5x3


Saturday:
Run 4.5 miels with wife at park with dogs