Some year I'll get back on the posting more regularly band wagon...

So Friday last week we did....

PUSH/PULL 3 rounds of 12
BENCHPRESS & DEADLIFT

FOR WEIGHT

050109- BP: 100/100/100
DL: 175/200/185

I was definitely stoked about the 100's across the board on the bench, as not too long ago we did sets of 12 on bench and I struggled at 90 and 95, and did a broken set of 11+1 for the 100 mark. I pretty sure I could've gone higher now after the fact, but really wanted to avoid a broken set that day, and didn't have the drive to go for it.

The DL, I knew grip was going to be my limiting factor. Again, I didn't want to go into a broken set. I went to 200 even though the easier barbell math would've said 205. I really considered 210, I went big on the second set after listening to what Coach's reccommendation for a starting place was. Grip was definitely the limiting factor as I can still feel the effects in my forearms today.

HELEN- 3 rounds
400m run
21 KB swings 16kg
12 pullups

050209- 19.11 (grn/grn)

I wasn't really on top of my game for this one....which seems to be an ongoing trend for this workout. For some reason lately, it seems my time keeps getting worse on this one. Usually either because something has severely aggravated my leg, or some other physical ailment is causing problems.

This time, my leg for some unknown reason was killing me on the run, it's very hard to limp and run at the same time, but I refuse to give into the pain from a 5 year old injury every time it acts up...the result, after the run on rounds 2 & 3 my eyes were definitely teared up. I didn't cry, it's the kind of pain that will cause that reaction, but I couldn't stop the physiological response to the pain...like when you get hit in the nose and the eyes go crazy regardless of the fact that even though yes it did hurt, you are laughing your ass off. My pullups were a little slowed from the sore forearms...overall, I was not super impressed with my workout this day.

OVERHEAD LUNGES (95#) 50 EACH LEG FOR TIME

050409- 13.11 did stepups on the 12" box with 43#

I haven't been able to do lunges since the very beginning with Coach sometime in what 2007. He tried to have me do them as part of my workouts off and on and I will try to do them to the best of my ability when they come up...but this is one thing that due to my leg/ankle/knee issues from the break may be something I permanently am unable to do...or at least do full range of motion with and keep good or decent form. Anyhow...I don't know what my problem was but I was having trouble keeping the 43# overhead and I really felt that I should've been able to go higher for sure. I know the overhead part adds a whole new dimension to things, but I have done the step ups with the weight on my shoulders as high as 80# or 85# on either a 12 or 16 inch box. O/well.

TUESDAY--NO NAME WOD
3 ROUNDS FOR TIME

20m BECKS BURPEES
180m run
20 SDLHP (55#)
20 situps

050509- 18.56 (or 53) something in that range.

I wasn't sure what to expect with this one as a whole, but I did know that for me the worst/slowest component was going to be the Becks Burpees which is essentially a burpee with a horizontal jump instead the the vertical jump for the last movement.

I did this unscaled and the burpees definitely took the longest amount of time. The highpulls and situps were taking no time at all. The run was a little slower than most days, but after the nine hundred jumps it took me to clear the 20m mark on the burpees the leg was a little sore so the continued impact soreness slowed me down a little, but I refused to scale something that I knew I should be able to do in the black.

As sick as this may sound...I actually kinda liked this one. My time will go down only when my burpees/jump and running get better/faster. I don't know how I would've liked 5 rounds yet, but give me time to improve the running and burpees/jumps and I'll give it a shot...I roughly averaged 6 minutes per round and slowed a little on the burpees the last round....I think the burpees took about 9 minutes per round...or at least that's how they felt.