2014 MAY 01 THURSDAY
TABATA Ring Plank Support Hold
max weighted pull-up
3-3-2-2-1-1-1
green-blue-0-5-10-18
5 rounds:
2 min row for meters
1 min max toes-to-bar
*score meters & T2B
2564 + 40
The tabata ring planks still sucked.
My max weighted pull-up is 20#, and I think I could have exceeded that, but I was doing them too slow. Not that big a deal. And CS was ragging on me for kicking a little.
I tried to maintain a 2:00/500m pace on the rows, which isn’t all that fast, and managed to do so, but it was harder than I thought. As it turned out, the vast majority of people went slower, which surprised me. I did a lot more toes-to-bar than I anticipated, especially after taking 10 minutes to the 50 during the Open, but they were interrupted by bouts of rowing. I hurriedly wrapped my hands after the pull-ups, but the tape at the gym didn’t stick very well, and it was hard to grip the bar. Of course, I should not blame the tape for my lack of back and core strength.
2014 MAY 02 FRIDAY
TABATA Ring Plank Support Hold
“DT”
5 Rounds
12x DeadLift 155#/105
9x Hang Power Clean
6x Push Jerk
13:59 105#
I was thinking I could do more than 105#, but I decided not to risk it. As expected, I found the hang cleans to be the hardest, but strategic dropping of the bar helped. My grip strength is the biggest limiting factor in a workout like this one; I don’t think adding another 20# would have mattered that much in my time. Bringing the bar down from the front rack to the high hang position was painful for me regardless. I kinda lost count of my rounds, but I was slightly behind everyone else, but they never lapped me. I was actually the last person to finish. I was a bit disappointed with my time, but I had thought I had done this workout before, and it turns out that I did. Six months ago I did it in 19:13 at 95#, so I did get significantly better, which is good.
2014 MAY 03 SATURDAY
TABATA Ring Plank Support Hold
Partner WOD “Med Ball FUN”!
3 Rounds
Run around block w/ med ball (both partners must be touching it the whole time)
50x partner med ball sit-up
40x partner wall ball
30x partner burpees-over-med-ball
25:38 14# ball with KS
As one can tell by the description, this was a tiring workout. The funny thing was that KS was there, and everyone else was thinking, “oh, no, will K be my partner?!?!?!” Fortunately(?) she and I were probably the best people to have together. KS was all “let’s make this a cardio workout and go go go and not stop!”, and I was like “um, maybe”. It was fun though, and having someone like her as a partner definitely pushed me harder than I would have gone otherwise. We finished far ahead of any other teams that day, a first for me in this type of workout.
The run was predictably difficult, mainly because it was awkward to carry the ball and have each team member touching it. Actually, the awkwardness made things easier as we weren’t moving fast enough to really tax the cardio; we actually spent the run talking quite a bit.
I was thinking the sit-ups were going to be the worst, but they weren’t all that bad. The wall balls were very doable since we were using the 14# ball instead of the 20# one that I would normally use. The burpees were rough, though. I think KS was doing them slower than she normally would have in deference to my not-nearly-as-good cardio.
2014 MAY 05 MONDAY
Dan’s Birthday WOD
10x strict pull-up
20x toes-to-bar
30x 1-arm dumbbell snatch 50#
40x walls ball 20#
50x slam ball 40#
60x push-up
70-second total plank hold
80x 1-arm KB swing 44#
90x sit-ups
100x squats
35 minute time cap
28:21?
I came in during the open gym hours and was going to do a few deadlifts, maybe some back squats, maybe some pull-ups, but KS was there and convinced me to do the day’s official workout with her. I actually thought I would not finish as I was not really feeling all that great, but I did it in less than 30 minutes which was faster than all the other people that morning. Except KS, who beat me by 4 minutes or so. Although in a chipper like this I sometimes don’t count the reps right, especially the later ones (sit-ups mainly), so my time may not be accurate.