WOD: 20100518

30-20-10 reps of
Double-unders
Sit-ups

A nice light (i.e. heavily scaled) workout to go with my light week.

I'm trying a week of heavily scaled workouts to try to combat the cycle of heavy workout, many sore days of rest that I had fallen into.

Time on this one was 13:40 I think: I forgot my stopwatch and lost track of the time on the clock at the gym.

My double-unders are definitely improved relative to where I started, and I definitely have lots of future improvement to strive for as well.

WOD: 20100517

For time:

21 75# thrusters
28 jumping towel pull-ups
15 75# thrusters
20 jumping towel pull-ups
9 75# thrusters
12 jumping towel pull-ups

Time: 6:58

My thrusters still need a lot of work (this was really hard on my wrists because I wasn't doing a good job of catching the bar on my shoulders), but I did manage the complete sets 1 and 3 unbroken.

WOD: 20100514

I took a stab at a scaled version of "Eva" today.

5 rounds for time:
800m run
30 x 1.5 pood kettlebell swings
15 pull-ups

I only made it through 4 rounds, and even that took me 38:40. Ouch.

WOD: 20100512

A rough workout after a long weekend off.

5 rounds for time of:
5 pull-ups
5 dips
10 95# hang power cleans
row 220m

Time: 19:35

I was working on doing the pull-ups chest-to-bar, and succeeded on just over 75% of the reps.

WOD: 20100506

I had a rather unsatisfying workout this morning. I don't normally work myself to failure and it turns out that I find it really frustrating when I do. Especially when I don't make the weight I had expected I could.

5 rounds of the following,
5 dumbbell deadlifts
5 dumbbell squat cleans
5 dumbbell push-presses
5 dumbbell squats

Each round was done for weight without ever letting go of the dumbbells. If you miss a rep, that round is over.

I did:

25#
35#
40#
45# (failed on the push-presses)
45# (failed on the cleans)

Maybe I should be easier on myself consider the most weight I've worked with on barbell cleans is 95# so far.

WOD: 20100504

I tried 3 rounds of Barbara today (instead of the prescribed 5 rounds).

3 rounds for time of:
20 pull-ups
30 push-ups
40 sit-ups
50 squats
Rest exactly 3 minutes between rounds

Total time was 29:55, so 23:55 without the rest counted.

WOD: 20100503

My day was heading in all the wrong directions, so I left work early and went home for a quick workout.

AMRAP in 12 minutes of
5 pull-ups
5 push-ups
10 sit-ups
10 wallballs, 20#

I made it through 8 rounds + 5 pull-ups. And my day was back on track.