Death by burpee - I've said it before, and I'll continue saying it - aptly named workout, and burpees suck. This is the do one the first minute 2 the second and so on...for two rounds.
I made it to round 8 plus 8 the first round, and 8 plus 6 the second round.
Grand total for Burpees - 86, up 25 over last time.
The kicker - doing these with Rich - for every round that you didn't do Burpees and someone was still going - you had to do that many pushups. Rich made it to round 15/14. Which means, if I did my math correctly on top of the 86 freakin' burpees, I did approximately 130 pushups to boot. Oy vay!
This morning was one that I've never done - Pull to Inverted hang - as many as you can in 1 minute for 10 rounds - 2 minute rest in between rounds. It was just me and Cheri R, Cheri didn't know what "pull to inverted hang" was, so I showed her in my weird way. Kind of wall walked up to inverted hang to show her the end position - at that point J saw, and we determined...experiment...this is what I was going to do - at least for a couple rounds. I ended up doing 4 rounds of the weird wall walking 6/7/7/6 , the we switched to pullups/Knee to Elbows alternating.
Pullups - jumping RR - 15/15/18 - total 48
KTE - jumping - 11/12/13
I can't remember exactly......I think the pullups are correct - not sure on the KTE's...I believe my total was around 36.
Overall, it was a fun day - I liked the playing with a new thing aspect. Although, I have an uber-jock wound from it. Formed and broke a blood blister under a callous. So, I now have a hanging bit of flesh on my hand, although if I kind of stick it down, it doesn't look so bad.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Hopping thru Helen and some Stations
Well, I got to experience my first Jumping Helen on Saturday.
200 jumprope/21 Kb swings 16kg/12 pullups 3 rounds for time.
I must say, I kind of liked this Helen. Timewise, it was definitely a bit faster than running Helen, and I didn't have to stop and gasp for air quite as often. I completed this one in...13:27, if I remember correctly - it was about a minute faster than I can do the running version. The good news, I was able to keep up with the boys on this one, a rarity on these timed things. Of course, it would be more impressive if I could actually do a real pullup, rather than having to strap myself into the bands.
Today was stations 2 - 4 rounds - 1 minute at each, 1 minute rest between rounds.
Situps - I started here, and this was my big score getter.
Wallball 16 - round 1, these actually weren't bad...next rounds, they definitely got harder (shocking, I know!)
Pullups - Red bands, but last time I did this one I was still in the big Blues.
Slamball - 16
Box jump - 16 inch box
Round wise, I got 91, 96, 85, 84 for a total of 356. Definite improvement in average score per round. Last time, I scored 228 in 3 rounds, so average of 76. This time my average score for 4 rounds was 89. So....YAY improvement!!!
Now for a small feat - I started the food/workout log today - the same day that 5 people brought in all of their leftover cookies and crap. Tempted though I was - I did not want to write down "I ate a cookie" - so I stayed away, fought temptation and succeeded!! Phew...it's the little things!
200 jumprope/21 Kb swings 16kg/12 pullups 3 rounds for time.
I must say, I kind of liked this Helen. Timewise, it was definitely a bit faster than running Helen, and I didn't have to stop and gasp for air quite as often. I completed this one in...13:27, if I remember correctly - it was about a minute faster than I can do the running version. The good news, I was able to keep up with the boys on this one, a rarity on these timed things. Of course, it would be more impressive if I could actually do a real pullup, rather than having to strap myself into the bands.
Today was stations 2 - 4 rounds - 1 minute at each, 1 minute rest between rounds.
Situps - I started here, and this was my big score getter.
Wallball 16 - round 1, these actually weren't bad...next rounds, they definitely got harder (shocking, I know!)
Pullups - Red bands, but last time I did this one I was still in the big Blues.
Slamball - 16
Box jump - 16 inch box
Round wise, I got 91, 96, 85, 84 for a total of 356. Definite improvement in average score per round. Last time, I scored 228 in 3 rounds, so average of 76. This time my average score for 4 rounds was 89. So....YAY improvement!!!
Now for a small feat - I started the food/workout log today - the same day that 5 people brought in all of their leftover cookies and crap. Tempted though I was - I did not want to write down "I ate a cookie" - so I stayed away, fought temptation and succeeded!! Phew...it's the little things!
Friday, December 26, 2008
Just a Tad Behind
Couple days to catch up on, with the holidays and all.
Let me start by saying, ever since I learned CFT was on New Year's day, I've been pondering what to do. Last time I did CFT was way back in August, and I did pretty darn good (235/100/255), but I wasn't doing the full-break parallel squats at the time. So, I have come up with a goal - not sure that I'm going to achieve it - because it is a bit lofty - but I want to give it a shot. A large part of whether I'll make it or not will depend on how I do on the squat. Either way - I'm going to have to go BIG on the Squat and DL. Why do I say this now, it's still a week away, you may be asking yourself....I just want to explain some of the thinking that was in my head when I did Push/Pull a couple days ago.
Push/Pull - 3 rounds of 3 bench press/deadlift for weight.
Bench Press - I got nowhere. 145x3, 145x2, 145x2. Still stuck. Got a pointer from Rich at the end - we'll see if that helps next time.
Deadlift - Started at 245, next round I was going to go up 10, but between Rich encouraging me to go higher, and the upcoming CFT in my head...I went 260. (Ok - not a gigantic jump, but my 1 rep max is 265) Last round I went to 270 - tried at first, head got in the way. Stepped back and tried again, this time I got all 3. So, I hit a PR, and it was for 3 reps. Naturally, the hardest one is the first....so still not certain that this means much when CFT comes around, because if I'm going to meet my goal - I'll have to go higher still. ZOIKS, JINKIES, and HOLY GUACAMOLE!!
Kettlebell ladder - I finished this in 8:21 with the 16kg. Knocked a mere 16 seconds off my last time. This was good - not fantastic or spectacular, but a bit of an improvement.
Today....Powercleans for weight - 5X5. ....need I say it again? Cleans - not my fav. I feel a bit like a sniveling schoolchild when I complain about them, but they are definitely in the hemmorroidal realm of things (AKA pain in the ass). They definitely felt off today - I managed to eek out 85/85/95/95/105. Duplicating the weights to try to improve the form....HA! I wish I could start to feel some of Patty's growing love for these, but it just isn't there yet. That's alright, I'll muddle on through, and maybe they will come naturally by the year 2020 or so.
That's about it - hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas!
Let me start by saying, ever since I learned CFT was on New Year's day, I've been pondering what to do. Last time I did CFT was way back in August, and I did pretty darn good (235/100/255), but I wasn't doing the full-break parallel squats at the time. So, I have come up with a goal - not sure that I'm going to achieve it - because it is a bit lofty - but I want to give it a shot. A large part of whether I'll make it or not will depend on how I do on the squat. Either way - I'm going to have to go BIG on the Squat and DL. Why do I say this now, it's still a week away, you may be asking yourself....I just want to explain some of the thinking that was in my head when I did Push/Pull a couple days ago.
Push/Pull - 3 rounds of 3 bench press/deadlift for weight.
Bench Press - I got nowhere. 145x3, 145x2, 145x2. Still stuck. Got a pointer from Rich at the end - we'll see if that helps next time.
Deadlift - Started at 245, next round I was going to go up 10, but between Rich encouraging me to go higher, and the upcoming CFT in my head...I went 260. (Ok - not a gigantic jump, but my 1 rep max is 265) Last round I went to 270 - tried at first, head got in the way. Stepped back and tried again, this time I got all 3. So, I hit a PR, and it was for 3 reps. Naturally, the hardest one is the first....so still not certain that this means much when CFT comes around, because if I'm going to meet my goal - I'll have to go higher still. ZOIKS, JINKIES, and HOLY GUACAMOLE!!
Kettlebell ladder - I finished this in 8:21 with the 16kg. Knocked a mere 16 seconds off my last time. This was good - not fantastic or spectacular, but a bit of an improvement.
Today....Powercleans for weight - 5X5. ....need I say it again? Cleans - not my fav. I feel a bit like a sniveling schoolchild when I complain about them, but they are definitely in the hemmorroidal realm of things (AKA pain in the ass). They definitely felt off today - I managed to eek out 85/85/95/95/105. Duplicating the weights to try to improve the form....HA! I wish I could start to feel some of Patty's growing love for these, but it just isn't there yet. That's alright, I'll muddle on through, and maybe they will come naturally by the year 2020 or so.
That's about it - hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Slumpage be damned!
Ok - I kind of feel like my little slumpage of last week may be over. Saturday was Cindy. 5 pull up/10 pushup/15 squat - AMRAP 20 minutes.
At Rich's prompting, I did jumping pull ups, low bar - but no band. Zero, zilch...nada on the strappage!
...and I actually think I did as well as I've ever done on Cindy - I'm not certain, but I think my best is somewhere between 11 and 12 rounds - and this time I did 11 rounds plus 5 pull ups. The difference was - no bands - yes, they were jumping - that's the caveat that makes the score blue, BUT I think last time I did that many rounds I was in the blue bands, and quite possibly doing knee pushups (AKA - it's been awhile!). To top it off, I didn't even have to break up the pushups into sets until the last 2 rounds. At that point, I cranked out 8 pause, last 2. So YAY! - Cindy is coming around!
Tonight - Fran. 21/15/9, Thruster/pull ups.
Well, the jumping no band thing wasn't really an option - the low bar is no longer very low. So, I did red bands - still jumping, Thrusters were the full girl pop of 65 lbs. So, I didn't really end up changing much from last time, as far as what I did. BUT - last time was 11:05 - this time 8:41 - so I did knock off about 2 1/2 minutes. So, again, YAY!! Improvement!!
Last half of the workout was playing with kettlebells. Two handed swings - basically seeing what we can do. Started off with 12kg - childs play! Then 16kg - seemed really light, but then Patty pointed out that I do KB hell with one of these babies in each hand...DUH! I think my next one was 20kg..or something like that....still not too bad. There was another middle round - no clue what that was - but it was higher. Then final round I tried the 36kg KB (80 lbs). Ok - this sucker was definitely heavier. I only got 3 in - I'm pretty sure I can do them better next time.
Now my goal, again is the pullups. I feel good about Cindy and Fran - but until I can actually do them with real pull ups, I do feel like I'm cheating a bit - getting away with making something easier than it should be (not sure when this came into play....but it's there). I know I will feel a lot more proud of my Fran/Cindy scores when I can do them 100% as prescribed, even if my time doubles. So, shockingly, again my goal is the pull ups...always the pull ups!! On the plus side, I was playing with the kippage - and it felt pretty good tonight.....so that's good!
At Rich's prompting, I did jumping pull ups, low bar - but no band. Zero, zilch...nada on the strappage!
...and I actually think I did as well as I've ever done on Cindy - I'm not certain, but I think my best is somewhere between 11 and 12 rounds - and this time I did 11 rounds plus 5 pull ups. The difference was - no bands - yes, they were jumping - that's the caveat that makes the score blue, BUT I think last time I did that many rounds I was in the blue bands, and quite possibly doing knee pushups (AKA - it's been awhile!). To top it off, I didn't even have to break up the pushups into sets until the last 2 rounds. At that point, I cranked out 8 pause, last 2. So YAY! - Cindy is coming around!
Tonight - Fran. 21/15/9, Thruster/pull ups.
Well, the jumping no band thing wasn't really an option - the low bar is no longer very low. So, I did red bands - still jumping, Thrusters were the full girl pop of 65 lbs. So, I didn't really end up changing much from last time, as far as what I did. BUT - last time was 11:05 - this time 8:41 - so I did knock off about 2 1/2 minutes. So, again, YAY!! Improvement!!
Last half of the workout was playing with kettlebells. Two handed swings - basically seeing what we can do. Started off with 12kg - childs play! Then 16kg - seemed really light, but then Patty pointed out that I do KB hell with one of these babies in each hand...DUH! I think my next one was 20kg..or something like that....still not too bad. There was another middle round - no clue what that was - but it was higher. Then final round I tried the 36kg KB (80 lbs). Ok - this sucker was definitely heavier. I only got 3 in - I'm pretty sure I can do them better next time.
Now my goal, again is the pullups. I feel good about Cindy and Fran - but until I can actually do them with real pull ups, I do feel like I'm cheating a bit - getting away with making something easier than it should be (not sure when this came into play....but it's there). I know I will feel a lot more proud of my Fran/Cindy scores when I can do them 100% as prescribed, even if my time doubles. So, shockingly, again my goal is the pull ups...always the pull ups!! On the plus side, I was playing with the kippage - and it felt pretty good tonight.....so that's good!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Nemesis#1...I can see the day of defeat!
Single rep pull ups. A workout solely dedicated to conquering my long time foe. Did I win the battle - not really, but I think the pull up maistro is starting to feel a bit of a tremble, knowing in his heart that he will be defeated. (just a bit melodramatic, but really, isn't doing a pullup a bit like slaying a dragon???)
Because I'm still in the bands, and can't complete the kippers, all pull ups are dead hang.
We started with a warm up 4-5 in the blue bands.....ok, no problem. Then a couple one blue/one red, little tougher, but still ok.
Then one at a time. Dead hang in the red bands. I still have the issue with my bulging biceps preventing me from completely getting the bar to my shoulders (hee hee!). But I got the red bands ok for the most part. Even tried one with 1 red 1 mini - that wasn't so good, only about 1/2 way up. For the most part I stuck with the reds. Here's the weird thing....about halfway through this, as I was pulling up, my elbows would pop. You talk about a bizarre sensation...popping elbows, not painful or anything just a bit of weirdness.
Final round, Jonathan tells me to go to one red, one blue....huh? Really? I must have had a dumbfounded look, I think I said something...can't remember exactly what....but then it was my choice. So - it was reds again. Even if the best I can do is "almost there - really darn close" - I would rather end on that note than to do it exactly correct with more assistance - giving myself a false sense of accomplishment. Overall - this one went as I expected. I know I can't do the mini's, I've occasionally tried, and I know I can do the full-pop in the reds. As with everything some days are better than others. The reality is that I know what I need to do to finally slay this giant beast....
Ok, after reading through this, sometimes, don't you just really wonder, what the hell is going on in my head? I know I do!
Because I'm still in the bands, and can't complete the kippers, all pull ups are dead hang.
We started with a warm up 4-5 in the blue bands.....ok, no problem. Then a couple one blue/one red, little tougher, but still ok.
Then one at a time. Dead hang in the red bands. I still have the issue with my bulging biceps preventing me from completely getting the bar to my shoulders (hee hee!). But I got the red bands ok for the most part. Even tried one with 1 red 1 mini - that wasn't so good, only about 1/2 way up. For the most part I stuck with the reds. Here's the weird thing....about halfway through this, as I was pulling up, my elbows would pop. You talk about a bizarre sensation...popping elbows, not painful or anything just a bit of weirdness.
Final round, Jonathan tells me to go to one red, one blue....huh? Really? I must have had a dumbfounded look, I think I said something...can't remember exactly what....but then it was my choice. So - it was reds again. Even if the best I can do is "almost there - really darn close" - I would rather end on that note than to do it exactly correct with more assistance - giving myself a false sense of accomplishment. Overall - this one went as I expected. I know I can't do the mini's, I've occasionally tried, and I know I can do the full-pop in the reds. As with everything some days are better than others. The reality is that I know what I need to do to finally slay this giant beast....
Ok, after reading through this, sometimes, don't you just really wonder, what the hell is going on in my head? I know I do!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
OY!! What happened??
Hmm...kind of peculiar...at the end of last week and Monday, with the TGU's, I was feeling super strong, like I had made big, vast improvements. (Ok, big and vast might be a bit of an exaggeration, but at least I could see them)
The last two days, not so much....
Yesterday was 5 rounds of 20 squats - AKA breathing squats
Last time I did this, my weight went down because I was doing the low squats - breaking parallel. We did the full 5 rounds, and I know I was depleted at the end, but I still managed to do 75/95/115/115/115
This time, we only did 4 rounds, and they were all difficult! I didn't go up, in fact I only did 85/95/105/115. I can't really figure out what the difference was.....
Today was Grace - AKA 30 Clean and Jerks for time. I guess the good thing about this one is that it is "only" 30. So if you get through the first 20, there are only 10 left. I did 85 lbs in 6:18. Again, these felt super heavy, and they sure as heck ain't smooth or pretty things. I will just leave it as...these are definitely not my favorite! So Luke, it's your birthday - ENJOY!
Now I hope this weak little pathetic phase is over
The last two days, not so much....
Yesterday was 5 rounds of 20 squats - AKA breathing squats
Last time I did this, my weight went down because I was doing the low squats - breaking parallel. We did the full 5 rounds, and I know I was depleted at the end, but I still managed to do 75/95/115/115/115
This time, we only did 4 rounds, and they were all difficult! I didn't go up, in fact I only did 85/95/105/115. I can't really figure out what the difference was.....
Today was Grace - AKA 30 Clean and Jerks for time. I guess the good thing about this one is that it is "only" 30. So if you get through the first 20, there are only 10 left. I did 85 lbs in 6:18. Again, these felt super heavy, and they sure as heck ain't smooth or pretty things. I will just leave it as...these are definitely not my favorite! So Luke, it's your birthday - ENJOY!
Now I hope this weak little pathetic phase is over
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Have I mentioned that I love TGU's???
So, happy day...despite it being 150 degrees below zero outside! Jiminy Crickets it's cold! ...and not the nice cold outside where you can sing along with Dean Martin "Baby, it's cold outside...." No, no, no - it freakin' frigid. The kind of cold where you step outside and your nostril hairs immediately turn into icicles.
...and I digress. Well, let's go back to Saturday - it was the perfect workout after 2 weeks of hardcoreness (I don't think that's a real word!). It was functional focus day!...YAY! Although much slower paced, these are a lot of help when trying to improve. We did handstand pushups - again, YAY! I got to play in my favorite upside down rubber band contraption!! Pistols - down to the 16" box, and glute-ham thingys. Then we topped it of with a mini Cindy...10 minutes, 5 pullup/10 pushup/15 squats. I feel like I cranked through this - I believe I got in 6 full rounds. Woohoo!
Tonight, Turkish getups for weight. Again, I love these, I think they are the coolest! It's not a matter of just grunting to get the weight up...it's holding the weight and moving with it. Total finesse! Not to mention it just looks cool with the barbell.
I did fairly well. It was funny, as I was going to sleep last night, I had visions of me doing 75 lbs - that was one heck of a dream! Knowing that, in reality, this wasn't going to happen - at least not today, my next, more realistic goal was 60.
I did 40 then 50 no problem
55 - got the left, failed on the right.
55 - got it.
60 - ironically got the right, failed on the left. I think I psyched myself out on this one because as the barbell was being put in my hand, I remember thinking "hoo-boy - 60 is pretty heavy for one arm" BAD ELLEN! Sometimes my brain just doesn't shut up - that's why I can be a blabby person. If I blab, I don't think. That's kind of the double edged sword on the "no talking while heavy lifting" thing - it's a good thing safety/distraction wise, but hoo-boy, think too much, and you think yourself right out of a lift. Anyway, again, I veered in a strange direction - overall very happy! I may not have hit the 60 on both arms...but I also know why. Next goal - 75 lbs with the barbell. HA!
...and I digress. Well, let's go back to Saturday - it was the perfect workout after 2 weeks of hardcoreness (I don't think that's a real word!). It was functional focus day!...YAY! Although much slower paced, these are a lot of help when trying to improve. We did handstand pushups - again, YAY! I got to play in my favorite upside down rubber band contraption!! Pistols - down to the 16" box, and glute-ham thingys. Then we topped it of with a mini Cindy...10 minutes, 5 pullup/10 pushup/15 squats. I feel like I cranked through this - I believe I got in 6 full rounds. Woohoo!
Tonight, Turkish getups for weight. Again, I love these, I think they are the coolest! It's not a matter of just grunting to get the weight up...it's holding the weight and moving with it. Total finesse! Not to mention it just looks cool with the barbell.
I did fairly well. It was funny, as I was going to sleep last night, I had visions of me doing 75 lbs - that was one heck of a dream! Knowing that, in reality, this wasn't going to happen - at least not today, my next, more realistic goal was 60.
I did 40 then 50 no problem
55 - got the left, failed on the right.
55 - got it.
60 - ironically got the right, failed on the left. I think I psyched myself out on this one because as the barbell was being put in my hand, I remember thinking "hoo-boy - 60 is pretty heavy for one arm" BAD ELLEN! Sometimes my brain just doesn't shut up - that's why I can be a blabby person. If I blab, I don't think. That's kind of the double edged sword on the "no talking while heavy lifting" thing - it's a good thing safety/distraction wise, but hoo-boy, think too much, and you think yourself right out of a lift. Anyway, again, I veered in a strange direction - overall very happy! I may not have hit the 60 on both arms...but I also know why. Next goal - 75 lbs with the barbell. HA!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Derriere stomping Filthy 50 Bastard!!
Ok -I'll start with the mild - yesterday....stations3.
Any other day, this would not be a mild one...today, in retrospect, it was tame. Another stations - so 1 minute each for reps. 3 rounds.
- Ring rows - I did ok - averaged about 14 or 15 per round.
- Dumbbell split cleans 20 -awkward but got in about 9 or 10 per round
- Knees to elbows - slow. 5 maybe 6 per round
- Deadlifts 125 - averaged about 15 per round
- Burpees - 4 maybe 5
My rounds went: 49/51/49
Then the bonus round was a minute of jumping squats - I hit 23.
Total score was 172. Improvement over last time - I think that was 164 ish...and this was unscaled....more or less. I thought it was unscaled, but apparently to be really,truly unscaled you can't jump at all on the knees to elbows. Jumpin' Jehosephat!
I got to write in black, but there was a caveat. Bummer!
Now the the ass-wholloping of today..... Filthy 50. The good news - I finished. The bad news - time: 54:51 - added 5 minutes or so. Good news: I did mostly unscaled. Bad news: so did some new person that I've never seen before - and she finished before me.
I will say - unlike any other workout - this one messes with your mind! After all the workouts of the last couple weeks, my body is a bit sore, knees are poppin' more than they ever have, but overall, I'm feeling pretty darn-tootin' strong. So, I decide in my head, I can do this unscaled (or at least as unscaled as I'm able, since I can't do a pullup to save my life!) it shouldn't be "that" bad. I visualize it as I'm going to bed last night, figure it can't hurt....(can you tell I've become a bit obsessive?). As time gets closer, I'm still feeling pretty confident, but that little tiny bit of trepidation comes to play. You know the one - the one that only the Filthy 50 can inspire. But that's ok - I push it aside, because I like living in my happy little denial land!
Finally it's time - I arrive at the gym and it's me, Lisa, Michele (I think that's her name - the massage girl!), and another girl that I had not seen or met until yesterday.
...and so it begins.
Start with the double unders, these are usually pretty slow for me - but I managed to get them out in about 5 minutes - doesn't sound impressive but last time, I swear these took me 10-15 minutes!
Went on to jumping pullups - got them done in a couple minutes, so things are going good so far.
Next - walking lunges - again these went pretty quick
Back extensions - ok - feeling good - it's only been 15 minutes or so - I feel like I'm making good time.
Then come the box jumps. I've always done the 16" in the past. I go for the 20. 20 inches is kind of a high jump - especially when you come from a family that is not known for it's jumping prowess! These took me a while - I tried to get the first 10 in within a minute. Did good for the first minute....not so bad the 2nd - then it all went a bit down hill. These took a while.
On to push press - these went pretty quick, probably a minute or two - possibly 3.
Then came the next time killers - knees to elbow. ZOWIE I'm slow at these. 2 maybe 3 at a time. Here's where some of the F-50 mind games started happening...I started them on the rings, then kept hoping that Jonathan would tell me to go finish at the situps, because they were taking so long. Well - shockingly, that never happened. So 10-15 minutes later I finally finished.
Kettlebell swings - no problem- broke it into 2 sets of 25.
Wallball - I decided to break this into 5 sets of 10 - since wallball kills me. I know I can get through 10 at a time though. These took a couple minutes - not overly quick, not overly slow though.
However, at this point it's 429pm and I haven't even started on the evil, evil burpees. Again, the F-50 mind game, at this point, there is a part of me hoping that time is called because once I start the burpees.........OY! Again, my hopes and dreams at the time were dashed. By this time Lisa and .......massage girl(Michelle?), are done. I get to about 12 of my burpees and the other girl finishes. OY VAY! I still have how freakin' many????? Seriously, I'm totally gassed, completely depleted of energy. Then I receive the joyful one on one.....1.2.3.burpee......rest...2.3. burpee - let me tell ya - those rests, were not long. There were a couple times, Jonathan said to go, and my body just wouldn't. It stood there, it was not in motion and had no intention of going into motion until it was ready. (apparently my body had a mind of it's own at this point!)....and let me just say this - every second during this time, I was wishing it would end, and the next group would arrive, and I would have to stop. I cannot lie...I really, really, really, really wanted to quit, wanted the misery to end. But quitting was not an option. Now, in reality, if it was an option, would I have quit, I honestly don't know...maybe, maybe not. I know mentally, I can dig deeper than ever before, and I don't like not finishing something, but I just don't know if I could have dug quite that deep without alot of prompting. So a good 15 minutes after starting, I finally finished my own personal burpee hell. Now, 2 hours after the fact, and a bit of food in my system to kickstart my energy, I'm super glad that I got through it and finished!
Writing up the scores, I was really glad to see that Michele (if that's not her name, it is now, I don't think I can keep calling her massage girl!) did a run through, so 25 instead of 50. Now the other person, who scaled the exact same as me and finished 10 minutes ahead of me, I'm not so happy about. It's ok if an OG beats me, I know all the OG's have been working their tails off for a long time, but I certainly hope this wasn't some chicky-poo who has been coming for two weeks, and manages to do better than I did - that would just be the uber-ego blow! (THIS is when my competitive spirit comes into play, when I can breath and think relatively clearly again!)
Now comes the question of what to do next...I had the thought of working out Friday and taking Saturday and Sunday off, to give my bones a two day break. However, I am not sure I am up for overhead squats tomorrow because my knees are a bit wonky. So, maybe I'll stay on my regular schedule, take Friday off and go Saturday morning.
Any other day, this would not be a mild one...today, in retrospect, it was tame. Another stations - so 1 minute each for reps. 3 rounds.
- Ring rows - I did ok - averaged about 14 or 15 per round.
- Dumbbell split cleans 20 -awkward but got in about 9 or 10 per round
- Knees to elbows - slow. 5 maybe 6 per round
- Deadlifts 125 - averaged about 15 per round
- Burpees - 4 maybe 5
My rounds went: 49/51/49
Then the bonus round was a minute of jumping squats - I hit 23.
Total score was 172. Improvement over last time - I think that was 164 ish...and this was unscaled....more or less. I thought it was unscaled, but apparently to be really,truly unscaled you can't jump at all on the knees to elbows. Jumpin' Jehosephat!
I got to write in black, but there was a caveat. Bummer!
Now the the ass-wholloping of today..... Filthy 50. The good news - I finished. The bad news - time: 54:51 - added 5 minutes or so. Good news: I did mostly unscaled. Bad news: so did some new person that I've never seen before - and she finished before me.
I will say - unlike any other workout - this one messes with your mind! After all the workouts of the last couple weeks, my body is a bit sore, knees are poppin' more than they ever have, but overall, I'm feeling pretty darn-tootin' strong. So, I decide in my head, I can do this unscaled (or at least as unscaled as I'm able, since I can't do a pullup to save my life!) it shouldn't be "that" bad. I visualize it as I'm going to bed last night, figure it can't hurt....(can you tell I've become a bit obsessive?). As time gets closer, I'm still feeling pretty confident, but that little tiny bit of trepidation comes to play. You know the one - the one that only the Filthy 50 can inspire. But that's ok - I push it aside, because I like living in my happy little denial land!
Finally it's time - I arrive at the gym and it's me, Lisa, Michele (I think that's her name - the massage girl!), and another girl that I had not seen or met until yesterday.
...and so it begins.
Start with the double unders, these are usually pretty slow for me - but I managed to get them out in about 5 minutes - doesn't sound impressive but last time, I swear these took me 10-15 minutes!
Went on to jumping pullups - got them done in a couple minutes, so things are going good so far.
Next - walking lunges - again these went pretty quick
Back extensions - ok - feeling good - it's only been 15 minutes or so - I feel like I'm making good time.
Then come the box jumps. I've always done the 16" in the past. I go for the 20. 20 inches is kind of a high jump - especially when you come from a family that is not known for it's jumping prowess! These took me a while - I tried to get the first 10 in within a minute. Did good for the first minute....not so bad the 2nd - then it all went a bit down hill. These took a while.
On to push press - these went pretty quick, probably a minute or two - possibly 3.
Then came the next time killers - knees to elbow. ZOWIE I'm slow at these. 2 maybe 3 at a time. Here's where some of the F-50 mind games started happening...I started them on the rings, then kept hoping that Jonathan would tell me to go finish at the situps, because they were taking so long. Well - shockingly, that never happened. So 10-15 minutes later I finally finished.
Kettlebell swings - no problem- broke it into 2 sets of 25.
Wallball - I decided to break this into 5 sets of 10 - since wallball kills me. I know I can get through 10 at a time though. These took a couple minutes - not overly quick, not overly slow though.
However, at this point it's 429pm and I haven't even started on the evil, evil burpees. Again, the F-50 mind game, at this point, there is a part of me hoping that time is called because once I start the burpees.........OY! Again, my hopes and dreams at the time were dashed. By this time Lisa and .......massage girl(Michelle?), are done. I get to about 12 of my burpees and the other girl finishes. OY VAY! I still have how freakin' many????? Seriously, I'm totally gassed, completely depleted of energy. Then I receive the joyful one on one.....1.2.3.burpee......rest...2.3. burpee - let me tell ya - those rests, were not long. There were a couple times, Jonathan said to go, and my body just wouldn't. It stood there, it was not in motion and had no intention of going into motion until it was ready. (apparently my body had a mind of it's own at this point!)....and let me just say this - every second during this time, I was wishing it would end, and the next group would arrive, and I would have to stop. I cannot lie...I really, really, really, really wanted to quit, wanted the misery to end. But quitting was not an option. Now, in reality, if it was an option, would I have quit, I honestly don't know...maybe, maybe not. I know mentally, I can dig deeper than ever before, and I don't like not finishing something, but I just don't know if I could have dug quite that deep without alot of prompting. So a good 15 minutes after starting, I finally finished my own personal burpee hell. Now, 2 hours after the fact, and a bit of food in my system to kickstart my energy, I'm super glad that I got through it and finished!
Writing up the scores, I was really glad to see that Michele (if that's not her name, it is now, I don't think I can keep calling her massage girl!) did a run through, so 25 instead of 50. Now the other person, who scaled the exact same as me and finished 10 minutes ahead of me, I'm not so happy about. It's ok if an OG beats me, I know all the OG's have been working their tails off for a long time, but I certainly hope this wasn't some chicky-poo who has been coming for two weeks, and manages to do better than I did - that would just be the uber-ego blow! (THIS is when my competitive spirit comes into play, when I can breath and think relatively clearly again!)
Now comes the question of what to do next...I had the thought of working out Friday and taking Saturday and Sunday off, to give my bones a two day break. However, I am not sure I am up for overhead squats tomorrow because my knees are a bit wonky. So, maybe I'll stay on my regular schedule, take Friday off and go Saturday morning.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Death rides a......mixed jumble of fun!
The three bars of death - I don't come anywhere close to doing this"as prescribed". The prescription strength is some crazy, wacked out amount.
Linda: AKA 3 bars of death: Deadlift, Bench Press, Clean - 10/9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1
I did DL - 170, BP-115, Clean 65.
I have a total love/hate thing with this one. This is one workout that actually causes pain -not "I can't breath pain", or "holy moly, I'm tired pain". But pain. Everytime I've done it, my lower back just hurts, I think it's because you hold everything tight for all elements - no down time to relax the muscles a bit. I got through about round 9 - then the pain kicked in and I had to do the DL & Cleans a couple at a time. The Bench was no problem - that was actually the easy part, there was a tad bit of relaxation there. Now - here's the love part... At about 830pm last night - my back felt FABULOUS! Not tight, not achy...but really good, and this morning - same thing. It's very odd - my theory is that my back muscles get all bunched up and crampy during the workout and as they relax they realign themselves - that could be and probably is complete hoo-ey, but it sounds good. It's just weird that every time I've done this one the back muscles scream and yell during it, but afterwards, everything is better than before. Hence the love/hate. I finished this one in 28 or 29 minutes. I know I added about 4 or 5 minutes to my last time - but the weights last time were 155/103/55.
Today......some weird mixed jumble of stuff that I'll just call J's mixed bag of fun.
5 rounds for time of:
- 8 Kettlebell renegade rows (16/12 kg)
- 12 L-pullups
- 16 Kettlebell front squats (16/12 kg)
Renegade rows: doing a pushup, in my case, hands on a 20lb dumbbell, then balancing on 2 feet and one hand and lifting the weight up with the other hand. So - this 8 renegade rows, is actually 16 pushups and 8 rows per hand, it just sounds nicer as "8 renegade rows"
12-L Pullups ...HA! Have to be able to do pullups to do an L pullup! So these were highbar, red bands. Not fast or pretty by any means!
16 KB Front Squats - I was lucky enough to get to do the 16kg on these - keep in mind, that is the boy prescribed weight!!! The really s ad part, I knew I was gonna have to do them before I was told. Have I mentioned that 16kg is heavy. I always forget how heavy it really is, until I'm hoisting those babies up. Oh - did I also forget to mention, with the front squats it's a 16kg in each hand?? - so in reality, holding 70 lbs awkwardly. This one was magnificent in it's sweat-producing ability. Every last person was dripping. Timewise it took 28:13.
Still waiting on the "less harder"...........hopefully this ain't it!!!
Linda: AKA 3 bars of death: Deadlift, Bench Press, Clean - 10/9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1
I did DL - 170, BP-115, Clean 65.
I have a total love/hate thing with this one. This is one workout that actually causes pain -not "I can't breath pain", or "holy moly, I'm tired pain". But pain. Everytime I've done it, my lower back just hurts, I think it's because you hold everything tight for all elements - no down time to relax the muscles a bit. I got through about round 9 - then the pain kicked in and I had to do the DL & Cleans a couple at a time. The Bench was no problem - that was actually the easy part, there was a tad bit of relaxation there. Now - here's the love part... At about 830pm last night - my back felt FABULOUS! Not tight, not achy...but really good, and this morning - same thing. It's very odd - my theory is that my back muscles get all bunched up and crampy during the workout and as they relax they realign themselves - that could be and probably is complete hoo-ey, but it sounds good. It's just weird that every time I've done this one the back muscles scream and yell during it, but afterwards, everything is better than before. Hence the love/hate. I finished this one in 28 or 29 minutes. I know I added about 4 or 5 minutes to my last time - but the weights last time were 155/103/55.
Today......some weird mixed jumble of stuff that I'll just call J's mixed bag of fun.
5 rounds for time of:
- 8 Kettlebell renegade rows (16/12 kg)
- 12 L-pullups
- 16 Kettlebell front squats (16/12 kg)
Renegade rows: doing a pushup, in my case, hands on a 20lb dumbbell, then balancing on 2 feet and one hand and lifting the weight up with the other hand. So - this 8 renegade rows, is actually 16 pushups and 8 rows per hand, it just sounds nicer as "8 renegade rows"
12-L Pullups ...HA! Have to be able to do pullups to do an L pullup! So these were highbar, red bands. Not fast or pretty by any means!
16 KB Front Squats - I was lucky enough to get to do the 16kg on these - keep in mind, that is the boy prescribed weight!!! The really s ad part, I knew I was gonna have to do them before I was told. Have I mentioned that 16kg is heavy. I always forget how heavy it really is, until I'm hoisting those babies up. Oh - did I also forget to mention, with the front squats it's a 16kg in each hand?? - so in reality, holding 70 lbs awkwardly. This one was magnificent in it's sweat-producing ability. Every last person was dripping. Timewise it took 28:13.
Still waiting on the "less harder"...........hopefully this ain't it!!!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Saturday...a mighty fine day!
Ok - I'm a believer -I will no longer bitch, whine, kvetch, moan or groan about the workouts - whether they are pure hell, or not. Suck it up and deal with it will be my new motto.
Why the change? Yesterday was a much needed day, on a couple levels. In a lot of the workouts I've been at a total, complete, standstill - a bit frustrating to say the least. Improvements have been small and you need to look beyond the obvious to find them, which isn't to say they aren't there. I will admit, that even once the particularly hellacious workouts are done, there is a huge sense of accomplishment - even with something like the plate drags. And yes, I must also confess, I do get a certain amount of joy exaggerating how very horrible these are while doing them!! The weird thing though, is that I'm starting to feel like I'm turning into a bit of a "negative nelly", you know, one of those annoying people who isn't happy unless they are complaining about something. I do hate some of the things while I'm doing them, but wouldn't keep going if I didn't love the whole thing overall! So, any negativity, is just my penchant for the embellishment. Just had to throw that disclaimer in!
Now - what happened yesterday?
Yesterday was overhead press 11111, push press 33333, push jerk 55555.
OH - 95/100/105/ fail - 110/fail -110
PP - 105/115/120/125/135x2
PJ - 85/105/115/125/135
I have been at stuck in a 95-100 lb rut on the overhead press. I can't remember, but I may have hit 105 several months back, either way, that was when I was trying to turn OH press into a bench press, so it doesn't count (at least in my head!). Either way, the way I see it, I beat my PR on this because there was no cheating. Last time I did this workout - I know I maxed the OH at 95. So, I'll take those 10lbs!
PP - Last time I maxed at 120x2 - Again, a 15 lb improvement! YAY!
PJ - This one, I don't have the comfort level with, that I do PP's. Last time, I believe my max was 115 - this time 135. (..and Rich thought I could do more if I had the confidence and gusto to go for it....not sure if true or not, but possibly.)
So - good day - I hit PR's in all 3 of these!! I needed that!!
To add to the day, I had to go shopping for some new pants yesterday (have I mentioned that I HATE shopping?). I was able to find a pair that fit, and was comfortable...Now, the best part...
It wasn't in a store/department that specializes in "covering the ample ass"!!
Phew! It's been awhile. So, despite the actual weight loss being pretty minimal, obviously there has been re-distribution. I knew it, but this really made it hit home!! YAY YAY, double YAY!. Yesterday was just a good day all around!
Why the change? Yesterday was a much needed day, on a couple levels. In a lot of the workouts I've been at a total, complete, standstill - a bit frustrating to say the least. Improvements have been small and you need to look beyond the obvious to find them, which isn't to say they aren't there. I will admit, that even once the particularly hellacious workouts are done, there is a huge sense of accomplishment - even with something like the plate drags. And yes, I must also confess, I do get a certain amount of joy exaggerating how very horrible these are while doing them!! The weird thing though, is that I'm starting to feel like I'm turning into a bit of a "negative nelly", you know, one of those annoying people who isn't happy unless they are complaining about something. I do hate some of the things while I'm doing them, but wouldn't keep going if I didn't love the whole thing overall! So, any negativity, is just my penchant for the embellishment. Just had to throw that disclaimer in!
Now - what happened yesterday?
Yesterday was overhead press 11111, push press 33333, push jerk 55555.
OH - 95/100/105/ fail - 110/fail -110
PP - 105/115/120/125/135x2
PJ - 85/105/115/125/135
I have been at stuck in a 95-100 lb rut on the overhead press. I can't remember, but I may have hit 105 several months back, either way, that was when I was trying to turn OH press into a bench press, so it doesn't count (at least in my head!). Either way, the way I see it, I beat my PR on this because there was no cheating. Last time I did this workout - I know I maxed the OH at 95. So, I'll take those 10lbs!
PP - Last time I maxed at 120x2 - Again, a 15 lb improvement! YAY!
PJ - This one, I don't have the comfort level with, that I do PP's. Last time, I believe my max was 115 - this time 135. (..and Rich thought I could do more if I had the confidence and gusto to go for it....not sure if true or not, but possibly.)
So - good day - I hit PR's in all 3 of these!! I needed that!!
To add to the day, I had to go shopping for some new pants yesterday (have I mentioned that I HATE shopping?). I was able to find a pair that fit, and was comfortable...Now, the best part...
It wasn't in a store/department that specializes in "covering the ample ass"!!
Phew! It's been awhile. So, despite the actual weight loss being pretty minimal, obviously there has been re-distribution. I knew it, but this really made it hit home!! YAY YAY, double YAY!. Yesterday was just a good day all around!
Friday, December 5, 2008
The worst station of them all.....
Yesterday - 15 sets of 3 Deadlifts - heaviest weight possible as long as you can maintain good form. I started at 215, and stayed there. There is a really strange phenomenon that occurs with this one -Im not certain that I understand it. The first round is REALLY freakin' heavy, but as the rounds continue - on and on and on and on, the heavines goes away a bit. Now the bar is still heavy - don't get me wrong, it's just not that "holy moly" heavy. It's very odd - almost easier the 15th round than the 1st - with the exception of the grip - the callouses on my hand are really sore this week!
Anyway, I do remember this heavy to light phenomenon from last time too. Not sure what that means, but that's the way it is.
Today was the suckiest station day of all of them. I saw it posted and my heart filled with dread. Not only is this one agonizing while doing it, but it leaves you with wounds in the aftermath. It's just ugly. 5 rounds: 10lb plate drag, sandbag cleans (50 lbs) and up/downs. Plate drags are basically pure hell - show me the person who likes them and I'll show you a lunatic that needs to be in an asylum. These are the things that leave you with the after-wounds. Ok, I'll admit, perhaps not everyone gets wounded, but I sure do -blistered palms, scraped up knees....
I guess the good news is that I went from the frisbee last time, to the 10 lb plate, as prescribed. I say I guess, because dragging a 10 lb plate while trying to scuttle across the floor on my arms is not really something that I've ever wanted to excel at. On to sandbag cleans. Good thing I'm not a super girly-girl, or I would have stopped doing these pretty quickly. Second or third round, I'm picking up the sandbag, and I'm feeling what fingernails I have bending, twisting and ripping all over the place. Now that I'm home, I'm also finding ripped hangnails, some finger rips. To say I have some super lovely hands at the moment would be an understatement. Ah the joys of jockhood. Up downs - I think I got about 4 in per round because Joe G was smokin' on the plate drags. He completed the distance in less than a minute almost every time. It was stunning and amazing.
So, I have to say, between Thanksgiving and tonight - this has probably been the most difficult, hardcore, work your booty till it weeps, week that I can remember. (but I'm not gonna swear by my memory - I'm old now!)
I was chatting with Patty about this and we came up with a couple theories - 1. Jonathan is mad at us, and this is his payback. Ok - probably not, if so, he disguises it well. The other theory, Patty came up with, and it does make you pause and think.....
Wanna know what it is?
Patty's theory: we must be looking like we've packed on some poundage, and this is Jonathan's subtle way of making us work it off.
Now- you may think, Ah, Bah Humbug that's lame, what a "girl" thought!!
But stop...think a minute.. Thanksgiving was last week - that is a national holiday just made to stuff your face with all kinds of bad bad things. So, before you poo-poo it away.. ..ponder it. Could it be true? I know I gained some over the holiday......anyone else?
Hmmmm....how's that food for thought!
Anyway, I do remember this heavy to light phenomenon from last time too. Not sure what that means, but that's the way it is.
Today was the suckiest station day of all of them. I saw it posted and my heart filled with dread. Not only is this one agonizing while doing it, but it leaves you with wounds in the aftermath. It's just ugly. 5 rounds: 10lb plate drag, sandbag cleans (50 lbs) and up/downs. Plate drags are basically pure hell - show me the person who likes them and I'll show you a lunatic that needs to be in an asylum. These are the things that leave you with the after-wounds. Ok, I'll admit, perhaps not everyone gets wounded, but I sure do -blistered palms, scraped up knees....
I guess the good news is that I went from the frisbee last time, to the 10 lb plate, as prescribed. I say I guess, because dragging a 10 lb plate while trying to scuttle across the floor on my arms is not really something that I've ever wanted to excel at. On to sandbag cleans. Good thing I'm not a super girly-girl, or I would have stopped doing these pretty quickly. Second or third round, I'm picking up the sandbag, and I'm feeling what fingernails I have bending, twisting and ripping all over the place. Now that I'm home, I'm also finding ripped hangnails, some finger rips. To say I have some super lovely hands at the moment would be an understatement. Ah the joys of jockhood. Up downs - I think I got about 4 in per round because Joe G was smokin' on the plate drags. He completed the distance in less than a minute almost every time. It was stunning and amazing.
So, I have to say, between Thanksgiving and tonight - this has probably been the most difficult, hardcore, work your booty till it weeps, week that I can remember. (but I'm not gonna swear by my memory - I'm old now!)
I was chatting with Patty about this and we came up with a couple theories - 1. Jonathan is mad at us, and this is his payback. Ok - probably not, if so, he disguises it well. The other theory, Patty came up with, and it does make you pause and think.....
Wanna know what it is?
Patty's theory: we must be looking like we've packed on some poundage, and this is Jonathan's subtle way of making us work it off.
Now- you may think, Ah, Bah Humbug that's lame, what a "girl" thought!!
But stop...think a minute.. Thanksgiving was last week - that is a national holiday just made to stuff your face with all kinds of bad bad things. So, before you poo-poo it away.. ..ponder it. Could it be true? I know I gained some over the holiday......anyone else?
Hmmmm....how's that food for thought!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Stations, stations, everywhere....OH BOY!
900,000 billion stations - AKA - do as much as you can in a minute, then move to the next thing -on and on this goes, with nary a pause! Ok, once again, this may possibly be a slight exaggeration - possibly. However, it does pretty much sum up the last two days.
Yesterday, 3 rounds, 1 minute each at:
- Dips
- 1-hand kettlebell swings (16 kg)
- Pushups
- Slamball (16)
- Push press (55)
- Tornado ball
1 minute pause between rounds.
Yes, this one was devised by the sick twisted mind of Cheri.
Dips - yes, they were unassisted, but a tiny bit lame - the first couple I did were ok - not exactly full range of motion - but ok. However, by the end, they could hardly be called a dip - more of a bend then straighten as suddenly "oh crap, can't bend my arms any more than this if I'm gonna have to straighten them back out!" pops into my head.
KB swings, pushups, no problemo!
Slamball, Ok - albeit a bit tiring after pushups,.
Push press - cool
Enter the coordination hell of Tornado ball: I am a complete, putz when it comes to tornado ball. Looks simple enough when someone else does it, but this particular thing is definitely not my forte. I end up trying but that ball is flopping around with nothing close to resembling a smooth motion. It's just not such a pretty thing.
I can't remember my exact score - I believe it was 319 or so....which is definitely better than last time, which was 275 ish.
Fun for the night - kipping practice!! Turns out kipping is actually a strange twist on Frank Sinatra - "Swingin' on a Bar!"
Tonight was a new stations - I can't really say that I approve of this one. It was a whopping 5 rounds. So, maybe there were only 3 stations, but the stations themselves were kind of icky (technical term!)
Thrusters, Power cleans and pull to inverted hang. Must say - this was devised by another demented mind.
I started on the pull to inverted hang - which could have been substituted for knees to elbows or knee ups. Well, thinking back on it, I don't think I did any of the above, I kind of just pulled up into a ball trying to get my feet up as high as they would go, and my head down. So I guess I'll call it a "pull up into a rotating ball" type of thingy-poo. Ah well. I averaged about 9 or 10 of these do-hickeys per round. Thrusters, normally don't bother me too much, but they kind of sucked wind tonight! I think on average I still managed to eek out 7-9 per round. Then we get to the nasty cleans. Still hate them. Yes, I know, "you hate what you can't do" blah blah. We'll see if I ever really do like these bastards - I'm thinkin' not - but you never know - I could be proven wrong.
Light and breezy started this week - so worked the squat angle - 5 reps at 145, 5 at 125. Not sure when it happened but I suddenly have cracklin' knees. Hee hee - now I'm hearing some Neil Diamond in my hea
Yesterday, 3 rounds, 1 minute each at:
- Dips
- 1-hand kettlebell swings (16 kg)
- Pushups
- Slamball (16)
- Push press (55)
- Tornado ball
1 minute pause between rounds.
Yes, this one was devised by the sick twisted mind of Cheri.
Dips - yes, they were unassisted, but a tiny bit lame - the first couple I did were ok - not exactly full range of motion - but ok. However, by the end, they could hardly be called a dip - more of a bend then straighten as suddenly "oh crap, can't bend my arms any more than this if I'm gonna have to straighten them back out!" pops into my head.
KB swings, pushups, no problemo!
Slamball, Ok - albeit a bit tiring after pushups,.
Push press - cool
Enter the coordination hell of Tornado ball: I am a complete, putz when it comes to tornado ball. Looks simple enough when someone else does it, but this particular thing is definitely not my forte. I end up trying but that ball is flopping around with nothing close to resembling a smooth motion. It's just not such a pretty thing.
I can't remember my exact score - I believe it was 319 or so....which is definitely better than last time, which was 275 ish.
Fun for the night - kipping practice!! Turns out kipping is actually a strange twist on Frank Sinatra - "Swingin' on a Bar!"
Tonight was a new stations - I can't really say that I approve of this one. It was a whopping 5 rounds. So, maybe there were only 3 stations, but the stations themselves were kind of icky (technical term!)
Thrusters, Power cleans and pull to inverted hang. Must say - this was devised by another demented mind.
I started on the pull to inverted hang - which could have been substituted for knees to elbows or knee ups. Well, thinking back on it, I don't think I did any of the above, I kind of just pulled up into a ball trying to get my feet up as high as they would go, and my head down. So I guess I'll call it a "pull up into a rotating ball" type of thingy-poo. Ah well. I averaged about 9 or 10 of these do-hickeys per round. Thrusters, normally don't bother me too much, but they kind of sucked wind tonight! I think on average I still managed to eek out 7-9 per round. Then we get to the nasty cleans. Still hate them. Yes, I know, "you hate what you can't do" blah blah. We'll see if I ever really do like these bastards - I'm thinkin' not - but you never know - I could be proven wrong.
Light and breezy started this week - so worked the squat angle - 5 reps at 145, 5 at 125. Not sure when it happened but I suddenly have cracklin' knees. Hee hee - now I'm hearing some Neil Diamond in my hea
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