WOD - 5.9.2011

First, i'm going to weigh myself every monday and only monday. 176.6 lbs.

Todays WOD was a killer.

Warmup:

10 Dead hang Pullups

15 Kettlebell swings (53lbs)

15 air squats

15 back extensions

400m run

Its funny how crossfit warmups are more work than what I used to put in when I went to the gym by myself.

WOD:

20 Minutes AMRAP (as many rounds as possible)

5 Handstand pushups

10 Deadlifts 155/225

15 Double Unders

I had scaled the handstand pushups using a box, and they were still difficult. Watching some of the people knock em out was absolutely inspiring, and just the motivation I need to keep it up. The double unders while tough, have a lot of skill involved that slowed me down. Charlie (my monday coach) didn't let us scale with singles, so the double unders REALLY slowed me down, but it was good because I HAD to learn how to do them. I think the most I did in a row was 5, but by the end I was finally figuring them out. For the deadlifts I used 155, (I don't think there's a single workout I've done the prescribed weight yet, and not ashamed at all) while that weight felt light in the beginning, around set 2 i was feeling it.

All in all I completed 5 rounds + 16, which means I finished 5 complete rounds, and had completed the handstand pushups , deadlifts, and 1 double under of the fifth round.

In other news had the following conversation with Charlie:

"When should I get off the bands for pullups?"

"As soon as you can do 1"

"just 1?"

"yep. Gotta fight for it".

looks like I'm getting off the band. He did concede that if a WOD had something like 100 pullups in it that I could use the band once i couldn't complete them anymore. Anyways I'm pumped because just getting some warmup kips in I knocked out 5 without even trying. 5 pullups would've had me spent for the rest my workout only a month ago.

Also while warming pre warmup, I randomly attempted a T2B, which is: while hanging from a pullup bar, touch your toes to the bar. When I went to my first crossfit workout in early march, there were 50 of those in the workout. I could complete 0. I couldn't even get my toes close, it turned into knee raises. Today, I touched the bar with my toes on the first try.