every rep counts

I stopped looking at my blog stats, and people have stopped asking me questions so one could make the argument that I'm one of those people that just like to hear themselves talk (or in this case read their own writing). I'm not sure when or how, but I'm going to make the suggestion that pinup crossfit include my blog on their site because 1) I actually update this thing on a regular basis and 2) the coaches are already in ridiculous shape and look like comic book characters. I'm sure people perusing the site would love to hear the point of view of someone trying to get healthy during their journey.

Today I came to the discovery that the best way to conquer soreness is to just do another workout. For the past two days I've felt dead, but showed up to the workout anyway and was surprised how the soreness goes away once you get warmed up.

Warmup:

400m run

20 squats

15 hollow rocks

20 OH (weight over head) lunges with 25 lbs

WOD:

900m Run

then

AMRAP 20 minutes (run counted for the 20 minutes, so AMRAP whatever time is left after the run)

6 pullups to K2E (knees to elbows)

8 Deadlifts (115 lbs)

12 situps

If you're reading this and are confused, then you are like me when I first read the board this afternoon. Pullups to knee to elbows? Only 115 lbs on the deadlifts? The pullups to K2E was much harder than I expected, and I don't expect anything to be easy. Basically you do a pull up, then touch your knees to your elbows. That's 1 rep. Whats hard is, 1) my core still isn't up to snuff 2) kills my kipping rhythm 3) your forearms get really really tired of holding that bar. The deadlifts were light because we were working on our endurance deadlifts, meaning we weren't supposed to drop the weight after 3 reps and gather ourselves, but rather knock out all 8 reps in a row. This got harder and harder as the pullups wore down my grip, and gripping the barbell for deadlifts was hard even though the weight was light.

The hardest part of the workout for me was the other guy in the class (there were only 2 males in this class) was just slliiiightly ahead of me the entire workout. I glanced over (I'm admittedly bad at checking myself against others) and noticed he wasn't putting in good reps on the pullups or the K2E's. The competitor in me really wanted to beat him, and was getting frustrated that he was counting iffy reps. The main takeaway I got from this workout is, while it's nice to "win", if I start counting so-so reps (we've all done it actually) I'm only cheating myself. So I took a deep breath and let him have his win, (he beat me by 2.5 reps) and I made sure to make every rep count on the K2E's (easiest round to cheat), which meant dropping off the bar after every one in the later rounds, gathering composure and getting back on it.

One last workout tomorrow (for the week) then off to one of many weddings this calendar year.

(Why do you think I'm trying to get in shape?)