"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor."

Thoreau

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Twoadays.

I've been ramping up my workout frequency over the past several days, trying to complete two WODs per day with some gymnastics skill work mixed in at some point.

Yesterday morning I did 21-15-9 reps for time of:
Turkish get ups & sotts press, both with the 45lb barbell.

Despite having done this workout a couple of times before, the Turkish get ups continue to frustrate me. It's a skill that my body and brain seem to have no interest in appropriating. My time was 16:36. Just to put that in perspective, I've seen it done in under 7 minutes. My accuracy, coordination, and balance with the barbell are all in need of some serious attention.

In the evening I did the CF mainsite workout from two days ago, which is:

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 20 minutes (aka 20-min AMRAP) of:
5 chest to bar pull ups
10 wall ball shots, 20lb ball, 10' target
15 kettle bell swings, 53lbs

The KB swings were the real wrench in the works for this one, though I managed to do every set of each exercise completely unbroken until the 11th round, which was also my last.


This morning I tried to devise a workout that targeted some different movements and time domains than yesterday's two. I came up with,

3 rounds for time of:
50 double unders
30 GHD sit ups,

finishing in 7:11. A nice blend of skill, speed, and stamina without causing too much strain for my hands, which were a bit raw after yesterday's 165 KB swings and 55 c2b pull ups.

Soon I'm off to do today's second WOD, which will be:

For time:
135lb squat clean, 10 reps
1 rope ascent
135lb squat clean, 9 reps
1 rope ascent
...
135lb squat clean, 1 rep
1 rope ascent

I'll post my time later. I'm hoping for under ten minutes.

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