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#213 3x(95#CleanJerkx15/3-GHD) 24:30@157/172

#213 3x(95#CleanJerkx15/30) 24:30@157/172
splits: 6:49/9:15/8:27
Wod started on shaky ground as my weak wrist had a bit of pain and I was concerned if I should be concerned but it miraculously was fine after first round and I didnt even notice. Clean and Jerk were single rep each (95# compared to one rep PR 125#) and were harder than I thought. My form wasnt the best and I didnt do the squat portion of clean, partly to make sure I do not strain my wrist. Good workout all in all.

#213 3x(95#CleanJerkx15/30) 24:30@157/172

#212 50 PU Burpee 14:33@169/190

#212 50 PU Burpee 14:33@169/190

Compare with #130 Nasty Girls 3 x (50Squats/7PUBurpee/10HPC@95#) 26:44@155/169

Classic wod. First half 6:20@166/180 and Second half 8:13@171/190. I had done 3x7 before but 50 is extreme. I cut myself by finger nail at 37th on thumb and decided to call it quits at 50 but it was definitely getting dicey to catch pull-up bar by then. I even missed the bar couple of times which was scary. I cannot imagine how gymnasts grab the bars on parallel bar jumps while twisting in mid air while I was having trouble grabbing bar jumping straight up. As usual, it is very hard to keep balance and accuracy once heart rate reaches anaerobic levels.

#212 50 PU Burpee 14:33@169/190

Fight gone bad DL squatreps

#209 xsquat/(60-x)PU/push/PU 6:05@162/186
Unusual wod with time bases reps. I did 39-40-42 squats and PU/push/PU for the rest. I did not realize the time min was 12min so I stopped at 6min as it was basically impossible to keep up with 60 totals.

#210 Fight Gone Bad 87+81+70=238 16:38@178/188

Compare with #106 (65#SDLHP/45#PP) 80+62+73=215 17:00@174/189
#100! Mini Fight Gone Bad (at Black Box) 11:07@171/184
#91 Fight Gone Bad (45#) score 209 17:04@162/177
#24 Fight Gone Bad approx 15 each (score 245 scaled)

Weight were a bit lower than #106 but the score was much higher at 238.

#211 DeadLift 5x3 (135-145-155-165-185) 8:52@133/153

All three wods were heavy on my thighs and I had pretty bad DOMS. Deadlifts were easy but my thighs were a bit tight.

#209 xsquat/(60-x)PU/push/PU 6:05@162/186
#210 Fight Gone Bad 16:38@178/188
#211 DeadLift 5x3 (135-145-155-165-185) 8:52@133/153

#208 Handstand Mania 17:48@153/171

#208 Handstand Mania 17:48@153/171
3x(100m Bear Crawl/20sec Handstand/15ExtraElevPushup)
Handstand was hard to come by the first time. I realized that the trick is to have hands directly under body and have them couple of inches from wall to allow extra breathing space. Also, I havent figured this one out but I think my elbows were slightly bent. I did not completely straighten them to avoid too much stress on wrist. I am not sure if this is the correct form.

I subed hand walk with bearcrawl which was surprisingly tiring. It is very inefficient. Finally, pushups were elevated to hip level. 15 was somewhat hard but not that hard. I did not do more to keep some gas int the arms for handstand.

#208 Handstand Mania 17:48@153/171

#207 3x(50mLunge/100mBJump/200mRun) 13:59@166/189

#207 3x(50mLunge/100mBJump/200mRun) 13:59@166/189
New skill Broad Jump! I was surprised to see how far I could broad jump. Surprisingly palms started aching due to all the arm swinging and blood rushing to fingertips. Broadjumps are also very tiring when done back to back. 100m is about 35-40 Broadjumps which is handful. Lunges were easy but I started loosing balance due to high HR and tight leg muscles. It helps to use hand to balance.
4:03-4:37-5:19

#207 3x(50mLunge/100mBJump/200mRun) 13:59@166/189

#206 split-jerk 45-105 15:50@146/167

#206 split-jerk 45-105 15:50@146/167
Compare with 182 Split Jerk (45-115@incr 10#) 11:14@135/158
#170 (45-65-85-95-105-115-125) 11:08@106/150
and WOD#82 45#-65#-85#

Nowhere close to PR. I did the wod lifting bar from the floor which made is a bit tricky. Also I didn't push too much because of my right wrist. Could have gone more if I had known that I have higher PR.

#206 split-jerk 45-105 15:50@146/167

#205 Fran@65# 13:05@162/181

#205 Fran@65# 13:05@162/181 (4:47/5:46/3:33)
Compare with
#105 Fran@65# 12:35@174/188 4:30/5:48/2:15
#58 20:05 @ 149/185

I did not hit PR despite the scaled down 65# weight. It was exhausting, as usual. I did take it a bit easy since I was having trouble with my right wrist. It trick is to keep the thruster weight on heels of the palm and not strain the wrist at all. Other thing I discovered was that it helps to take a mini break overhead if thrusters get hard instead of dropping the bar.

#205 Fran@65# 13:05@162/181 (4:47/5:46/3:33)

#204 HPC 45-65-75-85-85-105-115 10:51@123/160

#204 HPC 45-65-75-85-85-105-115 10:51@123/160

Compare with #187 45-55-65-75-85-95-105 18:14@129/163+6
#60 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 @65#

I did HPC instead of Power Clean as I didnt check wod spec properly. But #115 is still probably PR for HPC. Right wrist started hurting a bit since it was injured in snatch last week. But I think its fine. I wrapped it up awkwardly with a gym thingy for last rep.

#204 HPC 45-65-75-85-85-105-115 10:51@123/160

#203 5x(50wallball 15#/25PU) 49:14@158/183

#203 5x(50wallball 15#/25PU) 49:14@158/183
5:34/10:24/10:32/11:09/11:35
Compare #136 50/35/20 15#Wallball/Pullups 30:46@138/167

As usual, wallball had no throws but it is still very tiring workout. Its one of those workouts when suddenly in the middle of nth rep, bear jumps on the back:-) I did 50 reps in 3 subsets for each round. On the bright side, I hit a PU PR with 13 continous kipping PU. PU form was excellent for most of the sets. Thats why 5x25 PU were not very difficult. Somehow the very last 10 PUs suddenly became very hard to as my arms somehow jammed up with no pain. No injury but its always good to end a wod at breaking point.

#203 5x(50wallball 15#/25PU) 49:14@158/183

#202 5x(400m/25GHD/25HipExt) 26:41@167/186

#202 5x(400m/25GHD/25HipExt) 26:41@167/186
Compare #149 5 x (30 GHD/25 BkExt) 20:12@140/152 (no run)
Last three runs were in below freezing cold outside, which I didnt really mind since it was just for 400m. But what I really had a problem was with keeping straight form for the run after the GHD and HipExt. Its a weird combination for a wod. GHDs were okay but BackExt got progressively harder and painful.

#202 5x(400m/25GHD/25HipExt) 26:41@167/186

#202 5x(400m/25GHD/25HipExt) 26:41@167/186

Compare #149 5 x (30 GHD/25 BkExt) 20:12@140/152 (no run)

Last three runs were in below freezing cold outside, which I didnt really mind since it was jus

#202 5x(400m/25GHD/25HipExt) 26:41@167/186

#202 5x(400m/25GHD/25HipExt) 26:41@167/186

#202 5x(400m/25GHD/25HipExt) 26:41@167/186

#202 5x(400m/25GHD/25HipExt) 26:41@167/186

#201 3x(12muscleup/75 AirSqt) 27:34@141/181

#201 3x(12muscleup/75 AirSqt) 27:34@141/181

9:01-9:04-9:29

Compare with #148 30 Baby Muscleups 17:05@129/144

#117 30 Baby MuscleUps 18:07@113/136

#47 60 PU/jumpDIP 22:15@132/158

Muscleups were scaled down as usual at should height while sitting on knees. Most of the muscle ups were honest without push from legs. But it wasnt easy at all. Also it was clear that left upper arm is significantly weaker for this particular motion and this imbalance causes problems getting body straight at top of the muscle up.

This wod has 6 more muscle ups than the other wods in comparisons. The wod also included 3x75 airsquats which is not easy either. But I was much better conditioned this time due to barbara/cindy wods and even did last set almost continuously. However, the elevated HR due to squats made muscleups less boring but more difficult.

#201 3x(12muscleup/75 AirSqt) 27:34@141/181

#200 Barbara! 67:44@158/184

#200 Barbara! Rx (incl 12min rest) 67:44@158/184

Compare with #144 57:57@145/175 (no rest/10rnds)

#74 29:54@147/167 half and

#45 27:36@136/166 half

Splits were as follows which includes the 3min break in first 4 sets. 10:02-10:26-14:00-17:12-16:04. This is my first Barbara as Rxed. #144 was close to Rx but was broken into 10 rounds instead of 5. PUs were surprisingly easy to get through. I did sets of 10-10-10-10-9 before moving down to 7/8s. Pushup were the sticky part of the wod. With 100+ pushups last two wods, I was hurting. Just like last time, it was hard to imagine finishing the wod quarter of the way in and 4th rounds was the stickiest. But it magically got easier for the last round. Next time if my pushups are in better shape, I will shoot for 1 hour target.

#200 Barbara! Rx (incl 12min rest) 67:44@158/184

#199 Cindy! 11.4 60-115-165 20:00@169/187

#199 Cindy! 11.4 60-115-165 20:00@169/187

Compare with WOD#173 11.5x(5PU/10PSH/15Sqt) 20:26@166/180

WOD#103 half 6rnds+PUs10min@171/190,

WOD#53 10rnds 20:00@153/172,

WOD#17 Cindy 5rnd 20:00

This was my fifth Cindy wod! Progression has been 5-10-6!-11.5-11.4

Today was basically same as PR in #173 (short by 5 pushups but took 25 sec less). This was a hard PR after Angie even with the two day break. I was still feeling DOMS from Angie. But by the time I reached second round, DOMS was least of my problems. HR shot up as expected making everything harder. PU and squats were fine but pushup got somewhat difficult to complete. I manage to keep decent form for PU/Push/Sqt. So this was a Rxed PR.

#199 Cindy! 11.4 60-115-165 20:00@169/187

#198 Angie Rx! 46:16@150/181

#198 Angie Rx! 46:16@150/181

Compare with WOD#157 Angie 90PU 15:36@156/180, WOD#20 Angie 50 pullups, 100 pushups/situps/squats 54:34min HR (131/158)

This is the first time I did Angie as Rxed. The timing was annoyingly slow, especially compared to 16min #157 (which included 38 burpee Push/Sqt). I started with 3x10 PU but then reverted to sets to mostly 7. Overall progression was 35/35/35/0-35/35/35/70-30/30/30/30. Pushups and PUs were the main challenge. PUs were fine but hint of blister made me slow down. I just wasted too much time in between sets. PUs took 28:30 of the 46minutes!

#198 Angie Rx! 46:16@150/181

5K row II 24:27@2:27 175/196

#197 5K row redux!@2:27 24:27@175/196

Compare with #189 2:31pace 25:10@174/196

I improved the time by more than half a minute as I paced myself better this time. Last minute must have been at 2:00 pace as I made a big push at end. It also helped to have the resistance at 8 this time. But lower back was hurting like hell. I did have a decent form so not sure what was wrong. Lower back must be a major issue with professional rowers. (Needs some research).

Couple of new tricks I learnt this time include letting legs to all the work for first half of the stroke by "hooking" arms straight. Also its perfectly okay to make a strong stroke and take a mini break on way back without loosing too much of the pace and power. This helps break the rhythm which comes handy for a long rowing wod like this.

#197 5K row@2:27 redux 24:27@175/196

Snatch 20# PR at 85#

196# Snatch 1x45-50-55-60-65-75-85 14:05@140/172

85# Snatch PR!,

Up from 65#

Two failed attempts at 95#

Need to get some depth on overhead position for improving further

196# Snatch 1x45-50-55-60-65-75-85 14:05@140/172

Frontsqt PRs 135-145-155

#195 FrontSqt 135-95-145-95-155-85ish 14:59@149/184

Score: 710#. I didnt realize that my front Sqt PR was 125# so 135#, 145# and 155# were all new PRs. Interestingly enough the high rep portions were the harder part of the wod. I had to split 30 reps into 15-15 despite lowering the weight. Also front squat form is difficult to maintain as it is and it only deteriorated in high rep sets.

#195 FrontSqt 135-95-145-95-155-85ish 14:59@149/184

1-10-1-20-1-30 Push/DL

#193 Elv Pushup 1-10-1-20-1-30 5:00@150/170

Sub for benchpress. Pushup = 95# Elv Pushup = 100#

#194 DL 7395#@165#/115# 1-10-1-20-1-30 14:30@134/175 Nice workout. I had to split last leg into 17-13 as after 49 DL it felt like arms would fall out of socket:) Also high reps get HR shoot up quite quickly.

#193 Elv Pushup 1-10-1-20-1-30 5:00@150/170

#194 DL 165#/115# 1-10-1-20-1-30 14:30@134/175

Diane! Rope PUs

#191 3x(15Rope PU/21Dip/50Squat) 20:29@160/188

5:00-7:58-7:31

15 strick PUs subed for 15ftx5 ascend. Most sets were 3 though I did a few sets of 4 and 5 as well. Squats were surprisingly tiring though I did the very last set continuously touching 188 HR. Squat form was reasonably good despite the thick running shoes heels. Dips form was disappointing and most dips did get full depth.

#192 Diane! 21-15-9 (DL 115#/ElvPush) 5:48@157/174+150m

This might be the fastest wod I have done! Too much scaling. DL PR few days back cost me pain in my old ring finger injury which has healed now. But I deliberately kept DL weight light for Diane and focused on faster time/sets. Elevated pushups were easy as well though no match for Rx HSPU. I made some progress on swimming front but still havent made the whole 25m without break yet.

#191 3x(15Rope PU/21Dip/50Squat) 20:29@160/188

#192 Diane! 21-15-9 (DL 115#/ElvPush) 5:48@157/174+150m

#190 20min 25+10Turkish getups/500m row 20:00@159/186

#190 20min 25+10Turkish getups/500m row 20:00@159/186 My first Turkish getup wod! I used 20# kettlebell which wasnt heavy though it took some time to get hang of proper form. Maintaining balance while getting up with weight in one hand overhead uses a lot of unusual tiny muscles of all over the body which are not used to heavy load. Also I didnt realize it till after the 500m rowing but the balancing gets a whole lot harder after HR crosses anaerobic levels and the getups don't allow HR to come down much as lifting load by more than 7feet is a lot of work. I finished one round and rushed to do 10 getups for the second round in the 20min limit. I did loose balance couple of time so not pushing past 20# was probably a smart move. As I got hang of the form, I tried to make the getup as one smooth move which makes it easier but exhausting.

#190 20min 25+10Turkish getups/500m row 20:00@159/186

#190 20min 25+10Turkish getups/500m row 20:00@159/186

#189 5K row 2:31/500m pace 25:10@174/196

#189 5K row 2:31/500m pace 25:10@174/196

Compare with WOD#109 500m/1000m/2000m Row 2:20-2:40min/500m and3.5K in 17:25min.

I didnt realize that I have never done 5K rowing before and assumed it will be like running 5K. I pushed hard to do the 5K strong and finished well. However the middle portion of rowing was incredibly difficult. Lower back was getting tired really quickly and I had to stop briefly at 2.5K and 1.1K. Also I miscalculated by keeping the resistance low. It really worked well when I I had 3K done and then I ramped up the resistance from 2 to 6. Last 500m were very strong and I am sure I averaged less than 2min/500m for them pushing HR to 196.

Interestingly enough, crossfit total PRs yesterday came at a price and an old finger internal injury came back. This probably did not help rowing it.

#189 5K row 2:31/500m pace 25:10@174/196

#188 Crossfit Total 3 PRs! (DL 235#, BkSqt 135#, SP 95#)

#188 Crossfit Total 3 PRs! (DL 235#, BkSqt 135#, SP 95#) 29:21@147/165

Compare with

WOD#138 DL 225#PR, SP75#, BkSqt135#(rack) 48:53@115/151

WOD#116 (SP/BkSqt/DL 85/95/215#) 43:51@109/134 and

WOD#99 DL 205# (PR), BkSquat 85#, SP 75#

Three lifts, 2 new PR (DL/SP) and one PR match (BkSqt). A week of break probably helped with this classic wod as all the muscles were fresh. Interestingly there was no muscle failure at all but mind was REFUSING to go higher in weight. Funny how the marathon training comes in handy sometimes in noticing and overcoming mental block. Idea is the same where the body can take a lot more but the brain artificially makes you feel like stopping immediately. As long the form was okay (which it was), there was no real risk of injury so I pushed on. Next up is Turkish get up which is advance skill movement so I need to do some homework.

#188 Crossfit Total 3 PRs! (DL 235#, BkSqt 135#, SP 95#) 29:21@147/165