Tuesday, July 8, 2014

7/6/2014


3 rounds for time @ 90%:
5 squat clean thrusters, 135
7 stone-over-shoulders, 95
9 burpee toes-to-bar
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5:00 rest
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3 rounds for time @ 90%:
4 rope climbs
12 tire flips w/jump in & out
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800m sled drag, add a little from last week, alternate forward & backward as desired but stay moving throughout

14:58
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16:49
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complete with 110 on sled


The first workout was very frustrating. Thrusters felt decent but stone to shoulder took forever, it felt like it weighed a ton. I was getting frustrated on burpee toes to bar because I feel like there's really not a good way to do those quickly, and I already knew I was going too slow to begin with. I was breathing pretty heavy the entire time, I don't think I warmed up properly for this. For some reason, I was just really angry the whole time I was doing this workout and I'm not sure why. I just knew it shouldn't be taking me this long but I wasn't moving any faster. I was also already thinking about how much the second piece was going to suck so mentally I had already removed myself from the first piece. After the first workout was over, I made a decision to try and change my attitude about the rope climbs for the second part. I just decided to do my best and try to push myself on rest between climbs. Overall I am actually pleased with my time on the second part, I know it's not great but my rope climbs felt much better than last week and I was trying to go again before I was ready. It was actually the tire flip with the jump that made this workout hard. Today was just an eye opening experience regarding how I look at my workouts. I went into today thinking "I'm terrible at rope climbs, the second piece is going to suck and take me forever" instead of thinking "this is what it is so I just have to do the work the best I can". The sled drag was good, definitely alternated between forward/backward a lot more on the second 400 but overall these are getting better.




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