5/17/2015

Team Event 6:
FFF then MMM
Men cannot start until females are finished with the entire workout
50 GHD sit ups each
50 muscle ups total
50 hang power cleans total, 135/205

24:12, I think?

Team Event 7:
Stations of:
30 calorie with deadlift hold, 205/315
30 strict HSPU with HS hold
30 toes to bar with hang from bar
50 foot overhead lunge, 105/155

complete


I am really happy with our performance on the first event, it was pretty awesome. Brandie started on the GHD sit ups, then me, then Jessie. I did all 50 pretty much unbroken, I only paused a few times to catch a breath but then kept moving. Overall, my GHD sit ups were a lot faster than last week. When I got over to the rings, I think Brandie had done 5 muscle ups? I can't remember. I took too long before jumping up there. I think I did 4 in a row then stuck with sets of three the rest of the time. There was a point when we were on the 12th muscle up that I had a slight moment of panic. I just wasn't sure how long it was going to take and 50 seemed like a very large number at the moment. We kept chipping away, Brandie and Jessie doing sets of 2 and me doing sets of 3. We wasted too much time between sets, since the rings are so high there's no possible way to steady them before jumping up there so we would just kind of stand there until they stopped moving. After the workout, we agreed that we're just going to help each other up from now on so we don't waste any time waiting for the rings to stop moving. We finished the 50 muscle ups and I started on the hang power cleans. I did 7, Jessie did 5, Brandie did 2-3. We pretty much stuck with that rep scheme until the 40th rep, then I just did 10 in a row to finish it out. We decided to do that from now on, I know if I'm on the bar at rep 40 then I can take it all the way to 50. Alex told me to "take it to the grave" every time like that, and I know I can. Overall, we finished under the time cap and I know it will only get faster the more we do it, especially with the quicker transitions between muscle ups. 

The second workout was a real DOOZ. This was pretty terrible. The order was Alex, Mark, Conner, Jessie, me, Brandie. The ladies decided to drop the bar every 8 calories, and I think that plan worked out well. The deadlift hold got really tough, not even because of the weight but because my hands felt so raw at that point. I thought my strict handstand push ups were much better than last week, I started with sets of 3 and then went down to sets of 2 around 19, then three quick singles to end it. Jessie did a good job of keeping me motivated through this part, it's easy to get discouraged on these. I did the handstand hold for Brandie, then moved over to the bar to do toes to bar with Jessie. I definitely was resting too long between sets, I should have done smaller sets but shorter rest. The hang from the bar actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, Brandie did two sets of 10 and then a set of 7/3 so it went pretty quickly. The lunge was also better than last week, I only broke once and felt much more stable throughout. It was still pretty difficult, and I also think my hands were too narrow the first half. I widened my grip for the second half and it was a bit easier, but not much. This workout wasn't breathing, it was all muscle fatigue. I don't think I can do the strict HSPU much faster than I did them today but I know I can cut down rest on the toes to bar.