Out Sick a Bit

I've been feeling under the weather lately, and so I took a couple of days off. I decided today is the day to get back to it. So, today's workout is the "Pull Up Complex." I'll let you know how things go after I do the work tonight.

UPDATE: Well, I managed to get a DNF in my own back yard. The number of rounds involved in the workout totally dropped me, as did the extra weight for the weighted pull -ups. I went down from 35# to 20# but still couldn't complete the entire rep set. I ended up doing 5 rounds in about 35 minutes. Yuck!

It was ugly. I looked at the Brand X forum, but the workout they had posted for puppies was too easy, while the pack workout (what I originally posted) was too much. So I ended up having to scale on the fly. Sad thing is, even the last two rounds of weighted pull ups were truncated. I only managed to do about 2 reps in each set before my arms totally let go and couldn't pull me up.

The up side is, my double-unders are much better. I worked on them during the warm up. I've been watching several videos from the Crossfit Journal (a steal at $25 a year). Several have had information on how to do better double unders, with the post by Boz and Todd on July 16th really helping me out.

Nate Tried to Kick My Butt

Well, I managed to get through Nate. I had to modify it a bit more, since I couldn't even get the seated muscle ups working. Instead, I used the squat muscle up progression movement. I probably should have increased the number of reps as well, but I left it at 2.

In the 15 minutes I had for the workout, I managed to get through 12 complete rounds. I almost got 13, but got caught with 4 kettlebell swings left. Dang!

Tomorrow, Pull Ups!!!