Tuesday Fun

Did Nicole today (AMRAP-Run 400, Max Rep Pull-Ups). It was a pretty tough workout. I actually came off the bar during the third round because of callous and tearing issues. Instead of quitting, I just taped up my right hand and went back at it.

I managed to complete 5 rounds. Pull ups looked like: 12, 9, 5 (hand issue), 7, 4. I wanted to do more, but I just ran out of time. The pull ups felt pretty good, except for my grip. I used plenty of hip for the kipping pull up.

Tomorrow will be difficult. The wife is going to be late, so I'll have to do something at home.

Weekend Report and Tuesday's Workout

Took it easy this weekend and didn't do much. My knees have been a bit sore because of the back stance in some of the new Cuong Nhu katas. I've taken to icing them a bit to help with the soreness. I went to class on Saturday and we worked on push hands, as well as the beginnings of sparring. All this after we went through several of our katas first to warm up. I definitely need to work on my katas, since I stumbled through some of the katas during the workout.

Sunday was more of a rest and recovery day for the legs. I did do a little weight lifting (very little actually). Basically 3x6 presses (sitting on balance ball), 3x6 bench press (back on a balance ball) and 4x5 pull ups. This, as well as some stretching, were all the athletic endeavors for Sunday.

Didn't do much Monday evening either. I planned to get out, but I dilly dallied around the house instead.

Today I'm back at it hard. The WOD is "Nicole."

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.

Tired, But Happy

Tired because I managed to finish the Scaled Badger workout in 24:55. Once again, the pull ups seem to be my sticking point. One thing that made them difficult was my sweat. I mean, my fingertips started to get pruney! My shorts looked like I had been swimming, not running around the block. But I stuck it out and finished. I think the scaling for this was just about right. It was tough enough to leave me gasping, yet not quite so hard to drive me to complete failure.

One reason I'm really happy, though, is my Rogue Rings finally came in! These things are AWESOME! I spent some of my warm up messing around with them, including dips, scaled muscle ups and push ups. Wow! The rings definitely add a new dimension to the exercises. Now I just need some chalk.

P.S. - You know you're a Red Neck Crossfitter when part of your warm up involves applying mosquito repellent. Have fun y'all.