The metaphorical wall I ran into yesterday.I had a hard time motivating myself to workout yesterday. I had planned on making my way to the Fort or a playground (I'll explain later) when I realized that time had slipped away from me that afternoon. So instead, I hit my long list of vacation WOD's, began perusing, and then decided on the following WOD:
100 Jumping Jacks
75 Squats
50 Push ups
25 Burpees
I figured it would be a nice, quick metcon since I was pressed for time, and I was right. I was done in a little over ten minutes, 10:19.3 if you want specifics. I did the jumping jacks unbroken, nearly did three sets of 25 unbroken squats (I was a little better at working through the suck on this yesterday), and then bumped into a wall when I got to the push ups.
It was not that my push ups were bad. They were chest to floor; however, I initially wanted to try and do all of my push ups in sets of ten. I was feeling overly ambitious, what can I say? That, of course, did not happen and I ended up breaking down my reps to sets of five and then sometimes even three. My sets of three appeared when I felt my form breaking down. I was coming out of my push up, up dog style (I'm being serious here - this is a legit yoga pose). Not good, and not wanting to get struck down by the CrossFit gods, I did a few extra push ups to make up for those that were less than spectacular. Then came the burpees.
So if I bumped into a wall when I got to the push ups, I freaking ran into the wall headfirst when I reached the burpees. My arms and my legs were not feeling overly friendly at that point, and I was unable to do them unbroken like I wanted to, even with pacing. Needless to say, I was a little disappointed in my burpee ability yesterday.
All in all, it was a good, quick metcon, (and wow... I NEVER thought I would say this...) but I really want to get some lifting in soon. Seriously, never thought I would say that...
75 Squats
50 Push ups
25 Burpees
I figured it would be a nice, quick metcon since I was pressed for time, and I was right. I was done in a little over ten minutes, 10:19.3 if you want specifics. I did the jumping jacks unbroken, nearly did three sets of 25 unbroken squats (I was a little better at working through the suck on this yesterday), and then bumped into a wall when I got to the push ups.
It was not that my push ups were bad. They were chest to floor; however, I initially wanted to try and do all of my push ups in sets of ten. I was feeling overly ambitious, what can I say? That, of course, did not happen and I ended up breaking down my reps to sets of five and then sometimes even three. My sets of three appeared when I felt my form breaking down. I was coming out of my push up, up dog style (I'm being serious here - this is a legit yoga pose). Not good, and not wanting to get struck down by the CrossFit gods, I did a few extra push ups to make up for those that were less than spectacular. Then came the burpees.
So if I bumped into a wall when I got to the push ups, I freaking ran into the wall headfirst when I reached the burpees. My arms and my legs were not feeling overly friendly at that point, and I was unable to do them unbroken like I wanted to, even with pacing. Needless to say, I was a little disappointed in my burpee ability yesterday.
All in all, it was a good, quick metcon, (and wow... I NEVER thought I would say this...) but I really want to get some lifting in soon. Seriously, never thought I would say that...
