Monday, January 17, 2011

She's baaaack....

I am so glad I took three rest days. By Saturday evening my back was feeling awesome, and I was so excited to get back to CrossFit today. Imagine my horror when I saw the posted WOD. 105 pull-ups and I haven't done even one the past couple of weeks. My callouses are pretty much gone and I knew I was going to blister. So I taped my fingers where I normally blister. And guess what? I blistered in other places. Ha! Fortunately, now that I've had a chance to shower and look them over, I only have two really bad spots. Not too shabby. And it sure felt awesome to get through the workout as prescribed. 7 Rounds for time of:

15 Pull-ups
15 Box jumps (Men 24″ box, Women 20″ box)
Post time to responses.

My time: 25:51 Rx

Oh, and I need to point out (more for my own reference) that on about 95% of the box jumps I jumped both up and down. Normally I jump up and step down. I'm really trying to get better about this!!


Strength today was Snatch Balance
Rep scheme: 3-3-3-3-3
My loads: 40-45-50-60-70 (did 5 reps at 40...all others 3 reps)

3 comments:

  1. I think that's a great time for a WOD involving 105 pullups! My pullups are still soooooo slow -- which is why I'm working more on my strict pullups right now.

    But maybe I should really be working on the kips. I need to post a video of my "stunted kip", and see if you all have any suggestions for how to improve it. Slowly dragging myself those last 4-6 inches to get my chin above the bar gets old fast!

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  2. I'm far from an expert, but it sounds like you're not using your hips enough to get momentum to get back over the bar.

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