Wednesday 29 Feb 12

Balance Gym

CFWU (subbed push-ups for dips)

Row 4-5 x 1K (rest 3 minutes between intervals)

1. 3.40.3 (24) (3.43.1)
2. 3.46.7 (23) (3.46.4)
3. 3.50.8 (23) (3.50.3)
4. 3.50.5 (22) (3.53.4)
5. DNS (3.49.0)

Notes: My energy level was on empty tonight. I'm still fighting a hangover from Open Workout 12.1 (burpees). I had even decided that I was going to take a rest day, but decided last-minute to suck-it-up and grind out a session. I moved through the CFWU at a decent pace and got a good sweat going. When I finally sat down on the rowing machine, I could feel that I had no energy. I found my mind wandering during the intervals and felt no motivation to push through the discomfort. My times were surprisingly decent, which is probably attributable to an increased stroke rate from the 19-20 to 22-24 range. I pulled the plug after the fourth interval in part to reward myself for gutting out a decent effort and in part because I had no juice left. The Open "season" is proving to be far more grueling that anticipated.

Just as my workout was drawing to a close, Open Workout 12.2 was announced. It's basically a ton of snatches in 10 minutes, escalating from 75#, to 135#, to 165#, and to 210#. This is obviously a terrible draw for me. I can't complain too much since last week's burpee workout was a great draw. My initial thought is that, judging by my difficulty snatching 115# at SuperFit, I'll have a lot of trouble with 135#. I'll have to keep things very slow and controlled at 75# to preserve all of my leg strength. I'll then have to treat each rep at 135# as a single and probably have to execute a full squat snatch. My game plan, as of right now, is to just start chipping away at 135# and hope to surprise myself with a bunch of reps. This workout blows for me, personally, but I respect it as a great measure of separating the strong from the weak.