CTB Pullups - KB Swings - Burpees - Ladder

WOD:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
CTB Pullups
55lb KB Swings
Burpees

Cash Out:
200 Double Unders for time

Results:
WOD:
This was the second time I did this workout.  Last time was about 2 months ago.  I still remember that workout, it absolutely destroyed me back then.  I figured I'd give it another whirl after two months of pretty good workouts.

Finished 12:38, almost 2 full minutes better than last time.

The CTB Pullups continue to be my weakest movement here, but I got through them.  The last 5 rounds I was  doing singles, which ate away at my time.  If I could hold doubles a little longer, I could easily take a minute off my time.  That said, I did CTB on almost every rep, I even no-repped myself a few times.  I believe once or twice I didn't touch the chest, but I was so high above the bar I was ok; either way this was a LOT better than last time.

I paced myself a touch too slow;  I remember last time being completely gassed by the 4th round, I didn't want to lose it so I hit a slow pace.  I started pushing in the 8th round (3 reps), which was a little late.  I should have been going all out at least one or two rounds earlier.

Next time, we should be able to get 11.  Assuming my training continues at the current pace, we should open up in the 6th round (5 reps).  Just doing that should cut 30 seconds off my time.  If I can get a touch better at the CTB pullups, I will easily be down in 11.

Cash Out:
200 Double Unders, finished this at 4:48.  Not my best performance, but I was able to get 16-20 almost every time I started up.  What didn't help was my pants, which I forgot to tie, so they kept falling down.  Need to do this again and get that time down closer to 4.

CTB Pullups - KB Swings - Burpees - Ladder

Buy In:
2 x 50 Double Unders for time

WOD:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
CTB Pullups
1.5 Pood KB Swings
Burpees

Cashout:
Tabata Situps

Results:
Buy In:
38 seconds, 32 seconds.  This was pretty easy, I actually planned on doing 4 rounds, but then quickly realized my shoulders were getting fatigued, and cut it to two.  Next time, we should do a different buy in.

WOD:
Let me start by saying, this workout sucked, really really bad.  After the third round (8 reps), I really wanted to quit.  I don't know if it was the freezing cold of my garage that got me, not working out in a group, or what, but I really wanted to stop.  That said, it took a lot of will power to push through, but I finished.

Here's the kicker in this workout, you have cardio, followed by cardio, followed by cardio.  There is no rest, no muscle fatigue, just really hits your wind.

For the CTB, I probably did about 45 out of the 54 reps actually CTB, the rest of them I got way up, just didn't manage to pull in to touch my chest to the bar.  Every round was broken, I usually started out with 3, then 2s.  I noticed with the CTB that you really gotta attack the bar focusing on using your body to get up.  It's almost a crazy, violent kip to bring you to chest level.  I think this is a general problem with my pullup, I tend to focus more on the pull movement, as opposed to the kip action of knees - hips - drive.

The KB Swings was 55 pounds (1.5 pood), my new toy, and all rounds were unbroken.  No real problems there.

The Burpees sucked.  First, because I was gassed from the CTB and KB swings.  Second, because my legs were a little fried from yesterday.  Regardless, I moved through them slower than I'd like to admit.

In the end, I moved more slowly through the WOD (especially 7-1) than I like to admit.  The silver lining there was I finished, despite a strong impulse to stop.  Finished 14:30, but that should easily be in the low 13s.  I am going to classify this as a 5 star workout, simply because how badly I wanted to give up (which is an indicator about how bad this sucked)  One other note, I did this from home (yay!).

Cash out:
Tabata Situps - Finished 12 in each round, nice little cash out there.