It was raining, so I rowed 1000m repeats. Holy fuck me. That was a lot like doing Fran 4 times in a row. Not the same kind of muscular loading,but definitely similar cardio loading. Damper on 4 for first two 1 third and then 6 on round four. 3:38,3:45,3:58,3:45
Putting the damper on 1 is crazy. It is like pushing on a string. No matter how hard you pull, the erg just doesn't seem to go.
Justin, I thought of subbing rowing, but I wanted to pound my legs and my biceps are really sore. Rowing sprints (especially 4 1K's) are heinous. When Chris was out here we did 3 of those and we were hurting.
I think the biceps are really sore from the accumulative effect of having the 105 wall balls thrown into the middle of the "7's" WOD as well as 7 rowing sprints? I can't (shouldn't) run, but you already know that, so I did this.
AMRAP in 20 mins wearing a 20 lb vest: 25 squats 25 GHDs (not all the way down, can't do that either) 25 walking lunges knees to concrete 25 back extensions
I only got 4 rounds + squats and 12 situps. Finished out the remaining 13 situps. I focused a lot of attention on full ROM and solid form instead of just trying to go as fast as possible. But I did try to go fast too.
That vest makes a world of difference. I'll be feeling that one tomorrow. Good stuff.
I'm hoping to get into the gym tonight. I've been going nuts the past few days dealing with the whole "move" thing. The moving company that I had hired kept giving me the "you're our top priority" speech before never showing up or calling me as of yesterday. So, Monday, I ended up getting a hitch installed on my Jeep then getting some friends to help me move all my shit to another friend's garage. Now, I'm working on getting a U-Haul trailer to make the trip north.
Also, I dealt with my horrible landlord yesterday turning in the keys. I'm pretty sure that's going to turn into a shit storm here in about a week.
Lastly, I've been tryin to get a proctored exam set up with Gonzaga/U of Houston. This has been like pulling teeth, but I think that I finally have everything set up so that I can take the test this afternoon.
Long (LONG) story short, I've been crazy lately and haven't made it into the gym. Hopefully tonight, I can punish myself with a double or triple.
Nice work Justin. I always set my erg damper on 3; for me that best matches water work and what I always used back when I competed.
I hit the road for this WOD. There's an almost exactly 1/2-mile stretch behind my house, although it has a slight slope to it such that I went down-up-down-up and it showed up in my times. Still snail-slow, but at least I'm starting to get some more running in as the summer heats up.
3:30/3:55/3:40/4:10
~3mins rest between sets. I felt fully recovered at the beginning of each run, but the last one had a couple of retches about halfway through. Ugh.
The stats test was harder than I had hoped it would be. And, I got the U-Haul set up and my security deposit back from the movers. So, things are starting to look up.
Only going to be able to get a double in tonight.
4 x 800m - 3:59, 3:56, 3:58, 3:56 Had to literally sprint to finish sub-4 on the first one. So, I upped the pace on the next ones, but still didn't gain as much time as I thought I would overall.
Did the 5x5 sp's between runs.
135, 155, 165x4, 175x3, 185x1 These got progressively harder as I continued on tonight.
I'm going to the dog races as a bit of a going away party with some guys from work tomorrow night. And, the Cubs are in town for the weekend!! So, I might make it in Saturday afternoon. Otherwise, I pack up Sunday night, and ship out Monday morning!
WODoers:
ReplyDeleteIt was raining, so I rowed 1000m repeats. Holy fuck me. That was a lot like doing Fran 4 times in a row. Not the same kind of muscular loading,but definitely similar cardio loading.
Damper on 4 for first two 1 third and then 6 on round four.
3:38,3:45,3:58,3:45
Putting the damper on 1 is crazy. It is like pushing on a string. No matter how hard you pull, the erg just doesn't seem to go.
Justin, I thought of subbing rowing, but I wanted to pound my legs and my biceps are really sore. Rowing sprints (especially 4 1K's) are heinous. When Chris was out here we did 3 of those and we were hurting.
ReplyDeleteI think the biceps are really sore from the accumulative effect of having the 105 wall balls thrown into the middle of the "7's" WOD as well as 7 rowing sprints? I can't (shouldn't) run, but you already know that, so I did this.
AMRAP in 20 mins wearing a 20 lb vest:
25 squats
25 GHDs (not all the way down, can't do that either)
25 walking lunges knees to concrete
25 back extensions
I only got 4 rounds + squats and 12 situps. Finished out the remaining 13 situps. I focused a lot of attention on full ROM and solid form instead of just trying to go as fast as possible. But I did try to go fast too.
That vest makes a world of difference. I'll be feeling that one tomorrow. Good stuff.
Oh and Justin... I think I'm going to have to try to gun you down on the rowing sprint times this week, you did good!
ReplyDeleteTomorrow I'll prolly do a pushing WOD, then Friday I'll do this rowing fun, unless there is something really bad ass on main site that I can do.
I'm hoping to get into the gym tonight. I've been going nuts the past few days dealing with the whole "move" thing. The moving company that I had hired kept giving me the "you're our top priority" speech before never showing up or calling me as of yesterday. So, Monday, I ended up getting a hitch installed on my Jeep then getting some friends to help me move all my shit to another friend's garage. Now, I'm working on getting a U-Haul trailer to make the trip north.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I dealt with my horrible landlord yesterday turning in the keys. I'm pretty sure that's going to turn into a shit storm here in about a week.
Lastly, I've been tryin to get a proctored exam set up with Gonzaga/U of Houston. This has been like pulling teeth, but I think that I finally have everything set up so that I can take the test this afternoon.
Long (LONG) story short, I've been crazy lately and haven't made it into the gym. Hopefully tonight, I can punish myself with a double or triple.
Later.
Nice work Justin. I always set my erg damper on 3; for me that best matches water work and what I always used back when I competed.
ReplyDeleteI hit the road for this WOD. There's an almost exactly 1/2-mile stretch behind my house, although it has a slight slope to it such that I went down-up-down-up and it showed up in my times. Still snail-slow, but at least I'm starting to get some more running in as the summer heats up.
3:30/3:55/3:40/4:10
~3mins rest between sets. I felt fully recovered at the beginning of each run, but the last one had a couple of retches about halfway through. Ugh.
The stats test was harder than I had hoped it would be. And, I got the U-Haul set up and my security deposit back from the movers. So, things are starting to look up.
ReplyDeleteOnly going to be able to get a double in tonight.
4 x 800m - 3:59, 3:56, 3:58, 3:56
Had to literally sprint to finish sub-4 on the first one. So, I upped the pace on the next ones, but still didn't gain as much time as I thought I would overall.
Did the 5x5 sp's between runs.
135, 155, 165x4, 175x3, 185x1
These got progressively harder as I continued on tonight.
I'm going to the dog races as a bit of a going away party with some guys from work tomorrow night. And, the Cubs are in town for the weekend!! So, I might make it in Saturday afternoon. Otherwise, I pack up Sunday night, and ship out Monday morning!
Later fellas.
Mikey, do you know how you did on the stats test? Congrats on the move!
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