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21-18-15-12-9-6-3: Thrusters / Bar Facing Burpees
This workout was a surprise to nobody but what was unknown was the rep scheme. This is the kind of workout that starts out OK and then turns to shit out of nowhere. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened to me.
I knew that I would have a REALLY tough time if I tried to do the Thruster sets unbroken so I followed my plan of intentionally breaking right from the first set (15 and 6). However; it turns out I should have backed off the pace even more because somewhere around the round of 12 or 9 I felt the wheels start to come off. Not only did the thrusters get very tough but my pace on the burpees fell WAY off to the point where it was embarrassing.
This was a workout where I felt like I killed myself but had nothing to show for it. To everyone watching, it probably looked like I wasn't even trying in the later rounds. I was trying however; I had absolutely nothing left in the tank.
I hate to say it, but I need to do this one again but with a totally different game plan. New approach will be to break the first 3 sets of Thrusters into 3 sets of no more than 9 reps at any point. It occurred to me that most of the time in this workout is in the burpees and you have to be able to maintain a steady pace here because no matter what the cycle time is significant.
My time was 15:13. I had definitely planned to break 15:00 and was really targeting more like 13:00. If I can take about a minute and a half off my time, I will walk away content knowing that I gave it all I had and let the chips fall where they may. Plan to give it another go on Monday.
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