Friday March 13, 2015

Opens WOD 15.3 (First attempt)

Big time nerves today for some reason. Felt a lot of pressure to do well on this workout because I thought it was one I'd do well on. Well, I guess I was wrong. The workout was

14:00 AMRAP of

7 Muscle Ups
50 Wall Balls
100 Double Unders

I was kind of concerned when I saw Double Unders because I am not as good at them as I used to be and they tend to make my heart rate spike at high reps. Wall Balls I am very comfortable with. Muscle Ups are the wild card. When I'm in the groove, I am pretty decent at them. But when I'm really fatigued my technique goes to shit and I REALLY struggle. Today was one of those days unfortunately.

First round I went out at a pretty aggressive pace -split the M/U's into 3/2/2, WB's into 25/25 and Dubs into 50/50 with a few misses here and there. Finished first round in under 4:30 which was exactly my target pace. However; my H/R was racing going into round 2 and I was already breaking M/U's into singles. Wall Balls, started off with a big set of 20 but then became 10's after that. Dubs were kind of a blur. I think I banged out a decent set of 25 or so then struggled to string together 10's!! Finished them with about 2:30 left and the Muscle Ups were a grind at that point. I only managed to make 5 attempts and I think I missed my last 3. Fucking awful. Was really frustrated, angry, depressed after the way this went. In fact, I'm rethinking my whole outlook toward CrossFit.

I may think of myself as a competitive Crossfitter but am I really? I have so many holes in my game and don't seem to have the time or space in my life to put the work in to fix every one. Is it time to walk away from all the competition and just get back to the original reason I started CrossFit - to stay in great shape.