Friday March 22, 2013

Opens WOD 13.3, First attempt
     - AMRAP 12:00 of...
     150 Wall-Balls
     90 Double-Unders
     30 Muscle-Ups


Aside from the usual nerves going into one of these workouts, I really expected to do very well on this one. This was mostly because I did it last year and did well and also because these are 3 movements that I'm typically very good at.

Gameplan going in was to finish the wall-balls in just over 6:00 and the Double-Unders in a little under 8:30. I partitioned the Wall-Balls as 25-25-25-25-15-15-10 and planned to take exactly :10 of rest between sets.

My plan started to go awry right around the 100 rep mark on the Wall-Balls. I was breathing heavy and unable to slow my heart rate. Just the same I got through the WB's right around the 6:30 mark, took about :20 before the Double-Unders and started my first set. After missing my second Double-Under, I banged out a big set of almost 50.....BIG mistake!! After that one big set, it was extremely choppy. I was missing frequently, getting frustrated and not taking long enough to recover. Oddly enough, the Double-Unders is exactly where things fell apart for me.

After finishing my 90th Double-Under in just over 9:00 (BRUTAL!). I attempted my first Muscle-Up.....MISS!! Uh-oh, not a good sign. For the remainder of the 12:00 I proceeded to make one successful M/U and miss at least 3 more.

With about a minute left, I more or less tapped out on this workout. I figured that no matter what I was going to have to redo it and no matter what I was going to do better so why wear myself out attempting more M/U's.

This was an extremely humbling experience and I really started to doubt myself and my whole goal of trying to qualify for the CF Games. I decided that I needed an entire day away from the gym to get my mind and body right to take a 2nd shot at this.