Take Two

Saturday, January 12

Warmup:
2 rounds of cals

Workout:
Row 2,000 meters
Total time: 9:12

rest 5 minutes

“Jumping Deck squat Slamball” for 50 reps
Total time: 4:50

AMRAP
L-sit pullups x4
Handstand Pushups x4
Total: 4 rounds in 6 minutes

A great day at CFOT.. a whole load of people were in today, some newbies some old timers and everyone in between! Jerry handed out a sheet of paper with 12 choices of exercies, which basically amounted to a server bringing out the tray of desserts and telling you to pick one... Impossible!

I knew I'd never truly timed myself on the 2,000 meter row, so I picked that one first. I used some of Jerry's coaching tips from earlier this week. I really concentrated on not going up so close to my feet in the catch and really getting a good push out of my heels. Keturah said later, "just think of doing a deadlift on a rowing machine." Loved it. I improved my time tremendously, but there are still some minor tweaks to work out. My time ended me up on the score board, but that just means that everyone else needs to do better because I still suck at rowing!

Next was the jumping desk squat slamball.. Keturah, Elizabeth and I teamed up and slammed the heck out of that one. It was great having some tough, strong women to work with and to push me. These two are some tough chicks!

The Handstand pushups and L sit pullups are pretty challenging. It was the first time I've worked both in an actual workout.. not just goofing around. The pullups are tricky and very tough to do from a dead hang. I can get one true one and then I have to jump down and start again because I won't let my elbows go back to a dead hang, which is otherwise known as cheating. Another form of cheating I did in this little couplet was in the handstand pushups. I can get to about 1 inch from my head touching the ground and then I pushup. If I was following Andrea style I would solidly touch my head to the ground and then push all the way up. It is an incredibly difficult skill to master. I think I'm afraid to go all the way down because I won't be able to push back up again, which isn't truly the worst thing in the world. I was able to get two true handstand pushups.. the others were like doing a real pushup and not letting your chest and chin hit the ground.. (those don't count!)

Thinking about hitting the Exorcist stairs tomorrow. I want to get better at going up and down them. That was my big holding point last week.

Rest Later!