Aiming High

Wednesday, April 29;

The skillful archer, who seeing that the object he would hit is distant, and knowing the range of his bow, takes aim much above the destined mark; not designing that his arrow should strike to high, but that flying high it may alight at the point intended.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

I generally wouldn't qualify Machiavelli as an inspirational philosopher. He's a realist. A believer in plotting and gaming the system, but he has some powerful advice. Set goals and do what you have to do to achieve them.

It's been quite a day. I'm just two classes away from finishing a semester that felt like it would never end. And the good old Adrienne is slowly but surely returning to the gym. Pullups have been a few months in the making. I started with jumping pullups, then moved to pullups with bands and ring rows, and finally real pullups. Last week I banged out 60 pullups in one workout, and this morning I did 77 pullups and became the proud owner of my first post surgery callous tear! Yay.

Before we started this workout, Jerry suggested that the women try to stay in double digits with our pullups. I laughed and thought, "right!" As I worked my way through the pullups and runs, I realized that I may actually be able to keep my pullups in double digits!! I got 12 in my first set. Then I maintained 10 reps for all of the following rounds, except my last full round (14 in that one). After I finished I realized that I may have sold myself short. I had a decent total, 77 pullups. Imagine how many I could have gotten if I had aimed higher. Not just double digits, but the most double digits I could have gotten. I admit, it's good to be careful, but also aim high in order to reach your goals. Sometimes you may even exceed them.

Warmup:

3 rounds

20 Double Unders (I can do them, but I can't count them..)

20 Abmat Situps

WOD:

AMRAP in 22 minutes

Max pullups (as many as you can without getting off of the bar)

400 meter run

Pullups - 12, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 14, 1 (the last pullup was at the buzzer)

(14 pullups is my post surgery PR)