After Friday's and Monday's "stanky leg," squat heavy workouts, our legs needed a break! So thank goodness today's WOD featured movements that focused more on our arms.
Today's workout was also focused on building skills, particularly the double-under.
For time:
21-15-9-9-15-21
Strict press
Double-unders
The lightest bar we have is the 33# barbell, so that's what I had to work with. Strict presses are tough since you can't use your legs at all. I figured I'd just go slowly on the presses and then rip through the double-unders, and that's exactly what happened.
I started out strong on the presses, busting out 11 or so in a row. The next few rounds I only managed 5-6 in a row, and had to drop the bar to the floor a lot more than simply resting it on my chest to take a break. Dropping it to the floor is more tiring because then you have to clean it back up to the rack position...but I guess that's just what happens when your arms just give out.
The double-unders went by quickly, despite how bad my shoulders were screaming. I set a new personal record today for unbroken double-unders: 19 in a row! Pretty impressive. I finished in 10:12, I think in part because I started rushing towards the end to get sub-10 and tripped up on my rope skills.
I sort of got my first taste of coaching today during the warm-up! We did 3 straight minutes of single skips and then had 7 minutes to work on double-unders. A new member that just joined around Christmas time had never done double-unders, so I gave her all the typical points: work on speed, minimal wrist and arm movement, try to to jump and tuck your legs, pike your feet instead, etc. And she actually got a double-under! How rewarding to see your tips and advice have results!
And in other good and yummy news: I made frittata this morning for breakfast with my brand new nonstick omlette skillets HOORAY! I'll try to post the recipe later this week with pictures, it was mighty tasty.
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