Today's WOD seemed interesting. Ever since I bombed "Linda", I've been afraid of hurting my back with crappy deadlifts.
Although I'm definitely strong enough to deadlift well over 200#, today's training session was a total mental and skill game.
MetCon @ 21/18/15/12/9/6/3 reps for time (9:43 ... I know, it's crap)
- Deadlift (105#)
- Box jump (20"/12")
In spite of the low weight, the first 2 rounds were a bit slow because I was so afraid of arching my back. Once I hit round 3, I found my rythym and the weight was no longer a problem - just the time I was losing.
I also managed to bomb the box jumps pretty good (they are bane of my existence, I might add) and then have to lower them so that I didn't fail.
Ended up stepping reps here and there and dropping from 20" to 12". It was a humbling struggle but my partner kept me going. Nothing like a few military salty-dogs and jarheads barking at you to move your silverback ass.
I'm going to go back to practicing ashtanga again - yoga is a great thing to do for balance, flexibility, and functional strength. I also need to keep working on my suck-list. Which is long and embarrassing ... more later.
All in all, the pain was delicious and I'll be back for more on Friday. Tomorrow is a rest day, but I'm going to visit the pull-up and running monsters and have a little tousle.
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