Last night I was debating staying out late (past 10pm gasp!) or going home to go to bed on time for crossfit. I made the error of looking up the WOD. It looked like no fun, but it also looked doable enough. I grappled all night with sleeping in vs going to the gym, which was probably worse than just staying out late. Anywho I made it in, did the WOD, and all is good now.
Pre-WOD was throwing slam balls behind our backs for distance. I threw the 20lb ball 80 inches 3 times in a row, so I accepted that as my score. Interested to see how I improve in the future.
The WOD was 3 rounds for time:
- 25 Russian KB swings @ 12kg
- 20 burpees
Burpees are not my thing. I am slow and inefficient and they drain everything from me. I’ve been doing 10 a day to practice them, but I still struggle to move through them quickly. For that reason, I feared this WOD would take me around 20-25 minutes. I actually ended up surprising myself and finished in 13:02!
Kettlebell swings actually felt pretty good. The first and third rounds I did my sets of 25 unbroken even! I’ve been practicing getting the 12kg KB overhead for American swings, so to only have to go up to chest level today made it a lot easier on me.
Burpees were what slowed me down, but I am proud I did all 60. On my last 20 I was in the zone and just kept chugging through them. I was the last one to finish so the rest of the class was cheering me on. It felt pretty cool. After today’s WOD I am up to 1035 burpees YTD. Feeling pretty pumped about having broke 1000!
