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3 Rep Max Power Clean PR – 9/29/16

Just like it sounds, we had a 3 Rep Max Power Clean, and I PRed it! I went back and tried to find more info on the last time I did Touch and Go cleans, 3 in a row, at this weight and I don’t know that I’ve done it before. So. PR for me! 155lbs.

The rest of the WOD was awful… double unders. But. I can do them, but I’m terrible at them. And the more tired I am, the harder they are for me.

This time though, you couldn’t just sissy out and do double singles, or even triple singles. Nope. You had to do burpees.. and you had to do a certain amount of burpees based on how long you had been doing CF. Me, being a seasoned veteran, had this ridiculously high amount of burpees to do, so I tried so hard to do my DUs.. I tried, and failed. Kept trying. I’m pretty sure I did some damage to my feet, but I kept going.

There’s absolutely no way I did the RX amount of DUs, but I tried. And that’s definitely one way to get us to do more of them! Nobody wants to do burpees…

As many rounds and reps as possible in 14 minutes of:
5/10/15/20/25/30/35/40… Hang Power Clean (115#/75#)
30 Double Unders

I finished 6 + 6.

Even though it was a great power clean complex, the WOD really set me off and furthered my little downward spiral that you’ll read about next. Might I also add… that I had absolutely wrecked my traps from these last couple days.. Traps, neck, shoulders. This was kind of the beginning of the mess I was going through in my head. A defeating WOD, (double unders or burpees? Neither..) It just chipped away at my self esteem, and it was awful.

so sore.. I was so sore that I couldn't even flex for this picture. Seriously sore.
so sore.. I was so sore that I couldn’t even flex for this picture. Seriously sore.

Crossfit Day 602 – More DUs than Ever – 5/19/16

So I am not a double unders connoisseur. I would love to be good at them, but I’m not. I can do some, not a lot. I rarely RX WODs that have them, and today was no different HOWEVER. I did do more DUs than I’ve ever done, simultaneously, and throughout the class. Usually I’ll start out with a few and then say fuck it, I’ll just do singles.. and then go about my day. Nobody questions it, whatever. But today, something clicked and it was AWESOME. It wasn’t a big click, it was a tiny little shove through a doorway into a room where I kind of don’t belong, but everyone knows me.. yeah. Like, hey this is familiar, hey everyone!! Okay yeah hi!! And I stay for a few minutes, and then leave out of awkwardness.

Yes, that’s my relationship with Double Unders.

Well today I stayed a little bit longer. It was still awkward, but I left that room with a smile on my face instead of stomping out the door with sheer frustration.

Holy analogies. Jesus.

So the WOD, right.

12 Min Alternating EMOM

16/13 Calorie Row (pssshhhhhh more like 8 calorie row..)
60 DUs (DU attempts, mostly singles)
ME Front Squats 115/75 (this is my time to shine!!)

The score was total Front Squat reps, so you know, I kinda killed it. I tied with one other girl who did it with RX weight, and she’s amazing.(Kerrin, what’s up!)

Still smiling!

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