WOD 2 announced

For 2 minutes the team accumulates as many double unders as possible (scaled is plate burpees)

Immediately following each partner has to do 3x250m row, switching off as they go. 9 minutes to finish this.


This is pretty much right in my wheelhouse. I'm not in great cardio shape, but I'm good in short bursts where there is built in rest. My 500m best is about 1:35, so I'm guessing I can do 250 in 40 seconds or so.

Score is the added combination of both rower's WORST interval. You get seconds deducted based on number of DUs/Burpees completed.

Thank you!

Ashlando, it's a 4 minute time cap per athlete. So this week I will find a weight I KNOW I can do without fail and do that first, then I think in that time I'll get two more shots at more weight (doing the complex, switching weights, etc)

So I went and did 5x250m rows with 1:30 rest in between at 47, 48.3, 48.3, 49.4, 47.2.

If I can nail 47 for my slowest of 3 heats I'd take it.

We have nine minutes to both do 3 250m rows, slowest ones are added together for our time.

So for me call it 1 minute with getting off the machine afterwards, her 1:30. Just doing our heats will take 7:30 and leave us an extra 1:30 to rest. I will probably save most of it for the last one.

ideally the last person to row finishes their heat as the 9 minute cap is coming up to fully use the rest.

Recap:

it was fun, we finished near the bottom but were expecting that. There were some super fit teams competing in Scaled that probably should have been in RX, but oh well.

First WOD (barbell complex) we were dead last. Just stunk. I was hoping to get 135 as I'd managed 125 in practice. No such luck. My weaker left leg refused to stand up after the second lunge. Finished 22nd out of 22 teams

Second WOD was fun. Got 30+ burpees. With 20 seconds left I thought my partner could get to 40. She couldn't. Should have shut her down and saved it for the row, but that's life. I hit 45, 46.7 and 46.3 for my times. She was at 1 minute, 1:06, 1:05.

I beat what I'd tested at his week so I was happy. Her form needs some work but I was not about to correct her during the competition. We finished 17th.

2rd WOD. The only tough part for me was the run. And it wasn't hard, i'm just slow. Me and one other girl were last two in from the run. Partner did the push ups slow but steady, I did the swings unbroken (see new picture) then she went through the box jump overs at a good pace and I flew through the med ball sit ups. We finished 21st, but just behind a few teams and way ahead of the last place team.

The floater WOD (woman does high sled push, man does low sled push x2 then reps on C&J or tireflips)

TONS of guys had problems even moving the sled. So much so that initially it had two 45s and two 25s on it. They ended up taking off the two 25s and it didn't help anyone at all.

I think two things were at play. I think a few of these boxes do not have a sled and were unfamiliar how it moves and what the best form is. Second, Reebok Nanos. The models that have the plastic-like toe box do NOT grip on pavement. A lot of guys were spinning their wheels.

Also the girls pushed slightly down hill, guys slightly uphill.

My partner had some problems moving the sled just because she's small but one we got her form right she had it. I ran with the damned the thing. Thank you, New Balance Minimus with your fantastic grip, even a year into things.

My partner only got off three clean and jerks before the 90 second time cap, but the fact that we had any reps at all got us into 6th place. No team below us got a single rep.

And after I did it I was thinking "If I flew in Kelly for this one we would have been dropping people's jaws in awe of our skills"

Heres a review of my comp -

Overall not well run. We did WOD 2/3 starting at around 10am, didnt WOD again for 3+ hours, then again for 3+ hrs. Scoring went down, so we left at almost 7pm not knowing who won, scoring was not posted until wed of last week from Saturday.

WOD 2 and 3: two sep.scores.
15 minutes to complete:
RX: 1 mile run; 6 attempts at a 1 rep max Full clean for each teammate
Sc: 1/2 mile run; 6 attempts at a 1 rep max Full clean for each teammate

Partner and i did well though got 12th of 14 - I finished in 4 mins, but our score was 4:26, slower persons time.
Pulled 140# on the clean partner puled 110# so 250 combined for a 4th place tie.

WOD 1:
Death by Shoulder to OH. RX 155/115, Sc 95/65
First minute 3 reps, 2nd minute-4, 3rd -5, 4th-6, 5th-7, 6th-8, 7th - 9, 8th - 10; and then 2 min AMRAP (not clear if the AMRAP is STO or something else yet)

Changed up the WOD due to the timing issues - so Partner A did 3-5-7-9 and B did 4-6-8, then each AMRAP'd I got 29 with 3 no reps, partner got 11 and dropped the bar with time left. This hurt us rank wise.

WOD 4:
50 yard burpee broad jumps, 50 deadlifts (RX: 225/155, Sc:135/95), 50 yard sprint, 50 pull-ups/ring rows. 10 minute time cap

Crazy WOD - the burpee broad jumps were something to watch, and were pretty hard with footing. finished in 5:23 for a 13th place finish.

Overall goood workouts suited for me, but really just cant play with the big boys and we came in tied for 13th. Disappointing bc head to head with the other team from our gym, we were 2-1-1 in the work outs, but their points on the STO put them ahead of us.
Likely hanging up my CF comp shoes going forward and going power lifting/strongwoman. I Hate coming in last, so i need to move on to something I feel more competitive with.

I would do that (focus on the powerlifting) and then maybe try another comp down the road. The powerlifting will be a huge help. I don't get all that competitive at these because I still have a long way to go before I'd consider myself to be in good shape. Once I get there I'll let that dog off the leash.