Training Day 7

1st WOD:

Practice Double Unders for 20 min.

If you have not yet heard of a double under, it is where you jump rope and have the rope pass under you twice before landing again. This is something I've never attempted before and it took a while to get in the right rhythm of jumping and increasing the speed of the rope at the same time. After a while I finally got the hang of it, but of course only in short bursts. I was able to get 14 in a row at one point, but man was it tiring. What made it even more of an effort was that I don't have access(yet) to the Buddy Lee jump rope as the CrossFit athletes do. It's a different kind of jump rope that is supposed to make it easier to turn the rope. I had a lot of fun with it though and it was a great skill experience.

2nd WOD:

5 Rounds for Time of:
5 Pull Ups
25 Wall Balls

My Time - 7:42

This one I really pushed myself on. I was proud of myself actually. I stopped only once in the middle of an exercise to rest, and the remainder of the time I only stopped either when my grip loosened or the the ball dropped from my hands and I allowed it to be at rest. I never was great with pull ups to begin with but I started out with doing 5 in a row and that seemed to be sufficient for the workout. Although I do have to mention that we don't have a pullup bar where you can kip, so if I ever find myself on a playground sometime I'll be sure to practice that skill. Wall balls weren't too bad, just slow to complete but I think that's typical in any workout that includes this exercise.

Nutrition note: The chocolate milk I bought for myself this week was Hy-Vee's 1% and you need to experience the deliciousness of it post-workout. Tastes exactly like a melted chocolate shake.

That's it for today,

Pat