Training 2.2

Today's Mainsite workout was pretty brutal. In addition with some gymnastics work I'd say my butt is officially kicked.

Mainsite WOD

"Pheezy"
Three rounds for time of:
165 pound Front squat, 5 reps - Substituted for 105lbs
18 Pull-ups
225 pound Deadlift, 5 reps
18 Toes-to-bar
165 pound Push jerk, 5 reps - Substituted for 105lbs
18 Hand-release push-ups

Time - 23:26

This was just all heavy for me. The front squats weren't bad, but the pull ups took a lot out of me. Months ago my max deadlift was 225lbs,  so I figured I was stronger now to crank out 5 reps. I ended up having to do 1 deadlift and letting the bar drop because there was no way I could have controlled it back down. Toes-to-bar were tiring. At least this time I was able to use the kip I've been practicing. Although it was at this point that I noticed some callus coming off of my hand so I had to go grab some wrap and some gloves. Don't worry, no blood came from it, all dead skin. So after my little pause there I went to the push-jerk. This is why I needed to substitute the weight for the bar on both this exercise and the front squat. If you recall from yesterday, my max is 155lbs so I had to aim for the substitution. It wasn't terrible really, but still exhausting. Hand-release push ups sucked. Your momentum stops after you release and it's tough to get it back going again. But after 3 long rounds of this workout, it was finished and that's really all that matters to me right now.


Gymnastics WOD

For QUALITY

5 ROUNDS:

• Hold L Hang for 30 seconds
• Superman Rock for 30 seconds

So the phrase "For Quality" just means that intead of trying to race back and forth between exercises, I just did 5 rounds of practicing the movements and making them "quality" movements. The L-Hang is like it sounds, you hang from a pull up bar and raise your legs to form and "L" shape. This I actually substituted for a hanging knee raise-hold since it was difficult to extend my legs all the way out. The superman rocks were fine though. Simple enough.

Another day in the books and I'm humbled once more. You can only progress with each day!

-Pat