Day 138 (Monday, 11/19/12).
185 x1
2012 CrossFit Regionals - WOD 4
For Time:
50 Back Squats (135)
40 Pull-ups
30 Shoulder to Overhead (135)
50 Front Squat (85)
40 Pull-ups
30 Shoulder to Overhead (85)
50 Overhead Squats (65)
40 Pull-ups
30 Shoulder to Overhead (65)
*22 minute cap
*Results: I got through 11 pull-ups on the final round. So I was 58 reps short of completion.
Rich Froning Jr finished in 15:29, I knew I wasn't going to come close to that, but I thought I would at least finish... I did the back squats unbroken, first round of pull-ups in 2 sets of 20 and the first round of S2O in 3 sets of 10; that was my plan for the first round, and I finished that first round in like 7:30... The front squats and overhead squats did nothing to my legs, but my shoulders were COOKED after the 135 presses. Pull-ups were fine until the last round, my hands were soaked and I didn't have enough time to chalk up.
If I do this WOD again, I think my strategy would be the same except for the 135 presses... I'll do 10-10-5-5. And I will try to only break the front squats into 2 sets of 25.
I was watching you out of the corner of my eye during my workout and it seemed like you went off really hard and fast. Would you do so again, if you were to do the WOD again?
ReplyDeleteI would still try to do the back squats unbroken again, but not as fast. Pull-ups the same, but definitely not nearly as fast on the first round of shoulder to overhead. That was definitely the weak link in my strategy.
DeleteWe'll see if Chris makes us do it again...