Another fun WOD today... I was really looking forward to both the DU's and KB swings but was (rightfully so) a little fearful of the ring push-ups (so hard).
Skills
3 x 1 minute hollow body rocks
max. L-sit hold
Lots of core work in the skills today. Doing hollow body rocks for a full minute is infinitely harder than just doing a hollow body hold (keep that in mind Coach Pete!). Was challenging though and good. Definitely felt it in the abs and will mostly likely feel it even more tomorrow.
WOD
4 rounds
50 DU's
15 KB Swings (55/35lbs - 24/16kg)
15 ring push-ups
11:19 Rx
This was fun. I was looking forward to the DU's and managed the first and last sets unbroken though they looked very different - the first I was relaxed and in a nice easy rhythym whereas the last was quite ugly and just a struggle to hold on and finish them without stopping. In the middle rounds I only had one stop in each due to fatigue and heavy breathing rather than actually tripping up. They felt good though.
I did all 4 sets of the KB swings unbroken. It was a mental battle more than physical - I had to push myself to keep going even when I wanted to put it down knowing that momentum was on my side if I kept going and that I was physically able to get there (that's what doing 24kg KB swings does - makes the 16kg more managable).
The ring push-ups were HARD. Evil even though also really, really good. I loved the challenge and how they so much resembled the ring dips that I couldn't do at Primal Throwdown. I think at most when I was fresh(er) at the start of each round I could manage a total of 5 before going down into sets of 2 and 3's to finish them off. I definitely want to keep at these though as I can see a ton of benefit in how they'd transition to so many other movements especially with the struggle for stabilising the rings.
Definitely a fun WOD, tough on the forearms but fun. Tomorrow - Crossfit Total (CFT). Again, another benchmark WOD that I have never done before. Can't wait.
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