WOD
5 Rounds
2 Rope Climbs
20 KB Swings (32/20kg)
14:32 Rx
This was challenging – both mentally and physically though
with rope climbs it’s still the mental that I struggle with. Still – ever since the repeated falls from
the second day
of Primal Throwdown 2012 when I fell from the ropes several times. It’s funny though that whenever we do rope
climbs at Southern (the same place the second day of Primal Throwdown took
place) I gravitate toward the same rope that I was on that day – perhaps it’s
to get my confidence back from the rope that stole it. It’s working.
I knew that this one was going to be forearm intensive right
from the start especially with the heavy KB swings. I had a plan going in to break up the sets of
20 right from the start and this helped (it clearly didn’t hurt at least). Ali and I were sharing a rope so we
alternated on the first two climbs and I felt solid on them. It also helped to have a bit of encouragement
from her as well knowing my fear – she did this later on in the WOD too in
passing and it was really nice.
The KB swings were okay at least initially. I threw a few over my head somehow over the
course of the WOD but just tried to keep going when I did. I split the first 3 two rounds into two sets
and then the last 3 I had to rest twice.
It was tough just to hold on to the KB with the way my forearms were
feeling.
The rope climbs overall were good. I managed to get my feet high on each pull –
rock climbing the night before definitely helped (though not with the tiredness
in my forearms). I realized though that
I don’t always trust my feet and because of this when I’m moving my hands up
the rope I’m also gripping the rope in between my thighs which leads to a lot
more rope burn where I don’t want rope burn.
Good to know now and hopefully I can focus on it as I get more
comfortable up there. Rich questioned
why the rope is between my legs at this point rather than running up the side
of my leg which isn’t something I’d considered before – I think it’s more just
what I’m used to from rock climbing – keep the rope in between your arms/ legs
so that you don’t spin out. Lots of good
stuff.
I managed to just sneak in under the 15 minute time
cap. Going into the final round I wasn’t
sure I would finish in time especially as I stared up at the rope and willed
myself enough strength and confidence to get to the top. It’s harder as I get tired to trust that I
can and there was definitely a lot of self motivation going on inside my head
about how I could do it, how I had done it, to trust my feet, big pulls, and
all that. It seemed to work. I
definitely did a bit of a happy dance and a shout of joy which Ali witnessed
when it was over. Sometimes it’s not
about the time on the clock or the weight on the bar, sometimes it’s just about
the confidence and achievement of making it through the WOD (I want to expand
on this theory at some point too).
Oh, and I was honored to be the photo of the day for this workout on the Southern blog - even though it made George want to hate me throughout the workout (it's not *my* fault)... heh.
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| Steph and I representing... haha |
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| Awesome editing... the photo |
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