What better way to get back into this little blog then by
smashing a WOD, a much needed (non-competitive) win. It was one of those days.
And also, when friends note how they still check this space
it’s a good reminder that you enjoy writing and to get back at it (thanks Mike
J.)
First let’s talk
about how I’m kind of broken right now… I dealt with my nagging shoulder issues
for months now and never bothered to do anything about it mostly because I hate
stopping and I know that the only real solution is rest – complete and utter
rest – and an abusive relationship with my physio but that’s another story
(love you Andrew).
Spent the morning
getting needled and swearing out loud (see, not a positive relationship at all)
and having a dead achy shoulder all day long.
I knew that I’d be subbing in the WOD.
Strength
3-3-3
Strict press
17.5-15-16-17.5(2)
Minh and I were
both down a shoulder so we were instructed to do one arm dumbbell presses. It worked well though 17.5 was really hard (I
did it in the warmup time just to see if I could) then 15kg was pretty easy so
I switched to 16kg KB for the last set then gave 17.5kg a go again just to see
if I could (I couldn’t – the second rep even was crap) – still made it work.
WOD
21-15-9
Chest to overhead
(60/42.5)
Deadlift (60/42.5)
200m run
6:16 (15kg DB/ Rx/ Rx)
Again, used a db for the WOD and did all one arm chest
to overhead. The 15kg was a solid weight
even though I managed to go unbroken throughout it was still a struggle
physically though my mental strength got me through (especially when I saw
others putting the bar down). The deadlifts
were good, not too heavy but still taxing.
Had to keep reminding myself to breath.
And the runs were good – 200m isn’t a bad distance. It wasn’t far enough for the fast boys just
behind me to catch up so I managed to win the heat – and while I know it’s not
a competition it was just one of those days where I needed the win
personally. It was a shit day and I felt
strong and solid and gave everything in that wod and it paid off.
Thankfully too it stopped raining between the start
of class and the WOD otherwise we would have had to row (and I would have had
50 DU’s to do instead – though that might have been fun too).
Also, the final inspiration of this post was to note
how my words were used against me last night – and it was a good thing. I think it might have been when I was trying
the 17.5kg db again at the end that I said ‘I can’t do it for three’ and Mingh
turned to me and said ‘you’ve already talked yourself out of it, there’s no way
you’ll do it now’ and I had to change my mindset before picking it up. He has a point, it makes a HUGE difference – believe
in ourselves and though it’s easy to forget sometimes in the moment it was a
reminder I needed. I think it also
helped me during the WOD to push through my perceived mental barriers and keep
grinding out the remaining reps each set rather than resting. Thanks Minh.
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