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Double Unders!

I can say that I am finally getting my double unders under control which is making WODs that include them WAY more enjoyable.

Friday, 2/4/2011

CFCP was closed because of bad weather, but they made a WOD that everyone could do at home:

  • 50 – 40 – 30 – 20 – 10 Double Unders with 10 burpess between each set

My time on this one  was 8:15. NOT BAD! I was really happy with how my double unders went! I think that my smallest string was 8 or something like that.

 

Monday, 2/7/2011

WODDING in a hotel is always fun. Ryon and I scoped out the weight room and there was ample space for the following (I suggested to Dave, then he added the tweak on the double unders):

10x

  • 10 push ups
  • 10 sit ups
  • 10 air squats
  • 10 double unders (must be unbroken to count – this was Dave’s addition)

I didn’t time this one as Ryon and I were sharing the rope, but it felt like right around 9-11 minutes. Nice little lung burner. I really thought that I would have a lot of problems with the unbroken DU’s, but I will be damned if I only messed up on 2 sets! WOW!

 

Tuesday, 2/8/2011

Ryon asked if I wanted to try some weight under load stuff. It sounded interesting so, of course, I wanted to! We did the following four exercises:

  • Back Squat
  • Lat Pull Down
  • Shoulder Press
  • Bench Press

For each of these, we used a 10 second up, 10 second down scheme until failure. 2 sets each. I think for the most part, I was able to go for 1 – 2 minutes on each exercise. It was a lot of fun, and really interesting to try something different. I would like to incorporate this in 1x/week, but I’ll talk to Dave about that.

Hotel Bear

I have a love/hate relationship with working out when I am on the road. I hate it because you are subjected to what most hotels think is an “exercise room” with little no actual equipment aside from a treadmill and a bike. I love it because it’s fun to come up with WODs that don’t really use much equipment. Also, sometimes you get looks where people are clearly thinking “what the hell is he doing??!”. That’s kinda fun.

Anyway. This hotel actually had some dumbbells, so for some terrible reason, I decided a “Dumbbell Bear” was in order. Why, oh why?

I decided to do a 15 minute AMRAP with 35#. I tried a round with the 40’s and it wasn’t really pretty.

I got in 10 full rounds on the dot and was breathing hard the whole time. I don’t want to do this again for a while.

Hotel Bear

I have a love/hate relationship with working out when I am on the road. I hate it because you are subjected to what most hotels think is an “exercise room” with little no actual equipment aside from a treadmill and a bike. I love it because it’s fun to come up with WODs that don’t really use much equipment. Also, sometimes you get looks where people are clearly thinking “what the hell is he doing??!”. That’s kinda fun.

Anyway. This hotel actually had some dumbbells, so for some terrible reason, I decided a “Dumbbell Bear” was in order. Why, oh why?

I decided to do a 15 minute AMRAP with 35#. I tried a round with the 40’s and it wasn’t really pretty.

I got in 10 full rounds on the dot and was breathing hard the whole time. I don’t want to do this again for a while.