This is around where we started doing weird Wendler-ness. Previously we’d concentrate on 2 – 4 lifts, depending on when or how often you went to class per week (I go three times per week, therefore I could practice three lifts). However, new coach Andy rigged the schedule so that people who went thrice weekly could somehow fit all of the lifts in. I’m still not quite sure how it worked out, but yes, I was doing squats, deadlifts, bench press, press, and maybe another one? Because bench is new. I love bench. It’s my favorite, and I’m so much better at it than I was 10 (or 15) years ago, when I didn’t know what I was doing. As I won’t remember to write this when I review July’s workouts, I PR’d my bench press today, at 95# (I tried and failed 100#). “95 pounds is respectable,” Ruth, my partner said to me. It is.
Gah! Running. Always with the running.
Gah! Rowing. Always with the rowing.
I’m pretty sure the “Finisher” was, like, “Do it again!” There was at least one Not-WOD like that. I’ll have to find it …
Wait, maybe THIS was that “Do it again” one … Coach Andy has a pesky way of not sharing everything at the beginning.
I did Half-Murph. It was long. My push ups were crap near the end. My time was around 20-25 minutes.
What is Ring Plank, you ask? No, not some weird disease. It’s a plank, on rings! It’s hard. Arms are shaking and balance is iffy.
I don’t think I did more than 2 rounds.
“Alt Pull Ups” are the “commando” ones, very G.I. Jane. Tricky Coach Andy secretly replaced my 15# plate with a 25# plate while I was out running. “You’re stronger than you think you are” is a comment I have received on more than one occasion. “I don’t want to injure myself” is a reply I have given on more than one occasion. This was okay, though.
Not-Fran. Really, it’s not Fran, because there are these nutty box jumps in the middle.
These are not a few of my favorite things.