Barbara

Today I had my third go at the WOD Barbara:

5 Rounds for Time:

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20 Pull Ups

30 Push Ups

40 Sit Ups

50 Squats

* Rest 3min between each round

 

I felt really flat today.  I think it was a combination of my whole body being fatigued from all the overhead squats I have done the last couple of days as well as the mental fatigue from attempting and subsequently failing all those lifts.  I kept the same scaling as the last time I did this workout.

 

Date	Time	Number of Rounds	Extrapolated Time	Pull up Option	Push Up Option
24/04/2012	0:22:51	3	0:38:05	Jumping Pull Ups	Knee Push ups
13/11/2013	0:33:15	4	0:41:34	Orange band	Bench
12/03/2014	0:42:30	5	0:42:30	Orange band	Bench

 

My time has gotten a little worse but it's not too bad.  I found the pull ups harder than normal and I had to break them fairly early on as I did with the push ups.  It does make it a bit difficult to see the true story when I'm using extrapolated data but I do believe I was slower today as I further along at the 40 minute mark last time before I was cut off.

Barbara

Today was another benchmark Wednesday.  Today was Barbara:

5 Rounds for Time:

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20 Pull Ups

30 Push Ups

40 Sit Ups

50 Squats

* Rest 3min between each round

I did Barbara waaaaay back when I first started and looking back on the stats I did 3 rounds in 22:51 with jumping pull ups and knee push ups as my scaling.

Today I decided to do full rounds and reps (we were given the option of scaling the number of reps for each exercise) and use an orange band as well as bench push ups.  Cam, our coach, told me there was a 40 minute cut off and I felt like I had my scaling right to achieve this target.

It wasn't until I got into the workout that I realised that I got it wrong and I spent a bit too much time on my push ups.  Push ups are always my limiting factor in these workouts and maybe I should have gone back to knees to try and pump out the reps quicker.  I did a quick calculation and realised that I wasn't going to make the 40 minute cut off.

I recorded my time at 4 rounds at 33:15 knowing that I wasn't going to get all the reps done in under 4 minutes (after the 3 minute rest time) but I continued to try and get as many reps as possible.  I fell 63 reps short.  I didn't realise that the clock was still ticking over and that I could have completed the workout but I might do the rest at home later.  If I extrapolated the data I would have gotten the workout done in 41:33 ... so close!  All good though, I was happy that I pushed myself and tried to do all the reps.