Beep Test

Last July I did my first ever beep test and finished with a score of 6.5.  I was hoping never to have to do another one but I was filled with dread when I saw today's WOD and it had 'Unknown and Unknowable'.  All my fears were proven correct.

However, the first part of the WOD was:

7 rounds of:

1 push press (in a snatch hold behind the neck)

2 Overhead squats

3 snatch balances

 

As I said previously I find overhead squats and squat snatches quite difficult due to some mobility issues and with that in mind I used the junior bar (10 kg) and held that weight.  As first I was pretty uncoordinated but toward 4th or 5th round I started to find my groove with the movement.  It was good to spend the time on technique and as usual I got some good tips from the coaches.

 

And then came the beep test.  I was completely surprised when I got a score of 8.3 and, to be honest, it wasn't because I was puffed but because I'm a slow runner.  I'm pretty happy with that :-)

Beep Test

Today our workout included a 'little something something'.  I hate something somethings!  It's my control freak nature that doesn't like not knowing what the workout is ... it's something I need to learn to get over because life throws things at you that you won't expect.  Normally something something is rowing therefore I was mentally preparing myself to get onto the rower but I was wrong, we had to do a beep test!

I have never done a beep test before although I have seen them on TV so I had the basic gist of what was going to go down.  Of course my brain went into overdrive (doesn't it always!) and I started worrying over the fact that I can't run that fast.  I need to learn that these things aren't a big deal.

I ended up with a score of 6.5.  I was the first to finish and most people got over 7.5 ... I felt like crap.  I have since checked my score on the net and realised that I'm actually in the 'good' category for my age so I shouldn't beat myself up too much.  It kind of explains a couple of things like the fact I get really gassed in my met cons and I guess it is like so many things for me in Crossfit, it's just another thing that I can work on improving.