Coach H was not there to do burpees with me at that hour of the night, but I did see her yesterday when I went in and she informed me that she'd been anxious all weekend over the impending burpees. So we did them during my warm up yesterday. It was awful and I lost count a few times, but I feel like I suffered enough to make up for the pistachio flan from the other day.
Here's what else we did last night:
Warm Up:
Ten Minutes
-25 Burpees
-10 PVC Pass Throughs
-10 PVC Good Mornings
-50 Flutter Kicks
I didn't follow the prescribed warm up because of the burpees, but I was certainly warmed up by the time we got to our skill work. Yesterday marked the start of a new process too. The box is now going to devote more of the class time to the skill work and improving lifting technique. It used to be a rather hurried about 10 minutes, but now it's more like twenty and I think that's going to do a lot to improve people's PRs.
Skill:
Cleans
-3 Hang Clean
-3 Lower Thigh Cleans
-3 Power Cleans to 2 Front Squats
Worked up to 52lbs, but I can't really Hang Clean that much weight, and so I got pretty sloppy and called it a day. My PR for Deadlifting is 83lbs, and so for the WOD I wanted to get up to a higher weight than I usually use for the workouts. I set up with 72lbs, which was a little over half the prescribed weight for ladies (135).
WOD:
21-15-9
-Knees to Elbows into Kipping Pull Up (I have noticed that K2E requires a little more active hanging strength than I've got, so I think that's why I find Toes to Bar a bit easier ["I" says that I "Pike" them, which is apparently pretty cool]. I also used a box to jump into my Pull Ups.)
-Deadlift
-1 Minute Plank
Time: 11:34 or was it 12:34? Really... I need to write this stuff down. I have that nifty journal that Coworker K gave me. Why don't I use it?
After the WOD, I worked on chest "with" my buddy "I" and another young man who I was not introduced to . I ended up doing 120 Push Ups from my knees and another 20 rather shaky and wimpy regular Push Ups. I did a few more planks, some of them with my weight pushed forward until I was putting more pressure on my shoulders and nearly falling on my face. I also added on 100 triceps dips. I am hyper extending my elbows during most of this stuff, which was what I really tried to focus on during my planking (lol). I am hoping the development of stronger muscles will keep me from doing that once I gain a little more control.
I'm not sore today the way I thought I'd be. My shoulders are a little stiff, but otherwise I feel good. I'm worried how tomorrow will turn out...
So I've noticed something about going to the afternoon classes: I don't like it as much. While it's nice to not have to rush off to the office after my workout and being able to stay and do extra work, it doesn't make up for the fact that I feel awkward. I don't know the evening coaches as well, and I'm a little self-conscious when I do things. I guess I'm just a little outside my comfort zone without the usual 6 AM people around.
I know it sounds silly, but I was super intimidated yesterday as I was working on my cleans because there was a man waiting for the next class to start (he was very early) and sitting on the couch facing me. Every time I looked up, I'd accidentally meet his eyes, and by golly, it's EXTRA awkward to fail to do a hang clean when you get the impression someone is watching you. I'm sure he wasn't, because... why? But I was still feeling awkward.
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| What, I don't look like someone you can trust not to drop a barbell on your toe? |
I think I'll stick to the mornings when there are fewer people around and where I can do my punishment burpees in peace.
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