My mind defeated me on Wednesday night. The WOD was Death by Double Burpees. Every minute on the minute we had to a set of burpees, and the number of reps went up by 2 each minute (1st min =2, 2nd min =4, 3rd min = 6, etc.). I earned the 25# weight vest for this workout (#SOT Babay!), however I only kept through part of round 7 because it was slipping off (50 or so burpees). There were a total of 11 rounds possible. I started the 10th, which was 20 burpees, and from the start I sort of assumed that I wasn't going to finish in time. So I just set a deliberate pace that I thought would keep me moving for the whole minute. With about 10 to 15 seconds left in the round, I thought that if I went full on, I could finish. I turned it on and pushed hard, but I was wrong. I only completed half of the last burpee by the time the minute ended. I was pretty frustrated at that moment. Only one person in our group made it to the last round, and as I watched him I knew that I could've beaten him. If my body can't do something that is one thing, but to have my attitude defeat me bothered me.
Lesson learned (I hope).
On a positive note, my deadlift has improved. We were asked to work up to a heavy 5 for 5 sets and try to increase the load on each set. We were supposed to use weights that would allow us to touch and go on each rep, that is to begin the next rep as soon as the weights hit the ground without the need to reset. I went too heavy and my form suffered. At the bottom of the rep, I was releasing the tension on my arms and hips and wasn't able to move into the next rep seamlessly. However, I was working at 235#, and I completed six reps in one of the sets. When we did our crossfit total not long ago, my 1 rep max on the deadlift was 245#. Doing 6 reps at just 10 pounds lighter is a great improvement. I'm pretty excited about that.
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