What a night. Not to give you the desert first, but after the WOD they had a little winter/sledding party at Unlocked. Food, friends, fun. I didn't partake in the snow festivities... A, I don't have any gear out here, B, I got enough of the snow as a delivery driver, C... I might be getting sick, so why give it more of a reason to hit? Good times were had though. Unlocked is like home, I've broke bread with these folks, they've treated me like family... life is good.
I could have gone to CFDS tonight, the roads weren't bad, they'd all been cleaned, but I'd already decided that I was staying down here after seeing the WOD they were doing. Why? Squats! Haven't done these for a heavy amount for a long while, so I was curious where I'd end up. Got a PR (265), so that was fun. On that PR squat though, I felt something strange in my right hip area... not sure what it was, didn't hurt, wasn't a pop, nothing got tight... it was a little different... I did mess up tonight though. I knew how much was on the bar, and I think that messed with me a bit. Not knowing the weight, but going up a little at a time... it's always worked for me. Tonight, I knew exactly how much was on each lift, and a year from now, I'm sure I'll have to know... but today, now, I don't need to, and I should probably stick with that since it works.
The other thing I did different tonight... I was working with my man Dave P, and he thought I had the bar a bit high on my neck, wanted me to put it a little lower, on a meatier part of the shoulder. I tried it once... don't remember if it was on my old PR, or just before it... but I can tell you that it was different. I mean everything about it... my stance, my grip, my core... all of it was just different... it was weird. I think it forced me to stay more upright, and truthfully, I think it's the better way to do it, but I'm going to have to learn myself into it, one squat at a time.
The METCON tonight was a little bit of Tabata, a little bit Fight Gone Bad... and a whole lot of sweat. 4 rounds of 4 movements, performed for 1 minute each, 30 seconds rest between each movement. Wall balls, situps, hand release pushups, and calorie rows. I was actually looking forward to this. I thought I had those wall balls figured out after the last time down here... and I was wrong. ROFL! I can't even blame it on the squats, my legs weren't in that bad of shape.... I just struggled. Situps weren't a killer... I think the last 2 or 3 times of doing 50+ in WODs has helped. The HR pushups... I feel like I'm doing them wrong off the knees.... and no, not the picking my hands up. My hand placement is a bit wider though... and I don't know if my form is all that good... I DO know, when I start to push, I make sure to try and tighten my core so the shoulders, chest, etc all rise as one.... but it still feels wrong... I need coaching. Nothing special on the rower... I did better calorie wise as the WOD went on, and my form got better... shoulders didn't slump so much, sat up straighter, etc.
Sigh. It was still a good night though, good sweat, good workout, gotta PR, thats good too... Heading home early, no WOD tomorrow... I've got a post I'm working on as I get time... not workout related. Hopefully it's a good read. Anyway, it's not super late, but I'm super tired. Night night.
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