Welcome back! The wrist was worse than I had thought. I didn't see a specialist or anything, but I'm going to go ahead and call it a mild sprain/strain on my right wrist. Didn't WOD all week, just started feeling sturdy again yesterday.
Look, it was bad, I mean Saturday and Sunday, I did what I could to not use my right wrist at all. Slowly started feeling better... and while I really think wrist wraps are the way to go, I've heard a number of folks have told me that they feel like their wrists are a bit weaker because of the wraps, but they also said they help tremendously... so we'll see.
15.3... nasty.... sucked... disappointment... might do it again on Monday. For me, scaled, it was 50 wallballs at 20lbs to a 9ft target, and 200 single unders. AMRAP style, 14 minutes. I remember doing like 170 singles on a 5 minute clock at Unlocked not too long ago, so I figured I'd do alright, could probably get to the 400's, goal was 501.
Warmup, Coach Brian wanted us to get a bit of a burn going, get the heart rate up. 7 minute AMRAP of 3 ring pulls, 6 pushups, 9 air squats. Bit nervous on the pushups, wasn't sure how the wrist was going to hold up... used knuckles the first time to keep straight wrist. Have to tell you, felt like I had an extra 4" to go to get to the bottom of the pushup. The air squats, in the beginning, are tight....they're always tight. I'm actually glad I did some of these, had I started under the extra load of a whole 20lb WB... I don't think it would have been bad or anything, just glad I did it, got it going. , I'm still not sure how to get properly loose for wallballs, and I guess air squats are the way to go, but I always feel extra tight when I start. Having drank 120oz of water before I started, would have thought that I'd have been properly lubricated in the joints, guess not. Back to the pushups, that second set, I went back to normal, and it felt fine, a little tender right now, after the fact, but not bad like it was.
Ok, 15.3, lets go! I rocked out 13 straight WBs... and then I had to start breaking it up... A LOT. I've been using lighter balls for my WB's so I could go a bit faster in the WODs... and I think those days are done. My capacity for doing WB's was not there for this. Truthfully, I'm irritated about that a little bit. Shouldn't be surprised since I don't use them regularly, at least not yet. I think not working out for a week probably hurt me more than I'd like to admit, but not using 20lbs for WB's is what I'm blaming ;)
So I didn't watch the clock, couldn't see it, didn't want to. I took my time with these WB's. Didn't drop the ball outright all that often, instead I'd lean on the wall with the ball at my chest, or I'd lean with my arms extended. Brian had seen this before, but watching me do it seemed to strike a chord. He mentioned it throughout the workout, and after when I talked with him some more. I guess seeing it live with me was enough that he's going to put that method to some of the elite athletes at the box, for when they retry their scores. Probably save them some energy from not having to pick it up off the ground as they get into round 2 and 3. I'm happy with that, I've contributed!!!! LOL.
I finally got done with the wallballs. Got my new rope out today, finally. Thought I had it adjusted to where I wanted it, but it was just a weeeee bit too long, so after about 20, 25, I stopped and grabbed the screwdriver, moved it back down about an inch, and all was right with the world. I have to tell you, 200 singles never took so long, maybe I should have watched the clock? I think I jumped probably 300 times or more, but having the rope hit under my feet... kinda kills the rep, if know what I mean.
440 lbs is a lot to get up and down 50 times for wallballs. It's a bit more to get up and down for jumping rope after said wall balls. To say I struggled would be kind. I hit more 1 and 2 rep combos that I care to admit. At one point, I turned and looked at the clock. Couldn't believe how much time had gone. Astounded. Knew right then 500 wasn't happening, had to turn this into a chipper. So I'd get 4 here, 7 there, string together 15 a time or two. Had like 30 left with 2 minutes left on the clock. Took damn near the whole 2 minutes to get them too... tons of single reps. :| Got 200 done with about 10 seconds left. Moved right to the WBs, and I got two of them suckers. I did everything I could to push them up.
252 instead of 501. I can't tell you how disappointed I am. Brian was proud of me, said I did a good job... I'm not so sure. It's better than a zero, and better than the people who don't show up... I guess it was ok. I think I might actually try to do it again on Monday. My flight isn't till later in the afternoon, so I might do it on Monday... we'll see. I keep saying might. LOL, the word meant an eventual no in my childhood, probably shouldn't use it here. See how I'm feeling on Monday.
In other news, I've been shite with my food. I mean bad. Texas toast, pasta skillet meals, ding dongs, diet soda (which I despise)... just a lot of junk this week... But thats over. I've got less than 10 months to lose 100lbs. I still think I can manage it. Been eating lots of veggies already, getting ready for the coming week. Talked with Brian, got his input, and I'm aiming for 4 weeks of primarily veggies and meat (paleo), as much as I can stand, then work the other stuff back in after that. I know I wont be perfect, but I can work really hard at doing veggies and meat... stir fry when I get home for sure.
So, eat better, use a heavier wall ball, win. Sounds easy enough.
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