After a weekend off of CrossFit in which I did some 1-ton truck pushing, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, and ate and drank copious amounts (thanks to Soon-to-Be-CrossFit-Guy‘s appearance), I was stoked to get back into the gym. The workout:
Warmup: 500 M row, 30 squats, 30 pushups, 30 abmat situps, 30 good morning stretches, 15 ring dips (2 unassisted! then skinny purple band)
Pre-WOD: 50 Med Ball Slams 14#
WOD:
18 Deadlift 135#
5 Pullups
15 DL
10 PU
12 DL
15 PU
9 DL
20 PU
6 DL
25 PU
3 DL
30 PUTime: 16:23
I was feeling very, very strong on the deadlifts (as I usually do) and surprisingly strong on the pullups. I used the wider pullup bar to give myself a new perspective, and I think it may have actually been easier for me since my hands are kind of big. I managed to knock them out in sets of 5 all the way through the 15 and into the last few of the 20, which is good progress for me.
I was constantly switching my grip in both the deadlifts and the pullups to try to keep from ripping, and I made it 92 pullups without a rip. But then my left hand ripped, and because I read this article about ripped hands NOT being cool, and actually being an injury, I stopped. I taped up that hand really quickly, tried another pullup, and the other hand felt like it was about to rip. So I dropped to the ground and finished out with pushups.
Sigh.
Today there’s a blister on my right hand, so I’m glad I stopped. But I can’t help but feel a little cheated since I didn’t finish the pullups. Showering, however, didn’t hurt like it would have if I’d have finished the pullups, so there’s a bonus.
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