Have the Pusher become a Puller?

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

- Buddha -

10am, WOD Part 1:

A. In 7 min, Build up to 3RM TNG Squat Snatch:
43kg/3, 52/3, 61/3, 66/3 3 RM PB!, 70/2+F 2RM PB!

B. Power Clean, max for day (one miss = no more lifts):
70kg/3, 84/2, 93/1, 98/1, 102/1, 107/1 PB!, 111/1 PB! (+6kg)

C. Max Weighted PU:
18kg/3, 36/2, 48.5/1, 60/F (1-2 cm?)…

D. MU to Ring HSPU: 2*1 Done!

2h Rest

14.30, WOD Part 2 @ Stellenbosch

E. Bar MU, 2*5, Done!

F. 2 Rounds of “Barbara+”:

• 20 CTB
• 30 Games Styles PSHU
• 40 Situps
• 50 Squats

Times: 3’08 + 4’08 min

G. 5*5 Low Hurdles, Done!

All in all a good day after my (hopefully quick) flu attack yesterday. Weird how much my OL have improved lately, 3rd rep on 70 only felt like a sloppy miss. Power Cleans was a pleasant surprise, but actually wrote “aim for 111!” in my note book before the wod. WPU didn’t feel as good as last time, but pretty sure I have both 60 and more in me within soon.

Was sooo tempted to go for the running I planned for the guys in the Team, 400m max effort, 15 min active rest, 200m max effort, 10 min active rest, death by 200m (+15-20% from max effort). But knew I shouldn’t and when I felt completely off with a warm up round, I knew it was right to drop it.
First round of Barbara+ felt really strong with everything unbroken, second one was just a proof that my body isn’t recovering as it should right now, no chock. Had to break the pshu like crazy and this brings me back to the title of this post. Since my shoulder injury in February all of a sudden I have passed my self when it comes to pulling vs pushing! My clean is better than my jerk, my pull ups are kind of better than my push ups etc. Weird…

Leaving for the Games tomorrow, will be interesting to see if we can surprise everybody (and our self the most) and actually give some of the other Teams a fight for the points!

Namaste!