”Wise men speak because they have something to say. Fools because the have to say something.”
- Plato -
12noon, WOD, From OPT:
A. Back Squats with Varied Resistance @ 20X1 tempo. 60%, 8 sets of 3:
61kg+2*24kg kb in bands for all sets
B. Back Squat, build to a tough double in few sets:
125kg/2, 143/1
C. C. 1-5 UB Hang Squat Clean ladder x 4 for time – 185#/135#, 155lb/70kg
Time: 14’44 min
Ok, firstly: beer must be the solution to everything. Celebrating Rob’s bday on Saturday turned into me drinking too much, as always, while eating to little, as always, and passing out well before Cinderellas curfew, as always..
Funny enough though, this time I had a great Sunday. Knee was better than ever after the accident and on top of feeling physically fine, (after drinking seriously at least 8 liters of water), I also had a very productive day.
Anyway, with risk of disappointing my friends, I have once again changed my mind and decided to follow the OPT programming after all. Looking at the workouts posted after new years made me realize that I need this, back tracking it a week will make it even better for me. I don’t wanna risk more injuries with too much volume of the same exercises and I need the challenge of constantly varied wods. Promised my self to stay on this program at least til after the Fittest in Cape Town on the 11th of Feb, have to give it a good chance for a fair evaluation.
One thing that also made me go this way was actually the article posted on the CrossFit Journal, written by Ben Bergeron. Nothing revolutionizing in there but the quote ”Think like a bumblebee, train like a racehorse!” made sense to me. It means have the attitude that you can do the impossible, (a bumblebee is technically not suppose to be able to fly according to pure physical laws), and, just as a racehorse, do exactly what your coach makes you do as good as possible!
Like said, knee much better, still was a bit worried so happy to say that the speed squats felt really good. 143kg for the double was not HEAVY, but just didn’t wanna risk any poor form so called it after one rep. Clean ladders was done without a 100% effort, focused on technique and not risking to break any set.
Iced the knee after and hopefully there will be no delayed reaction tomorrow.
Namaste!
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