Sara was right. I wake up in borderline agony from yesterday's medball madness, and now I have a quandry. My quads are exploding, but tell me this isn't a cool-as-shit WOD:
21-15-9 reps of:
225 pound Deadlift
135 pound Overhead squat
I don't remember the last time I did a metcon with deadlifts in it. I've done several strength days with them, but I've really wanted to try something cool like this where there's a bunch of deadlifts for time. And I'm definitely going to RX the weight if I show up for this. The bitch of the situation is the overhead squats. Last week I failed at my attempt at 155 lbs. With my quads in this shape I don't know if I could overhead squat a broomstick without doubling over in agony. But 135 lbs for 21-15-9 PLUS heavy deadlifts? I'm a damned fool to try it. Best to get back to bed and get another hour's sleep and call it a week.
...So anyway I get to CF NYC early to stretch out for the WOD. Only me and Lucio showed up...seems everybody was destroyed from yesterday. Lucio says his legs are shot too. I told Sara about the problem and she's always sensitive to stuff like this. I think she appreciates that we show up in that situation, so she's willing to scale as much as needed so we don't get crushed. She agreed that I should RX the deadlifts, and after I told her OH squatting toothpicks might be a problem she chuckled and said it was fine if I just used the bar.
We did a mild warmup and I did some amazing hip stretches I learned from Mobility WOD (more on this amazing resource later). I was feeling great, except for the fact that I could barely walk. Literally my legs would occasionally buckle if I walked too fast...but hey, my hamstrings were ready to ROCK, and ROCK we did...
3...2...1...GO!
The deadlifts were heavy...damn heavy, but I was able to kick ass through the first set of 21. It was far from unbroken, as I still haven't dialed in good technique for multiple deadlifts. But I got through them fine and I was onto the overhead squats...I don't know if it was the warmup, the hip stretches, or the adrenaline, but these came a LOT easier than I thought. As I segued into the sets of 15 and 9 reps got slower, but I stuck with it. After an unbroken set of 9 overhead squats I yelled for time:
WOD Time: 11:15
Sara and I hi-fived and it really hit me that something special is happening here. It's like I'm waking up slowly on a daily basis. I started the day in pain and I left Crossfit in bliss. After putting up several sub-20-minute times in the past week I can really see my progress in every way...on paper, in the mirror, and in my soul. Everything I envisioned about this experience is coming to pass. If this is what it's like after four months, I can't imagine my progress after the first year. I'm really looking forward to finding out how far I can take this.
That's all for now...another four days of Crossfit on the books...time for some much needed REST!
Peace...
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