Fitness - WOD 7/17

Rode my bike again this morning and it was great. I left at 6:25am and it was already hot outside! Today's WOD was pretty brutal. I saw it on the white board and was ready to crush it, but it ended up getting the better of me.

WOD - 3 rounds of:
800m run
3 rope climbs (or substitute 10 pull ups for 1 rope climb)
15 clean & jerks - 40Kg (88.2#)

Finish with:
400m farmers walk - 24Kg kettle bell in each hand

Time: 28:46
Calories burned (WOD only): 753
Calories burned (including bike in, warm up, WOD, bike to work): 1526

OK, let me start by saying that this was a fun one, no matter how painful. I felt good on the 800's, well the first two at least. I slowed it down on the third one to have a final push through other exercises. I tried to keep track of how long it was taking me to run them but I lost track at some point.

The first round of three rope climbs was great. I flew up the rope with no leg support on the first two and struggled to do the same for my third, but I got it. the second round of rope climbs was significantly harder. My forearms were struggling and I had to change my technique and pinch the rope with my feet to get some weight distribution. The third set I only got two rope climbs in and had to opt out and do the 10 pull ups in place of a third rope climb.

This is a super light weight for clean and jerks for me but it wore me down. My forearms for the most part were destroyed by the second round and my shoulders and legs were on fire. I just tried to grind out each rep. I Got all 15 in the first round, second round I broke into 10 and 5, the third round I broke into 3 sets of 5.

Here's where I fell apart, the farmers walk. My forearms just couldn't keep my grip. I could only go about 50 meters at a time before I had to set them down and rest. I'm hoping forearm stamina will come with time because it seems to be a recurring issue.

Overall I'm not happy with my time only because of the farmers walk. It took me somewhere between 5 and 7 minutes to complete only the farmers walk. Not good. I should have had this workout at around the 24 minute mark.