Fitness - WOD 8/18

I hate rowing. I don't know what it is but rowing is in my head and I can't kick it. I don't know if it's that hard plastic seat, the monotony of the exercise or the pain it inflicts (who am I kidding, it's the later). I could be fresh as a morning hen but a few pulls into the session my legs and back are on fire.

You may have been able to tell that rowing was part of our WOD today. First we did a strict military press focus.

Focus: 5x3 cross-sets, strict press:
1x3 - 70Kg (154.3#)
4x3 - 75Kg (165.3#)

WOD: 2 rounds (5 minutes rest between rounds) for time of:
500m row
12 dead lifts - 90Kg (198.4#)

Round 1 time: 1:59
5 minutes rest
Round 2 time: 2:20

Calories burned (focus and WOD only): 434
Calories burned (bike to gym, focus & WOD, bike to work): 1246

I felt good on the military press and am still wanting to hit up some push press or split jerks instead of a strict press. I think that the next time we do strict presses I'll substitute them for either push press or split jerks. 75Kg was pretty brutal. It took a lot out of me to get all three reps on those 4 sets. the last rep in each set was a fight to get it locked out.

Although I do hate rowing, I'm pleased with my first time. I was shooting to get round one in under two minutes and I barely squeaked it in. I finished the first 500m row in 1:35. The second round I started strong and tried to keep a smooth pace of long even strokes but I was hurting so bad towards the end that my strokes were really short and fast. My second 500m row was 1:46.

I wanted to keep my second round total within 10 seconds of the first but there was no way. When I got off the machine after my second 500m row my legs almost buckled because they felt like jello. I was fired up enough to bang through the dead lifts but this one kicked my ass.