Fitness - Level 2 Class - Hardest WOD To Date - 10/17

During last week's level 2 class one of the other coaches (Scott) told me that if I come to the Level 2 class this next Saturday that I should, "eat my Wheaties." So I knew going into this one that it wasn't going to be our typical class. We didn't do any strength work on the rings or otherwise, no balance or flexibility drills, front or back levers or anything really.

All we did was warm up and stretch and do a WOD. A WOD from the 2009 CrossFit Games Regional Qualifier. It was also the hardest WOD I've ever done at CrossFit to date, seriously.

WOD: 5 rounds for time of
3 muscle ups
30 wall balls - 20'/10#
6 SDLHP - 60Kg

Score: 11:42
Calories burned (warm up and WOD): 490

A pic of me at the top of a muscle up during the WOD. Courtesy of Jason Peacock, thanks for snapping this one man.

There was a 20 minute time limit on this WOD (just like at the qualifier) and I was told afterwards that 75% of the participants that attempted this WOD at the qualifier last year didn't/couldn't finish. So I felt really proud of my time on this one. I think I even surprised a few of the coaches. They told me that with my level of fitness, my strength on lifts and my time on this WOD, I would have been right around 5th or 6th. Man, I can't wait to compete in the games this Summer.

Out of 5 of us that were at the Level 2 class today, 1 stopped after three rounds, the other couldn't finish within 20 minutes, one guy finished in 18 minutes, the other finished in 14 minutes, and i finished in just under 12.

I thought for sure my false grip and my muscle ups would fail and I would have to perform them one at a time, but that wasn't the case. I was able to rip off 3 in a row all 5 rounds. The real killer in this WOD was the SDHP's. 60Kg is so heavy for this exercise, it zaps so much energy. The wall balls were typical wall balls and from round 3 on, I was breaking them up in sets of 10 or 5.

After I finished I collapsed and stayed there on my back for a good 3 minutes trying to slow my breathing. I had a huge pit in my chest from sucking wind so hard. I couldn't walk the rest of the day because my legs kept on giving out underneath me. My legs and back were sore as hell on Sunday, and even more sore today (Monday).

I'm hoping for a little bit more of a mellow Level 2 class this Saturday, but it was fun having muscle ups in the WOD.