"Get comfortable with the uncomfortable"

If you are a student of crossfit, you'll probably recognise these words as the mantra of James "OPT" Fitzgerald, winner of the inaugural crossfit games. As well as being a stellar athlete, OPT is also one of the deepest thinkers when it comes to exercise science and individual programming for athletes, that you are ever likely to find. That guy has probably forgotten more about training than the majority of us will ever know. If you think you know fitness, check out his website, it's a real eye opener to realise how little you actually know. I considered myself fairly well read until I checked his reading list, yet another gut check! His mantra perfectly sums up the sort of mind set you have to have if you are going to consistently emerge unscathed from the dark holes that are often created in a crossfit environment. Less erudite individuals will tell you to "suck it up", the sentiment is the same. Of late I have had to suck it up a fair bit.

The garage was even more foreboding than usual this evening. Two little ones sleeping early. Very tempting not to bother. I really didn't fancy it. But I managed to drag myself out there and got a bit done.

WOD:

OHS

5 x 5

"Mini Cindy" (10mins) 5 pull ups, 10 pressups, 15 squats

The plan was just to play around with the OHS's as a recent bout of tendonitis in my wrist has curtailed my overhead work drastically over recent weeks. The focus in my strength workouts of late has been on the DL, SP and B Squat, with the OHS not really getting a look in. I warmed up with a couple of high rep sets on 30 and 40kg's and they felt really good. The working sets then went 60, 70, 75, 80 and 85kg's. I wasn't planning to go beyond 60 but the wrist felt fine. The strength work I've been focusing on of late must be working. I even did one final set at 90kg and managed 3reps, which is a new PR. Have definitely got more pop in coming out of the hole as a result of the fast eccentrics I've been trying to focus on. Not quite sure whether fast eccentrics are way to go throughout the movement, but that bottom portion really felt snappy.

My PR for a full Cindy is 26 rounds so I thought maybe 16 or 17 rounds would be a good target to shoot for. In the end I managed 16 rounds 5PU's, 4PrUp's. Fairly pleased with that. Hugely surprised at how gassed I was at the end, but I really did attack it at the early stages. Considering how loath I was to set foot in the gym, overall a fairly pleasing nights work