CrossFit Day 103
Today’s workout was “Angie.” Angie is a benchmark workout that will mess you up. The last time I did this, I did assisted pullups. Today, I’m going for the real deal. Here’s our workout.
For time:
- 100 pullups
- 100 pushups
- 100 situps
- 100 squats
I headed out under cover of darkness and started my pullups, knocking them out in sets of three. There’s 30. 60. 70. 75. As I got more and more tired, I was doing two and dropping off the bar, shaking my arms out, and hitting the bar again. 76. Pull hard. 77. Rip. Ouch.
I pulled my glove off my right hand to check out my hand. I could feel some tenderness, probably because I was jerking hard and wearing kayaking gloves. Once I got the glove off, I saw the damage. I had ripped the both the calluses off my right hand. They’re hanging by a tiny little sliver of skin. I tore each away carefully, regloved and hit the bar again. Oh, that’s not going to hold my weight. Use less palm and more finger. 78. 79. 80. 81. Okay, I’m done. Looks like that’s it for pullups today.
I jumped in my car and headed back to my house, deciding whether to fold on the workout or attempt the 100 pushups. The situps and squats aren’t going to be a challenge for a newly mangled palm. I found other gloves that don’t bind, my padded pushup handles, and decided not to stop. Might as well get it done. I subdivided the pushups into tens, then eights–careful of that hand. I got through the situps quickly and the squats even more quickly. It took far longer than last time, but I did 81 pullups, which is far more than I’ve ever done in one workout before. This weekend, I’m going to buy better gloves.
My HRM: 57:07, 17:08 zone (hard); HR: 136 avg, 172 max; 569 cal
Stopwatch: 55:08.26
Rounds:
- 24:41.33 – pullups
- 17:02.84 – pushups
- 06:51.60 – situps
- 06:32.49 – squats
- Fast: squats
- Slow: pullups.
- Avg round: 13:47.06
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