The Chief

Did the chief today and PR'd! This is one of my favorite benchmark WODs:

• 3 power cleans 135/95
• 6 push ups
• 9 squats

AMRAP 3 minutes
Rest 1 minute
5X

Score: 21.67 (5, 4 1/3 , 4, 4 1/3, 4)

The Chief

Did "The Chief" today for the second time. My previous was 3x5=15, so today I was hoping for at least 20, but had to settle for 18.25 (PR). The WOD: AMRAP in three minutes with one minute breaks for five rounds:

• 3 x power cleans (135 lbs)
  
• 6 push-ups
• 9 squats

My rounds went like this:

1. 4.25
2. 3.75
3. 3.25
4. 3.25
5. 3.75
   

For a total of 18.25.

I was discouraged by the degree to which my push-ups slowed me down, but then I thought of a couple things. First, that's a lot of push-ups -- 96 to be exact. Second, it wasn't too long ago that getting to 10 push-ups was a massive achievement for me.

During my first few weeks of working out in July-August of 2008, I can remember struggling and struggling to get each push-up in and working towards the lofty goal of 10 push-ups. Today, they're still not very easy for me, but the fact that I can now struggle to get in 100 during a workout is clearly an achievement. And it can only get better from here.

9k run & The Chief

Did a 9k run. Followed by:

AMRAP in 3 minutes of

• 3 power cleans
• 6 push-ups
• 9 squats

Repeat for 5 rounds. Allow for 1 minute of rest in between each of the five rounds. Prescribed weights: 135lbs.

Was too weak to do much, ended up doing 3 rep sets.