Push and Pull

This workout was a killer. I was a little disappointed in myself towards the end -- mostly that I didn't finish this wod rx'd, or even really get close. I went to the school gym, which has only one kipp-able pull-up bar and a bunch of people waiting to use it. So sets of pull-ups I couldn't do unbroken, I either cut short or finished with fewer strict reps on another bar (the kind with handles, palms facing each other). That was lame. And some of the last reps of PJ and PP I didn't even try, because I didn't want to drop the bar. That was lame too. This workout definitely exposed some weak spots, physical and mental.

5 x
A1. Push Jerk 4-6 reps, 150 sec rest
A2. Weighted Pull Up (strict), 4-6 reps, 150 sec rest

4 x
B1. Push Press 4-6 reps, 120 sec rest
B2. CTB Pull-Up, 15 reps, 120 sec rest

3 x
C1. Press 4-6 reps, 90 sec rest
C2. Pull-up, 20 reps, 90 sec rest


What I did:
Push Jerk 105 x 5, 115 x 6, 125 x 6, 135 x 5, 140 x 4
Weighted Pull-Up: 15# db x 5 all sets

Push Press 95 x 6, 105 x 6, 115 x 6, 125 x 4
CTB: 10, 10, 5, 10
All sets 5 in a row then the rest broken. On the 3d set there were too many people waiting for bar to finish 10 without waiting.

Press: 75 x 5, 80 x 3, 80 x 4
Pull-ups: 10 (kip), 8 (strict), 12 (6 kip then 6 strict)
The pull-ups were all messed up because my grip/arms were toast and too many people were waiting for the bar you can kip on. I don't think I should go to that gym for pull-up intensive workouts anymore.

This felt crappy. But looking back on it, I must have hit some PRs -- that was the most CTBs I've ever done, even though I was 20 short of rx. And 5 reps of 135 was a PR too -- last time I tried that I only got 3 reps. Being 30 pull-ups short of rx was the really disappointing part. Oh well.

On the plus side, eating today was very good:
breakfast: coffee with cream, 2 eggs with spinach, half a tomato, mushrooms, some onion
midmorning: hard boiled egg, coffee with cream, tasted turkey-veggie meatloaf I made
lunch: bowl of chicken and vegetable soup*, greens with a can of tuna and some olive oil
snack: green beans
dinner: bowl of soup, half a bunch asparagus cooked in oil

*Chicken Soup recipe:
In an 8-qt pot, boil a whole chicken in water, 40ish minutes. Remove chicken and add the following to the boiling water: 2 sweet potatoes (1/2 inch cubes), 3 carrots (half inch slices), 3 celery stalks (chopped small), 2 cloves garlic (minced), 1 onion (diced). Simmer veggies, adding some shakes of red pepper flakes, a little salt, a little pepper. When the chicken is cool enough, pick off all the meat and dump it back into the pot. Then add 4-5 cups chopped collard greens, cook until they're soft.