four at 85%, one all out

2-8-2011 midday
Idea for both these workouts was to do the first four sets at 85-90% effort, then turn it up for the last set.

5 sets:
15 ring push-ups
15 kbs, 35#
15 ghd sit-ups
30 double-unders
2:30 active rest
TIMES: 1:51, 1:51, 1:47, 1:47, 1:31

Rest 10 minutes

5 sets:
600m row
active rest between sets = work time
TIMES: 2:15.3, 2:15.0, 2:14.5, 2:14.3, 2:08.3

Notes: woke up today feeling really crummy, head ache and sore throat. Maybe I should be taking Airborne or zinc, vitamin C, echinacea, something with all the sick visits I am seeing at clinical. Anyway, still felt a little gross by 1pm workout, so the sub-max efforts were at my level. Ring push-ups hurt my shoulder a bit, everything else in that workout felt pretty good. The row was more of a struggle than I expected, felt like I had too high a stroke rating on the last set, like I was getting frazzled and not rowing powerfully or effectively.