I woke up at 6:15 AM feeling like absolute shit. Buried my head under a pillow and tried to go back to sleep but I’ve been so bad since Osaka, when I discarded my diet, that I knew I had to drag myself out of bed and make the effort to workout.
Made it to the early morning CrossFit.
Warm-up:
- Jump ropes (We were supposed to do 200 but I didn’t count and just did it till I didn’t feel like doing it anymore.)
- 20 good mornings
- 20 Samson stretches
- 20 wall ball sit-ups
- Plus something else that I totally ignored.
WOD: Tabata This!
Eight sets of each exercise. Each set is 20 seconds long with 10 seconds of rest in between. After the eight sets are done, move on to the next exercise after 30 seconds of rest.
- squats
- pull-ups
- rows
- push-ups
- sit-ups
Sounds easy, right? Trust me, it wasn’t. Whoever comes up with these WODs are absolute sadists. My friend in Switzerland does his WODs with a weighted vest! I guess there are no sadists where there are no masochists.
Here’s how I did:
- squats: I started out doing 18 reps. By the eighth set, I was down to 10.
- pull-ups: Since we were only scoring the lowest score, I stuck to 10 reps.
- rows: We had to take note of the amount of calories we were burning, according to the rowing machine. I got up to six calories, but my lowest was three. After 2:40 minutes, it’s depressing to know that I only burned a total of 34 calories. Ugh.
- push-ups: Started out strong with 15 reps. By the end, I was struggling to complete my eighth rep.
- sit-ups: I started out with a measly nine, and ended up with a pathetic seven.
Scored a total of 38. Finished third after two guys. A guy and a girl finished after me, tied at 34.