The WOD:

Watch this video on the hollow body position:

[YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyrUmzIHmzw]

RJ started us off in the first position (legs and arms up). He gave us other variations to try once we were comfortable but if we lost the lift in our shoulders or hips, we had to get back into the first position. He said that, ideally, we should be able to maintain the hollow body position – with legs and arms extended in opposite directions – for the entire 30 10-second reps.

For the cash-out, I used 45 lbs. Was tempted to pyramid down when I had trouble cleaning the bar to set up for the overhead hold but, yes, I stayed with it. (RJ was very proud of me, thank you very much. He asked if I was sleeping better because I seemed to be getting stronger. No, am not sleeping better, I’m just pushing myself more.)

The grasshoppers we did were similar to the ones in this video but we had to bring the knees to the opposite elbows. I must have been doing them wrong because I found them easy and breezed through them without breaking a sweat. One of the other girls injured her back doing these though.

The WOD would have been a piece of cake if it weren’t for the "DU"s. That’s “double unders” to you. Chris Spealler makes them look so damned easy:

[YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7XjUbUpeHE]

Yeeeeah, I’m still doing 1.5 overs. Which means that, instead of 20 double unders, I had to do 60 singles. Times ten. That’s 600 jump ropes. 600. Well, if you’re me, that’s actually 900 jump ropes. No wonder my feet were ready to fall off after the second set.

Can’t remember my time. I think it was 21:44 minutes but I could be wrong.