Doomsday

***DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS DAY IF YOU ARE UNTRAINED***

Not to sound arrogant but today was probably the second most physically demanding day I have experienced to date, just behind the Hopper, and the worst part, I sure as hell wasn't expecting such a high level of brutality!

CMo and I have been rowing 5k's once a week. We decided to change it up this week and do a "less taxing" (so we thought) routine from OPT's site. The prescribed workout was 7 rounds: 300m row at 100% with 3 minutes rest in between each round. CMo had the great idea of increasing the rounds to 10, when I asked him how much rest in between he said "I don't remember, either 1 minute or ninety seconds, lets do a minute of rest." We compromised on ninety seconds of rest. If only CMo would have remembered the prescribed rest time.

AM: 10 rounds 300m row at 100% with 90 seconds of rest in between rounds (time/avg. watts):

JMO- CMo
1. 0.59.9/352- 1.01/322
2. 0.59.9/352- 1.01/333
3. 1.00/341- 1.01/327
4. 1.02.5/310- 1.02.5/310
5. 1.01/319- 1.03.5/291
6. 1.01/325- 1.03/302
7. 1.03.2/299- 1.04/274
8. 1.01/328- 1.03/297
9. 1.01/333- 1.01/331
10. 57.4/400- 1.02/308

This workout was extremely demanding! A great way to wake you up at 7:30 am. I was not expecting 300m to be so difficult. I am still improving my rowing efficiency and working on my technique. For my last three rounds I focused on driving through my toes on the pull. Like I was jumping for a rebound. On the last round I tried to keep my back straight, I was successful for about half of my pulls, this extended my stroke and therefore immensely decreased my time. Using my legs also took a lot of stress off of my upper body.

PM: "Cindy"
AMRAP 20
5 pull ups
10 push ups
15 squats

JMo: 21 rounds + 5 pull ups and 3 push ups (PR)
CMo: 19 rounds + 5 pull ups and 7 push ups (PR)

Obviously, this was also very tough, even with the 8 hours of rest in between WOD's. CMo went first and tore it up, really set the bar for me to try and reach. Halfway through we had an audience of narcissistic "bodybuilders" admiring our cunning. I was surprised that they could take time away from maxing out on their barbell curls and the deep conversations about their excitement for the new Boondock Saints movie. I think they would have attempted "Cindy" if they didn't fear stretching out their wife beaters or perspiring through their sweatpants. Either way, CMo and I earned our epic cheat night that you can check out on Facebook. Tomorrow will be an active rest day with some skill work and a short met-con, thank God.