Today I did the Games' Rope Climb/Clean and Jerk workout. I modified the weights to 5 @135#/4 @155#/3 @165#/2 @175#/1 @185# after 5/4/3/2/1 rope climbs. My time was 23:28. I spent the whole workout fixated on the final C & J of 185#, not knowing if I could get that weight overhead. It's been 4 + months since I've gotten that weight overhead. Once I got that weight, I realized that I should have gone faster. Oh well. Next time I do this workout, I'll finish with 205# C & J.
2 Hours later, I did 3 intervals of 1k row with rest time equal to work time. All at 85% effort.
1. 4:11 2. 3:45 3. 3:53 My legs were fried from the past 2 days of workouts, this made 85% feel like 110%.
I need to get these times closer to 3: 30 in the next 2 months.
My confidence is growing with each session. My body is responding well to the workload it's getting right now. I know that the next 10 weeks are critical to build a solid fitness base to be ready for the Open competition. Full steam ahead.