At CFNZ last night

21-18-15-12-9-6
16kg KB swings
pull-ups

12:30

Pull-ups were the killer, I knew they would be, I haven't done many in a long time. My hands tore a bit, 2 and one blister a hair from ripping on my right hand. 3 blisters, one a hair from tearing on my left. My lats and teres major are very tight this morning so I'm having trouble reaching overhead.

We went in 2 groups, I counted for Lou the first group and she for me in the second. Lou made the 21 pull-ups in 3 sets as I recall, then things broke down to 3s and 2s. Her KB swings were nice and tight right until the 6 rep round where her chest started dropping a little.

I on the other hand, ;-).

I went with a 16kg KB as I wanted to keep things smooth and controlled. I broke the pull-ups often for the same reason. I just haven't been training much for several months and I want to back off on the load a bit and get all the niggly bits of my body used to moving again. In the process I'll bring up my metcon, which is woeful.

I found my usual problem keeping my head out of the workout. I'm too analytical and I spend my WOD critiquing my form, checking for people around me, thinking how I'm going to describe the WOD when I post it, wondering if the weather will hold when I ride home and anything else that wanders into my head. I'll always do that, analysing input is a large part of who I am. I know that as I put time into the WODs
I'll be able to clear some of the fluff out of my head and occasionally get to that place where my head is empty and all that exists is the rep.

Tamaryn told me afterwards about the taller pull-up bars in the roller door space. I hadn't noticed they were there. Apparently Tamaryn talked about them in the pre-WOD briefing, but I was on the other side of the gym warming up and stretching at the time. I got there with little time to spare after getting changed out of my wet weather gear and I thought everyone was still chatting.
Sorry Tamaryn, I'll pay better attention next time.
The thinner pipe on the small bars would have ripped my hands to pieces completely if I'd used them though. My hands are too soft right now and with long fingers, a fatter bar works well for me. Hey, after the rafter having any clearance from the ground at all is a wonderful experience.

It was a fun workout and I really enjoyed it.

Then I left the keys for my bike in the side pocket of the pack I carry my training gear in and gave it to Lynette to take home in the car. She in turn had her cellphones in her pack in the boot of the car right next to my pack, so although I rang her while she would have been barely at the first corner from the gym, she was near home buying dinner before she got my texts and messages. The wait was quite nice actually. It wasn't very cold and I was still sweating so being in all of the wet weather gear would have been uncomfortably hot. I had all the gear if it got really wet and I had a nice sit with my back against the gym door under the shelter of the eaves. It was a good chance to wind down at the end of the day.