#20point5

11082019 – CrossFit

The final Open workout of the season was today and it 20.5 was a fun one. This one was unique in that we were given a specific amount of work, but was allowed to break it up anyway we wanted. In watching the announcement, the athletes each had different schemes for doing it.

The workout was:

For Time:

40 Ring Muscle Ups

80 – Calorie Row

120 – Wallballs (20#)

with a 20 minute…

well, the open is over for another season. i did 20.5 this morning, which was:

for time, 20 min cap

40 ring muscle ups

80 calorie row

120 wall balls

partition anyhow

so i knew i could get the rowing and wall balls done and a good amount of muscle ups, so my strategy was start with 3 muscle ups, then do 10 rounds of 12 wall balls, 8 calories, and 1-2 muscle ups, and then just get as many muscle ups as i could in the remaining time. 

i finished 22 muscle ups, which was more than i expected to get and also a muscle up PB - i’ve never done that many in a workout before! they were slow and there were some ugly ones, but i didn’t fail any reps and they actually felt the best they have in a while, even better than the ones i did on tuesday. i’m pretty happy with that; my gymnastics is not amazing but it’s good enough to makeup for my lowish placing last week (probably) since for the women, being able to rep out muscle ups will bump you up heaps of places. 

also that dude from uni who’s doing placement with us and who is a really good gymnast said that my muscle ups were better than i made them out to be and that i’m strong in the kip but i need to be faster in the turnover. promising!!