Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - Filthy Fifty

Harold had told me what the workout was going to be for Tuesday because he had asked Jerry what he should avoid for his workout on Monday. Even though I knew the Filthy Fifty was coming I still did the WOD yesterday with Elise, which was a humbling experience that ended up involving 450 jumps. Maybe not the best Idea considering this is the Filthy Fifty

For Time
50 Knee to Elbow
50 Dumbbell Thrusters (20#)
50 Kettlebell High Pull (52#)
50 Dumbbel Push Press (20#)
50 Burpees
50 Double Unders or 150 singles if can't do DUs
50 Box Jumps (4 mats)
50 Jumping Pullups
50 KettleBell Swings (52#)
50 Walking Lunges each leg (so 100 in total)

I have never done this WOD before and figured Jerry was going to substitute somethings from the mainsite version because of equipment but bottom line was I wanted to get a sub 25 minute time. I went to the 6:45 class and saw Leslie finish this in around 27 minutes, a great time! I asked her where she started and she said Thrusters and went through it in order from there ending with knees to elbow. We could start where we wanted to and that made sense to me because you would knock out most of the weighted movements in the beginning. Jerry recommended starting with Knees to Elbows because it was such a strength motion.

Just wanted to say, 50 thrusters are tough even with 20# dumbbells. I started to get worried about my sub 25 minute time when I couldn't do all 50 right away. It was then I realized I had to pace myself and just keep checking my time and altering my pace with the intention of getting a time below 25 minutes. I did the 150 singles because I wanted to get a good time and 50 double unders would have cost me ALOT of time. So I guess you could say this wasn't as Rx'd. Like I said yesterday adding DUs to the list of things to work on. I flew through most of these and to be honest 50 box jumps were not that bad after yesterday. The walking lunges were rough but I fought through them and grabbed the bar for my knees to elbows. I actually rattled off 20 consecutive ones right away. After that it was 10, then a few sets of 5 and actually ended up with 2 then 1. I yelled time and got 25:12! I had asked Jerry my time when I was doing Knees to elbows and he told me 22 minutes so I really picked up the pace but made sure I maintained form on the Knees to Elbows. It was a great workout, I ended up with the best time in the class a few minutes ahead of Leslie.

I really like dialing in and getting focused on a workout. It was a little bit of an unfair advantage to know ahead of time what the WOD was but I didn't know the substitutes Jerry would throw at us. Tomorrow is a strength day can't wait!