tttTD (chipper)
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For starters, even on vacation I was pretty jazzed about the challenge of this workout. I did a pretty good warm up to prep the movements, the energy system, I felt I was fairly prepared there. Staying in a hotel wasn’t optimal for proper fueling but I did the best job I could to maximize my resources here.
What I wasn’t ready for was the effect the ttb had on my midline. I started out with a set of 10, and then went 6’s until I hit 52 reps, from there I was planning on finishing with 4&4, on the last set of 4 in my mind I thought come down and do a quick single but said go for it, which I no repped myself. Going into the very first burpee it felt like my abs were still stuck in contraction for trunk flexion. I really wanted to push, but the discomfort of the abs in the burpee put me in a slow down mode, it wasn’t quite cramping but there was no way I could move fast and manage this situation. At this point, I didn’t want to stop until is lightly subsided, my plan was to just keep moving. And even though I was just moving I was moving slow. At this point I now became mentally defeated. I was fine with my heart rate high, I just couldn’t move. It finally eased up around the 35-40 range, but I was so far behind the 8 ball that I didn’t have a mental gear ready to grind anymore. When I got to the deadlift I knew it would have to be a sprint and mentally at this point I just wasn’t in the right place to suffer that much. I did a set of 11 to open, then did an 8 & 8 and just chipped away. The exciting news, if you can find any was when I got to the wall with minimal time left I did the 6 reps unbroken and they felt fairly solid.