Open workout 13.1 (snatches/burpees)
159 – 9 reps @ 165. Without having a video to review I can only conceptualize what I feel my time stamps are and my personal feedback from today. My goal was to be aggressive on my burpee and see what happens with the barbell. On the first 40 burpee, I finished somewhere around 2:30ish, I know I had 18 burpee in the first minute, 31 by the second minute. A little hotter than I had planned but I wanted to be aggressive, my original goal was to do 5’s at 75, but I transitioned quickly and got 4 right out of the gate, I thought hit a few 4’s, I did one set of 3 and thought that shit can’t fly. I did finish the 30 before the 5 min mark. I wanted to be faster with the 75lb barbell, but I also wasn’t planning on being as aggressive out the gate. The 30 burpee were pretty steady I feel and I believe I was around a 4sec/rep clip. I don’t remember # exactly but I hit 18ish reps, made my plate change and then finished a little after 7. My original goal was 1 rep every 6 seconds but the 135 bar is where I struggled to keep pushing hard. Having a judge/counter/coach here would have been huge to keep me on target. I didn’t want to push here but would’ve have been able to had there been another presence, I should be able to dig in myself, but when it started to hurt a little I let back a little. I know I finished around 12 ish, and the 20 rep of burpee I broke to change plates several times. With about 90seconds to go I grinded through the 165. Even though I only got 9 reps, the effort at 165 was way better than it was at 135. If I could’ve managed my 135 snatch better and the 20 burpee and plate change/rest better I could’ve been in a better position. Overall I’m not too bummed with my score, I took a risk pushing the first burpee and with something on the line I feel pretty confident I would’ve been more equipped to tolerate the pain.