Feb 17 & 18 - Shane's WODs

Feb 17:
I took a go at the Midwest sectional WOD #1:

"THE AIR FORCE WOD"
For time:
20 Thrusters
20 Sumo deadlift high pulls
20 Push jerks
20 Overhead squats
20 Front squats

Men will use a 95lb barbell. Women will use 65lbs. Each athlete must do four burpees at the beginning of every minute before moving on to the barbell work. The athlete is allowed to move to the next barbell skill once an he/she has completed all 20 reps. If the minute clock beeps during a repetition the athlete will complete their rep and then start their four burpees. There is a 20min cap.

I had timer/Davey issues that turned this into a nightmare.  But bottom line my time was ~9 minutes.  Embarrassing.  This time at the actual competition would have put me around ~40th place for that WOD.  I'm just hoping that I had an off day.  Unfortunately I also managed to irritate my sciatic nerve during this WOD as well.  All in all, a bad day that left me very deflated.

Feb 18:
I talked with Ben and asked him to pick any WOD for me to do next.  I needed something tangible and verifiable to really test me and hopefully pull me out of this funk:

"Nate"
As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
2 muscle ups
4 handstand push ups
8 kettlebell swings - 2 pood

Well, I think Ben did a great job selecting this WOD.  All of these movements are good movements for me...but 20 minutes is typically a bad time domain for me, especially AMRAPs.  This was exactly what I needed.  I set a new personal record at 16 full rounds with a previous best of 13 rounds.  I really wanted 17 rounds but I am very happy with my results.  I think 17 or 18 rounds is very achievable for me but 16 rounds was the best I had this time.  My sciatic killed me everytime I kicked up into the hspu's, so it had an effect, but was tolerable.

Going to rest the 19th and take my lady out on the town.  Back at it on the 20th!