This was a bittersweet day… I have been working on my no false grip muscle ups, as these used to be my bread and butter, but as time went on, I did not practice them for months, as I moved into the new location in Easton, and just lost them… However, over the last few days they have come back, and have been working on them…I decided to hit a workout with muscle ups in it, but overall was disappointed in the ending, however was happy with how my mental game held up.
I was working through the workout at a pretty good pace, and hitting my muscle ups for the first few rounds unbroken, but as time came about, this nagging rips on my left hand, keep re-opening, and then a mental block hit… I started to miss muscle up attempt after attempt, which is sometimes uncommon for me at a low rep scheme. I completed almost 4 rounds in 5 minutes, then for 2 minutes I was working on 3 muscle ups… I began to swear, and get pissed off, but then remember, hey this is a workout, settle down, and just get through it. The word quitting came into my head, and was just going to call it off, and stop the workout, but I said what is the point, calm down, relax, and just finish what you can. I know I am just getting back into the swing of things, and following my own programming that I am actually enjoying, and within a month, I am going to hit this workout again, and beat this score… I am disappointed with the results of the workout, but overall happy with not getting so stressed over one workout and one movement, that I know I will get back in time… Overall a good day mentally, and a good day of realizing I am going to fail at times, and it just happens!!!
After the workout, I hit another airdyne workout and went for a longer duration aerobic capacity, and it felt good for the first time on the airdyne, and more comfortable…
Sunday, February 5th, 2012 Workout:
A. AMRAP 12 Minutes of:
3 Muscle Ups
10 Swings @ 2 pood
15 Wall Balls
Total Rounds: We will keep in the back of my head
B. Airdyne x 1:00 minute @ 90% x 2:00 minute rest x 3 sets
25 cals-27 cals-27 cals
Good job on the muscle ups. No point in losing your cool you just did what you could. Nothing wrong with that. Good luck in your future air dyne training. That thing is not for the faint of heart, keep up the good work. Ps the programming has been awesome the past few months.