Crossfit Betty

I decided to do one of the named WODS this morning. The Betty seemed like a good idea based on time. I looked at my log and I had done it in August in a time of 27:31 (I only had about 30 minutes to work out this morning).

Five rounds for time:

12 Push Press, 135 lbs.

20 box jumps, 24" box

I thought I was moving real fast, barely slowing down at all during the box jumps. The Push Press was another story. Around the 3rd round I realized that something wasn't quite right. I was having a pretty tough time with the weight and the rep number. I was only doing 3-4 reps at the start of a round and maybe 2 in a row at the end. Time was creeping up on me and I was pretty sure I wasn't going to crack my previous best set in August.

I started thinking abut what could be causing the problem. First thing that came to mind was not having slept the night before. But that wasn't it. Something else was a bigger problem. I kept thinking and then it came to me. The last time I did the Betty, I wasn't too sure I'd be able to do 12 Push Presses at 135 lbs. so I actually did it with 25 lb. plates (95 lb. total). Of course that produced a quicker time. So I was bummed I couldn't beat my time, but I couldn't be too hard on myself. I finished the full real Betty in 32:54. Hopefully I won't be too sore.

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