June 26 - Fight Gone Bad

Today we braved some serious heat to knock out the following WOD.

It's called "Fight Gone Bad." It's the same length (pretty close) as an MMA match - 3 five minute rounds with 1 minute of rest in between. I think you get a full 2 minutes between rounds in a pro-MMA fight, but I guess it's not worth whining about. Not now anyway (since we've already completed it).

In this WOD, you change "stations" each minute during the 5 minute long round. There are 5 exercises (stations) and you do as many reps as possible during that minute. Then your score is the total of all reps during the 15 minutes.

Round 1:
Wall Ball - 12; Sumo Dead Lift High Pulls (75#) - 13; Box Jumps - 17; Push Press (75#) - 14; Jump Rope - 42
Round 2:
Wall Ball - 11; Sumo Dead Lift High Pulls (75#) - 15; Box Jumps - 12; Push Press (75#) - 18; Jump Rope - 54
Round 3:
Wall Ball - 10; Sumo Dead Lift High Pulls (75#) - 15; Box Jumps - 11; Push Press (75#) - 14; Jump Rope - 50
Total Reps: 292

We had a few hiccups getting started. The timer (& our assistant - Wonder Boy) weren't functioning QUITE like we had hoped. But by the end of the workout, we had things going pretty smoothly. Of course, I promptly collapsed afterward. But we did it. We completed the workout.

I don't have any desire to try this particular workout again any time soon (maybe in the fall after a few cool fronts come through). But like all of these, I am proud for giving it a try. I'll take that "moral victory" for now.