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Monday, 16 November 2009

Day 2: The mental blockade

I was planning on resting today, but Martin said I should train... so I did!

Today, was 'Barbara'. She's a nightmare.

20x Pullups
30x Pushups
40x Situps
50x Squats
... 5 rounds!

Results:
Round 1: Below 4 minutes (3:53 or something). Pullups 10+5+5, the rest pretty unbroken.
Round 2: Just above 6 minutes. Pullups 5/5/5/5, pushups were harder this round.. broke into several sets. I started feeling my lower legs on the end of round two, which caused me to give up a little on round 3:
Round 3: Just above 8 minutes. Broke everything into smaller parts, my lower legs started cramping. I was whining a lot too. I smashed my shin into the pull-up bar this round, causing me to bleed a little.
Round 4: Cut down push-ups to do them on the knee's. Cut down my squats to 25 instead of 50. Still just above 8 minutes.
Round 5: Pull-ups done with rubberband, push-ups done on knee's but mentally I came back here and pushed through on 6 minutes. Did the situps/squats unbroken and just ignored the lower legs even though they cramped a bit. I was probably dehydrated which could have caused the cramps so much.

Generally I'm terribly unsatisfied with my results. I should be able to push through this one with all rounds below 6 minutes, but somehow I just couldn't put my mind to it during round 3 and 4. I wanted to give up and it all felt like it sucked ass. I did get back on the 5th round, starting to think about "This is where I want to be, this is what I want to do". I need to get back to my mental level from before my sickness... also I need to get back to my physical level from before my sickness :) I should be back in my old shoes within a week or so.

/Simon out.