Barbara

I'm not sure what we would do if the apartment was further from the office, but it's getting increasingly hard to get both Annabel and I up for 6am training! We were both a bit tired this morning - Annabel was still sore from Monday, and I think I was a bit drained from a long work day yesterday. Regardless, we did one of the original benchmark girls - Barbara.

5 rounds, each for time, of:
20 pullups (I did kipping, Annabel did jumping with close grip)
30 pushups (I did strict chest-to-floor, Annabel was on her knees)
40 situps (I did full ROM with hands touching behind my head and to my toes, Annabel did crunches)
50 squats
Rest exactly 3mins between each round.

It took me a total of 34:04 with an average heart rate of 136bpm. I did crunches the first round, so it was quicker, and I rested for 3:40 between the first and second rounds (and 3:07 between rounds 2 &3) waiting for Annabel to finish her pullups. My round times were 3:42, 4:07, 4:33, 4:35, 4:14.

I managed to get all the pullups out in rounds of 20 reps, but had to split the last two rounds of pushups. I was concentrating on getting full ROM on the squats but still managed to be quite quick - my squats have improved remarkably since last year!

I was stoked with Annabel - her jumping pullups were really good and she got through all of them. Next step - real pullups! She was pretty fatigued throughout so couldn't get as explosive as she probably should have in this WOD. I did, and by the end of the WOD, I was absolutely wrecked - I had to lie down for about 5 mins before making breakfast!!!