Wall Balls and Baggo = GOOD TIMES!!

Oh boy Oh Boy!! Woke up this morning and my legs were hurting pretty bad. I had some serious DOMS going on. Felt like I was walking on lead trunks all day. Found out what the WOD was early in the day and was a little worried as to how I was gonna hold up. During my breaks at school I got my back and shoulder rehab work done. The back has been pretty tender at times lately so I really need to be aware of it during WODs and continue to work on strengthening and ice to keep the flare ups tolerable.

CORE @ school
Skin the Cat 3x5
Ring Static Hollow holds 3x30s w/ 30s Rest

Showed up for the 6:30p class at Prevail and was glad to see a big crowd coming to WOD and hang out for the Bags Tournament. My goal for this WOD was to do all the pull ups unbroken. I knew I was gonna struggle with wall balls, I always do. Such a simple move and I absolutely hate it. I lined up between Harvey and Charlie. I figured they would keep me moving through the wall balls since they toss the thing around like a rag doll. Zachamole put up a blistering 2:56 so I had a good time to chase.

Strength
Cleans 5-5-5@40-50-60%
115-150-180

-these were all full cleans and done tap and go. All the cleans felt real smooth getting into the full squat, which really surprised me.  My back winced a little coming out of my 2nd set. Initial thought was I butt winking again. Had Charlie watch on the third set to make sure it wasn't. He said reps were fine, but so was my back that round too. Should of taken advantage of him and had him keep an eye on all three sets. I got a little jerky and bumpy off my thighs in the first set, but as I settled in that went away.

WOD
21-15-9
    11' Wall Balls (20#)
    Pull Ups
= 3:30

  Another WOD that I'm feeling pretty good about. I moved real well during both movements. All the "re-grooving" to my squat seems to be paying off. Despite how crappy my legs felt beforehand, the squats felt effortless. Usually, I'm struggling to stay back and find my balance with the ball in front, but not today. Every rep felt solid in depth and control. I accomplished my goal of doing all pull ups unbroken (this was a goal because this is what slows my Fran time down...letting go of the stinkin' bar!) I was pretty pumped about that.
  Harv and Charlie definitely kept moving during the wall balls. I beat them off the first rd of pull ups and 4-5 reps into the 2nd set of wall balls they were both right back on the wall with me chasing me down. Wall balls got ugly in the 2nd & 3rd rounds. I must have had at least 8-10 no reps in those two rounds after having none in the first. Very frustrating, but I knew it was coming. The last 2 reps in the third I was literally jumping off the ground to get the frickin' ball up to 11'. Overall...solid WOD...really has me looking forward to doing Fran again and trying to get that sub 3 time.

The Baggs
Partnered up with Charlie for the tournament. We were paired against the Roberts family in the 1st round. Charlie, Dean, and I just got done with the WOD moments ago. My arms still haven't completely straightened out yet by this point, mind you. Charlie threw against Dean and I through against Michelle (who didn't WOD and was completely fresh and no physical impairments to her throwing motion). We had rough start, trailing 9-1 after the 2nd inning. We gained our composure and rallied back to a 20-19 game. After a few scoreless innings, they finally got lucky and won off of a hanger.
So down to the consolation bracket we go. Wouldn't luck have it...we were paired up against another set of "fresh" competitors, Kristy and Tim. Again, we trail 9-0 after the first innings. Avoiding the skunk and pulling off the biggest upset of the tournament (we beat Tim & Kristy on there own set of boards), winning 22-20.
For the Consolation Championship match, and a chance at redemption against the Roberts duo, we went against Team Red, Lenny & Joe. This was a walk over in my book (but don't tell Joe I said that because he really wanted to try and tackle me at the end of the game). We won by a landslide of 21-3.
Just when we thought revenge was within our grasp. Team Roberts tucked their tail and went home before we could take their title away! Til the next time suckers!!