Actually it was a bit better than that. I’d already decided that as the box programmes light, medium and heavy weeks, it would be good to get back into wodding in a light week. When I got to the box, and looked at the whiteboard, I really did want to throw up. A ladder 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 of box jump overs and chest to floor press ups.
All I saw was the box jump overs. I can’t even do box jumps. But when it came to the WOD, having done my lifting tech with a pvc pipe so as not to put too much strain on my knee, I looked at the board with new eyes. Because of the knee swelling I would have had to do box step overs even if I could do box jumps, so suddenly the sense of shame about having to scale was gone. Not only that, I could do them at the gold height (20”) and chest to floor press ups are not a problem for me; in fact I do them anyway, as that’s the easiest way to get body position feedback so my press ups are quite strong.
My time was 5.29 and I’m happy. I had substantial feedback problems with the box step overs, but I was able to keep going except twice, when I had to stop and reset my position momentarily. I’d done all the things I committed to doing before the WOD – got an absolute horizon, worked on my proprioception, ensured I wouldn’t be distracted by anybody else in my sight-line … and it worked. Whether I’d have been able to complete a 20 minute WOD is another question, but I only needed to be able to do this one, and I did – allowing for the small scaling for injury my first WOD back after a month was Gold!
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