After completing 13.2 once on Thursday I was not pleased with my performance so I set plans to repeat on Sunday. I reset my goal to 7 complete rounds and went in with a decent strategy.
At first I had planned to only step up the first 3 then jump then step up the final 3 of each round of box jumps just to get my breath back doing into the jumps and then going into the push presses. In my warm ups I tried to work on my cadence and it just wasn’t where I wanted it to be. So after my warm-up I judged another athlete who stepped his entire workout and improved greatly. This made me change my strategy, I was going to step the entire time!
After some final prep it was my turn again..3-2-1..GO! With the first time in my rear-view I knew to not go balls out on the first round. I slowed my deadlifts and then stepped every single one of my box “jumps”. I looked up at the clock and I was at 1:05…PERFECT! I wanted to try and stay a little over a minute pace for the first few rounds if at all possible so I had some kick left at the end. In addition to pacing better, I took much less time picking the bar up and decreased my push in the push press a bit to save my legs. Again, it worked. I got no-repped I believe about 3 times because I did not open my hips at the top of the box which was frustrating for me (not because of the judge, but more because I was too boneheaded to open up).
In the end, I improved by almost a round (21 reps) and finished with a score of 222 reps.
I was pretty happy with the score, but in typical fashion I am not thrilled and was mad at myself for two rest periods before picking up the bar. I have to set higher goals and push myself more towards them.
I noticed a lot of people improving with the step-up strategy. Even digital mustard KILLED the workout the second time around with the step-up. I am shocked they allowed it but it was within the rules so it’s not cheating.
Can’t wait til 13.3 is released!
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