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Week 6, Thursday: 2 minutes AMRAP DU: 73. Total of 6 minutes so far this week.

Week 6, Tuesday: practiced for 1 minute. Total of 4 minutes so far this week.

Week 6, bring it on! Monday: did 3x AMRAP 1 minute DU, got 51, 51, and 50. That's 3 minutes of practice. Also got a string of 37 unbroken, PR!

Week 6, bring it on! Monday: did 3x AMRAP 1 minute DU, got 51, 51, and 50. That's 3 minutes of practice.

I did it! 21:25. I'm very proud of that score. My plan for the thrusters three sets -- 8-7-6, 7-6-5, etc. then two sets starting at 9. I basically stuck to that plan; went 8-7-6, 5-5-5-3, 6-5-4, 5-4-3, 5-4, 6, 3. The round of 18 was hardest for me, both in terms of being forced to break the thrusters and the 18 burpees took me even longer than the 21. But from there I picked up steam and plowed through. W00t!

Week 5, Sunday: Open 14.5, 21:25. I did it! Points for this week: Supporting goal: 10 minutes of DU practice. 10 points.Supporting life goals: continued to eat right, weight is stable. Check!Life goals: Open 14.5 done! 5 points.Total points for this week: 15/15, A+ for the week. Total points so far: 74/75, A+!

Week 5, Friday: AMRAP 2 DU: 84. Points so far this week: Supporting goal: 10 minutes of DU practice. 10 points.Supporting life goals: continued to eat right, weight is stable. Check!Life goals: Open 14.5 scheduled for Sunday.

Week 5, Thursday: today's WOD including lots of DU: 50x DU10x OHS@45, every rep from the floor50x DU15x HC@250x DU20x KB c&j@1.5 (10x each arm)50x DU25x WBSo I'm counting that 200 DU as 3 minutes of practice. That's 8 minutes so far this week. Open 14.5 is tonight!

Week 5, Tuesday: 2-minute AMRUP DU test: 86, PR!That's 5-minutes for the week. My real WOD today was awesome! "Bears do depleting pull-ups": 2x bear@95 1x weighted pull-up@1 pd 2x strict pull-ups 4x kipping pull-ups 2x bear@95 1x weighted pull-up@1 pd 2x strict pull-ups 4x kipping pull-ups 2x bear@95 2x strict pull-ups 4x kipping pull-ups 2x bear@95 2x strict pull-ups 4x kipping pull-ups 2x bear@95 4x kipping pull-ups 2x bear@95 4x kipping pull-ups 2x bear@95 2x kipping pull-ups 2x bear@95 2x kipping pull-ups 2x bear@952x bear@95 My time: 10:16

I'm not sure what that means, but I'm assuming it's a compliment. I'll share my secret to success: pick a skill or activity you aren't good atpractice until you improvebe consistent! don't give up, don't complain, don't whine, and certainly don't quit!

Week 5, Monday: 1 minute warm-up DU; cool-down was AMRAP 2 DU (72). 3 minutes total.

Week 4 scoring: Supporting goal: 9/10 minutes of DU practice. 9 points.Supporting life goals: continued to eat right, weight is stable. Check!Life goals: 156 reps for 14.4, good job! 5 points.Score as of end of week three: 59/60 points, A+!

And other subtleties that are not apparent, but are also genetic. Are you strong(dead lift, squat)? Powerful (clean, snatch, row)? Agile (burpees, DU)? Example: I'm 5'7" (170cm) but quite powerful relative to my size. I do better with power workouts than strength workouts. I train with a guy whose an inch taller and squats and dead lifts ⅓-½ more than me -- but I can clean as much as him and am much faster in the rower.

Week 4, Sunday: 1 minute DU practice for warm-up, that brings me to 9 minutes this week. Will either do another minute sometime today or will lose a point on that one. Open workout 14.4: done, 156 reps.

156. Did great on the row (2:40), but that was expected because I rowed in college. Toes-to-bar took me about 6 minutes, fell apart in the wall-ball with some lousy catches (and drops). But happy overall; my goal was to reach 150 with 180 a dream score.

I don't have an MU at all -- but I'll be thrilled if I get to the rings in time to stare at them. Seeing Bridges and Panchik reduced to singles on a 135# clean instilled fear in me as to how hard the rest of the chipper really is...

Week 4, Friday: 200x DU as part of today's WOD, that counts as 3 minutes of practice for a total of 8 minutes so far this week.

Week 4, Thursday: AMRAP 2 DU: 77, PR! That's 5 minutes so far this week. Open Workout 14.4 comes out tonight!

As of now, I'm around the 55% mark for my Masters Division. Not bad for <1 year of CF! My 14.1 and 14.3 were strong; I got killed on 14.2, only 2 reps, and that is dragging me down in the rankings. So inspiring to be with all you good performers! Excited for 14.4...

Week 4, Wednesday: we had DU in the WOD, 15x per round. I got 4 rounds -- the first two and last unbroken, the second I missed at 11 or 12 and reset to finish. Not bad at all! Will count that as 1 minute of practice, for a total of 3 minutes so far this week. I'm a little behind compared to prior weeks.

Week 4, Monday: AMRAP 2 DU: 66. That's 1 more rep than last Friday.

Hey, and look at that -- I just graduated from "Newbie" to "Malcontent"!

My goal was to make 100 reps, did 14.3 and got 103. W00t!

End of Week 3! Results: Supporting goal: well over 10 minutes of DU practice. 10 points.Supporting life goals: continued to eat right, weight is stable. Check!Life goals: 103 reps for 14.3, good job! 5 points.Score as of end of week three: 45/45 points, A+!

Keep practicing! Some pointers that helped me: do slow singlesevery few singles, do a big jumpwork to alternate -- single, big-jump single, single, big jump...when you get that rhythm down, make the big jumps doubles -- not by jumping any higher but by whipping the rope fasterlearn single-double-single-double alternatesthen start stringing doublesLots of practice!