Tabata "Heavier"

Holy Tabatas!!
This was an amazing workout! Here's a little background regarding Tabata's from an article by a guy named John Harker:

"The Tabata protocol is a high-intensity training regimen that produces remarkable results. A Tabata workout (also called a Tabata sequence) is an interval training cycle of 20 seconds of maximum intensity exercise, followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated without pause 8 times for a total of four minutes. In a group context, you can keep score by counting how many lifts/jumps/whatever you do in each of the 20 second rounds. The round with the smallest number is your score." - for more visit the rest of the article: NO PAIN NO GAIN

The WOD:
TABATA HEAVIER
-Knees 2 Elbows
-Pushpress (rx'd m 95#/w 65#) I did 53#
-SDLHP (rx'd m 95#/2 65#) I did 53 #
-Box Jumps (rx'd m 20"/w 18") I did 18"

I'm pretty sure that by now you are starting to understand some of the basic CrossFit movements. But in case you need a refresher course here are some helpful photos and videos from other CrossFit sites.
Knees to Elbows:

Push Press:

S.umo D.ead L.ift H.igh P.ull Video Demo


This workout was unbelievable. I thought it was going to kill me but somehow I made it through. (This seems to be a theme by the way).

Imagine 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest for 8 rounds on each one of these exercises. It's positively nutty! I thought the knees to elbows would be my biggest weakness but I was able to maintain a lowest reps number of 5. Swinging and kipping into them really helps! The push press I thought would be easy-ish, but I actually struggled the most on that one. Each time I push pressed it up, it lost less speed and explosiveness. Again I was able to maintain a lowest reps number of 5. The SDLHP was my biggest unknown. I had only done them once before and that time it was using a kettlebell, and it was up until that point the hardest workout I had ever done! Funny how its not too different of a workout than I did last night, but it was almost 2 months ago! How far I've come! This time the SDLHP's didn't kill me - I killed them! I was able to bust them out fast and with pretty good form (as far as I know) with a minimum reps of 7 using the 53# barbell! Before class started Kris worked with a new girl and I to nail down the form of the SDLHP's. I know that it absolutely helped! Form is our best friend when doing workouts. It helps to get the most amount of work done efficiently - not to mention it helps us not injure ourselves! Finally came the box jumps. I managed to do a minum rep of 6 but I was sure I was going to throw up after every 20 second round. Lucky for everyone else I didn't! My total score was 23. I'm happy with that score definitely! It really has helped me see how far I've come in just 2 1/2 months that I've been doing this! Below are two pictures of our white boards. The first one is the warm-up/skill/WOD and the second is the total scores for the day. (I'm not in the back of the pack finally!)