Trying to step it up a notch for the Hopper

I came in for the 5:15 class a little late, so I decided to wait for the 6:00 class and take the opportunity to work on double unders. After working on them for about 30 min, I only got two in a row once. Hopefully I will find my rhythm soon, because I'm getting a little tired of not getting these suckers.

So we had a tough wod, and Jerry called me out on being a competitor for the Mid-Atlantic Hopper.

7 rounds of:
3 deadlift (started out at 275, then dropped to 225)
6 lou burbees (double push up)
9 C-2-B pull-ups

The DL's were not that tough, but I couldn't figure out how to keep my spine straight. Again, I kept tension in the core, but they really were ugly so I took the 25's off and kept going. I don't think lowering the weight really helped speed me up, but they felt less dangerous.

the burpees were ok, I never really waited more than a second between reps, if at all.

The pull ups are what got me. Jerry said that if your chest doesn't touch it doesn't count, especially for me since I'm preparing for the Hopper Challenge. I didn't have too much of a problem for the first 4 rounds, only like 4 or 5 fails. However, the fifth set had about 7 failed attempts, and the the sixth round it took about 9 attempts before I got my chest to touch the first time. I probably ended up doing 25 pull ups to get nine C-2-B's. My hands also gave out this round, tearing in about seven different places. For the seventh round, mostly everyone was done, so Jerry and Harold kept telling me to go for it, and even though my pull ups didn't result in my chest touching the bar, Jerry counted them. I wasn't going to argue.

My hands are shredded now, and at the end I just felt like I had failed everyone, and had let them down. I knew that wasn't the right attitude to have, so I started to think about in a positive manner. I might not be the fastest or strongest, but I'm not doing to beat other people. I'm competing in the Hopper challenge to have fun and to gain experience. There are so many exercises that I can't do (muscle up, hand stand push up, Double Unders) that it is inevitable that one of the WOD's will have one. I'm not sure what will happen then, but I will give this my all, and focus only on myself.