This is really a response to a past comment/question by Sam about how I broke up a recent WO that had 50 pull-ups/50 dips, 40 PUs/40 dips, etc. Sam asked "did you break it up into sets of 10, or 5 or what?"
This leads to my short treatise on the distinction between doing the classical weight lifting "sets" and "rounds for time" concept found in many of the Crossfit WOs. My observation from watching way too many Crossfit WOD demos is that, when working for time, sets are out the window. In other words, you don't pre-determine how you are going to break up the designated number of reps - you just get them done as fast as you can. So, I'm not thinking about how I'm going to break up the total, but rather focus on the running count. On the WO described above, I might have gone for 15 or so PUs then got off the bar for maybe 10 sec, then back on and try to get maybe 8 more, and so on. This kind of approach hits you very differently than a "set" WO because you do not get to recover until the WO is over.
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Thanks perfesser, but I'm more interested in how you broke them up rather than the principle behind them :)
Do you keep track of the "runs" or is it only the time? While not predetermining the fragments I think that their size would change as you progressed.
I can't do 50 consecutive dips but am close enough that I think you may be able to, or will soon.
Dang, am I gonna have to come over there and 'splane this to ya? I think I answered your query when I wrote "...In other words, you don't pre-determine how you are going to break up the designated number of reps - you just get them done as fast as you can. So, I'm not thinking about how I'm going to break up the total, but rather focus on the running count."
So, I am not keeping track of the runs (I'm thinking too hard about breathing, damnit!), and I hope to God that the number of reps in each run will increase as I progress. If you still don't get it, I will try to explain it to you while putting you into the Boston Crab hold.
Fear my camel clutch!
I'm going to ignore the 1st half of your comment. I know that you don't predetermine the breakup! What I'm saying is there may be information there that is useful if you look at it post hoc. I don't think it's unreasonable to keep track of the runs since you are already keeping track of a running total.
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