Tabata - Double Unders / Rows / Squats / Double Unders

Great night in the box.  Tabata on the agenda.  I like Tabata type workouts overall.  It is a good metcon for me and one that I just keep moving through to keep the intensity up.  As part of the warm up we did the following:

8 rounds
3 lateral jumps (choose the box height)
25 yard sprint
walk back for rest

I started with a 24" box for the first 4 rounds but on my last round I had a bit of a mental block and couldn't get all the way over.  I essentially tripped up and jumped on top of then off.  So, for rounds 5-8 I switched to the 12" box to keep the intensity going.

On to Tabata

Double Unders
Row (for calories)
2 min rest
Air Squats
Double Unders

Any time I see Tabata and row I know that i need to game the round right before row so that I have enough time to get on the rower and move.  Otherwise, I will only get 1 calorie in the first round and that kills my overall score.

First round of double unders were really solid.  I have been modifying my rope length a lot over the past month and feel that I finally have a really good length.  The first 6 rounds i was doing 20-24 double unders each 20 second interval with 15 - 16 in a row.  Real happy with this.  Round 7 I had a brain snafu and couldn't string a lot of them together and only ended up with 15.  So, I went into the last round and knocked out 15 immediately then got to rower to get my setup moving.

Rowing for me is a nice and smooth activity.  I ended up with 5 calories as my lowest score on the row.  Knowing that I had a 2 min rest I pushed my last round hard going into a 2 min rest.

Air squats are never fun when you are doing them for time.  I peaked out in my first 4 rounds at 16 but dropped dramatically after that.  Ended up with 7 as my lowest score.

Going into double unders on the last of Tabata I envisioned I could do just as well as the beginning and was shooting for the high teens.  Reality set in big time when I did my first round and could only squeeze out 9.  Ouch !!  The good news is that I was able to get back up to the 20's after round 3 but I had to score the 9 as my best.

Overall score - 36