AMRAP- kind of

AMRAP = As Many Rounds As Possible
This means a fixed time in which you have to complete as many total rounds as possible of the given exercises. The implication of AMRAP is that you will get a high number, because you have a proportionately long amount of time, given how short one cycle should take. Today, this was NOT the case.

AMRAP in 20 minutes
Row 250 meters
Sumo deadlift highpull 95 pounds, 21 reps
Pull-ups 15 reps
I did 5 and 1/3 rounds (1/3 is 250m row)

This is an unusually low number for an AMRAP, but it appears to be pretty good for this WoD. If your row takes just under 1 minutes, SDHP take 1 minute, and your pullups (unbroken) take 30 seconds, that is 2:30/round. If you can keep a 3 minute pace you should get 6 2/3 rounds. HAH! My first round was 2:30, but I slowed a lot and completed 3 full rounds by the 10 minute mark. I raced to get in the last row before the end, and just barely squeezed it in under the wire. This was 20 straight minutes of pulling. My forearms couldn't hang onto the pull up bar any more. My last set of 15 pullups was broken into 5,4,3,3, as I was literlly falling off the bar. The SDHP were never more than 3 sets, but they sucked the life out of my grip. The row was supposed to be the 'break' but I knew it was one of the few places where I could pick up some time. So I ended up pulling as hard as possible to get a faster time. This was a killer workout and I don't think I could have possibly gotten any farther into the SDHP of the last round. My breaks were short and few and I transitioned well between exercises. The people on the HQ blog who got 6 rounds have my utmost respect. It was really hard to pick up time on this wod. Almost everyone got 4 rounds or slightly more. The next tiem this comes up it will definitely be 6 rounds for me.