Skills Testing Take 2

Last night was the second set of skills testing, six months after our initial test. I improved pretty much across the board, with the exception of deadlifts, which I wasn't able to handle due to my back. Hopefully when the next skills testing rolls around, I'll be back on them.

Anyway, here were my results from December:

800m run (had to be done in under 5 minutes)- 3:45 (I wanted to do sub 4, so I was happy with this)
1 RM Deadlift- 205lbs. On par with the most I ever lifted, but in June. Will be working on these.
Max consecutive ring dips (in two minutes)- HAH. Did these with blue band, 10. These are fun.
Max Double Unders (in two minutes, allowed to break up)- 35. Totally proud of this because I did 35!
Max consecutive pull ups (in two minutes)- 15 with blue band. Hands and forearms gave out before anything else

Benchmark WOD "Christine"
3 rounds
500m row
12 deadlifts (RX is bodyweight)- I used 115. At this point, my back was feeling a little tweaked and I didn't want to push it
21 box jumps

Time: 16:30


Same exact workouts this time. Results as follows:

800M run- 3:30. I'm very happy I beat my time, and by 15 seconds! Next goal is to get that closer to 3 minutes.
1 RM Deadlift- did not complete
Max consecutive ring dips (in two minutes)- 12, with the red band. Not only did I do more, but I did it with a harder band. So, score. But next will have to do no band.
Max Double Unders (in two minutes, allowed to break up)- 44. Ugh. This was a cluster. I got started a little late, the rope kept getting stuck on my feet, and then like 15 seconds before time was called my rope broke! So...kind of DU fail. At least I improved my numbers, but not by much. Would have liked to have done better. 
Max consecutive pull ups (in two minutes)- 12 with no band, kipping. I knew I could bang out at least 10 since I've done that before. Was hoping to hit the 20 mark, but oh well. Next time.

Benchmark WOD "Christine"
3 rounds
500m row
12 deadlifts (RX is bodyweight)- I used 95, which is 20 lbs less than last time. Again...didn't want to push my back
21 box jumps

Time in 15:15. Which...if I hadn't gone faster, that would have been pretty pathetic.  At this point I was really freaking tired.

Overall though, I'm pretty happy with how things went. The heat made it much harder, plus I am still trying to get back into the groove of things after vacation. But, some definite gains pretty much across the board. Next test is up on Wednesday!