lots to report

today's mainsite wod:

benchpress 3-3-3-3-3
produced 155, 165, 175, 185, 205 (no attempt)
quite possibly the stupidest thing i've tried in awhile, i don't have a bench to do bench press on, so instead i used 10 cushions piled on each other to create my bench.  by 175 i was noticing that the heavier the weight got the more i started sinking into the cushions making it difficult to get the weight back on my rack.  at 185, once i finished the three reps, i was too low and couldn't reach the squat hooks with the bar even though my arms were locked out.  luckily i didn't have the collars on the bar so i methodically bailed out from under the bar.  205 was hopeless and not even worth trying but i'm definitely capable of doing it - felt good about bench, i haven't benched so much since sophomore year of high school when i took weightlifting everyday.  overall, a difficult wod to complete without a proper/solid bench and no spotter.

wasn't satisfied with this as my wod, so i attempted the 2008 crossfit games wod that bonak posted recently. 

5 rounds for time:
5 deadlifts at 275 lb
10 burpees

scaled the deadlifts to 235, the max weight i have. 
time- 5:33, extremely happy with this time.  was basically "redlining" since after the second round.  once i finished it tasted like i had tinfoil in my mouth or blood or something, not pleasant.  definitely the hardest i've pushed myself on a wod, probably ever. three hours later and i'm still hiccupping (yeah, that's right, i refuse to spell it "hiccoughing" or whatever the fuck) from the wod.

i don't think i broke up the deadlifts until the last round when i went 3 and 2.  on burpees i think i broke up the fourth and fifth round as 7-3, but other than that didn't break it up.  definitely an interesting wod...mentally i like it because each round is only ten burpees and i feel like no matter what you can push through ten burpees if you need to. 

oh yeah - on my last rep of deadlifts i dropped the bar and continued onto burpees.  by my 6th burpee on my last round, my mom came out and started to try to have a conversation with me.  imagine george's mom from seinfeld for the following voice, "adaaaaaammm, that was too loud.  what's gooooing on outtt here??  oh my gawwwd, adaaaaammmm!!! yooour heaad almost hit the ceiling when you jumppped, be caaaarefulll, adaaaammm."  me: "not now, can't talk".  by this point, i was seriously about to pass out from the wod, and i wish there was a camera capturing this moment.  it's comedic gold.