Countdown

The competition is in 5 week.  That's... soon.  Very soon.

We had a training session last night to assess where we are at, and determine what to do to improve and get the rest of the way there.  I learned a TON (it's amazing what "there are going to be SO MANY people there to cheer for you guys" does for your coachability,) and I definitely have a ton of work to do.

1. Pullups:  These aren't awful.  I can do maybe 5 in a row (kipping of course) before I lose my form and start missing reps.  The most valuable thing 2 things I learned were some rhythm improvement, and to get off the damn bar when you lose it.  Totally, mind-blowingly obvious, right?  But kind of hard to remember when you miss a rep and just want to go for another one.
Training Plan Week 1 and 2 - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 6 x 5 until I can do 7 x 5, then 8 x 5.  If I can improve my technique, I think I'll be able to get to 8 or 10 by the competition.  (Ambitious?  Yes.)

2. Toes to Bar:  These are honestly a disaster.  Get off the bar every time and do them individually was advice I didn't want to hear, but needed to.  That and I need to keep my back / lats engaged because I was losing all tension after each rep.  I want to string them together but they are a bit off from that still, what I really need to do is TTB one at a time, well, with proper technique, then try to string them together.
Training Plan Week 1 and 2  - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 1 x 10s, then 2 x 10, and hopefully after that I can start doing them more consecutively.  

3. Lifting:  I need to video and review my lifts, give myself an honest assessment, then fix the issue and go back.  I know when I'm losing tension, I know when I'm half assing things, I
Training Plan Week 1 and 2  - Wednesday, Friday 5 x 5 cleans barbell cycling with 125lbs.  1 x 5 145lbs to practice technique.  

4. Accessory work:  This is on my own, but important because I have to work on strength in a few areas to be able to do the skills well.  
Training Plan Week 1 and 2  - Twice a week (likely Wednesday, Friday) 5x5 OHP,  5x5 bench, 10 x 5 dumbbell ohp, pushup progressions (5 x 10 moving up as I can) core / ab work, lunges (weight and rep scheme tbd), lat pulldowns, face-pulls

5. Cardio:  The advice was to sprint, and I'm going to go for what I have found will fit well into my other training (at the gym)
Training Plan Week 1 and 2  - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Aerobic power on the rower or assault bike 00:30 on 00:30 off, 10 rounds to start and move up from there with the goal of maintaining the same distance over all rounds.

This will take me to Sept 25 and 3 weeks out.  Eeek!