Tons of Testosterone

Thursday, June 5;

Usually, the 6:45 is a good mix of guys and girls. Often, there are more girls than guys, which is cool because all of the ladies in that class are tough as nails. Today was a very different story. I was in the midst of doing my shoulder exercises, when I realized it was going to be just me and the guys today. I have to say I don't mind it. The CFOT guys are nutso, which forces me to be a little nutso as well (not that I need much encouragement).

Right before we started the WOD, Chriss donned the 45lb weight vest!!!! Then everyone jumped on the weight vest bandwagon. If I counted correctly the total was 5 weight vests in this workout. I took the 10 pounder. Peer pressure is a wonderful thing.

I loved today's combination of movements.. first we started with some barbell work. Hang power squat cleans. Does this sound familiar? If your an avid blog reader, you'd know I did a ton of these on Sunday. My forearms were just beginning to feel normal too. Damn! After that we did some bodyweight movements. That's always a good excuse to go crazy, because you don't have heavy weights to slow you down.

Workout:
Hang Power Squat Cleans
9 reps.. workup as heavy as you can, without sacrificing form
35lb x9
55lb x9
65lb x9
65lb x9
75lb x7
85lb x4 (bailed on 4th rep and didn't want to push it)

I felt my form failing at 85lb.. the clean is fine at that weight, but recovering from the landing position is the tough part. I'm still fighting my butt positioning. At this weight I have a tendency to push back before coming up.

WOD
AMRAP in 20 minutes
10lb weight vest

15 pushups (done from knees)
15 jumping pullups
30 squats

Total: 8.66