Getting Home to Go Overhead

Friday, April 10;

I literally got back to work last night after sitting in hours of traffic from New Jersey and went straight to CFOT. Made it just in time to hit the Friday WOD. Jerks. I have been trying to avoid doing work overhead, but I just couldn't pass this one up. It felt so good to be home and I wanted to play. I teamed up with Lannette who put up some freaking smoking scores. She's incredible!

Workout:
Heavy Push Jerks
5, 5, 5, 5, 5

33lb, 53lb, 63lb, 73lb, 83lb (4.5)

I failed at 83 pounds. I did the first four clean, then adjusted for the final push, and I let myself get in my head. I started overthinking and defeated myself. Especially for a move like a jerk, there's no room for thought or self-doubt. You are using a fast, explosive movement to push some heavy weight overhead. There has to be a decent amount of trust in your strength and shoulder stability to know that you can push that weight up and stick your landing.

As soon as I started doubting that, it was too late. Here's to a solid attempt and getting stronger overhead (slowly).

Workout II:
3 rounds for time:
15 jumping slamballs (15lb)
20 jumping lunges
300 meter row
400 meter run

Total: 16:49

All legs all the time. Ouch!