Monday's workout was day one of phase one for the competition team. We focused mainly on snatch skill work tonight. I partnered up with Tiff, which is great because we are at pretty much the same fitness level except for running. I'm no where close to her on that.
- 3 Position Snatch (Floor-Knee-Thigh) @ 60% - 45lbs x 4
- Snatch Balance 1-1-1-1
45-55-65-65 (Didn't squat low enough on the first 65lb attempt so I repeated it) - Snatch High Pull @ 95% -75lbs 3x3
- Romanian Deadlift @ 65lbs 3x8
This was the first time I've tried a romanian deadlift. It's different. Basically, when you have the bar on the ground, you are bent over with your bum sticking out. As Tiff quoted Shae tonight, "it's a stripper deadlift".
Then came the mini-metcon (met=metabolic, con=conditioning),
"Heavy Jackie"
- 1K row
- 30 Push Press @ 75lbs
- 15 Pull-ups
17:12
Robin called it "Short and Heavy Jackie". It definitely wasn't short for me. The rx'd weight for women was an 85lbs push press. I tried it...no way could I do 30 of them. Tried 75lbs...felt alright. I could do it. By the time I actually got to the push presses, 75lbs was a lot heavier than I should have done. I was able to do it in sets of 2s but halfway through I had to do it one at a time. Aaron told me these mini-metcons are supposed to be 5-10 minutes in length. In order for me to achieve this, I need to scale down my weight. I should have dropped the weight even more to 65lbs. I probably could have been able to do my push presses in sets of 5s. Side note, always put your head back a bit when doing push press. I pushed the bar into my chin part way through the workout. Not a pleasant feeling.
I didn't get my star today but that's alright. It was a good first day back. Today's workout, double-unders...ugh.
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