Deadlifts?? Clean and jerks? I’m in.
14 or 15 Min Time Cap, thank God..
Death By Clean and Jerk Complex
1 DL + 1 C&J (185/130)
*deadlifts increase by 1 every minute*
So I don’t remember if it was 14 or 15 minutes for the time cap, but I do know that I pushed it to the very end, and I skipped out on our last minute. My back was wrecked from all the deadlifts, but the whole thing was awesome.
Clean and Jerk
3 x 3+1
2 x 2+1
then
For time:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Hang squat clean + 2 lunge + Push Jerk (95/65)
Toes to bar
The C&J were great, of course. I didn’t push it, and I also knew this wasn’t being recorded. I chose to focus on warming up and technique rather than weight. No competitions today.
For the WOD, it was pretty tough! The complex was ridiculous. It was harder than it looks, and very tedious. When there’s a time cap, you welcome it graciously. I welcomed this one!
In 20 minutes, I finished 7 rounds of the above. I opted to do leg raises from the floor instead of wrecking my hands and getting less of a workout. After having a rough few days behind me, I didn’t want to push myself too hard and send myself back into a depressive, self defeating state. It worked. I left and felt great, and went on to prepare for the nearing hurricane that was fast approaching our area of FL.
Today was a tough one. It was a day that I couldn’t think about, or I would’ve stressed over it and probably just not have gone. It wasn’t until I got home and was getting dressed that I remembered there would be rope climbs. And handstand walks. I got dressed anyway and went, determined to do my best.
After our warm ups and whatnot, I was messing around with handstand walks, and just, on a whim, busted out a few attempts. I actually went further than I thought I would, by practicing my counter balance with my legs. (scorpion feet?) The fact that someone even commented on it was either a) them noticing that I did better than usual or b) they just felt bad that I could only get 3 feet across the floor on my hands but whichever.
This is also more than likely the most rope climbs I’ve ever done during a WOD. I usually give up and just scale them back, reps-wise, during WODs because they are so exhausting for me. I was pretty proud of myself here.
The WOD(s):
100′ HS Walk (8 Wall Walks)
5 Power Clean and Jerk, 225/155
3 Legless Rope Climbs
Rest 4 Minutes
2 Rounds
18 Calorie Row
3 Power Clean and Jerk, 225/155
2 Legless Rope Climbs
Rest 4 Minutes
3 Rounds
9 Calorie Row
2 Power Clean and Jerk, 225/155
1 Legless Rope Climb
I did all my rope climbs! Not legless, but still rope climbs! I did all my 155lb C&J, something I’m super proud of, and I did as much rowing as I could. It wasn’t RX because the rope climbs weren’t legless and I didn’t get my 100ft of HS walks in. (but I did do about 10-15ft? Yesss…)
My time ended up being 23 min or something. Yay.
