a well balanced effort put forth by trickle from the shop in topeka. hungover from yesterday's uninvited and sudden allergies while still recovering from an obvious lack of sleep, this was difficult but deemed the right challenge to test the systems. i'm still not so sure i'm back to 100% from my recent week of inactivity but today had to be a step in the right direction.
i've determined the sdlhp is one of the most underestimated movements around. not only from an effectiveness standpoint but possibly more overlooked is it's demand to be executed in the most technical of manners. any pull from the ground before full full hip extension results in a severe misuse of power, and therefore, speed. fatigue creeps in quickly if the elbows break early. many sacrifice proper rom for speed but i've yet to catch myself in that category. too much thought has been put into the most effective stance and grip position to waste the effort without grazing the chin and standing proud. if you can't get it up there and t-rex syndrome starts to set in, you've got too much weight. drop the load and ego in favor of mechanics. we could all get things done faster taking shortcuts but sooner or later the pitfalls of that tempting path become painfully obvious.
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a well balanced effort put forth by trickle from the shop in topeka. hungover from yesterday's uninvited and sudden allergies while still recovering from an obvious lack of sleep, this was difficult but deemed the right challenge to test the systems. i'm still not so sure i'm back to 100% from my recent week of inactivity but today had to be a step in the right direction.
i've determined the sdlhp is one of the most underestimated movements around. not only from an effectiveness standpoint but possibly more overlooked is it's demand to be executed in the most technical of manners. any pull from the ground before full full hip extension results in a severe misuse of power, and therefore, speed. fatigue creeps in quickly if the elbows break early. many sacrifice proper rom for speed but i've yet to catch myself in that category. too much thought has been put into the most effective stance and grip position to waste the effort without grazing the chin and standing proud. if you can't get it up there and t-rex syndrome starts to set in, you've got too much weight. drop the load and ego in favor of mechanics. we could all get things done faster taking shortcuts but sooner or later the pitfalls of that tempting path become painfully obvious.
great program.
never had so much trouble typing after a WOD. did you try to make a fist afterwards? impossible.
8:58 on 10/27/10
-JH
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