Why not looks fun. As I look back now at this wod I can say if I had to compare it to something it would be a dragster with the gas pedal to the floor. Smoke, burning rubber you could feel the chassis starting to rumble under stress from the motor dumping high octane fuel into the carburator. Computer chip not sure if it should stall or jump into next gear. Thank god for the rubber mounts holding her together. 1st gear a breeze, 2nd gear hell on wheels 3 red lights flashing. Final round getting it back under control screaming across the line at 6:17 Shoot deployed. The fans go wild
my thoughts exactly. "why not". this is about as simple as it gets. two movements, "for time", no trickery, a nice benchmark. i had no plans of doing this but it was brought up in conversation and after recalling the effectiveness of it last time i determined it would be a useful gauge of improvement. not a lot, if any, has changed with my strength or overall programming since this was done 8 months back but i have worked at great length on technique with regard to the clean. i think it's paying off.
3:46 at 115 vs 3:58 at 95 8 months back
cycling the hang power clean for 15 reps at a light to medium weight with full knowledge of the entire clean makes for a smooth delivery and seemingly endless application of power. my strategy was equally simple as last time but completely different, flirt with full speed but be patient, only going full throttle at the end of the tunnel. last time i went all out, a complete sprint, but hit a rought spot where things started to fall apart, similar to what (!) describes above. this time things were different. i determined it best to do all hpc unbroken but strategize on the burpees. my sets were intentionally broken into 15 - (10,5) the first two rounds. minimal breaths (2-3) between movements and restarts led to an overall better pace, never losing control. the final round of hpc was started as quickly as possible and almost broke at 12. one deep breath in the hang position and the last 3 reps were history. straight into the last 15 burpees, taking them down in 3 quick bites of 7, 3, and 5. gaming and strategy has it's place, knowledge of personal abilities is a blessing and a curse (more on that later) but this time it worked in my favor.
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Why not looks fun. As I look back now at this wod I can say if I had to compare it to something it would be a dragster with the gas pedal to the floor. Smoke, burning rubber you could feel the chassis starting to rumble under stress from the motor dumping high octane fuel into the carburator. Computer chip not sure if it should stall or jump into next gear. Thank god for the rubber mounts holding her together. 1st gear a breeze, 2nd gear hell on wheels 3 red lights flashing. Final round getting it back under control screaming across the line at 6:17 Shoot deployed. The fans go wild
my thoughts exactly. "why not". this is about as simple as it gets. two movements, "for time", no trickery, a nice benchmark. i had no plans of doing this but it was brought up in conversation and after recalling the effectiveness of it last time i determined it would be a useful gauge of improvement. not a lot, if any, has changed with my strength or overall programming since this was done 8 months back but i have worked at great length on technique with regard to the clean. i think it's paying off.
3:46 at 115 vs 3:58 at 95 8 months back
cycling the hang power clean for 15 reps at a light to medium weight with full knowledge of the entire clean makes for a smooth delivery and seemingly endless application of power. my strategy was equally simple as last time but completely different, flirt with full speed but be patient, only going full throttle at the end of the tunnel. last time i went all out, a complete sprint, but hit a rought spot where things started to fall apart, similar to what (!) describes above. this time things were different. i determined it best to do all hpc unbroken but strategize on the burpees. my sets were intentionally broken into 15 - (10,5) the first two rounds. minimal breaths (2-3) between movements and restarts led to an overall better pace, never losing control. the final round of hpc was started as quickly as possible and almost broke at 12. one deep breath in the hang position and the last 3 reps were history. straight into the last 15 burpees, taking them down in 3 quick bites of 7, 3, and 5. gaming and strategy has it's place, knowledge of personal abilities is a blessing and a curse (more on that later) but this time it worked in my favor.
5:36 @ 115
smoked on burpees
-Trickle
times from ict
john - 5:14
patrick - 8:05
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