Saturday 4 Jan 12

Throwdown!

Event 1: As a team of 4, complete AMRAP in 8 minutes of:

Deadlift (275/225/185/135/95)

Event 2: As a team of 2, each partner completes 3 rounds of:

12 burpees
24 Ab-mat sit-ups
1 bear crawl

Event 3: As a team of 2, complete AMRAP in 8 minutes of:

Push press (135/115/95/65)
Shuttle run

Notes: A really fun day! We opted to challenge ourselves with 275# on the deadlift workout. We may have been able to score more points by using 225#, but I'm happy to have cleared that mental hurdle of doing heavy deadlifts since my back injury last year. I feel like my deadlift is finally back to where it should be. I managed sets of 12, 12, 10, and 8 (I think). I sat out of the second event, but think that it would have been right up my alley. I decided to challenge myself again on push press by using 115#. I banged out 25 reps on the first set! I surprised myself with that one. The shuttle runs were 4 sideline-and-backs on the basketball court. Steph and I timed it perfectly so that we each had time for three sets on the bar. My other two sets were 15 and 8. I wish I had stayed on the bar for another few reps on the last set, but that's how it goes. All in all, it was a really fun day and turned out to be a great training day.