Thursday 2 Feb 12

CFDC

Explosive work: broad jumps, power skips, bounding, etc.

Metcon: Complete 3 rounds of

1 minute of box jumps (24 inch)
1 minute of wallball shots
Rest 1 minute
1 minute of dumbbell hang squat cleans (35#)
1 minute of Ab-mat sit-ups
Rest 1 minute

Notes: Today was a bit of a grind. Thursday was the sixth day in a row of training, and my body felt fatigued. My legs were heavy and my upper body was tight. I was happy to see that class didn't involve any heavy lifting, and I just decided to grit my teeth and give the best effort I could. The jumping work was fun. I don't think it provided much of a stimulus, but it was enjoyable and helped to awaken my body. The metcon was a bit difficult for me because of the dumbbell hang squat cleans. For some reason, I still cannot reach full depth with the dumbbells racked on my shoulders. I think it's an external rotation issue that somehow locks up my entire back and makes it difficult to squat. I pushed hard on the box jumps, wallball shots, and sit-ups, but wasn't able to string together the box jumps as well as I would have liked. I did more of the "Games" standard, where I reach full extension on top of the box, and then exploded off the floor. This was a pretty poor effort overall, but I'm happy with the fact that I grinded through a difficult session.