Thursday, June 14, 2012

Wednesday 13 Jun 12

Balance Gym (Squat cycle:  11 of 16)

Front squat 2 x 3 @ 75%; 2 x 3 @ 80%; 2 x 3 @ 85%; 3 x 2 @ 80%

175; 185; 200; 185

Then, complete 3 rounds of:

AMRAP towel pull-ups
Rest 30 seconds
AMRAP strict knees-to-elbows
Rest 2 minutes

7/7, 5/8, 5/7

Notes:  Well, I survived another week of the squat cycle, but it sure is getting difficult.  Legs were zapped from Tuesday's box jump/double-under/burpee metcon.  Sets were very difficult at 85% (200#).  Definitely a bit of a pinch-forward at the bottom, but I tried my best to maintain form.  I'm really hoping that my dillegence with the program will pay off in a few weeks once we start back squatting with heavy loads.  I've but a lot of energy into this program and hope that it pays off.  Towel pull-ups were brutal on the grip, but a nice change-of-pace.  Chris programmed strict toes-to-bar, but I could do those.  Scaled to knees-to-elbows and banged out as many as I could each round.  Brutal on the abs.  No rest for the wicked -- overhead squats in class on Thursday with a metcon. 

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