Was feeling good this morning with a little…

Was feeling good this morning with a little tightness in my quads probably from the squat parts of the snatches and cleans in yesterday’s Olympic class. Today’s workout was:

Warm-up

• Monster walk, forward the length of the gym and then backward.
• 2 sets of 4×4 Push-ups

To do a monster walk, we put a small band around both ankles, spread our feet and slowly walked along while keeping the feet spread apart. 4×4 Push-ups are 4 reps each of 4 different push-ups:

• Hands in close with elbows going straight back to work the tricep.
• Dive bombers: hands and feet wide, moving down under a fence and then back under it.
• Bring the knee up to the elbow at the bottom of the push-up. Alternate knees each rep.
• After a pushup, bring a foot through and touch it with the opposite hand.

Strength
4 sets

• 3 Push press
• 20s Rest
• 1m Plank
• 2m Rest

I did 95#, 115#, 125# and 135# for the push press. I wasn’t paying attention to the weight total after the first set and when we got done I was surprised what I ended up doing. 135# was a new PR!

WOD
12:00 AMRAP

• 5 Jerks
• 5 C2B Pull-ups
• 25 DUs

After strength work we started trying different weights to use for the jerks in the WOD and Emily, the trainer, convinced me to go with 125#. I’d never tried to clean that much before and with my lousy form it was a struggle getting the weight up to my shoulders after my 1st round. I tried kipping for the C2B pull-ups, but it’s still a struggle for me to get the sequence right. DUs are improving but they really held me back in this WOD. In the end I completed 3 full rounds plus 5 jerks, 5 C2B, and 16 DUs. Everyone else smoked me. I know I used the max weight I could for the jerks, so I felt really good about that.