30:00 airdyne
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15:00 mobility
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15.1/15.1A
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10:00 airdyne @Z1
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complete
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15.1- 175 (+20 reps from Friday)
15.1A- 191
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complete
WOW. Today was awesome. I knew I was going to improve on 15.1 but I didn't think I would be able to get 20 more reps than I did on Friday. My original goal was to just finish the toes to bar. There were a few differences today that really helped my performance. First of all, I made sure to tape my hand moderately instead of wrapping it tightly in tape three times like I did on Friday. That definitely helped my grip, I wasn't even really concerned about grip this time. Also, I broke up the toes to bar a lot less and also rested less between sets. I did sets of 5 for the first set, 4/4/4/3 on the second set, then 3s and 2s the rest of the time. I only went to singles the last 4 reps of the last round. On friday, I was doing singles by the 4th round. I also didn't use the gymnastics mat this time and that made a huge difference. I was just jumping to the bar like normal and I didn't have to worry about where the mat was. I broke up the snatches less this time and also didn't break up the deadlifts at all. Stephen being my judge also made a huge difference. I basically just shut off my brain and did exactly what he said. He told me when to jump to the bar, when to go down to doubles, how fast to transition, etc. He definitely pushed me to go a lot faster. I ended up getting 20 more reps than when I did this the first time. It was awesome. Thanks Stevo! I call dibs on you being my judge for the next four weeks.
By the time I got to the clean and jerk, I was definitely breathing a lot harder than I was on Friday. I decided to start heavier this time, my first lift was 155. I took about two minutes before I went for it, I wanted to make sure my breathing was under control a bit. The clean was easy but the jerk was a little surprising, I think because I was pretty tired. I put 175 on the bar (or so I thought) and pulled it, but it turns out I loaded it unevenly. I forgot to put 10 pounds on the left side. Idiot. I loaded it correctly and hit 175 very easily. Stephen told me to go for 191 so I did and hit that easily as well. I had about :40 so I put 195 on the bar and tried pulling it with about :07 left but I didn't have the energy, it was basically just a deadlift. Oh well. I'm very happy that I was able to hit 191 again! And it felt great!
This was a great first week of the Open. I'm looking forward to finding out what the second workout is. Fingers crossed for some muscle ups or chest to bars.
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| Between the two of us we clean and jerked 392 pounds |
