5/15/2015

AM
For time with Conner:
21-15-9
Partner deadlifts, 410
Syncho CTB pull ups

7:30

PM
For time with Jessie and Brandie (and the bros)
100 snatches, 55
15 rope climbs
50 thrusters, 75

complete, not sure of the total team time


AM session with Conner was good and bad. We decided to do kipping pull ups instead of butterfly and it actually ended up working really well for us, I think we're going to stick with kipping because there's a much larger chance of getting out of sync if we butterfly. I'm definitely cool with kipping because we're reducing the amount of no-reps. We started the workout and did 21 pull ups before we realized we were supposed to start with the deadlifts. Oops. We rested about 10 minutes and started over. The deadlifts were pretty bad, we weren't spread out on the bar correctly and we were resting way too long between sets. Also, Conner and I deadlift very differently (he's more controlled on the way down, I tend to bounce the bar off the ground) and I wasn't waiting for him to fully extend his hips at the top before I would start the descent, so our bar ended up doing a weird worm motion. We also weren't communicating at all during the deadlifts, I was just kind of guessing when I was supposed to put the bar down. We communicated really well on the pull ups, kipping made it easier for us to stay in rhythm and I was able to keep my eye on Conner to make sure I was hitting the bar at the same time. We stuck to sets of 3 but I know in the future we will be able to do sets of 5, our arms were fatigued from the premature set of 21 before we started over. I know if we continue to practice our deadlift and cut down the rest between sets we can shave off a bunch of time on this. 

PM session was really fun, I like this workout. We cut down the reps but we were still able to get a good idea of how the event is going to feel. Basically, we just have to go balls out on every set. Snatches were light and fast. Rope climbs were pretty quick, these have improved so much. I know they will be more tiring once we do the full workout though. The thrusters were not as bad as I thought they would be, I did a set of 7 every time but I think I could definitely do sets of 10. I need to increase my speed on these. Overall, this was a good workout. I felt like I had just enough rest to slightly recover before my turn, and I never felt like I couldn't do another set of something.