There are some workouts that scare me.
There are some that worry me.
There are others that make me do the Sign of the Cross.
Today was the first one that I said to myself, "Nope, ain't gonna do it."
Elizabeth: 21, 15, 9 reps of cleans AND ring dips.
Yeah, I know what you're saying. "But Rod, you've gotten those power cleans down right?"
No no no no. That was my first mistake. These aren't power cleans, these are just CLEANS.
As in clean it then squat down to the bottom. All the way down then come back up.
Did I say the RX was 135 lbs? What the hell man.
Ok, first thing's first. For strength it was presses. Oh joy. At least I could claim some manhood with those.
Ended up doing 155 six times. Yessir, the delts are gettin stronger every year. Next year I'll do 185 six times.
Yes I'm bragging. I have to. Because what comes next is downright pitiful.
We start the WOD and I do five cleans. They take forever and my legs are tired already.
So I say screw it and start doing power cleans. They're still tough mind you but not nearly as stupidly tough as regular cleans.
I haven't done ring dips for a while but I manage to crank them out with some speed. For the first 10 I think. After that I'm doing two and three at a time.
Then more cleans. I try about 4 regular cleans on the second set. Yeah right. Back to power cleans.
Dips hurt harder this time but I'm glad not to be doing cleans.
Back to the last 9 cleans. I try two. Screw it. I do power cleans and then almost forget to do the ring dips.
Yeah, not even failure. Just plain old "no I don't want to do that."
Nope. No thank you. See you later.
And Elizabeth? I'll call you next time, okay?
Peace,
Rod
There are some that worry me.
There are others that make me do the Sign of the Cross.
Today was the first one that I said to myself, "Nope, ain't gonna do it."
Elizabeth: 21, 15, 9 reps of cleans AND ring dips.
Yeah, I know what you're saying. "But Rod, you've gotten those power cleans down right?"
No no no no. That was my first mistake. These aren't power cleans, these are just CLEANS.
As in clean it then squat down to the bottom. All the way down then come back up.
Did I say the RX was 135 lbs? What the hell man.
Ok, first thing's first. For strength it was presses. Oh joy. At least I could claim some manhood with those.
Ended up doing 155 six times. Yessir, the delts are gettin stronger every year. Next year I'll do 185 six times.
Yes I'm bragging. I have to. Because what comes next is downright pitiful.
We start the WOD and I do five cleans. They take forever and my legs are tired already.
So I say screw it and start doing power cleans. They're still tough mind you but not nearly as stupidly tough as regular cleans.
I haven't done ring dips for a while but I manage to crank them out with some speed. For the first 10 I think. After that I'm doing two and three at a time.
Then more cleans. I try about 4 regular cleans on the second set. Yeah right. Back to power cleans.
Dips hurt harder this time but I'm glad not to be doing cleans.
Back to the last 9 cleans. I try two. Screw it. I do power cleans and then almost forget to do the ring dips.
Yeah, not even failure. Just plain old "no I don't want to do that."
Nope. No thank you. See you later.
And Elizabeth? I'll call you next time, okay?
Peace,
Rod
