WOD
Bear Complex
5 x 5reps
New complex set begins every 4mins
35/35/35/35/37.5
Wasn’t sure how this was gonna go having never done it
before and having Coach Scotty emphasise repeatedly that it sneaks up on
you. Basically you go through the
complex 5 times without putting the bar down (it must be unbroken) and then you
get to rest for the remaining time in that 4 minute period. The complex consists of a deadlift, hang
power clean, front squat, shoulder to over head (I was push jerking), back
squat, shoulder to overhead – that would be one rep. We did this 5 times per round for a total of
5 rounds (25 reps in all).
I started at 35kg thinking it might be heavy and though it
wasn’t too bad I did start to feel it in my shoulders in the last few reps even
though I was quite focused on my shoulder to overhead technique. I quite liked this workout for that reason
overall – you had time and the requirement to focus on good technique
throughout, you could rest in the rack or back squat or anywhere else really
with the bar off the ground and since it wasn’t a race against the clock it
went well. I bumped up to 37.5kg for the
last round and though I managed to get through it there was no way I would have
been able to hold that for more than just the one round.
I have some nice bruises this morning on both my chest (and
from c2b pull-ups – more below) and the back of my neck from receiving the bar
a little too heavily when bringing it down.
Oops. Had about two minutes rest
each round which was good overall.
New Skill
Another reason as I’ve noted above for the bruising on my
chest is that I finally figured out c2b pull-ups last night. I have done c2b before but never fluently,
often I’d require a second kip in the middle to get high enough. Last night Coach Tara was helping me, giving
me some tips as I was getting ‘oh-so-very-close-but-not-quite’ and then I
jumped up to try again and flew to the bar, I felt like I got super high and
managed to link two together right away.
Tara saw this too and it was really awesome, out of nowhere. Stoked.
I managed to get three in a row too throughout the extra work we were
doing. So happy, and… FINALLY!
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