Still Got It?

Throwing this out there: Ugh!  It's been a year since my last serious attempts at metcons and there have been some glitches.  Let me get this out of the way; Fuck you Burpees and a big ol' middle finger to running, that's right coming home hill, I'm looking at you.  But getting back into it has felt good.  I wouldn't say that I'd replace O-Lifting year round for the likes of a CFFootball or regular CF program, but I might like taking a month out of my lifting calendar to sweat off the man-boobs.  

So far the change in training schedule has been pretty good.  Monday was rough, Tuesday, also rough, mostly because of Monday, but today felt really good.  I've been doing the two-a-days.  WOD 1 at 4:30 and WOD 2 at 5:45.  

Today's WOD's

3rounds

10 Chest-to-Bar Pullups

10 Front Squats @ 165#

10 Burpees

6:53

Strangely, the front squats were the hard part for me.  Really?  I can handle 315# but I have a pretty hard time with 10 at 165#?  Whatever.  (Thanks Welbourn, 50 135# Thrusters probably really helped out on these).  

WOD #2

2 hurdle hops (30")

10 pushups

2 hurdle hops (30")

9 pushups

and cycle down to 1 pushup

2:22

Pushups are another one of my weaknesses and doing 55 actually taxed me.  Not good.  Maybe tomorrow will be better, but we'll see.  I guess it depends what I do.  

BTW, if any of the people in charge of the Northeast Qualifier are reading this may I recommend an o-lifting competition as one of the WOD's and NO RUNNING.

Taper

It's time to come down from my strength binge.  I've been doing nothing but strength for the past year.  It's been great.  It's helped me put on 10-15 pounds and increase my snatch from 165 to 232.  Pretty good I'd say, but now, two weeks away from the qualifiers, I've got to trim up a little bit and get my body used to doing some more frequent metcon work.  

The plan is as follows:

Kick ass everyday next week.  Bust out some metcons, mix it up, heavy, light, long, short and work my way into "fighting shape."  It starts with a Painstorm on Saturday and maybe some sprint work afterward or on Sunday.  I'll do the CF Football WOD's everyday this week and on their rest days get in something from the mainsite.  The point is to work on things that I'm in serious need of some work: running, burpees, double unders and of course thrusters.  In fact, I've thought of a great WOD that I could do involving all of these.

Run 400m (maybe 800?)

21-15-9

Thrusters

Double Unders

Burpees

Run 400m (maybe 800?)

Today's WOD:

CFFB Total

Power Clean - 255#

Back Squat - 315#

Bench - 225#

Dead Lift - 405#

Disappointed in the bench press and dead lift.  The dead lift was just a weak showing and I know that on any other day I crush that weight by minimum 90 pounds.  The bench press, however I suck at.  I feel strong enough to get at least 245 off of my chest but I just can't do it.  It's a weakness that I acknowledge but haven't done a single thing to improve.  That'll happen and I just hope that there's no benching in the qualifiers and if I'm lucky enough to make them, the games.  

Really, nobody cares

Do the Yeah Yeah Yeahs do this?