Friday, April 26, 2013

Repeating the "Dumbbell Bear" Complex

Congrats to BHeg for her 1RM deadlift of 154#!

Strength:  3 x 5's of ...
  - squats (back or front), SOHP/pushpress/pushjerk progression, barbell rows
  - powercleans (full or hang), deadlifts, benchpress

Metcon:  Re-visiting Mike Rutherford's "Dumbbell Bear" complex (done before on Feb. 13)
Every minute, on the minute, for 15 minutes -- not the original 20, yet -- perform . . .
     - 5 db deadlifts
     - 5 db hang cleans
     - 5 db thrusters

Today's work
Originally Rx'd loads are 45% BWT, which is beast mode!  We will scale appropriately.  Use your loads from last time as a guide.  You can make progress in any number of ways:

(A) adding weight
(B) doing 6 reps instead of 5's
(C) completing each round of work faster
(D) going an extra 16th round, or
(E) using the same load/reps as last time, but doing so with better form, more control, and greater efficiency.

Post-script:  Everyone did so well today!  You guys made progress by either adding weight or finishing each round more efficiently.  It took y'all about 30 seconds to complete the work in each round, which meant you had a good solid 1:1 work:rest ratio.  Well done!

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