March 13,2017

Got busy last week and neglected to write the blog.

Eventhough I was not active here, we were definitely active in the garage. This activity culminated on Sunday with an attempt at the 17.3 workout.  Im sure that many found this to be more difficult than Mat Fraser made it look at the announcement, I certainly did.

I can snatch 175 on my best day so I did not expect to be able to snatch 185, but I did expect to get through the 135 snatches and then get 8 pullups.  This is a score of 80 reps.  If you look at the leaderboard, LOTS of people get 80 reps.  Once again, CrossFit found a way to separate A LOT of people on this workout.  If you were able to snatch 185 even a single time, your score would be MUCH better.

I hurried through the warm up and went into the workout too fast and then had difficulty finishing the 135s.  I feel like I can do this again with a more aggressive warm up, even an Olympic lifting workout before attempting this one again with the hope of getting 80 reps.

Today, we went back to our own style of workouts with an overhead squat followed by a 2 man team workout.

Overhead Squat

5-3-1

then

2 man team

300 KB swings

400 m run

One partner swings the KB as many times as possible while the other partner runs a 400.  Keep a running count and move through the swings as fast as possible. 

Last time, Kyle and I completed this one in 15:25.  Today, Card and I finished in 11:25.  Big improvement!

We have a great week planned with more team workouts and the Beep Test on Thursday as we await the Thursday announcement.

Have a great week!