Work Hard + Play Hard

10/25

10 Rounds for time of:

3 Handstand Push Ups

135lb. Deadlift, 6 reps

12 Push Ups

24 Double Unders

27:52….I subbed push ups for pull ups and only used 135lbs.  My back still isn’t ready for heavy loading so the 225lbs. would have probably set me back a few more weeks.  It’s the first deadlift that I have done since the 9-11 Throwdown. Push ups were done so I could do everything in one place since I had to leave the gym to do everything else.  It made it more efficient so I was able to get a lot more reps in.  *Notice how I didn't use "easier" because they both suck equally.  

10/26

AMRAP 20 minutes

3 Wall Climbs

10 Up Downs

5 Pass Throughs

10 Grasshoppers

5 Rounds+ 3 Wall Climbs

The demo for this WOD is on the main site and I highly recommend that you watch it.  It is a lot harder than it looks.  My shoulders and core were toast after this one.   I did the Pass Throughs on the boxes instead of the prescribed WOD.  But that was the only change and it still didn’t change the movement.  Luckily I was in the weight room alone during this WOD because I can only imagine the “WTF” looks I would have gotten. 

 

Video For WOD Demo

10/27

Jerk Press

2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2

145-155-160-165-175-185-195-200-210-215(PR)

I had to switch to the afternoon workout, and there were just too many people to be bouncing around for the Tabata.  I'm going to hit the Tabata today so I hope that people stay in out of the cold.   PR though.  Next time I'm going to start higher to finish higher.  The bar slipped on my back on the last rep so I didn't try to extend anything higher.

The Mill: 

Accountability.  What is it?  If you don’t touch shin to forearm on the grasshoppers then it is a missed rep.  If you don’t extend your hips on the pass throughs then it is a missed rep.  I made a much more legit effort to redo missed reps.  Which I did, and it sucked.  A missed rep is like misspelling your name on the SAT’s.  You did it, but you sucked at it.  So try again.  If you hold yourself accountable in even the smallest of priorities like a workout then you will be accountable in the larger more important issues.  As a part of a family, team, employer, if you are not accountable then you are in return not only letting yourself down but the “team” as well.      

Side note:  Have you ever stopped to think about how dirty those block of wood restroom passes are for high school students?  One person goes to the bathroom takes care of business and doesn’t wash their hands.  Now what?  You’re next line to grab that germ infested should be door stop.  Think about that one.  I once had a teacher who used a dead beaver as his hall pass.  Needless to say everyone squeezed their cheeks till the next class. 

 

keithlaw

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