Friday WOD, 1/29/10
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by in WOD
1-1-1-1-1
Power Clean
Overhead Squat
I did this WOD a couple of days ago, and I committed the cardinal sin of olympic lifting – watch and learn.
125 lbs. Overhead Squat – this one was good.
After this lift, I got really excited because my PR is 135 lbs., and I KNEW I could get 140 lbs. In my mind, I started preparing (and chasing) 140 lbs., completely bypassing 135 lbs. In my mind, I knew I had already successfully lifted 135 lbs. overhead, so I could easily get it this time, and I was on my way to 140, 145 lbs.
However, that is not at all how things played out….it all went south very quickly. First, you have to make every lift as perfect as you can, every time. You have to prepare for every lift as if it’s a PR, and not worry about when the PR is going to come. Perfect practice makes perfect, right?
So, here’s what happened when I lifted 135 lbs. I made a mistake – let’s see who finds it first!! (And no, it’s not dropping the weight on my head – that was a result of what I did wrong in the lift.)
15 Responses to “Friday WOD, 1/29/10”
Sank
29. Jan, 2010
Paukune came out of surgery a few minutes ago. It’s official, he’s now the first bionic man since Lee Majors. He also decided at the last minute to mix in some lipo and butt implants so the procedure lasted longer than anticipated. While the bionic team was at work, his orthopod also managed to clean up a bunch of stuff in his shoulder and fix the tear in his cuff. A speedy recovery to the Chief of the Rooster Nation.
Max Effort!
29. Jan, 2010
Your error is obvious. Going for a pr overhead squat during a slow stone temple pilots song is foolhardy. I would recommend something tough and medium paced for that type of lift like the Clash, Muse or Grinderman. If you want to stick with STP, try to play Paper Heart or Unglued. You also might want to consider Velvet Revolver.
Amie
29. Jan, 2010
Andy, aka Simon-
I’m going to find some music one day that you actually like. Maybe.
Whisky
29. Jan, 2010
Power Clean – 205, 215, 225f, 205, 215f
OHS – 155, 175, 185, 195f, 195f
Got to the bottom on the last OHS @ 195 but lost it forward. That would’ve been a PR.
62 push-ups in 2 minutes.
Andrea
29. Jan, 2010
For music, suggest Tchaikovsky’s opus 20, described as “an expression of elegiac grief and continuing sorrow ” at least for the second lift. Max Effort’s suggestions are fine for the first.
imp
29. Jan, 2010
good job on the OHS but 62 push-ups in 2mins come on fish whisky
Whisky
29. Jan, 2010
We have an infiltrator! Albeit a small one…
Lori
29. Jan, 2010
A speedy recovery to Newley and Mark ~ Roosters weren’t the same without you.
Lori
Whisky
29. Jan, 2010
C’mon, Lori. I came back this morning. That should more than make up for those two slackers.
Amie
29. Jan, 2010
Mark-
Hope you have a SPEEDY recovery!!!! Keep us posted on your progress!!!
max Effort!
29. Jan, 2010
3 sets of 50 double jumps/ back extensions – 11 or 12 minutes (imprecise digital clock timing)
3 sets of 3 overhead squats (pr)
75 pushups in 2 minutes.
Ronin
29. Jan, 2010
Max rather understates his OH Squat PR given shoulders fo F’d up he snatches the bar before going for the Squat.
Me (and is all about me)
115 OHS PR
135 Clean 155 fail due to crap technique – ugh
Dead hanging PU
43 PU in 2 min
Ronin
29. Jan, 2010
And then there was Angie
Let’s see, she was using some of Ryans new non-color coded weights.
OHS some like… 155?
What ever it was, just crushed Amie and Max E (and everybody else).
ken c
30. Jan, 2010
the mistake is clear. when attempting 135 everyone knows you use 2 bad ass red plates. the green and blue ones don’t go well together. here ends today’s lesson.
Amie
30. Jan, 2010
Angie-You got 155? WOWEEE!!!! That’s OUTSTANDING!!!
Ken-Yes, it was absolutely the plates. They happened to fall behind my head, which I then threw them over my head and hit myself with them. Two red plates might not have hurt so much.