That was… difficult

That was… difficult

YHC returned from a 3 mile pre-run with Area 51’s friendliest sasquatch (Hoover), Borat’s favorite swimwear (Slingshot), and the Simpsons’ matriarch (Marge) to find Mighty Mite pulling into the lot reserved for Olympus (no RockZero pax allowed).

After a quick disclaimer (“you good with get-ups?”), we got started.

Warm-up:

• SSH x 15 IC
• Windmill x 10 IC
• 1H swings x 10+10 (left at the top of the minute, right at the bottom)
• 1 TGU per side
• 1H swings x 10+10 (left at the top of the minute, right at the bottom)
• 2 TGU per side
• 1H swings x 10+10 (left at the top of the minute, right at the bottom)
• 2 TGU per side

Main Event (this is when Frehley’s showed up after already posting at Stonehenge):

Neupert: 5 sets of 2 double clean and press

Complex:

• 2-handed swing
• 1-handed swing (L+R)
• Racked thruster (L+R)

Rep Pyramid: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 (do the # of reps on each side for 1-handed swings and thrusters)

Easy strength:

• Single-leg deadlift: 2 sets of 5 per side
• Merkins on the handles of your bells: 2 sets of 10
• Lawnmower rows: 2 sets of 5 per side
• Snatches: 5 sets of 5 per side

Mary: 1:00 of elbow plank

COT with the RockZero pax

Announcements:

• Blood drive on 2/19 at the Brace Y. Spots are still available. Check Slack or hit up Mighty Mite for details.

Moleskine:

• Strong work by the pax this morning. The complex was new to us and it was awful. In hindsight, I’m thinking you are supposed to split the reps per side (i.e., 10 thrusters = 5 per side).  Unfortunately, that didn’t occur to me this morning, so we did all of the reps for each side. That’s a lot of thrusters.
• YHC loaned Mighty Mite a 24 kg bell for the complex and he kept it for the snatches. He threw it around like a baby rattle, which just isn’t fair.
• Frehley’s stuck with his 45# bell on the way up the pyramid, but had to step down to the 44# bell on the way down. #quitter
• Despite the chill in the air, we had a good time this morning. Saturday mornings tend to be sparsely attended, but it makes for good 2nd F. A few topics of conversation: Farmhouse is apparently a really good restaurant and Frehley’s knows the owner if you need a table, Frehley’s recommends Banshee, Dexter, and Penny Dreadful if you’re looking for TV recommendations, Lasso is also a crowd favorite if you’re looking for a great comedy with some language, the jury is still out on Tehran on Apple TV, Mighty Mite’s girlfriend had never seen Pulp Fiction before last night, and NC State’s basketball team contracted COVID because they were scared to play UVA.