Once Again, There is No “Easy” at Meathead

Once Again, There is No “Easy” at Meathead

9 of the faithful posted expecting a HIIT but “easier” day at Meathead, based on YHC’s pretweet.  Let’s just call it a classic example of “under-promise; over-deliver”, proving once again, there is no “easy” at Meathead.

The Thang:

COP:

• IW – 20 IC
• Prying Squats w/ KB – 4 IC
• SSH – 20 IC
• Halos – 5 OYO, each direction

Supersets BRO-SETS!

• 30 seconds each, running clock – i.e. no rest!
  • one-hand swing – R
  • one-hand swing – L
  • clean – R
  • clean – L
  • snatch – R
  • snatch – L
  • press – R
  • press – L
  • push press – R
  • push press – L
  • reverse lunge – R
  • reverse lunge – L
  • racked squat – R
  • racked squat – L
  • high pull – R
  • high pull – L
  • thruster (squat to overhead press) – R
  • thruster – L
  • teabag squat (aka deadlift)
  • plank
• 3 minute rest, to include mosey to playground & back for 10 pullups

Rinse & Repeato

Meathead Mary

• Russian Twist – 10 IC
• Louganis – 7 OYO
• Dolly w/ KB Press – 10 IC
• Pullovers – 7 OYO
• LBC w/ KB – 10 IC

Repeat Bro-set

• same as above, with timer shortened to 20 seconds each, one time through

1 minute left!  No.  Mutiny.  We’re done!  (It was correctly pointed out, by everyone, that a 3 minute, well, 2 minute rest, based on the shorter intervals, was due the pax, so we finished out with that.)

COT

Announcements:

1. Sat, 9/5, 7:00 am – convergence at Olympus for flag football
2. Mon, 9/7, 6:30 am – Labor Day convergence at Base Camp
3. Fri & Sat, 9/11-12 – Blue Ridge Relay (finally)

Naked Moleskine:

YHC looked forward to today’s Q (and that at Foxhole on Monday) as a welcome break from all that BRR running nonsense he’s been doing of late.  The plan was for a total body beatdown using a lighter KB and higher reps to make it a little easier, provide some cross-training, and maintain running cardio.  It achieved the latter two (cross-training & cardio) but failed miserably on the “easier” metric, once again proving, there is no “easy” at Meathead.  Whether you dropped your KB size 24%, as YHC did, or attempted to use your Meathead-sized bell today, everyone was grunting & gutting it out today, leaving puddles of sweat and pressing their callouses to the limit (and beyond).  Well done, fellow meatheads!

At this point in the program, YHC would normally seek to point out items of interest or shout out to the pax, but YHC was so deep in his own pain cave that he’s not really sure whether others were around or not, other than during COP & COT.  From those portions, however, it was great to see familiar, friendly faces again and to meet Destiny (welcome!).

That’s all I got.  4 hrs later, I’m still too tired to think.  Feel free to fill-in what I left out in the comments.

Aye!