Olympic Effort

Olympic Effort

4 pax were on time for Olympus yesterday. No rain and warmer temps made for a more enjoyable experience, at least until the workout started.

Warm-up:

• SSH x 15 IC
• IW x 10 IC
• Sharon Towers x 20 IC
• 2-handed swings x 20 OYO
• Prying squats x 2

Main Event:

Neupert: 10 sets of 6 double swings

Complex 1:

• 1 clean, 1 jerk x 5
• 1 clean, 2 jerks x 5
• 1 clean, 3 jerks x 5
• 1 clean, 4 jerks x 5
• 1 clean, 5 jerks x 5
• 1 clean, 4 jerks, x 5
• 1 clean, 3 jerks x 5
• 1 clean, 2 jerks x 5
• 1 clean, 1 jerks x 5

Carries: Farmer out, farmer back, waiter L, waiter R – 1:00 on/1:00 recovery

Complex 2: 11s of merkins and snatches

• 10 merkins, 1 double snatch (do singles if more comfortable)
• 9 merkins, 2 double snatches
• 8 merkins, 3 double snatches
• etc.
• 1 merkin, 10 double snatches

Circle up with RockZero for COT.

Announcements:

• Beer mile – 3/19
• Mighty Mite is taking a month off before scheduling/promoting his next blood drive, but that doesn’t mean you can’t sign up to donate when you’re eligible.
• Frehley’s Comet on Q at Swole on Monday and Unplugged on Q at Meathead on Wednesday.

Moleskine:

• Thanks to the pax for coming out today. I promised some new complexes and they more or less delivered. Mighty Mite was the only one to make it to the top of the pyramid in the first complex. He was also pressing instead of jerking, which is pretty damn impressive. He was disappointed we bailed on going up to 5 after he had psyched himself up. We paid the price when he wouldn’t allow for any modification of the second complex (which should have started at 10 snatches and 1 merkin). All those snatches were tougher than expected. The double snatch is a lot of weight to bring down from overhead, so some pax returned it to the rack and others switched to singles as the reps got higher. Better to modify rather than hurt yourself.
• YHC pre-ran with Hoover and Slingshot at 0630. Hoover and I got there a little early and were waiting to run when we noticed a door open on a parked car on the far side of the RZ lot. A woman got out, fixed her clothes a bit, then a man got out. The woman got in the driver’s seat of the fogged-up car and drove off while the man walked to another vehicle and drove off separately. Things can get pretty crazy in a church parking lot at 6am on a Saturday. I guess the moral of the story is to make sure you check the F3 schedule before you choose a spot for your early morning rendezvous.