Two Pairs of Bells vs. A Pair of Pax

Date: 2024-11-30 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: flipper FNGs: None COUNT: 2 As YHC’s M often reminds him, YHC may have spoken too soon in the pre-blast about looking like a psycho swing bells solo in public. Luckily, Flipper came through and posted, which helped delay any official evidence of YHC’s insanity. What was truly crazy today, however, was building up to the 8x ladder on double presses. The official count was 64x double presses, but YHC’s deltoids could have sworn it was north of that. Speaking of north and crazy (incredible segue), we saw two separate flying V’s of geese headed North during the workout. Between that and the stoic hawk sitting atop a light post for the duration of the beatdown, there were some odd omens this morning. Overall, solid beatdown and appreciate Flipper’s mumblechatter as we worked through it. Join us next week for the last week of Total Tension. In the meantime, let’s get into the recap of this week… WARMUP: Swings (10x), prying squats, hi-pulls (5x e/s), synovial circles, slingshots (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) Total Tension Sets (Double KBs) – Cleans | Presses | Squats | Renegade Rows format – Start 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x and ladder up the Presses to 8x (and then ladder down) while keeping the other exercises at 1x each 2) Pelosi Ladder 3) Swinging Rows (4 sets) – Heavy swings (5x) – Upright rows (6x) – Heavy swings (5x) 4) Five X Five (2 sets) – Lawnmower (5x e/s) – Merkins (5x) – Snatches (5x e/s; YHC nearly lost a bell the first time through – not used to wearing gloves with fingers!) 5) Hingey/Lunge Thing (2 sets) – SLDL (8x e/s) – Reverse lunge (5x e/s; one time suitcase and one time racked) 6) Carries, carries, carries! – Double bells in a variety of manners – some shrugs too for good measure MARY: Just enough time for a 1 min. +/- plank ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Holiday party next Sunday – see Slack for details – Prayers for The Worm for recovery and healing – Enormous gratitude for all our brothers – lift up prayers for those hurting silently COT: Joined the pax of The Rock, including 3(!) FNGs – hope to see 8 Mile, Cadet, and Binford out again.