February 27, 2014
AMRAP – 10
30 Double Unders
15 Snatch 75/55
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Double Unders are a skill….you either have them, have them to a limited capacity, or you don’t. Get through them as best as your skill level will allow. Remember to relax your arms and shoulders as much as possible, drive the rope with your wrists, and breath! Spend plenty of time warming up with some reps to ensure your double unders are on point.
The 75/55lbs snatch may seem like “light weight” (Do you even lift bro?) to some of you. Round 1 will feel glorious, but those reps will begin to stack up! Once you complete rounds 3 and 4 that is 45/60reps respectively, it feels light when you warm up with 5-10 reps at this weight, but at 60+ it will start to hurt! Take a look at how you did on WOD 1.22.14. Yes it is was 20/10 lbs heavier, but how many reps did you complete and how much more difficult did those reps become in later rounds and sets? So be smart, don’t come out of the gate too fast on the snatches! Many of you should consider breaking up the snatch reps in early on (even round 1) to 8/7 or 5/5/5. Keep your breaks short (this is only a 10min workout), whatever rep scheme allows you to work fast/rest fast is ideal. Push HARD those last 3 minutes, don’t let go of the bar or rope, you can do it!
Let’s talk about our snatch technique. As discussed this will be a high rep workout, so efficiency of movement is key. Keep your hip lever short by dropping your hips on the TnG snatches, over reps/time the high hips will wear out your posterior chain (low back and hamstrings) and be less efficient. Extend your hips!!!! Fight the urge to externally rotate the bar overhead using your arms/upper body in the early rounds. The weight may feel easy, but you need to save your shoulders! Go back and watch Marcus Hendren and Garret Fisher. From the beginning Garret is using a quick hip drive and keeping the bar tight, whereas Marcus muscles the bar and doesn’t keep it quite as close. Marcus is working harder and longer, Inches make a difference when you complete 120 reps.
After all the blood, sweat and tears I have watched you guys/ladies invest over the past year, I can’t wait to watch you challenge yourself. Have fun, show your heart, and give me all you’ve got! Full effort, full victory, GET BOLT!
Woot woot!