Just. Don't. Suck (Part 1)

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Yes.

No, but I think your time with Bob is a good form of conditioning.

Anything with pull ups for time turns me away because I have no business doing their version of a pull up. My only pull up is strict and it instantly adds time and difficulty to those WOD’s. I’m also wearing of thrusters since my only experience with a front squat after my hip surgery sent me back to physical therapy for six months.

This is more my style. Isabel looks good, too (snatch 135# x 30 reps). I really like Linda aka Three Bars of Death but I’m not strong enough to use the prescribed weights. I think they used a fixed weight in the Games a couple years back that looked more manageable.

I still haven’t tried DT, but it’s on the list.

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8529

It is, but I don’t do it often enough. Everyone should have a Bob

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8530

Taken out of context, this is hilarious.

And then there’s @Cyrrex…

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8531

If I am not busy taken someone else out of context, then it’s because I am setting myself up to be taken out of context. Good job, fine sir.

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8532

That wasn’t even out of context!

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8533

I genuinely think Cindy is a really, really good crossfit workout. If you need a workout and have 20 minutes, it’s phenomenal.

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8534

I’ll also throw in “quarter Murph”. Saw the idea from one of my strongman buddies and dug it.

1/4 mile run

25 pull ups

50 push ups

75 bodyweight squats

1/4 mile run

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8535

Crossfit is easy enough to dump on, but a lot of the workouts (especially scaled) are really great one-off options.

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8536

Finally… the Murph for the rest of us. The original did not support my adult frame.

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8537

Do they make a 1/14th murph?

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8538

That is a great idea! One could progress over time with quarter, half, three quarter, and finally the Full Monty.

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8539

This was always my problem with Crossfit, even when I was less sucky at pull ups. There are so many Crossfit workouts that make total sense until you see the ludicrous number of pull ups involved.

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8540

And handstand push ups. And muscle ups. Those are skills and I’m not willing to invest the time required to learn them. I just want to sprinkle in some conditioning with my training.

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8541

CFers don’t do handstand pushups. They do headstand arm spasm thingies.

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8542

And they’re very good at it.

8.3.20 Week 10 Day 3 - Deadlift (the best day)

Buy-In

10 minutes on the elliptical - 0.78 miles

SQUAT
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
255 x 2
295 x 1

POWER CLEAN
135 x 3
185 x 2
205 x 2
225 x 1
240 x 7 singles
3 of those reps were good!

DEADLIFT
375 x 5
395 x 4
415 x 3
435 x 2
455 x 1
Yep, jumped right into with 375 for my first set. I felt strong today. I’m not sure if I should switch to once a week deadlifting, though. I felt great because I skipped the usual three sets on squat day (because I skipped squat day). I know that I felt good because I was more recovered, but I don’t know if that means it’s a good training approach…

CLEAN PULLS
305 x 3 x 3 sets

Lifting Time: 38 minutes

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8543

Maybe just cut the pull-ups in half?

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8544

That is what I’ve done in the past, yeah. It offends my sense of “doing things properly” though

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8545

Yeah, but so will kipping pull-ups

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8546

Speaking of pull ups, my lats feel great today. They’re nice and sore and I like it that way. On the flip side, I’m using more weight than prescribed for my BBB underhand rows and I get zero soreness from those sessions.

Any thoughts or tips? Time for a substitute? I wonder if I’m not getting to work the right muscles because so much energy goes into maintaining my posture/form.

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I actually like these. I think about sweeping my elbows back into my pockets and I feel them well.

Maybe it’s just not the right move for you, though. Back definitely seems pretty individual when it comes to whether you can feel it in your lats.

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