WOD:
Welcome Danielle! You rocked the filthy 50.. See you and Courtney on Monday!
Three rounds, 21-15- and 9 reps, for time of:
95 pound Squat snatch
Chest to bar Pull-ups
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26Apr
Posted by cindy @ 5:09 am
14 Responses
April 26th, 2009 at 7:24 am
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April 26th, 2009 at 9:58 am
warm up: whining and lots of it
wod: from home – 1 mile run 9:12; 21 10lb right arm snatch/left arm snatch; 21 pull ups
1 mile run 8:10; 12 10lb right arm snatch/left arm snatch 12 pull ups
1 mile run 7:10 9 10lb right arm snatch/left arm snatch 9 pull ups
i actually did pull ups before the snatch
see you tomorrow
April 26th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Whine away cupcake, curse if you want to. I wish I could run a mile in 7:10.. way to go!
Welcome Danielle and Courtney, good choice coming to the playground. What a way to start out… with the Filthy Fifty, I hope it didn’t scare you away (of course just about every workout/WOD scares me)
squat snatch WOD time: 13:46, I need to get lower on my squats.
April 26th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Great stuff today – thanks Cindy and Will for all of the time you spent working with us on the squat snatch! Thoroughly enjoyed today’s WOD and doing it with the group! C U in a.m.
April 26th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
WOD Times:
J 12.32 35 lbs
W 12.25 60 lbs
CTB jumping PU’s – weight scaled to work SS form. More weight for both next time.
April 26th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Beautiful testimonial Cupcake. I miss seeing you, but the summer awaits us.
Todays WOD 12:14. NEVER could have gotten that time without Cindy coaching and encouraging me through it. Of course, was rolling on the ground moaning at the end…the sign of a true effort.
The Playground rocks. I wore my t-shirt today with pride.
April 26th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
BTW, where the hell is Linda?!?
April 27th, 2009 at 6:00 am
thanks annie and jen
linda is mia- i think she said she would be around thurs and friday this week.
and ps annie- my speed on the treadmill does not compare to road running – road running is harder and i don’t have the speed i once had while road running (injuries that continue to lurk)- it takes me longer to warm up on the asphalt which always slows my running time.
April 29th, 2009 at 9:55 am
WOD-10:51 40lbs – still need to get my ass down! Well, I did twice but I don’t think my butt hitting the pavement is acceptable! Definitely a mental block for me that I need to work on.
jumping pullups.
One loop run.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Dana,
Your form is awesome. Your depth on the squat snatch was good on most of them. Give yourself some credit – you learned the move today and knocked it out of the park!!! Have fun on vacation. See you when you get back!!!
April 30th, 2009 at 7:22 am
10:33 with jumping pullups and the weight at 40 but I really got the form at the end so next time as perscribed!!
April 30th, 2009 at 7:23 am
10:47 with band assisted pullups (red)
April 30th, 2009 at 7:25 am
oops that was the wrong time. it was 10:23 for this one
April 30th, 2009 at 7:26 am
oops that was the wrong time, it was 8:51 with those modifications. next time as perscribed with the weight.