Moorcroft's squat cleans have come a long way in a short time. Great work, Will!
WOD:
“For Glory”
For Time:
200 m sprint
100 m tire flip
200 m sprint
50 kb swings (1.5 pood / 1 pood)
200 m sprint
50 SDHP (65 / 45)
200 m sprint
50 Knees to Elbows
200 m sprint
50 burpee wall balls
200 m sprint
100 m walking lunge overhead plate carry (45 / 25)
200 m sprint
50 power cleans (95 / 65)
200 m sprint
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We are very proud of the Playground family. Members, both new and old have been working very hard on fundamentals. We’ve seen our athletes’ focus shift from being focused on time and weight to being focused on doing things right.
As most of you know, the broken barbell was replaced this week by the truly excellent folks up at Again Faster. Having a new bar gives us a segue to discuss something we’ve noticed on more than one occassion: equipment abuse.
To put it frankly: don’t abuse the equipment. While we don’t mind seeing an athlete who just kicked the crap out of an overhead WOD drop the bumpers and collapse, there are some things that we’re asking our athletes to be aware of in terms of equipment abuse. Here’s a few guidelines that we would appreciate everyone following:
- If you’re not using bumper plates or the Hi-Tech plates, don’t drop the bar. This goes for if you’re using a bar with no weights on it, too.
- When you’re stripping a bar on the driveway or over a concrete surface, don’t just rip the weight off and let the barbell fall to the ground. The barbell is your friend, and helps you progress as an athlete. Treat it accordingly.
- When you finish rowing, don’t just let go of the handle. There’s a catch for the rowing handle on the rower that the handle was in when you started. Put the handle back there. Letting the handle go is the number one reason that the Concept2 rowers break. If we see you let go of the handle, you’ll get one warning. After that, 100 burpees per incident.
At the end of the day, we’re always trying to improve the gym and get more and better equipment for our athletes. Having our athletes care for the equipment more carefully will allow us to acquire new and better equipment at a faster pace, as we will not have to invest in replacing abused equipment as well.
