The Intersection of Goals and Actions

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it" -- Picasso

Feeling Just Swine

Jumping Lunges

Training:

DROM, jumprope, Turkish Get-ups

Snatch Practice then,

Hang Power Snatch + Overhead Squat working up in weight for doubles

4 rounds/20 reps of each:

Overhead Lunges

Kettlebell Swings

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Stronger Longer

"Strong people are harder to kill, and more useful in general" -- Rippetoe

Low-carb, Caveman Results by Mat Lalonde

Becoming 'more useful' by:

DROM + O-lifting warmup/assistance drills

Snatch + 2 Overhead Squats for doubles

"Fran"

Stretch/cool-down

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That Would be the Floor

This training method is so simple, yet so incredibly difficult, that athletes tend to try it once, acknowledge its greatness, and then vow to never speak its name again. What is it? It's simple: take one exercise and perform it in the following manner:

1) For twenty seconds, do as many repetitions as possible. 2) Rest for ten seconds 3) Repeat seven more times!

That's it! You're done in four minutes!

Oh, and that thing you're trying to brush off your face? That would be the floor.

— Dan John on The Tabata Method

Training:

Snatch technique practice

Back Squat 3 x 5

AMRAP/7 (as many rounds as possible in 7 minutes):

5 Ring Rows + 5 Burpees(YAY Burpees!) + 5 Knees-to-elbows

Back extensions x 25 + Side Planks

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Just Hold Still

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials. -- Seneca

This mornings 'trials':

With a partner, accumulate 100 reps of each:

a). Pressing Snatch Balances

b). Box Jumps

c). Situps, abmat

d). Jumping Pullups

e). Partner Overhead Press

f). Partner Med-ball Pass

g). Partner Deadlifts

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