Stable shoulders, fast feet.
Combining functional movements for the sake of conditioning has many benefits. Â One of the more obvious reasons we do this is it allows us to continue to push ourselves metabolically as different muscle groups tire. Â Arms are getting tired from pullups? Â No problem, we’re about to run next. Â Legs getting worn out? Â No worries, we’re about to swing a kettlebell.
Another advantage in combining the movements we do is often times it helps us find more efficiency in one movement because a different movement already tired out the more inefficient way to move. Â A classic example of this is doing pullups before cleans. Â You’ll be much less likely to pull early with your arms in a clean if you just completed a bunch of pullups.
Today is a good example of the latter. Â If we’re not stable through he shoulders and core during the box pushes, the lateral jumps and handstand push ups will suffer. Â After a few rounds through, even if we didn’t start moving super efficiently chances are we’ll make adjustments where we’re losing power and stability. Â Sometimes it’s really helpful to think through movements and patterns and sometimes, if put in the right situation, our bodies just figure it out.
STR:
Push Jerk
find a max triple
WOD:
AMRAP 14
50′ box push
20 lateral jumps
5 HSPU
posterior chain city!
push jerk: 105# tie 3rep pr from january; 2 reps + f at 115# (twice). will aim for consistent 110# next time and go from there.
WOD: 6 + 25′ push. sore-butt times but grateful that there’s no just thing as hurdle bites.
Push jerk: 95#
WOD: 6+23, hspu scaled to 5 strict push-ups & 10 shoulder taps
PJ: 45, 95, 115, 135, 155, 175, 195, 205×2 (f)
Crap.