Rollin on in

When’s the last time you tried a forward roll?  For many of us, it’s been since we were kids.  Its appearance today is for many reasons.  First, it will help decompress the spine a little and build some mobility into our spinal flexion.  It also just might be a little scary.  Being scared is good for you.  If you are scared, that’s just fine – we’ll be working with you to find a version of the movement that’s feasible and is just on the edge between “scary” and “too scary”.  AND practicing rolling can greatly enhance our handstand work.  The more comfortable you get rolling out, the more comfortable you’ll get practicing handstands in more challenging environments.  For some of you, we might be practicing rolling out from a height or a handstand for that very purpose.

And once all of that fun is done, we have a nice, short 30 rep workout.  Shouldn’t be too bad…

GYM 12

handstand hold

5 weighted passthroughs

3 forward rolls

30 clean and jerks (135/95)