Dumbbell Day
Today’s workout is the kind you could do in a hotel gym. Granted, the main reason is that we’ve taken some common barbell movements and replaced the load with dumbbells.
We’ll start with bench press (this is a pressing cycle after all). The basic premiss is the same, but the stability challenge in greatly enhanced by having two open chains instead of one closed chain (read: your arms are only connected to each other through your torso instead of also through the barbell). Keep this in mind as you increase weight – you probably won’t get as heavy as you did last week with the bar.
After that we’ll hit a double AMRAP that’s all dumbbell all the time! Stay consistent and be ready to get back at it after a 2 minute break.
STR:
double dumbbell bench press
8-8-8-8
WOD:
AMRAP 6
8 DB hang cleans (40/30)
8 DB front rack walking lunges
8 DB burpee box step ups (24/20)
Str: 40# DBs
WoD: 2+15, 2+18 @ 35# DB and 24 inch box. This was really grippy.
STR: 60# x 8 (65# x 7)
WoD: 2+16, 2+18 Rx. Great workout!