Building to a Strong Finish

JT Scott | 03/01/2020 | 3

Folks, there’s just 10 days left in this cycle. This week you’ll get to spend a good long chunk of time working your rowing technique and locking it in for the retest next week. You’ll also see a lot of 2-2-2-2-2 format on the lifts, as we build to our big 1RM retest week that happens next week.

The idea that you could be working sets across, sets of 2, for 10 total reps at what was established as your “1 Rep Max” may seem asinine, but the fact is that if you’ve been coming consistently over the past 8 weeks you’ve been getting stronger. This should be something that’s in your reach, as you’ve gotten bigger and more practiced in your technique… and your “1 Rep Max” will have gone up, as well.

How much? We’ll find out next week… but for now, use this week’s work to get those big numbers up multiple times and get psyched up for next week’s big retests!

Oh, and also: if you’re a US citizen, please go vote on Tuesday (if you haven’t voted early already). Early voting is closed, so go to your polling location on Tuesday. RX+ tomorrow for wearing your “I Voted” sticker. 😉

I’m not exactly shy about my political beliefs, and if you follow my political Twitter account (as opposed to the gym Twitter account, which is mostly WOD blogs, occasional snark, and Augie’s videos I think), you know that I’ll be voting for the person who has solidly – and sometimes in a very lonely fashion, for decades – represented moral stances that mean a lot to me… and has also worked to build a movement that outlasts his tenure.

But whoever you support, I hope that you do even more than vote on Tuesday – talk about it with your friends and neighbors and coworkers! Get more people involved, and find out why they feel the way they do! Some of the most enduringly changing conversations I had during my own personal campaign were the ones where I knocked on doors that had signs for my opponent – or even for Trump. The real key to this “great experiment” continuing to work is that we must talk about it with the people closest to us, emotionally and physically.

See y’all in the morning!

Strength:
Deadlift
2-2-2-2-2 (@ 95-100% original 1RM)

5 Rounds of 2 mins work, 1 min rest
In 2 Minutes:
5 Deadlifts (185/135)
5 Pull-ups
5 Deadlifts
Max Effort Double-Unders
* Rest 1 minute between rounds