Flying Blind
Just as a peek behind the curtain: we program the strength and WODs in cycles that go 10 to 16 weeks, usually, with a particular emphasis that is usually obvious from the Test/Retest format that starts and ends each cycle. For example, this one is all about that Squat Clean.
But we also get together every week as a coaching staff to evaluate how things are going and what tweaks we might want to make to the upcoming week’s programming in context. Sometimes on Saturdays the WODs get rearranged, tweaked, or completely scrapped and rethought. That’s an absolute virtue in my book – both the “having a plan” part and the “being adaptable” part. Charting out a course and sticking to it strictly is great if you’re Marko Ramius running red route one, but being able to see stuff and make adjustments is pretty useful.
But y’all, I’ve been out of town for a while on the first real vacation I’ve taken in about 5 or 6 years – which means these blogs are “previously recorded”, i.e. I wrote them a few weeks back and they’re just scheduled to post each day for a while.
Why do I tell you now? Well, it’s entirely possible that some of this week’s programming has changed from when I’m writing these blogs to when they get written up on the whiteboard. In which case, sorry not sorry. We’re making adjustments as we go… and it’s good to be prepared for the unknown and unknowable anyway. Life is like a box of chocolates, after all.
STRENGTH:
Front Squat
5 reps @70%
5 reps @75%
5 reps @80%
4 reps @85%
3 reps @90%
WOD:
30 Box Jump 24/20
20 T2B
10 Burpee Box Jump Overs 24/20
5 C2B
100 DU
- Bonus points if you name both the movie references in this blog post