WOD - 5.17.2011 Snatches and such

A little late typing this up so it might not be very lengthy (which means it'll most likely be the longest yet). I brought my gloves and was immediately accosted by Charlie:

"who are those made by? vagisil?" Point taken, gloves are the ultimate sign of weakness. I tried a few pullups with the gloves on and realized they really hurt my grip, even though bare hands is extremely painful right now, so hopefully they'll just toughen up and form calluses that wont open (maybe thats TMI (that was an abbreviation for too much information)).

Some of the coaches are training for the regional team games, I don't really know what that means but it means they compete in some sort of crossfit workout against other elite athletes, for some reason I wasn't asked to be on the team. They were doing their workout while we were doing ours and Charlie was doing 235 on thrusters (an inhumane amount of weight) and as he slammed the weight down after missing his last rep I made sure to offer him the use of my gloves cause it looked like he needed them.

Warm up:

200m run

15 T2B (toes to bar)

15 pushups

15 OHS (overhead squat) with pvc pipe

15 lunges with bar (per leg)

15 kettlebell swings (53 lbs)

Yes that was quite the "warmup".

Main WOD:

10 Snatches

Row as fast / far as possible in 30 seconds (essentially a sprint row)

rest 1 min

3x

Cool Down:

200m run

20 burpees

I didn't know what a snatch was until I got there and had some of the coaches teaching me the form. It's hard to picture, essentially starts off like a power clean but the weight ends up over your head with your arms locked out. For this workout the prescribed weights were 65lbs/95lbs, but naturally as this is another form based exercise Andrew (my T/TH coach) had me doing 45lbs to master the form (which still needs improvement). The weight was too light, as I walked over to another persons bar after the workout and snatched 65lbs pretty easily. I guess this means I'll be moving up in weight next time snatches show up on the WOD.

Also while talking to a guy in my class after the workout (it's fun completing a workout and then watching the next class while I gather myself) I made up a fictitious competition between me and my roommate about who can get into better shape. 1) There is no competition and 2) how would that even be determined? Who can run the farthest? Most pullups? A decathlon? However, if he happens to read this I'm willing to start a challenge as further motivation.