Workout of the Week - Say (almost) Hello to My Little Kettlebell

Kettlebell ordered! Don’t have it yet so don’t expect any of that yet. Soon…..

It is my (Tony) second workout of the week and I’m guessing you already sense a theme if you read even four of the words from the previous workout primer. 

Theme One: Underestimating….again. It’s a bad feeling when you put on a timer for 25 minutes and round 1 of 3 takes 8 minutes. 

Theme Two: Back Squats. I don’t have a squat rack and my little legs are built more for speed and endurance than cleaning a blue whale with a belly full of krill (*coughALcough*), so doing some lighter weights but more reps are the name of the game right now. 

3 ROUNDS FOR TIME:

800m Row

30 Hang Power Cleans (95/65lb)

30 Shoulder to Overhead (95/65lb)

30 Back Squats (95/65lb)

I would use the excuse of not having chalk as a reason this took so long but 26 minutes and 30 seconds later, it would have taken a little more than a couple of chalk rubs to help. 

As much as I am not super thrilled with some of the times I do get, I am keeping track of all of the workouts I do and repeating them to see what the improvement is.

I did improve on one of my favorites *(21-15-9: Thrusters and Bar Facing Burpees) by over a minute from one week to the next. While my fitness didn’t improve that much in a week, I think it shows how much just learning about the workout and then pushing just a bit more can do. Or I just dogged it hard on the first go-around to make myself feel better the second time…..yeah, that’s probably it.

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