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Cliff consider joining a bunch of us who finished the last Whole Life Challenge and are continuing on Facebook.

14.5 in 24.16. Should have gotten my coach to record this. Since I turn 70 this year, I'd like to see a 70+ Masters Group.

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@Pat, that is an amazing accomplishment. Awesome time.

Saturday March 29, 2014

C&J practice at CrossFit Tiffin
Made 230#, made 240#, failed at 250#.
[url]http://youtu.be/y3rMeQk1_6I[/url]

Watched Tim put a cap on The Open. An extremely impressive performance.

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JT - Thanks for the rowing coaching. It felt strange to cut my strokes down but now 20-22 feel pretty good. Can't seem to get much below that consistently; been doing them wrong for so long, it will take a while to break the habit.

3/26 Working out at company fitness center in VA. No kettlebells due to "safety concerns"
WU: Row 1km; halos 25# X20
Workout:
35 lb dumbbell press ladders 4X(1-5) 60 reps per side
35 lb dumbbell swings X9 minutes. 203 reps.
60lb dumbbell suitcase carry X 100yds (both sides)

3/29 Back at home with my own equipment :kicking0:
WU: Row 1km; goblet squats BW, 25, 35, 45 X10; halos 25, 35 X20
Workout:
35# clean & press 4X(1-5) 60 reps/ side
35# swings X9:00 206 reps
Weighted pull-ups (+27) 2 X(1-5) 30 reps

Was on business travel this week so not a great week for workout consistency. Also drank a couple of frosties every night while getting together with friends in the DC area so lost a little ground on weight and percent bodyfat. No regrets, though; it was good to see folks I used to work or socialize with before the move to CO.

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3/28 WOD
Open 14.5
For time
21-18-15-12-9-6-3 reps of:
Thrusters, 95 / 65 lb.
Burpees.

19:17.
Super happy with this one. Great ROM on all reps.

Broke each set of thrusters into 3rds, so each 3rd was progressively shorter. (7-7-7; 6-6-6; 5-5-5 etc until second to last round when I did 3-3; 3.) Burpees took longer than thrusters. I basically fell down then stepped up from prone, alternating legs. Surprisingly, shoulders started to go before legs on the burpees. Also, I tend to "prance" over the bar so I thought of each burpee as ending with an 8" box jump. Made each rep count. Went slowly enough on thruster descent to get deep enough, and took a moment to set both feet before hopping over the bar.

Claw

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@claw, nice job, I witnessed times from 19:43 to 8:53 so I understand what you're saying when you had to "focus" on jumping not prancing. Strange things happened to people after the round of 15...

Sunday March 30, 2014

"Rest" day
worked 06:30 to 09:00
did homework with the girls 09:00 to 12:00
lunch 12 to 12:15
more homework 12:15 to 15:00
drove home and rested 15:30 to 18:30
worked 18:30 to now (20:49) with another hour or two to go.

Does this really qualify as a "rest" day?

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thanks pat i will check it out. i try to stay off of facebook as much as possible however as i just don't quite get it. must be that age thing :D

friday

while the rest of the gym was suffering through 14:5 i got to enjoy

21-18-15-12-9-6-3

20 kg double kb russian swings
20 kg kb each hand lunge

6:43

grilled 45 of the most amazingly tastey steaks donated by the local grocery store manager to the 45 people in our gym taking place in the opens....had far to many wobbley pops

sat to early in the a.m. 2000m row, 10 minute rest, 2000m row not even sure how long it was ....

sunday started the clean eating 10 week challenge with no drinking.....

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Monday March 31, 2014

Excellent training walk for Peru, 1300 ft elevation gain in 4.3 miles. Nice warm and bright spring sunshine. [url]http://www.mapmyrun.com/view_workout?w=521998612[/url]

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easy WOD today.

3RFT
400m run
21 KB
12 Pullups.

Scale: 200m--jog
12: 04.

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Just a couple months shy of 51 and one spine surgery later:

14.5:

30# Powerblock DBs for thrusters (jumped over the DBs), plank pushup burpees with a jump and overhead clap. 15:35

Used dumbbells rather a barbell so I could keep my position more upright with less chance of rounding my lower back. Harder on the shoulders than using a barbell, so I consider the tradeoff fair. I sure don't want a second spine surgery.

Got through the 21 round with no breaks anywhere, but it was way too fast to start. I should have broken them up a bit to save a little for the later rounds.

I liked the flow of this one. Good workout. Definitely a keeper.

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[QUOTE=Kelly Moore;1226392]Just a couple months shy of 51 and one spine surgery later:

14.5:

30# Powerblock DBs for thrusters (jumped over the DBs), plank pushup burpees with a jump and overhead clap. 15:35

Used dumbbells rather a barbell so I could keep my position more upright with less chance of rounding my lower back. Harder on the shoulders than using a barbell, so I consider the tradeoff fair. I sure don't want a second spine surgery.

Got through the 21 round with no breaks anywhere, but it was way too fast to start. I should have broken them up a bit to save a little for the later rounds.

I liked the flow of this one. Good workout. Definitely a keeper.[/QUOTE]
great work and I liked the scaling. I have used the same in the past for thrusters.