Monday, 7/6
July 5, 2015
Ask the Coach: Front Squat Frustrations
July 7, 2015

April

Warm-Up
3 Rounds of
12 Pause Squats
6 Alt T Push-ups
12 Spider Lunges
6 Quadruped Ext & Rotation/ side

then,

1 Minute Death Stretch/ side
1 Minute Band Super Front Rack/ side

Met-Con
Prep:
1 x 5 Front Squat + 5 Strict Press (bar only);
2 x 5 Thrusters working up to starting weight

Work:

3 Rounds of :20 Max Rep Thrusters / :40 Rest (M: 95/65, W:63/45);

1 Minute Rest & Adjust Weight;

3 Rounds of :20 Max Rep Thrusters / :40 Rest (M: 115/85, W:83/65);

1 Minute Rest & Adjust Weight;

3 Rounds of :20 Max Rep Thrusters / :40 Rest (M: 135/95, W:103/75);

1 Minute Rest & Adjust Weight;

3 Rounds of :20 Max Rep Thrusters / :40 Rest (M: 115/85, W:83/65)*;

1 Minute Rest & Adjust Weight;

3 Rounds of :20 Max Rep Thrusters / :40 Rest (M: 95/65, W:63/45)*

* If both partners feel confident, they can stay at the final weight, or even increase beyond final weight, for one or both of last two sets.

0 Comments

  1. Ryan G says:

    “You guys are going to love all of the Thrusters tomorrow.”- Chris S.

    Nay, sir.

  2. Dray says:

    So I can’t decide if I should say it wasn’t as bad as expected or much worse – a little of both is probably true. It was bad enough that my reps dropped from 9 per round at 65# to 6 per round at 85# to 4-5 per round at 95# but with so few reps in 20 seconds followed by 40 seconds of rest, I could keep that going for a while. We stayed at 95# for the 4th round and it actually felt better than the third initially, but when we dropped to 85# on the last it was really ugly. Still barely getting 4-5 reps, collapsing forward pretty badly, trouble locking out… all the lovely thruster issues.