Wall Climbs.

Tonight was fun! And like I say to my students all the time, "My idea of fun might be 'slightly' different from yours." Hehe

We started the night off with a basic warm up.. Rowing, stretching, lunges, squats, etc. 

Then, we did some tough stuff... 1 rep max of the Clean with a max weight, adding to the bar after each rep. I am so proud of my mom and myself... I maxed at 90 and she maxed at 55! 

The clean is not easy. It's a dead lift, taking the bar right off the floor, up your body, leaning that weight back on those hammies, while they scream with scortching pain, and lifting that bar onto your shoulders with arms up. Arms, lower back, shoulders, and hamstrings get an incredible workout with the Clean! 

The entire movement of the Clean should be done in one "clean" movement; however, this is really hard for me and I have to break it into two movements. I will say that during the WOD, I was able to do it in one movement a couple of times :) 

Some pics of mom doing Clean

 

Me with the Clean

After about 15 minutes of doing Cleans and finding max weight, it was time to do the WOD. 

WOD

Total Reps in 8 minutes

1 wall climb

2 Clean at 80% max weight 

With that being said, I completed 8 rounds and 1 wall climb, mom completed 9 rounds! I used 65 pounds for my Cleans and mom used 45 :) Go Us! Stronger every day! 

The wall climbs were not easy but definetly were an amazing workout! I don't think I could do 2 in a row even if I tried. It's an incredible shoulder workout and as I lay here and type this post, my shoulders are screaming! It's amazing what kind of workout you get from just lifting your own body weight... 

Climbing that wall never looked so good! 

Another great workout! Thanks Bill! 

-CrossFitLys