Justified

I’ve convinced myself that there are at least 2 good reasons to partner up during benchmark workouts and have one partner go while the other judges and then switch roles.

Reason number one is to give students the opportunity to see someone else move. This allows the chance to offer coaching cues, cheerlead and no rep their partner. It is not always obvious to students but watching others and helping others is valuable to your own training. Everything that you see and correct, make sure you turn it around on yourself and check and see if you make the mistakes that you see your partner making.

Reason number two is that the benchmark workouts are supposed to be all out efforts. We typically do skill work, strength work and then a Metcon. Cutting things down to two pieces of work from three hopefully allows students to give a little bit more to the effort.

Undoubtedly there are more good reasons. Go ahead, tell me what they are.

Helen
Part 1: Barbell Gymnastics
EMOM 8 minutes, alternate A and B every minute
A: high hang snatch
B: snatch
Part 2: Benchmark: “Helen”
3 rounds for time
Run 400m
21 Kb swings (24/16kg)
12 pull ups

Check the whiteboard for numbers. Update the leaderboard with your new score.