Set up

If the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, then the lift of a thousand pounds starts with good set up.

Alright, so nobody at the school is lifting 1000 pounds anytime soon. Still, a heavy lift requires good set up. I feel that we have, as a school, done a good job identifying the “stripper butt” fault – where the student fails to create tension in their hamstrings and lifts their hips up in the air as the initial movement.

Good riddance.

There are so many other bad habits to eliminate or better yet, good habits to establish. Perhaps this should be our goal: focus on establishing good technique rather than eliminating bad technique because eliminating bad technique results in a void. Establishing good technique results in… fewer bad techniques.

I suspect there is probably a place for both establishing the good and eliminating the bad but perhaps our scales have been on the side of eliminating the bad for a bit too long.

Snyder v. Phelps
Part 1: Barbell Gymnastics
EMOM 5
Snatch (80%)
Rest 2 minutes
AMRAP 2
Snatch (80%)
Part 2: Metcon
2 rounds for time
30 wall ball sit ups (20/14)
500m overhead carry (45/35 bumper)

Check thewhiteboard for numbers.