Benchmarkery

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We tackled one of the CrossFit benchmarks today – Elizabeth.  It is a couplet of cleans and ring dips.  One of the challenges of the workout is to keep good clean form because if you get sloppy with your cleans and use your arms, your ring dips will suffer badly.

The advice I offer for this one: keep the bar close.  If you start swinging that barbell away from you, your shoulders will light on fire and your dips will cease to exist.  It is worth setting the bar down if you feel your form falling apart (okay, maybe not on like the last 2 or 3 reps) and taking the rest.  Muscling your way through and saving a few seconds only means paying a higher price in the end.

If you did the workout today, record your results!  This one will come up again and if you have an old score, you’ll have something to try and beat.