Vertical

So much squatting.  Sit back.  Explode through the hips.  Good stuff… until you go to press and you move your hips back which tilts the back forward which starts the bar on a diagonal path instead of a vertical one… what went wrong?

With all the squatting in CrossFit it’s sometimes hard to remember that when you go to push press or push jerk that you actually don’t want to sit back but instead bend only the knees so as to keep the torso vertical.  Why?  Because a vertical torso means a vertical drive up on the bar which means a straight bar path which means an easier press (than shoving the bar away from the body and then back overhead in an arc).  That’s a lot of meaning, I suppose but that was the goal of today’s skill work.  Let’s watch the video and see if it worked.  Look to see if anyone leans forward when they jerk.

Death by Pullups
With a running clock, do 1 pull up the first minute, 2 pull ups the second minute, 3 pull ups the third minute… keep going until you can not complete the required number of pull ups.  Score = # of last completed set, how many you got done in your incomplete round.

Check the whiteboard for scores.