Rest Day
There's a Reason CrossFit Athletes Never Stop Doing Olympic Lifts
Many programs skip the Olympic lifts because they seem too technical, too risky, or too advanced for everyday athletes. That is exactly the wrong call. Here is what you are leaving on the table when you omit them.
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Made up yesterday's wod
Results there
56 yo M/ 5'9"/ 149 lbs
did yesterday's WOD
30:00
scaled to 35 lb dumbbells and 20 lb dumbbells for Farmers Carries #3-5
props to anyone who did this with 50 lb dumbbells!
2.5 mi run/ 8:53mi pace/ 21:50 total
21-15-9
Handstand pushups
Ring dips
Push-ups
15:22
Daniel Ray
attacked this without the weighted vest. I know the KB loading alone would be challenging. rounds between 6-7 minutes until the last which went over 7. With Honor.
32:39
5 rounds for time of:
25-foot double-kettlebell front-rack lunge
9 strict pull-ups
50-foot double-kettlebell overhead carry
16 hand-release push-ups
75-foot double-kettlebell front-rack carry
23 air squats
100-foot double-kettlebell farmers carry
400-meter run
If you have a weight vest or body armor, wear it.
♀ 35-lb kettlebell
♂ 53-lb kettlebell
ABOUT DANIEL RAY
Air Force Senior Airman Daniel R. Sanchez, 23, a combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, was killed in action on Sept. 16, 2010, in the vicinity of Kajran District, Afghanistan, when his team came under fire from an enemy insurgent within the Afghan National Army partner force.
Sanchez, of El Paso, Texas, enlisted in the Air Force on June 27, 2006, after graduating from high school. Upon completing basic training, Sanchez completed the Air Force Combat Control training pipeline and joined the 23d Special Tactics Squadron. Sanchez, a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal with Valor, is survived by his parents, Raymond Sanchez and Yvette Duchene; his brother Dakota Duchene; his grandparents; and his girlfriend Linda Benton.