Crossfit Armoury - September 29, 2017: Accessory work / Class workout a day later..

Friday; September 29, 2017 - Crossfit Armoury - West

My Thoughts:

Okay, decided to skip the olympic lifting the night before (too many things to do at home and couldn't make time).  I decided to come in early in the morning (7 am) and work thru the class.   I also had some time off from work which I took.  This way, I'm not feeling so rush to finish my workout.   Plus, I had a chance to visit some of my regular crossfit members that I use to workout with.   Been so focus on these olympic lifting classes; that I've actually stopped my crossfit classes.

I'll most likely resume the classes after next week Max weight testing.

So, after doing my standard olympic warm-ups and followed up with a 1000 meter row.  This usually gets my body ready for almost anything.

Despite all these warm-ups; I had issues with locking out with the Drop Snatch warm-ups.   I mean, issues as I thought it was heavy after the second set of 3 on the Drop snatch.    By the time I did my last set of 3, I had reconsidered not doing the class workout (above) and just do my now favorite EMOM w Front/Back Squat cycle.

I took the weight from my last Drop Snatch and attempted to Snatch with it.    Yeah, it didn't feel good.  I couldn't lock it out at this weight, so instead of grinding thru and potentially injuring myself.  I would work on something else, a different body part.   I opted at that moment to change my training and work on the EMOM - Back/Front Squat.

I used the same weight as I did the other week; 165 lb - Front Squat, 195 lb - Back Squat.   Alternating squats; odd # - Front squat; even # - Back Squat.  3 reps each minute; switching weight each minute as well.  The EMOM is 10 minutes.

The next time I hit this EMOM, I'll increase the weight another 5 to 10 lb.

Part of my monthly maintenance is some deep tissue massage; which will be occurring this afternoon.   Hopefully this will help and prepare me for next week Max weight testing.