Single Arm DB Warm Up #3
10 single-arm deadlift R/L
5 steps up & back dynamic walk
10 single-arm row R/L
5 steps up & back toy soldiers
10 single-arm clean R/L
5 steps up & back inchworm
10 single-arm snatch R/L
5 lateral lunges each side
Skill
Movements and modifications
WOD
5 rounds of:
(1st choice DBs/ KBs/ single arm odd object)
w/35# m/55
20 snatches
20 SHHP
20 Thrusters
Warm Up
Combo Activation #9
*With a strap/belt/band/PVC pipe/ broom stick
*10 OHS with a 5 second pause
*10 paces (steps) OH duck walk
5 downward dogs with 5 second pause (stretch shoulders and calves)
*10 OH lateral lunges
5 inchworm + cobra with a 5 second pause
Skill
Single arm OHS
WOD
4 rounds of:
(1st choice DBs/ KBs/ odd object)
w/15 DBs m/25DBs
150 paces (steps) farmers carry
10 DB single arm OHS (R/L)
Body Weight Warm up #4
3x 10 reps
Explosive split squats (stay in split)
Thigh tap push-ups
3 hollow rocks + 1 v-up
3 straddle reach throughs + 2 lateral lunges
Ring/TRX/ sheet / doorway rows
Single leg DL (5R/5L)
Skill
Movement standards
WOD
3 rounds of
50 mountain climbers
25 sit ups
25 KBS w/35 m/53
Warm up
Barbell complex #3
Deadlift/ Back squat/ Good morning/ Press from behind the neck/ Front squat/ Press from the front/ Thruster
Skill
Movements and how to modify
WOD
For time:
*1st choice barbell/ sandbag/ backpack/ odd object)
Pull ups 50
Thruster 50
HSPU 50
Deadlifts 50
Pistols 50
Ground to over head 50
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