I took Thursday off as a rest day and was ready to go today.
Started at the gym with push jerk/split jerk skill work. Started real light and worked up slow, working in sets of 3. Wasn't a max effort day, and so hard as it was, I forced myself to stay light and really focus on some of the finer points of the movement. It was very productive. I finished @ 205# and felt like I could've thrown it through the ceiling. Wanted to go for a 1 rep max effort but again, decided to take it easy today. My current 1 rep pr in the jerk is 250# but without a split. I think once I refine my split jerk technique, 300# is just around the corner. Here's a video of Josh Everett doing a full split clean and split jerk. Josh is a well known crossfitter across the nation, having taken second last year in the games. He's an amazing athlete and incredibly fit. At only 185# body weight, this lift of 155kg is absolutely insane.
After the skill work, got after a light WOD for time:
50 double-unders
50 burpees
time-5:15
The double-unders were cake, I finished them in 32 seconds. Which means the burpees took me about 4:45. Yikes. My burpees are getting better, just have to keep getting leaner. I was already 12 burpees in by the time the next person finished their double-unders and started on burpees. And he went on to complete the workout almost 2 minutes faster than me. We'll keep at it. The good news is my body weight this morning was 283#. Seems to be going down daily as I continue to discipline my eating.
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