Fitness-8/10-back squats, "Triple 9"

Monday WOD

Today was another ME back squat day. The goal was to go 5 x 1 hitting a ME x 1 on the last set. My sets looked as follows:

1 x 295
1 x 315
1 x 325
1 x 335, miss
1 x 335, miss

Man, my back squat needs a lot of work. I had a rough go today but am fully aware you aren't gonna hit a homerun every time you step to the plate. The last time I maxed in the squat I did 345, that was in the winter. My form is much better now and I'm getting full depth which I wasn't before. My back is also a ton more stable/strong in the bottom compared to before. Just have to keep at it and get stronger. On the two misses, I finished them with a spot. So, even though I was frustrated, it was still a pretty productive session.

After the squats, we did "Triple 9," a 12 minute amrap of:

-9 x pullups, chest to bar
-9 x burpees
-9 x pushpress, 115#

score=5 rounds

Not a bad score here, the ctb pull-ups still slow me down. All the burpees were unbroken. I came out pretty hard and maintained a good pace throughout although I found myself resting too much transitioning from burpees to pushpress. I tell ya what, that burpee/push-press combo is way more brutal than you think it'll be. Having that weight on your chest when you're sucking wind after the burpees is painful. One of those things you have to get used to pushing through. I finished round 5 with about 20-30 seconds left and didn't end up getting any more pull-ups which was lame on my part, I just kind of hung there trying to power up. All said, I really enjoyed this one.