As I mentioned in my last post, a few of my friends did the “bear complex” WOD @ crossfit central yesterday. It looked like a lot of fun. Given the cardio nature of our workout this morning, I thought a little strength training wouldn’t hurt =).

The workout consists of five (5) rounds of the the following:

7 reps of…

• Power clean
• Front squat
• Push press
• Back Squat
• Push press

Given the lesson I took from my workout with just hang cleans, I decided to be a little modest on this one as I have no idea what my capacity is for a workout like this. With that in mind, I started with 65lbs on the bar. My 5 sets broke down like this:

1. 65lbs
2. 75lbs
3. 85lbs
4. 90lbs
5. 95lbs

In the end, I think that I could have done more weight, but it was still pretty damn challenging to do all of that without putting the bar down for the 7 reps. I will look forward to not working too hard over the weekend.

If you don’t know what a burpee is, watch this:

*Note: We didn’t do the ones with the rings. That’s crazy.

Thank you, Leslie for planting this just terrible, terrible seed in my fiancé’s head. Thank you OH so much.

It WAS a relaxing weekend until Victoria got the bug to do this workout. She went first and, although I am not a typical “guy”, I find it difficult to turn down a challenge =)

My time: 9:47; Her time: 17:42

Victoria is a great coach! I wouldn’t have gotten in under 10 if she wasn’t mentally helping me along. I think I would have gotten more in the 12-15 minute range.