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Thursday WOD and Samurai Strength Episode 5

Nick Horton — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:18:14 +0000

The lightest day of the light week is here! I won’t judge you if you sit around the gym drinking hot cocoa, do a couple lifts, and then head home. Power Snatch: 1RM Power Clean: 1RM Front Squat: 1RM Finally, if you are struggling with the jerk, here is this weeks Samurai Strength episode: ...

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Tuesday WOD

Nick Horton — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:41:05 +0000

Today’s a power day. Try to keep it mellow … Power Snatch – 1RM Power Clean – 1RM Front Squat – 1RM Seriously, dudes and dudettes, it’s a light week. Don’t go hog wild here. Max out and get out! Check out my article today over on Breaking Muscle on The Rule of 3 Workout...

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Monday/Tuesday WOD

Nick Horton — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:26:53 +0000

Both Monday and Tuesday resulted in a lot of PR’s. Trevor hit 5 on Monday! Well, he hit 2 on the snatch, 2 on the front squat … and since he previously had only hit 2 PR’s in one day, that made 4 PR’s a … PR PR!! Ben hit a PR clean and...

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Friday WOD

Nick Horton — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:46:59 +0000

In the last 2 days, Chris hit a PR Snatch and a PR Power Clean, Ben hit a PR Front Squat triple (and is killing it on cleans!), Trevor power snatched his old full snatch PR (WTF?!), Cliff matched the PR’s he made on the snatch on M/T, and … OK, honestly, there have been...

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Wednesdays and Thursdays WOD

Nick Horton — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:14:19 +0000

Brandy hit a PR double AND a PR single on the Front Squat last night! That was the non-bro part. Arron, Peter, Brandon, and I all decided we just had to curl on the platform with the women’s bar while listening to the Top Gun soundtrack. The things I fail to get on video are...

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Monday’s WOD and NEW T-Shirts!

Nick Horton — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:02:02 +0000

With 2 weeks till the local meet, it’s time to get chill. That means you get to max out to your hearts delight … but no back off sets! Hold your horses!! Snatch: 1RM Clean and Jerk: 1RM Back Squats: 1RM Also, it is Cyndi’s Birthday, so someone better hit a PR!

Wednesday WOD

Nick Horton — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:36:38 +0000

Yesterday was mellow … you know what that means! Today you should try and end up so out of it that your only recourse is to do the “Shankle Shuffle”. When in doubt, try harder. Clean and Jerk: 1RM + 3RM Snatch: 1RM + 3RM Back Squats: 1RM + 3RM RDL’s: Heavy set of 5...

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Monday WOD – Last Week of Volume Before 2 Week Taper

Nick Horton — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:40:09 +0000

Last week of volume before we taper down for the local meet coming up on Sept 17th. The focus is going to be more straightforwardly placed upon the classical lifts themselves rather than on squatting. Snatch: 1RM + 5×3 @ 80%+ Clean + Jerk: 1RM + 3x(1+3) @ 80%+ Back Squat: 1RM + 5×3 @...

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Thursday and Friday’s WOD’s

Nick Horton — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:06:18 +0000

For Thursday: Front Squat: 1RM Power Snatch: 1RM + 5×2 @ 80%+ Front Squat: 1RM For Friday: Back Squat: 1RM + 3×3 @ 90%+ Snatch: 1RM + 4×2 @ 85%+ Clean and Jerk: 1RM

Monday WOD: Front Squat Contest with Black Box!

Nick Horton — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:39:31 +0000

This is our second contest with Black Box FW. Time to show off them freaky front squats!! Front Squat: 1RM Snatch: 1RM Snatch w/ Pause at Knee: 5×3 @ 80%+ Snatch: 1RM (start at 70% and go up SLOW, like 2.5k or 5k at most!) Back Squat: 1RM + 4×5 @ heavy as hell This...

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