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This Weeks WODs: Monday to Thursday

Nick Horton — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:53:44 +0000

Monday: Clean and Jerk: 1rm Clean: 4rm Jerks off blocks/rack: 3×3 Back Squats: 1rm + 2×3 Tuesday: Hip Thrust: Heavy 3 Power snatch: 1rm + 2×3 Front Squat: 1rm Wednesday: Snatch: 1rm + 3rm Back Squats: 1RM + 2×3 Push Press: 3×3 RDL’s: heavy 3 Thursday: Power Snatch: 1RM + 2×3 Power Clean: 1RM +...

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Tuesday WOD – 20-20s

Nick Horton — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:27:44 +0000

Second night of twenty-twenties: one rep on the minute for twenty minutes with 80% or more! Two days to go! Clean and Jerk-20/20 @80%+ back Squats – 1RM They took a very long rest after the cj’s!

Monday WOD – 20/20′s

Nick Horton — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:28:56 +0000

Today starts the second of two loading weeks. Back Squats: 1RM Snatch: 20/20′s @ 80%+ That is, do twenty singles in twenty minutes … On the minute, with 80% or more of your PR. Brandon did his off blocks and ended up adding weight until he lifted 2k over his PR from the floor! WTF?!...

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Contest Results and Monday WOD

Nick Horton — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:50:48 +0000

We had a local contest on Saturday (I’m sure you followed it on Twitter …) and 4 of our lifters competed: Beth, Dave, Chris, and Brandon. (The pic above is what Brandon had in his car for after!) Dave had a big day breaking the Oregon Masters state record for the Snatch and then hitting...

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Wednesday/Thursday WOD’s: Laziness Continues

Nick Horton — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:21:24 +0000

With our contest coming up on Saturday things are getting awfully lazy at PDX Weightlifting … Wednesday’s WOD: Snatch: up to Openers at the most Clean and Jerk: Same Front Squat: 90% x 1 Thursday’s WOD: Power Snatch Power Clean -work up to about 90% of your best on each … or less.

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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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!

Thursday WOD

Nick Horton — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:43:51 +0000

The penultimate day of our high volume phase is here. Prepare to Rejoice and Be Merry, the End is Nigh. Power Snatch: 1RM + 3×3 @ 85%+ Power Clean: 1RM + 3×3 @ 85%+ Front Squat: 1RM + 3×3 @ 90%+ Oh, and last night, Brandon hit a PR Triple on the snatch with 11k...

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WOD – Wednesday

Nick Horton — Thu, 19 May 2011 03:37:17 +0000

Wednesday PM: Hip Thrusts – Heavy 3; Snatch – Max, drop to 70%, Max again; Clean and Jerk – Max Back Squat – Max The crew hit 6 PR’s today!! Ryland and Arron each got a PR on the Clean, Dave hit a snatch PR which is 5k over the state record in his age/weight...

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WOD: The Next 2 Weeks (4-weeks out from contest)

Nick Horton — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:12:13 +0000

The next 2 weeks are going to be brutal, and full of volume. I’ve written up the basic plan below. (These are the workouts of those of us who are doing the most frequency. Lot’s of PDXW members do far less, and different programs, of course. But, I think it’s helpful to see what someone...

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