Strength
Front squat
5-5-5 (heavy 5)
Workout
4 rounds of
4 Bear complex – 95/65
8 burpees
1m rest
**Thursday’s are a good day to do a full body assessment – how are you feeling from the week? How are you legs – front and back? How are your shoulders? Pecs? Are you sore in new places – maybe your groin or high hamstring – or is it that same tightness above the knee on your quads from high reps squats?
I then like to follow that up by asking “what are you doing about that?” You’ve been in the gym 4-5 hours the last 5 days, but you’ve also had anywhere from 92-115 hours in that same time period outside of the gym to take care of your body. How is your sleep? Are you getting in some active recovery? Taking Epsom salt baths? Using Voodoo floss on your calves? Lying on a yoga block to help that low back?
So when you come in today, are you going to go as heavy as you can on those front squats? Then we’re going to speed things up and see how fast you can cycle the barbell on the Bear Complex. If you have a funky shoulder that doesn’t allow you to press out all the way or your squat depth is limited by pinchy ankles, take some extra time today – before, during, after class – to improve your body.