CrossFit Day 64
Today’s workout was three sets of shoulder exercises. The first consisted of five rounds of single rep shoulder presses. The second was five rounds of three reps of the push press (dip, drive). And the third was five rounds of five reps of the push jerk (dip, drive, stand).
I did the shoulder presses and push presses with my 35 pound dumbbells. They’re fairly straight forward exercises. The challenging exercise for me was the push jerk. Push jerks are more difficult. There require a dip to drive the weight to an overhead locked out position, a catch in a dipped position, and a stand to completion. For my soft form, this requires concentration and practice. So, for push jerks, I went through five sets of dumbbells, starting at 15 pounds and finishing the final round with the 35 pounders.
I imagine this will get much more difficult when I get an Olympic weight set. Next time, I think I’d like to do this work using the 35 pounders (or a potential pair of 40 pound dumbbells) for all the push jerks.
My results: 12:45, 6:35 zone (basic); HR: 154 avg, 179 max; 159 cal
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