workout 20140508 – back squat + slam ball/wall ball AMRAP

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30 minutes to find your 1 Rep Max Back Squat.

8 min AMRAP
2-4-6-8-10-etc (ascending reps per round)
Ball Slam 30#/20#
Wall Ball Shot 20#/14#

245# back squat
12+10 AMRAP

I was disappointed in my back squat. I hit 245# easily, but then bailed on 265#. I should have stayed with the lift, but I guess I am getting conservative in my old age (as CS said “It isn’t worth it”). So no Rocket PR for me today, and I find it unlikely anyways I would get close to my lifetime PR any time soon.

The AMRAP was suitably tiring. Most people today got into round 14, but I don’t think I was going that slow. I still break up wall balls in sets of 5, though, maybe I should just start powering through them in AMRAPs.

I went back to open gym hours and did a lot more back squats, since in trying to get a 1RM I didn’t really get that much squat work in (in spite of the AMRAP)

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