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We All Go to Mexico City When We Die

I have no idea what that title means. I overheard someone at work saying that yesterday. I know no context. All I know is that as I was walking past he said it, and I think when I write my great American novel I’m going to name it that. “We All Go to Mexico City When We Die” by C.Edward Simpson. Coming soon to quality book stores near you.

I ran out of time Wednesday to write about our Wednesday morning adventure. Then totally forgot to update yesterday. Sorry. To make up for it, today you all get a 2-for-1.

Wednesday

MountainBiker showed up as promised. That makes four of us!

Warm Up
P1: 2kb Cleans
P2: Push Ups
P3: Air Squats
P4: Charlotte Zercher Hold
30s:15s Work:Rest and Switch
Everyone does 2 rounds of each
Races
Three rounds of team races
P1 from each of the two teams race 400m
P2 from each of the two teams do KB Snatches until teammate finishes 400m
Loser of each contest does 15 push ups
If both losers are teammates, 15 push ups must be 1-5 ladder w/ “rest” taken in “up” position.
Switch positions (P1->Snatches, P2->400m)
Round P1 P2
1 Team 1: ces Drinkin’ Buddy
Team 2: MountainBiker Marathoner
Winner (400m/Snatch) MountainBiker / ces Marathoner / Drinkin’ Buddy
2 Team 1: ces Marathoner
Team 2: Drinkin’ Buddy MountainBiker
Winner (400m/Snatch) Drinkin’ Buddy / ces Marathoner / Marathoner
3 Team 1: ces MountainBiker
Team 2: Marathoner Drinkin’ Buddy
Winner (400m/Snatch) Marathoner / ces Drinkin’ Buddy / Drinkin’ Buddy
Cool Down w/ Charlotte
P1: Charlotte Overhead Hold for time
P2: Rest and times holder
P3: 2kb C&J for duration of P1’s hold
P4: Rest and counts C&J
Rotate. Repeat. Everybody does 2 rounds.

Both of my Charlotte holds were in the 1:10-1:15 range. I don’t remember the exact times right now. Maybe 1:13 and 1:11?

MountainBiker said, later that day, that he was kinda tired, but basically felt pretty good. His tune changed a bit yesterday with his IM to me “Charlotte’s mean. It hurt to roll over and turn off the alarm clock this morning.” He came by my desk a little later and said, “I hurt here.” and pointed basically from the top of his head to his toes.

Hopefully that didn’t scare him off.

This Morning’s Workout

1-Arm Snatch + TGU
10x (5x ea. arm) @ 40#
10x (5x ea. arm) @ 45#
10x (5x ea. arm) @ 50#
Clean & Press + Bent Over Barbell Row
2×5 @ 100#
5x @ 120#
5×3 @ 140#
Knees-to-Elbows
3×10

Hope everyone’s holiday is happy and safe.

2 Comments

  1. Mike wrote:

    The toughest part of the workout was the push ups - all 75 + mid 30ish (don’t remember how many I did in the warm up round).
    I’ll try to win more runs next time. Snatches? No. Almost hit myself in the head wednesday.

    Friday, May 23, 2008 at 9:07 am | Permalink
  2. J.B. wrote:

    I read his IM as “Charlotte means hurt.”
    My back’s coming along, but it meant I didn’t get to train much in my “2 week vacation”
    Have a good holiday weekend.

    Friday, May 23, 2008 at 11:26 am | Permalink

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