Regional Workout #2 – Row/Pistols/Hang Cleans

Row 2 km
50 Pistols (I did these assisted)
30 Hang Cleans (I used intermediate weight of 135 lbs. rx'd is 225.)

16:30

This was surprisingly nasty. I was pretty spent by the end of it. Before the workout, I had entertained notions of maybe using 175 or 185 for the cleans. Good thing I didn't, because I'd still be there, trying to finish this fucking workout.

Took me less than 8:00 for the row, but holy crap do I hate rowing that much.

Pistols... ugh.

The cleans I did in sets of 6-4-5-5-3-2-5, I think. Harder than I thought. I wanted to avoid putting the bar down unless I had to. Later on, I really had to.


Overheard at the Gym

(Looking for a distraction during the 2k row)
Tyler: "C'mon, Harlan. Tell us a story. I mean, I can only look at Jarrett's sweet, sweet ass for so long."

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Partner Painstorm

With a partner, 5 rounds of:
Row 300m (both partners do this, switching off)
100 feet walking lunges with 75lbs across our backs (split the work)
Run 400m (everyone runs!)
100 feet traveling burpees (split the work, alternate jumps, start from where your partner lands)

I partnered with Jarrett and Darren, with me working the same time as Jarrett.

Maybe it's because I didn't eat more than a spoonful of Nutella beforehand, or maybe it's just a tough-ass WOD, but this FUCKING KILLED ME.

The transitions from the lunges to the 400m run were the worst. I stopped running for a moment at one point during the third round.

It took us 38:03. The individual version of this Painstorm involved 500m rows, half-bodyweight lunges (for me, that would have been 90lbs) and, obviously, no splitting the lunges or travelling burpees. That sounds inhuman.