10 minutes Handstand practice / holds
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5 rounds for time of:
10 Deadlift 275/185
20 Box Jumps 20”
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August 3, 2010
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DeMarco's Growlery 
HILARIOUS photo! Hahahaha!
Worked on getting used to being upside down: did some tripods; and faced the wall, walked feet up, and held for as long as 60 seconds.
5 rounds of 10 DL (99#) and 20 box jumps (15″) = 19:11
So I think I’ve figured out the Growlery. . .
Do your regular warmup just like before.
Then do the special growlery warmup.
(I’m a dripping mess at this point).
Then do a mini-workout that gets you all worn out before the real workout so that you suck at the workout.
Today’s Growlery:
The group warmup included some good stuff that I haven’t done in a while…I like.
10 minutes Handstand practice. After a minute with this body in a handstand, I was pretty tired. And my upper back which is injured somehow was screaming at me by this point. Kept at it as best I could for 9 more minutes. Part of the time I worked on kicking into a handstand. I’m not menatally ready for that yet so it’s not happening yet. But still I think I made a little progress.
Then:
5 rounds
10 Deadlifts (176# for R1, 154# for R2-5)
20 Box Jumps, 15″ box
16:00
Back pain and spasms made the deads really slow and difficult today. And my jumpers were not working today. Had to do the 15″ box. Having a rough week so far.
Well, it is the Growlery, so keep on growling 🙂
Pain and back spasms can make life miserable; the fact that you came in, worked out, and finished the workout is commendable. I hope that you can find some relief soon!
!0 min of handstand holding – the worst parts for me were my shoulders (they started getting tired about 5 min in) and my left wrist (old, old, injury that cannot be repaired).
But I am thinking this will help me get the unassisted HSPU soon (I hope!).
5 rounds
10 deadlifts 125 lb (66% of 1 rep max)
20 box jumps 20″
10:07
I am hoping that this is supposed to be a high metcon wod because I am not used to doing such light deadlifts in a wod…BUT, my heart rate was WAY up.
For doing two things that I am not very good at, I am happy with this result.
I should note for the record: I’ve been struggling (again) with fear of the box jump until very recently. I couldn’t make myself jump on the 15″ box a couple of workouts ago. Today I did 100 jumps on the 15″ and even stumbled once and kept going. Laura pointed this out to me. (Thanks for the reminder!)
Yay for 100 box jumps! I was especially proud of you for continuing full throttle after the small stumble…I’ve never seen you brave it out like that before!
5 rounds
10 deadlifts 186 lb
20 box jumps 20″
11:47
Started looking forward to the deadlifts about half way through.