5 x 5 Squat Cleans
Met-con:
Max # of burpees you can do in 5 minutes.
Folks this is more of a mental test than a physical one, believe it or not. This one will reveal to me who is made of what. I can hear the groans already. Let me hear you say "I LOVE burpees!" Keep this in perspective, we are talking about 5 minutes of your life. This may sound a bit corny but sometimes what I do during a very hard workout, when it's gettin really uncomfortable I'll think of a scenario that is far worse. Such as say, being a prisoner in a Siberian wasteland. I bet that prisoner would be delighted to do 5 minutes of burpees, in exchange for his freedom. That is but one example, you can create one in your own delightful twisted way and make it work for you. The point is, it puts things in perspective. This is NOT the most uncomfortable, and painful thing you could be doing for 5 minutes. When you post your performance, go ahead and post your thought process also, this could be very interesting!
*Finished 55# on squat cleans (up from 35# max last time we did these)
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*You said "don't leave anything in the tank on this one." I think it was pretty obvious by how I was doing near the end of the 5 minutes that I was definitely running on empty. I was exhausted! The mind was willing... The arms? Not so much! Great workout.
Roughly 20 people did this workout and I was really really impressed. Some great numbers were put up. This is by no means easy. 10 year old Soon Chan blew some serious doors and got 90, next was Donnie with 82, then Dan, the flyin Alaskan with 80, I think next was Celena with a very impressive 70, Soon's older brother Yi got 70, and then Paula blasted thru 68. Damn good work for the first time to do this workout! I think my first time I got about 62 or something close to that. Really tough workout, very good ouput by all you guys and gals. Every one of you will get more on the next time out.
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