And a F***in' Happy New Year!

Get the juices flowing:

Around-the-worlds, swings, overhead walks

Circuit: Each station, 30 seconds, followed by 20-30 seconds of rest

(Rounds 1 & 2)
-Standing hot potato, 16kg
-Rope waves, 1 1/2, 50 foot rope
-Two-handed swings, 16kg
-Rotational lunge with 16kg in the goblet hold
-Military press 3 R/L, 16kg

(Rounds 3 & 4)
-"Mashed Potato" - Standing hot potato, down into a front squat, and up again, passing the kettlebell back and forth continuously - 16kg
-Undulating rope waves
-One-arm swings; L arm 3rd round, R arm 4th round - 16kg
-Heartbeat lunges
-Around-the-world, 16kg

(Rounds 5&6)
-Seated Russian twist, 16kg
-Rope standing hip toss
-Alternating swings, 16kg
-Seated hot potato, 16kg
-Standing hot potato, 16kg

Done.

Merry Christmas, and a motherf***in' happy new year :)

Nikki, I did it! :) 20kg Snatch Test

It's been awhile since I set this goal for myself; I don't remember exactly when, but I know Nikki and I swore to each other that we would do it by this coming February.

I set up the video camera today while Doug did some clubbell exercises, and set out to do the Snatch Test with the 20kg bell. I finished at 4:56, and didn't tear my hands, though they were pretty hot.

I recently read the quote, "To err is human... to err at a critical moment is printer." Apparently, this applies to video cameras, as well.

I'm very loathe to say it... the camera died before I finished the test. :( SO aggravating! Doug watched the whole thing though, and my 97th rep sucked, and needed to be redone. I finished the test with 4 seconds to spare.

I've experienced shakey legs before; until now though, I've never experienced shakey traps.

Thanks to Doug for the tutelage and support, and thanks to Nikki for the motivation and inspiration! :)

And now: Corn Huskers.

Snatches, complexes and circuits

-RKC Snatch Test (16kg): 100 reps in 3:45

-Complex (16kg): 5 one-armed swings, 5 high pulls, 5 presses, 5 rack squats; R/L = 1 set, repeat 4 more times.
-Circuit (16kg when applicable): Seated tornado ball for 1 set, standing against a wall the other 3 sets; one bell bear crawls 10 yards; standing hot potato; 8 lbs. sledge hammer strikes against a tire. Timer was the bear crawler, so roughly 20-23 seconds. Rinse and repeat 3 more times.

I leave for the Midwest for my grandmother's funeral today. I don't really know what to say... I still feel sort of numb. It comes of waves. Grieving never has rhyme or reason to it.