“I think that our job as trainers is not so much to make (athletes) feel good about who they are, (but it’s also) to help them actually be better. And sometimes that means telling someone they should scale even though they don’t want to.” It’s a delicate balance, Brown said, of “giving clients what they need, which isn’t always what they want.”
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WOD:
Power clean progressions: Burg warmup + power cleans from pockets, knee, floor.
P1. EMOTM x 10 min: 3-5 power cleans (reset every rep) increase 5-10% every 2 min. At lighter loads try to get 5 good reps in, as weight increases decrease reps to 4 or 3. Post rounds 1/2, 3/4.. etc. with load used and reps completed that round.
Min 1-2: 50-55%, Min 3-4: 60-65%, min 5-6: 65-70%, min 7-8: 70-75%, min 9-10: 75-85%.
P2. Back Squat. re-test
warmup with 3 reps at barbell,45, 55%, then:
1 x65%, 1 x75%, 1x 85%, 1 x 95%, 1 x 100+%
See previous results here
