Rest Day
Here is one way to properly scale a pistol (one-legged squat). The key is to simulate the exact mechanics of the actual movement while applying assistance only in areas where needed.
In the picture, Megan Mac uses a band to...
help herself, not stand up, but keep her weight evenly distributed over her entire foot. There must be a balance of weight on both sides of the middle of the foot in order to have a chance to apply the correct force into the ground needed to complete a successful rep. This balance is noticed by the heel not coming up, the knee passing in front of the toe, and the center of one's gravity directly over the middle of the foot, whilst in the bottom-most part of the squat.
For her to be successful without assistance, she may not necessarily need to develop more single leg strength but learn how to keep equal parts of her body-weight on both sides of her foot such as Pete has done on the left.
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Then a brutal tabata that started off so innocent, and quickly got awful:
single unders: lowest=45
burpees: total=56
ball slams: lowest=10
2 pd KB SDLHP: total=65
overall score=176
good work as always, 7am!
OHS - 152 x 3 & 16 wall climbs. Got 2 reps at 162 and lost balance. Stupid.
Tabata Total: 187
Did 3RM OHS and wall climbs for 12 minutes:
198x3 and 9 wall climbs
Will do tabata after noon class!
Rest days are getting full people, its great to see! Come in work on a weakness, make up a workout, and have a plan!
110, 154, 175, 185, 195, 205.. Not even close.. Just not feeling it today.. Next Time
Snatch Pulls - 220, 230, 240... All for 1's
Tabata Work.. Just 6 RDS EA cause I was kind of in a rush
Pull Ups - Goal - 15 EA
15, 15, 15, 15, 13, 11 - Just Couldnt keep grip
Kipping Bar Dips (Bad Idea after all the push ups yesterday) Goal - 8
9, 8, 8, 5, 4, 4 - HA! bad
Sit Ups - Goal 12
12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12 - Felt Better
Air Squats - Goal 20
20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20
- Could probably go for 22 next time
TOTAL SCORE
11 + 4 + 12 + 20 = 46
250 Rows
20 Ball Slams
30 Sit Ups
8 Step Ups (each leg)
It was a lot harder then I thought it would be:( I finished three round and 12 sit ups.
This felt WEAK. Haven't done heavy OHS in a long time. That 142 was by the skin of my teeth, but it was a pretty good-sized PR.
Tabata:
30 single unders (lowest)
52 burpees (total)
10 ball slams (lowest)
71 SDHP (total)
Total score = 163
The best part about the tabata was that it wrecked the quads so much, you forgot how bad your shoulders were from the OHS/wall climbs.
Went back at 4:30 for the 5k row. 21:39.5
Not what I'd call fun, but not as bad as I expected. I was glad I wasn't rowing alone, and Tara provided some much-needed morale boosts.