FIRST BRO SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT

As I mentioned in my first post, the idea behind our weekly "Bro Sessions" is to see just how far we can push ourselves individually and collectively.  We are going to crank up the music, smear chalk on  everything in sight and throw down in what should become epic WODs that easily match and hopefully far exceed everyone's wildest expectations. Most of us will find ourselves obsessively readjusting our clips for the third or fourth time just to buy a few more seconds of rest. After all, loose clips sink ships (thanks Doug for the constant stream of one liners lol). We will all contemplate at some point whether anyone will notice if we just slink out the back door before finishing. In the end, we will all support each other through every last rep no matter how bad it gets. We will all finish what we started and we all come out the other side better for our efforts. As this journey unfolds there will be good training days and bad training days. There will be days when we have to scale or modify and there will be days when we move mountains. These will be the moments memories are made from. While I could wax poetic about this I'm sure you are all getting a little bored, and may have even stopped reading, so without further ado here is the 1st WOD announcement:

100 Rounds For Time:

-1 Clean (135#/95#)

-2 Handstand Push-ups

-3 Burpees

In the words of Matt Damon, "how do you like them apples?" Once you are done cursing me off and or swearing yourself off this stupid idea please come back and finish reading the rest of the post. I promise there is a happy ending...not that kind, get your head out of the gutter jeez!!

Needless to say I wanted to kick things off with a bang so to speak and I think this will certainly suffice. However, this is not just the insane idea of a delusional sadomasochist. This is a well thought out plan with a purpose and plenty of options to get through it.  Let me explain. 

First off, we need to see just how mentally tough we all are. I do not think anyone will question or overlook the degree of grit and determination clearly necessary to get through 100 rounds of anything, even napping.     

Secondly, you will surely cover all 10 of the general physical skills espoused by CrossFit. If you have not heard this before CrossFit considers these 10 general physical skills -- 1) Cardiovascular/Cardiorespiratory Endurance 2) Stamina 3) Strength 4) Flexibility 5) Power 6)Speed 7) Coordination 8) Agility 9) Balance 10) Accuracy -- to be the under pinnings of a well rounded and comprehensive fitness.  All of the afore mentioned are in fact represented by this WOD.

Third, you can scale and modify this WOD to meet any and all fitness levels, backgrounds, experience and limitations if and when needed. Want to make this harder you can go heavier or do full squat cleans or both. You can go to deficit handstand push-ups and you could do Burpees Over The Bar. Want to go a little easier you can go with a lighter weight and do more of a power or muscle clean. You can even do a Medicine Ball Clean or use a PVC pipe and use this as an opportunity to master the skill and execution of the movement. You can use 1 abmat on your handstand push-up, do a piked version off a ploy box or even drop to do a regular push-up. Finally, you can do an up-down or even just a squat jump in lieu of the Burpees. While the prescribed version calls for 100 rounds you can scale this to 75, 50, 25 or any other number you feel appropriate. There is no limit to what we can do with this WOD to make it work for you. All you have to decide is how hard and how far into that dark place you wish to go. No matter what, I can assure each and every person that is able to make it, we will all be there on the other side when you finish and we'll embrace our collective accomplishment together! 

I am looking forward to this with an almost giddy excitement and I hope you are too, even if it's a somewhat muted giddiness (is that even possible?).