1, 2, 3, Plans
While at the Outlaw training camp last month, we were able to meet Daniel ‘Boomsauce’ Tyminski (14th fittest man on the planet). It was Daniel that mentioned to us, he has three plans for every workout.
Plan A) is how you would like to hit the workout best case i.e. unbroken reps etc.
Plan B) is when plan A fails default to an achievable strategy i.e. sets of 3 reps or singles.
Plan C) is Rest, that’s right sit down, walk away and rest. This doesn’t mean rest when the WOD gets hard, it means if you have exhausted your options (A and B), your fatigued and struggling with the movement. Instead of continually addressing the barbell and missing, simply sit down and chill out for a minute.
I applied this to a WOD with snatches, in my box its no secret that a struggle with the snatch lift, so I put together a plan in my head.
Plan A) Power snatch all lifts but do not hang on to the bar (dump at the top) and then pick it straight up again. This worked fine until I started to fatigue.
Plan B) Squat snatch, still doing fast singles. This failed completely; as I missed 3 attempts at a rep.
Plan C) Rest! I sat down for 30-45 seconds, with my wife looking at me saying “what are you doing????”
After the rest, I addressed the bar and power snatched 4 fast reps (probably the best 4 of the WOD). This fired me up and the rest of the WOD became easy, completing it under the cap. Give it a go!
