#hew benchmark

this was our hewfit benchmark workout on Saturday! we’ll be doing it again on September 1st to measure progress from hewfit. here’s how it went for me:

thrusters: i did 55lb rx, and tried to keep to 11 reps every minute on the minute. on my last round i did 6 and then 5 on the 0 and the 30 but it felt ok! i think that’s an easy way i can improve come take 2

box jumps: i used the 18 in box and made it through 30. i’m certain i could have done more or done a higher box, but i was resting from thrusters still 😪

burpees: this is where it started to get miserable. i did a 5 rep EMOM. 

wall walks: ha! ha! ha! calling these ‘wall walks’ is generous. i was barely getting anywhere! my goal for next time is to make these more ‘correct,’ even if i do less of them.

wall ball shots: these were a great station to end on. i was doing 5, then resting 15 seconds, and was able to get a whole 60 in!

goals for the end of hewfit:

thrusters: 60 x 55lb

box jumps: EITHER 40 x 18in or 30 x 20in

burpees: not sure?? 30 or 35

wall walks: at least 10 with better form

sorry to get a couple days behind! it’s been a little crazy this past week.

this was friday’s workout and folks, it fuckn broke me. on thursday i started my first ~real~ period since i ejected my IUD last month, and i haven’t exercised heavily while on a period since my freshman year of high school. i already wasn’t feeling good and the exertion made me very dizzy 😵

david:

12 lb medicine ball for wall ball shots. these were fine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

15 lb double kettlebell cleans (with full squat). this is where i started to get a little light-headed. usually i can squat very low and w. relative speed, but my knees got pretty shaky.

12 lb dumbbell push press. kept these very light bc i could already tell i wasn’t feeling well, the weight was so light that it was hard to control the dumbbells from moving horizontally.

goliath

one of the Unfortunate Rules for this half was that we had to use the same barbell for all three movements. overhead lunges are such a limiting factor for me, and 45 lbs was an ambitious pick for those. unfortunately, it ended up not mattering!

45 lb deadlifts. super fast, tried to keep form ok on the lighter weight

45 lb hang power cleans. i practiced the motion jenny taught me for stringing hang power snatches together and it worked well! my heart rate was so high tho and i was having to take a lot of breaks to catch my breadth.

45 lb overhead lunges. i power snatched the bar up for these to get started and literally felt myself start to black out. i set the bar down and did two stationary lunges, and then fell over and couldn’t get back up.