Thruster:
The barbell starts on the ground, and the athlete must elevate it into the rack position. There is no requirement to stand up fully before beginning the thruster, nor is standing up prohibited. The thruster begins when the athlete squats below parallel with the barbell racked on the shoulders (or at least below the chin). Then, in a single movement the athlete drives the barbell up out of the squat and overhead. The finishing position has the knees, hips and arms fully extended with the barbell stable over the heels. Once the athlete hits the bottom of the squat, there can be no rebend of the knees and/or hips, and the feet must remain stationary. The bar can stop near the top and be pressed out if necessary, but any descent of the barbell (after upward movement in the thruster has begun) constitutes a no-lift. Any stepping, splitting, repositioning of the feet, rebending the hips or knees or jerking all constitute a no-lift. Going up on the toes is permitted as long as the feet remain stationary. The athlete must wait for the judge's signal to drop the weight.
Women Weights (lbs): 105, 115, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150, 155, 160, 165, 170, 175, 180, 185
Men Weights (lbs): 155, 165, 175, 185, 195, 205, 215, 225, 235, 245, 255, 265, 275, 285, 295
…Then on the next interval after you miss a thruster,
Run 1 Mile For Time
Yesterday was a great day of relaxing. Here are my girls soaking it up, and for me yesterday was the first time in a long ass time that I just layed down in the grass and took good ol' nap. I felt a bit wierd at first to just lay there and do nothing. Nothing to eat or drink, no working, no internet, no thinik9ng about anything, nothing productive at all, just pure relaxing. I dosed off, and would wake up ocasionally to the sounds of kids playing, dogs running or my arm going to sleep and roll over into the shade and dose back off.
After a couple hours of this, I got up feeling refreshed and rejuvinated. It just made me realize that sometimes I just need to make time to do nothing and enjoy it. There is plenty of play time and social interaction in my life, but there is rarely a moment of absolute down time. At the speed we live life with so much going on and so many things we want to get done it is safe to say that most of us probably rarely get a chance to truly relax. I got to tell you it felt really great.
So I urge all of you "go getters" out there to take a time out and do nothing. Give it up for a couple hours and find a quiet place to take a nap by the river and let your mind escape the stress of daily life. Trust me its totally paleo and the Grok inside you will be very pleased.
