Always One or the Other

Well I made it through Thanksgiving without turning into a butterball myself! Had some good times with the family and froze my butt off bird watching (hunting) with some buddies for two days over the break.
Had some really solid WODs and not some really crappy ones too. I've been adding some extra conditioning workouts at school. Nothing crazy just some sprint intervals, agility, and plyo work. I have a lot of gymnasts in class this year, that are pretty darn good. I've been picking their brains on handstands and handstand walks lately. My longest walk so far has been a little over 20'. I'll try and get some video footage of that soon.

If you are looking for some suck...here is a good one...
4 rounds FT:
 10 Thrusters (135)
 10 Burpees
= 8:02
- This got bad real fast.

Lifts are going well. I've changed my set up a bit. Trying to start with lower hips and a more vertical posture. Flexibility is getting there. It's not solid yet, but I feel a big difference coming and finishing my second pull. It's helping me get more vertical at the pockets. I'm feeling a lot more power from the legs at lift off and the hips at extension. I actually missed a few snatches the other night because I was surprised at how easy and fast everything was coming off my hip. I thinking about it so much mid lift that I lost focus in the catch.

My jerk has been feeling really good lately. When it comes to the clean and jerk I always seem to hitting one or the other smoothly and can never be both with me. When my clean is one, my jerk is off and vice versa. Here is a crack at 295# from last night. I'm forward at the floor too much and I pay for it  on my catch, but my jerk is the best it's been in months.

I also managed to hit a 20# PR on my Front Squat 3RM last week. Feeling very strong there...405 is close. 

Front Squat 3RM (PR) @ 355# (92% of 1RM)