#WORKOUToftheWEEK 6.29.2018

“When people keep telling you that you can’t do a thing, you kind of like to try it.”

— Margaret Chase Smith

THE WORKOUT

5 Rounds For Time:
8 Squat Cleans (155/105)
200M Run

(12 Minute Max)

This workout was submitted by Meghan Carton of CrossFit Hierarchy in Washington DC. Their address and social links will be posted below.

Recap: Huge fan of this couplet here above. 5 rounds for time (RFT - if ya didn't know) doesn't seem like a lot, but with these heavy squat cleans and 200 meter runs this will add up quick. Trust me. These short 10-12 minute workouts are designed to make you question just how tough two movements can be when combined together and that's what makes this such a captivating workout.

Quads dead? Try running a little bit on them. Oh, you can't? Do some more squat cleans. Still can't? Welcome to the thunderdome! Suck it up, cupcake!

Scaling options: Drop the weight on the squat cleans to something you feel like you can do 40 of. Either do 115/75 or 95/65. It is up to you and dependent on how you are feeling that day. Or, limit the rounds. Again, this is meant to be a burner for 12-minutes.

Anyways, classic CrossFit class and great programming here from CrossFit Hierarchy. Always making us question just how hard something truly is right after we thought we've mastered it. Like....running.

For a demo on the squat clean, see here.