True to form, Saturday morning we had a big, fun class! I got lucky, and we had an uneven number of people so I got to jump into the workout. The workout was called “Get a Grip”. Here are the rules:

As a team you must complete 100 rounds of:

• 1 Deadlift
• 1 Hang Power Clean
• 1 Front Squat
• 1 Push Press

(That whole combination of 4 movements is 1 round)

Only one person can be lifting at a time. While one person is lifting, their partner is running 400 meters. The bar can NEVER touch the ground; it can only be passed off after your partner completes a 400 meter run. If the bar touches the ground, both partners suffer a burpee penalty. Fortunately, both times we have done this workout we have never had to enforce the burpee penalty.

It was a close match – but Garth and Pete were just too damn fast. It would probably have been a closer match if I hadn’t gone completely brain dead and lost track of where we were at. Brittany handed me the bar and said, “We’re at (insert a really high number here)” and I just started going. After 3 reps I realized that I had completely forgotten the number she told me. After a quick discussion upon her return from the run, we decided we were on 71 reps. In retrospect, it was probably closer to 80. EVERYONE was faster than I was on the runs. I would have about 200 meters on Tom, and he would pass me EVERY time. (Shakes fist angrily at Tom) I’ll get better at running eventually. Every time I ran past Garth he was saying something like, “Ow, shoulders, ow hands...” It made me giggle a little. Great job everyone! Hopefully your shoulders have recovered.

Look who got photo bombed!