Iron Curtain 2011

This weekend was fantastic, finally being able be in a multi day competition. I had some trouble the first day getting in the groove of things. The competition atmosphere was much different than what I'm used to. Everything was very fast paced and having such great competition alongside of me was all a little overwhelming at first. The first day of events was extremely difficult for me, not because the event was hard, but I was still trying to figure out how to get a good warm up in, stretch, and get in the right mind set to put up good results. After struggling through the first two events I came back feeling much better for the next two events on the second day. I knew the format better and felt confident about the workouts. Although I was still getting used to the big competition format I just concentrated on myself and tried to tune everything else out and complete these workouts the way I felt I should.

Friday, December 21st


Event 1
How many rounds can you do in 7 mins of:
3 Shoulder To Overhead
7 Burpees (jump over bar)
21 Double Unders


 - Results
4 rounds + 15 double unders (115 pounds for shoulder to overhead) Rx'd weight=155/95


Event 2
Max Squat Clean (time frame about 10-15 min)


Results
135 (should have been much higher but large jumps in weight were added in my group, form was also off a little)


Saturday, December 22nd


Event 3
How high up the ladder can you go in 5 mins of:
1 HSPU (Men - regular, Ladies - ABMAT; kipping allowed for both, max width = 48 inches)
 1 Deadlift (225/135)
2 HSPU's
 2 Deadlifts
3 HSPU's
 3 Deadlifts
4 HSPU's...


Results (Done Rx'd)
7 Deadlifts + 1 HSPU 


Event 4
10 Snatches (115/65 for Open; 155/93 for RTG)
20 Front Squats (same bar)
30 Pull-ups (CTB for RTG)
40 Wall Ball (20/14 to 10' for all)
50 Push-ups
60 Sit-ups (no Abmat, no anchor, kipping allowed :)
70 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (with 55/35 lbs Kettlebell; no KB dropping allowed)
80 feet Overhead Walking Lunges (45/25 lbs plate)
900 m Run to finish! 


Results
26:30 (95 pound snatch & front squat) 
 - need work on snatch technique




Had an awesome experience at Iron Curtain this past weekend. It was a huge learning experience. A lot of technique flaws were found, especially when it comes to getting the work done quickly in an AMRAP workout. Noticed that my transfer to the wall for handstands is not as smooth as I'd like, also need to work on depth for handstand push ups and wallballs. Form for squat cleans, and snatches. After this experience I feel I need to hold myself to a higher standard as far as always doing lifts and movements at the standard and not settling for anything less than that. I'm sure weight might have to be brought down for certain lifts as to maintain the standard but I don't see that as being a problem. Excited to get back to Redline this week and continue to improve....