Tried out Grindy

Did Grindy yesterday in 37:40.

3 sets of:
10 power clean push jerk (first was 135, other two were 115)
4 rounds per set of:
5 chin ups
10 push ups
15 air squats

The power clean push jerk (or whatever it's called) was very difficult for me, especially with 145 lbs. I thought I had injured my shoulder on some other exercise, but this was the exercise I hurt myself on. My technique still needs a lot of work, being only the second time I've ever tried it. Jerry was happy to see me go for 145 (it was the standard, right?), but after the first 10 I just didn't have enough strength to do it again. When I was working with 115 I was still having trouble getting under the bar for the second movement, and I felt my spine do some funny bending when I went under the bar to catch it. After that sensation, I thought it might have been a better idea to try lighter weight to get the technique right, but Chris convinced me otherwise.

The chin-ups were no problem, I feel like I've really improved my kip and have great form now.

Push ups are still the bane of my existence. I've always had a much stronger back and legs then chest, and push-ups were really slowing me down

Air squats were the easiest, even my very last set was done quickly and smoothly, got a lot of comments on it. Never thought I'd see the day were air squats were something I looked forward to, but that's what happened.

I was so tired I thought I had one more round left, when Chris reminded me I had already done one set of 145, and two sets of 115. At first I didn't believe him, but I was happy to be done so I caved pretty quick. I'm still a little unsure of how many sets I did, but if I was as exhausted as I was after doing two sets, (I foresaw the next set easily taking another 20 minutes) then I have a long way to go.