Nutts Cup Qualifier: A Day of PBs!
“That was the most fun I’ve had at a competition yet,” Mike Fransblow said after Saturday’s Nutts Cup Qualifier, moments after hitting a personal best clean and jerk (195 lb.).
Personal Bests are indeed a beautiful thing. Although we certainly don’t compete just for the personal bests, they do make us feel good inside. They give us the validation that we’re improving.
Yesterday’s final workout – 9 minutes for your team of three to each hit their best Clean and Jerk was full of PBs. Moments after the event finished, every other person was walking around looking over the moon with their lifts.
Here are a few PBs that I remember:
Afghan – smiling ear-to-ear after his huge 20 lb. PB of 255 lb.
Baby Nat – getting more and more legit each day. She hit 185 lb.
Dexter – making 215 lb. look EASY!
Fernando – Hitting 195 lb. with one of the prettiest jerks I saw all day!
I’m sure there were many, many more. Post to comments if you PBed yesterday afternoon!
Once again, THANK YOU TOM for giving up your Saturday to run the event. MUCH appreciated!
Monday:
Warm-up: Tom’s choice at 6 am. Get em ready to snatch!
Strength: Hang Snatch
*Work your way up to an appropriate weight and then do:
EMOM in 7 minutes: 2 Hang Snatch
Workout: For Time:
200 meter run
5 Rope Climbs
400 m Run
4 Rope Climbs
800 m Run
3 Rope Climb
400 m Run
2 Rope Climb
200 m Run
1 Rope Climb
*Progression for rope climb is 5 ring rows per climb plus 5 V-Snaps per climb.
25 minute time cap
6 Comments:
By tom 15 Jun 2014
Em also hit a 200# PB. She’s to humble to tell everyone though…
By Moses 16 Jun 2014
I PB’d on the C&J too. Thanks Tom for organizing…Had a great time! And thanks Richy for getting me out!
By Chesty 16 Jun 2014
That is impressive. Last time I heard it was around 190. So a 200# PB is like 390# for Emily. She may have a chance in Carson.
By Robert 16 Jun 2014
Another great competition! Thanks Tom. Everyone who is on the fence about competing, just do it! It is so much fun and the camaraderie is great.
By emily 16 Jun 2014
You under estimate me Thomas. 200 lb was not a PB.
By Dexter 16 Jun 2014
That was a fantastic day of competition, Tom. It was the most fun I’ve had competing as well…partially because of my great teammates, partially because of the energy and enthusiasm of all the other competitors…but mainly because I didn’t have to do a single snatch. Woot!