The WOD was 7 singles of a split jerk. I've never really done too many split jerks and never really for much weight. I did the Burgener warm up and some wind mills with a 35# dumbell. I did 135, 135, 145, 155, 165, 175, 185. 185 is more than I've ever put over head and it went up really easily. I've got to do more next time. The CrossFit thought about putting weight over head is that you can push press approximately 30% more than you can press and you can jerk 30% more than you can push press. My overhead press max is 175# so I should be able to jerk around 280#. Not sure that I could really get that much up but I'm happy to start progressing towards it.
On another note I was at Planet Fitness doing this workout and it was definitely amusing to catch some of the looks I was getting while doing the exercises I was doing. I had to wait a bit for the the squat racks because a couple of guys were dead lifting in them, unfortunately they were somewhat trainwreck, injury waiting to happen DL's but at least they weren't doing curls! I really need to take these opportunities to coach!
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