“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.”- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
“The Power of Hips”
Our hips are capable of generating more power than any other part of our bodies. From core to extremity, they are responsible for initiating many of the movements we practice daily in CrossFit. The clean and the thruster both are powerful hip movements. The thruster involves a push of the arms, whereas the clean requires a pull with the arms. The powerful opening and closing of the hips is what gives you the power to drive that weight over head in the thruster, or that split second of weightlessness when you are fully extended in the clean, so you can pull under and drive it up. Regardless of whether you are pushing or pulling the weight with your arms, your hips are what is generating the power.
Saturday 080531
For time:
135 lb Thruster, 10 reps
50 Double-unders
135 lb Thruster, 8 reps
40 Double-unders
135 lb Thruster, 6 reps
30 Double-unders
135 lb Thruster, 4 reps
20 Double-unders
135 lb Thruster, 2 reps
10 Double-unders
The Kettlebell Snatch, Jeff Martone – video [wmv]
