Friday Workout: Deadlift & Circle of Death

23 thoughts on “Friday Workout: Deadlift & Circle of Death”

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   Jason G December 10, 2009 — 9:04 pm

   circle of death? is that like unicorn trapping?

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      Justin December 10, 2009 — 9:09 pm

      it’s ~5 minutes of core work. no unicorn but i think there’s a turtle

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         Jason G December 10, 2009 — 10:35 pm

         ah i must’ve missed it last time.
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      Elizabeth December 10, 2009 — 9:27 pm

      I missed the ‘circle of death’ last time. Really hope I make it back in time from Baltimore to feel the pain this time around. … but if not at least I’ll make it back in time for BeerRun!!!

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         Paige December 10, 2009 — 11:02 pm

         Ahh, Beer Run. So sad I’ll miss it again. Work Christmas party instead, wish me luck…outdrink co-workers for time.
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      Joelle December 10, 2009 — 10:16 pm

      More like circle of torture since you’re not actually dead at the end. You may feel like you’ve been stomped on by a unicorn when you’re done.

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         Lauren December 11, 2009 — 10:52 am

         Sad day Paige!!
         But it will have to be a quick Beer Run for me! 🙁
         My legs are still shaking from this week so I’m excited for Circle of Death!
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   Tim December 10, 2009 — 10:52 pm

   Good website for estimating your weight for this workout:

   http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/OneRepMax.html

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   Aaron December 11, 2009 — 8:46 am

   199, 199, 199, 177, 177

   I think I tweaked my lower back a bit during that third set, so I dropped the weight. I may err on the side of caution here and take the next few days off.

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   G December 11, 2009 — 9:19 am

   67#, 77#, 87#, 111#, 111# – still working on form.

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      David Hargis December 12, 2009 — 1:35 am

      Sorry G!!

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   Diana December 11, 2009 — 10:35 am

   89# all five and survived the circle of death.

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   Dan Epstein December 11, 2009 — 2:38 pm

   133#, very similar to unicorn rodeo.

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   Kyle December 11, 2009 — 7:16 pm

   236-245-250-255-260
   +hill runs (x3 at O-Hill)
   (snatch practice yesterday 5×5 at 89#)

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   Gretchen Kittelberger December 11, 2009 — 7:42 pm

   DL: 4×2 @ 221#
   + running o-hill 3 times (splits 3:21, 3:29, 3:20)

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   Joelle December 11, 2009 — 8:16 pm

   111#, 121#, 121#, 133#, 133# + circle of death

   And I still could have gone higher! Must be those awesome CF trainers who put me in touch with my inner East German. Stärker, schneller, härter!

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    Jason G December 11, 2009 — 8:37 pm

    209×5

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    Lydia December 11, 2009 — 8:41 pm

    99, 109, 109, 114, 114

    and I found my new least favorite thing to do, aka Circle of Death

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    Katie December 11, 2009 — 9:16 pm

    155×5

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    Justin December 11, 2009 — 9:23 pm

    199, 199, 204, 209, 214

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    Amy December 11, 2009 — 10:25 pm

    67 x3, 79 x2

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    Elizabeth December 11, 2009 — 11:34 pm

    DLs: 133, 133, 155, 155, 155
    Circle of Death was fun!
    Discovered I can do HSPUs with 2 abmats on top of a 5kilo plate. Hey, it’s a start.

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