The Bear

I did the "Bear Complex" this morning. Each rep is a combination of Olympic lifting movements as follows:
- Clean
- Front squat
- Push press
- Back squat
- Push press
The idea is that you do 5 rounds of 7 reps each. You can have as much rest as you want between rounds, but during each round, you cannot rest or drop the bar at all. If you do, you start the 7 reps again.

You're meant to try for max weight (i.e. increase throughout the WOD). I started on 40kg* (bar + 20kg in plates) and found that tough so just stuck with that throughout. The workout was hard - I found myself having to sit down between rounds and took a good few minutes between each. I am happy that my squats were deep and solid, but I'm still concerned that I'm being inefficient in my cleans and that I need to engage my core more throughout. Things to work on! Very busy workday today.

* I'm starting to have doubts on whether the bar is actually 20kg as previously thought. I may be artificially inflating my recorded weights!!!! The bar feels the same as a 20kg dumbell, but it's hard to say.