Friday: 8-2-19

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WOD Back Squat 5 x 3 70-80% AMRAP x 9 9 OHS 95/65 9 Bar Facing Burpees PureFit AMRAP x 15 9 Box Step-Ups 9 PVC/banded OHS 9 PVC facing Up downs/Burpees MWOD PreWOD: T-spine smash with weight -  Lie on a double lacrosse ball along the thoracic spine about the level of your mid chest.  Place a 35# plate or 20# medicine ball on your chest. Wrap your arms around the plate or ball. Bring one arm overhead. Inhale for 4 seconds, exhale for 8 seconds. Repeat until you can fully relax on the exhale. Switch overhead arms.  Repeat inhale and exhale sequence.  PostWOD:  TFL smash - to improve hip flexion and internal rotation. The TFL can get tight after any squatting position. Lie on your side and place the lacrosse ball on the lateral hip. Bring that leg to 90 degrees hip and knee flexion. The top leg can be propped with foot flat on the floor. Contract the hip/glute for 4 seconds while inhaling, then relax and exhale for 8 seconds.  Repeat until you can completely relax on the ball. Then roll towards your stomach(not to your stomach) to "smash" the TFL. You are trying to strip/roll the lacrosse ball across the TFL as your roll forward and push the top leg onto the bottom leg. Spend 60-90 seconds on each side.

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