Rest Day Workout

Posted on Jan 13, 2008 - 9:07pm by MarkFu in Training Log

I guess that is an oxymoron, but while waiting for Valerie to warm-up while I put her through a workout we call the “Biscuit Burner”.

During my wait, I did 3 sets of the Burgener warm-up and some rope jumping.

To practice some Oly lifts, I did 5 sets of 3 reps of Squat Cleans + Push Jerks and kept it light.

45/55/95/105/115.

That did it for me.

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