Frantic Plate Change Workout

Snowed in! Not really, but it snowed all day. Amy and I did today's OPT workout in our living room. With one bar and a million drop sets of two exercises, this required no fewer than 40 plate changes in less than half an hour -- we felt like a NASCAR pit crew. We made some slight changes, like hang power snatch instead of power snatch (no full diameter plates) and bench step-ups instead of box jumps (for our neighbors' sake). And "2 minute breaks" were pretty imprecise.

The workout:

First, 5rds of
a. hang power snatch in "drop set" of 2-2-2
b. bench press in "drop set" of 4-4
c. rest 2 minutes

Then, 5 rds of
a. 25 box step-ups
b. row 200m
c. rest 2 minutes

HPS: 105*/100*/95, 100/95/90, 95/90/85, 90/85/80, 85/80/75
*starred reps were so crappy they should not be called a snatch.

BP: 135/125(3), 125/115, 115/110, 110/105, 100/95

All 5 200m rows were under 45 sec.

The verdict: I like the timed rest in weight workouts like the snatches/bench part of this. However, I think the second workout would have been better/more challenging without the rests. It also would have killed me!!