In our mid-cycle deload week, we are purposely backing off the heavier loading, most notably below parallel. We’ve gone heavy below parallel twice per week for 6 weeks, and despite the linear progress, it’s time to allow ourselves a week of recovery to continue the push. What often feels like one step backwards, turns into 10 steps forwards when we look at it in hindsight months from now.

What we canand willsustain is metabolic conditioning this week. Today, a combination of clean and jerks with double-unders, with strict gymnastics to finish. There will be aggressive conditioning pieces this week – allowing us to continue to improve, despite the underlying intentions of the week (recovery). But following each piece, we are looking to minimize any additional training to achieve that goal.