NorCal Masters Comp: Coach Alyssa's Highlights!

Next up on the highlights update from this past weekend's NorCal Masters Competition: Coach Alyssa!

If Kim was the epitome of toughness, and Hillary was an example of calm, cool, collected pro status, then Alyssa was basically an amazing combination of the two.  As you might expect, Alyssa's movement was superb throughout every single event -- showing us once again that the safest movement is the most efficient movement, and the most efficient movement is often the fastest and/or accomplishes more work.  Alyssa attacked every WOD with the same smooth, methodical, rhythmic cadence -- a pace that was often slower than most of her competitor's efforts at the start of each workout, but more often than not faster than theirs was near the middle and at the end.  It was a lesson on pacing, negative splits, knowing yourself, and sticking to your game plan -- and few people execute on that better than Alyssa does (as we've seen time and time again).      

Alyssa's strongest finishes of the weekend were the power clean/TTB/KBSn/DU/row chipper (no surprise there) and the max rep back squat event (that one may have surprised some people, but not us!).  In finishing 11th on the chipper, Alyssa caught several athletes near the end of the WOD as her sustainable pace just kept on chugging along while others struggled to keep their movements clean and concise.  In a photo finish in her own heat, Alyssa sprinted from behind the heat leader to nail two clutch power cleans at the buzzer, passing said athlete in the next lane who had missed three consecutive attempts after having what looked to be an insurmountable lead.  It was pretty awesome, and had the AR cheering squad screaming their heads off!  In the max rep back squat event that mental toughness and quality of movement truly shined -- Alyssa simply did not stop moving, and every rep from the first to last looked EXACTLY THE SAME. I think some of the bigger, "stronger" athletes were caught a bit off guard -- but the Arena Ready crew knows a thing or two about squatting, and Alyssa certainly made her mark to close out what was an impressive weekend of tough competition.

This annual event is a special one for Alyssa since it marked her "comeback" to competition last year, and to see her back again this year in an even fitter, faster, stronger form was a joy to watch.  Great work, Alyssa!

WOD For 02-01-18:

3 Rounds For Time:

60 Double Unders

6 Ring Muscle-ups

16 Power Snatches @ 115/80 lbs