Jenny Captures 18.4 + The Dumbbell Thruster (and Burpee!)

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Jenny Captures Open 18.4

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DB Thrusters?

Welp, there's a chance you may see the Dumbbell Thruster on Saturday in Open 18.5 (perhaps paired with chest-to-bar pull-ups?) so here's a preview if you're the sort of person who likes to know what may await you.  With three days between Wednesday's WOD and your Saturday 18.5 workout (and no programmed squatting during those 3 days) there should be plenty of time for you to recover and feel good for another go at the movement.  But if you're concerned about volume then an easy way to modify Wednesday's WOD is for you to start at the round of 9 (taking yourself from 55 reps down to 45 reps), even if your partner wants to start at 10 for the full version (he/she would simply start on the dumbbell movements after the buy-in).  

Scale appropriately if needed and, as always, please do not drop the DBs lest you be banished from AR forever and forced to join "Bro Rep CrossFit" or "XFit Mediocrity."  

Hugs!

WOD For 03-21-18:

"Rob's Dumbbells From Hell"

With a Partner For Time:

BUY-IN (SPLIT): 100 Calorie Row (FM Pairs = 85 Calories / FF Pairs = 70 Calories)

... then BOTH ATHLETES COMPLETE...

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Dumbbell Thrusters @ 50/35 (each side)

Dumbbell Burpees***

... then...

BUY-OUT (SPLIT): 100 Box Jumps @ 24/20 in (step-ups are allowed)

The buy-in and buy-out are shared with only one athlete working at a time (reps split in any fashion and do NOT have to be split evenly).

BOTH athletes complete ALL 10 rounds of the 10-to-1 DB couplet, with only one working at a time. Athlete A completes 10 & 10, then Athlete B completes 10 & 10, then Athlete A completes 9 & 9, then Athlete B completes 9 & 9, etc... until both complete 1 & 1.

Tagging is not required.

***The movement standard for the DB Burpee is: athlete's chest touches the floor (or the DBs) at the bottom, athlete stands tall with DBs in hands at their sides at the top (no jump is required). Think of it as "a burpee at the bottom and a DB deadlift at the top."