Today I did back squats for the strength workout. We don't use pads or anything, so the bar rests directly on the upper part of the trapezius. This is moderately to extremely uncomfortable. The following conversation ensued:
Me: Where do you place the bar exactly?
Kit (classmate): Oh, right along here, on the thick part of your traps below your neck.
Me: Okay, that's what I thought, but it still sort of hurts when I put it there. Am I just a huge wuss?
Instructor: What's going on?
Me: The weight of the bar on my shoulders is pretty uncomfortable.
Instructor: Yeah, it can get that way.
Me: In college, we used a pad.
Instructor: ...We don't use pads here.
...I guess I am a wuss! :-D
Without further ado, the workout today!
WOD
3 RFT
6 Wall walks
12 Deadlifts @ 205 lbs (Rx 255)
400m Run
15:04
I happen to enjoy both wall walks and deadlifts, so it was only fitting that today's workout included 400m runs to create a sense of balance. The instructor called the runs a "reset button" because it's such a shock to the body after heavy lifting. At any rate, I'm pretty happy with my performance today. I am surprised that I am able to do so many deadlifts at 205 lbs. I feel like only a month ago, I'd never be able to pull that off.
As per usual on Friday, the group was smaller: only one other guy and four women. Still, it feels good to finish first once in a while :)
Was there no further explanation as to why no pad is used? Because if not, then I propose further adjustments to the workouts: (1) sandpaper shoe inserts; (2) barbed wire on barbells; (3) a steel ball hanging from all chin up bars that nails you in the junk when you do a kipping pull up; and (4) nipple chaffers.
ReplyDeleteMy anticipation of the response would be, you won't have a pad when you have to life a beam off someone. My response is there are lots of situations where I won't have the same conditions as my workout. That doesn't mean I need to adjust my training for all of them.
But, if you still insist on pain for pain's sake, I have a hammer you can bang against your head.