Although this move has little real life application....other than we get to lay down during it and that is always nice....it is useful for developing strength that does relate to more useful moves. So we'll offer up one morning a month to flat bench. Any more than that and we should all just go get our shoulders operated on in advance. Bench press is the leading free weight injury move out there other than stupidity.
You'll be surprised at how seemingly small of an effort this is, that when melted with the entire scope of the Crossfit month, your bench numbers will go up. As an added bonus, occasional focus on the flat bench will bump your overhead press numbers and add to the ability to keep mid-line stability in nearly all other Crossfit movements. Those high rep push ups, ring dips and even the kipper pull ups will benefit from tomorrow.
After that, we'll drill the clean movement with particular focus on the scoop and high pull micro techniques that will get your numbers up. These are laser fast moves that do not get much attention when drilling. Should be fun. EZ Street will be along to remind us that at a buck 50, athleticism can do amazing things.
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