Shades of winter

Oh the shades of winter. The night is darkest just before the dawn. Yesterday's morning practice was hell, and then just like that, you come in for the afternoon practice and have one of the best practices of your life. The gods will occasionally reward you for your blood spilled on the battlefield. I've enjoyed the past week of lowered volume...but just like the seasons changing, it's time to move on again. Volume is slowly going up with a little more focus on general strength for the immediate time being. Lots of press work as always, and one workout specifically for nothing but conditioning. Core, core, gimme some more. Afternoon practice was so-so today; nothing bad, nothing particularly good. After hitting yesterday's 5-minute max hold with some change to spare, decided to just hit the minimums this morning and focus more so on technique, save going for the jugular during the evening's practice. Until the necessary strength is built up, you need technique because you're weak. Once a good foundation of strength is built, you don't have to rely on technique so much because you're strong enough to fight yourself out of a less than advantageous position should the problem arise. Always refining technique obviously but always pushing the strength envelope as well. They both play a fairly equal part into the equation. Either way, take your licks. Showing up and putting forth an honorable effort in your practice is really 90% of it. All the rest is sheer aggression, genetics, and a healthy dose of luck.

Workout A

Max Hold Handstand
Standing Press Handstand 3xAMRAP
Press Negatives 3x1
Seated Press 3xAMRAP
OAHS 5/4/5/4*

Workout B

Max Hold Handstand
Standing Press Handstand 3xAMRAP
Press Negatives 3x1
Seated Press 3xAMRAP
OAHS 5/4/5/4*
Mexican Handstand/Lower to croc

Workout C

Wall-Supported Planche Presses 2-3xAMRAP
Decline Leg Raises 2x15-25
Seated Press 3xAMRAP
Hyperextensions 2x15-25
Handstand Walking 1 lap
Dishrocks 2x1:00

*One-arms can get some extra lovin' so long as time permits.

Monday - A,B,C
Tuesday - A,B
Wednesday - A,B,C
Thursday - A,B,C
Friday - A,B,C
Saturday - A,B
Sunday - A,B