Fitness - Kettle Bell Snatch/Candle Stick WOD #2 - 12/31

I was already feeling the morning's dead lift/burpee couplet by the afternoon. Not really in soreness, but in tiredness. I don't really get that sore anymore after workouts like that, I just feel super tired and fatigued in the afternoon. I can almost set my watch by it.

Today's second WOD was pretty sweet. As soon as Dave and I figured it out, I was amped.

WOD: AMRAP in 30 minutes of
10 Kettle bell snatches (5 each arm) - 24 Kg bell (53#)
5 Hanging Candlesticks

Score/Time: 24 full rounds + 2 snatches right
Calories burned (WOD only): 806

First I'll explain the hanging candle stick. It starts with you hanging from a pull up bar, you then raise your ankles to the bar. From here, you're in a straight leg dead lift position, but upside down, and you pull with your lats to open your hips and you should be straight up and down at the top of this movement, full inversion. It's hard to explain and I tried to look for a video but could not find one.

With a regular dead lift, you pull with your lower back and open your hips at the top. But hanging from the pull up bar, which is in a fixed position, you have to pull with your lats and upper back, thus moving your body, not the bar. I'll keep looking for a vid or at least photos. If all I've done is confuse you more, my bad.

This was one where I just had to keep plugging away. I thought for sure I'd have to scale the candlesticks down to ankles to bar, or knees to elbows. But the 35-50 seconds it took to do the snatches seemed to be just enough rest to where I could get 5 candlesticks.

My grip went about halfway into it and it became hard to hold on. I applied chalk in hopes of lowering some strain on my forearms. Then, because of the chalk, it ripped my hands apart. Tore calluses off both my palms, now it hurts to wash my hands :(