Lighter Loads Can Be Harder

Sometimes scaling down loads can make a workout harder. Tom’s effort on workout B at the Nor Cal qualifier was a clear example of this. The rx’d version was 185 lb clean, muscle up. As many rounds of each exercise as you could do in 10 minutes. Well Tom’s muscle up wasn’t consistent enough to compete it so he used the scaled version. For the comp there was a fixed scale at 115 lbs on the clean and jumping muscle ups. Well a 115 lb clean is quite light for Tom, so he did a TON of them during the workout. This turned what as rxd is a heavy workout into a metabolic nightmare. The impact of the workout from a fatigue perspective was far worse at the lighter weight. So, just keep in mind, heavier isn’t always harder.