So, this was made popular by our own Dan John. The first time I remember him talking about it had to have been like 2002-2004 era.
Never done it. The logistics of front squatting a reasonably heavy weight at the track just never interested me.
However, I did do “Shaf-inov”
This was a combination of
Double front squat with two 32 kgs. 10 reps
Sprint up a 50-60 yard hill.
Repeat 5x
I did not like this enough to do it again. In fact, after 3 rounds I wanted to quit, and I only finished out 5 rounds because the guy I was with was willing to go on, and I didn’t want to look like a candyass. He puked after round 5. I didn’t. Small win, as this effort fucked me up for 3-4 days.
The idea of this made me throw up in my mouth a little.
I’m more of a high intensity guy, training to failure, doing DC training, myoreps etc, but I just can’t get up to do this kind of workout anymore.
I’m legitimately confused by people in their late 30s, like me, who continue to grind metcons at CF gyms 3-5 days per week.
