My first attempt at widowmaker squats was back on January 15th. At that point Crossfit, Vancouver initiated the experiment which would involve everyone at the gym doing the widowmaker workout 2 to 3 times per week over a 6 or 7 week period. Unfortunately I missed the majority of these workouts due to injury, but it would appear that yoga didn’t slow me down at all.
Today, however, I decided to just give it a rip and up my weight from 210 lbs to 225lbs. And I nailed it! I honestly wasn’t planning to be able to complete the 20 but was doing it for more my own interest sake to see if after 4 weeks I had lost a lot of strength. I can tell you that isn’t the case, and I’m in fact hitting some new personal bests already. Thank you YOGA!
Here’s a video of Joel from Cross-Fit Vancouver doing 300lbs for 20 reps! Joel is a machine…
