Workout Notes:
For those of you who are coming to the workout tomorrow (Turkey Day), you might not want to do all these reps today. Tomorrow is going to hurt. Some of you will be fine doing both. Some won't :).
"Wait dude, where are the pulls today?" Glad you know the programming well enough to know this is a thing. However, we pulled our assess off yesterday. Pullers need a break today.
2 minutes of Plate Switches is a serious undertaking. Staying moving for the entire time is going to take more than just a little effort. But, you CAN do it.
Here is a trick: Try landing each switch with your weight equally distributed onto both feet. This will also keep you from getting as sore.
The mistake we see the most with this movement is folks lean back, keeping all the weight on the back foot (floor foot) and just tap the front foot (plate foot) on the top. The problem with doing this is it puts a lot more strain on the back (floor) foot. By tapping the top foot (plate) only, you've made the bottom foot carry all the load from your body weight and the effect of gravity dec/accelerated.
If you were to lean a little more forward and focus on landing both feet (top & bottom) at the same time, while equally distributing your body weight and dec/acceleration mass with each movement. You'd get less tired from each movement. You'd also recover faster for the next set. And since we are doing 5 of these (10 full minutes of plate switches) you'll WANT that recovery.