Programming in the " Is This Awesome?" technique

My roommate Kelly here in nyc told me about how a fellow college strength and conditioning coach likes to program..."He uses the IS THIS AWESOME? technique." It is very simple: he looks at his workouts and asks himself, is this workout awesome? If your first reaction to seeing the movement is: "that's fuckin awesome" then it probably is awesome. Is backsquating a ton of weight and sprinting up hills awesome?...Yes it is. Is doing ab crunches on a bosu ball and riding a recumbent bike awesome?...No it is not. It seems so simple yet so brilliant, but I can't deny that it isn't true.

So you tell me...is this awesome?

Day 19
3 500lb backsquats
6 500lb deadlift
5 250lb thrusters
2k Row (felt like I was dying)

-9:04


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