Never tell me the odds

I program the teens class at Sweat Factory and coach them.  The name of any wod that I program normally has something to do with a movie for example the underground for this week was a quote from Pulp Fiction.  Typically the way I program is I have movements that I want I lay everything out and then sit back and think of movies quotes that fit it.    This week happened a little different.  I knew what skill we were going to work on and what the staple movement in the wod was going to be. I started thinking about the wod and my adhd kicked in and I went from programing the wod to finding a name.   I knew I had yet to pick a movie quote from Star Wars my son's favorite movie so I decided it was time.  So the quote was "Never tell me the odds".
The movement that i wanted to work in was a clean so I started planning the wod when it dawned on me.  "Never tell me the odds" is a good quote for a DIPG inspired WOD.  So the wod became a light version of the Angel WOD.  So in-light of this I had to do it this morning as well.  Now I am feeling sick and did not sleep very much last night.  I got through a pretty nasty skill session this morning and was feeling pretty good but then I started thinking about the wod and I came back to knock it out.
Warm Up

1 Mile run

Skill

1 round bare bar 10 reps

8 Rounds
4 Front Squats
5 chin ups

-- First 6 rounds where 4 squats each round by the sixth round the weight was over 200 the last two rounds got really have and reps went south.  Round 5 was  2 @225 and Round 6 was 1 @245 five away from a one rep max!!

WOD

Never tell me the Odds
10 Min Amrap

2 Hang Cleans @165
4 Burpees
6 Air Squats

I feel if I was feeling better I could have done a little better but still I had to do this one no matter how crappy I felt.  Complete 8 rounds and 2 cleans.

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