El Cinco --the birth of an Underground WOD

Normally my process for creating an Underground is a lot of research and looking at what people's strengths are and what would be good to work on.  I have never posted what an underground was the week before.  So if you read this blog you will get a preview of next week.  This was a very different thought process for building a WOD.   I started wanting to beef up the teen work out from last night so this started as:
35 Min Amrap
14 Slam Balls (25 LBS
7 Hand Stand Push Ups
4 Dead Lifts (225 LBS)

Which is an amazing wod however I got a so I don't die type of shot after putting glass in my foot so my left arm was not going to do 7 HSPU.  So after round one I stopped the clock and went back to the drawing board.  I modified and came up with an amazing WOD but it needed something more so after a round it morphed a little more into what will be the Underground next week.  

EL Cinco

5 Rounds for time

5 Slam Balls 50/25
5 GHD Sit Ups with slam ball held to chest 25/15
5 Hand Stand Push Ups
5 GHD Back Extensions holding slam ball 25/15
5 Dead lifts 255/185 LBS
5 Slam Ball Drop Shuttle runs
30 Cal Row

I think this maybe one of the shorter undergrounds but it will still take at least 25 minutes.  Got done with this and then decided I was going  to be a super genius and did a round of tabata odd minutes strict pull ups even minutes toes to bar.   Now it is off to run need to get some milage in this week has been a bad one.

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