One of the most-wanted skills in a CrossFit gym is the muscle-up. In the realm of CrossFit a muscle-up is where you hang off of a bar or a pair of rings with completely extended arms before pulling yourself up and over to a support position with arms fully locked out.
On paper it’s simple: pullup + dip = muscle-up. For anyone who’s attempted the skill knows there’s a lot more to it. The body control required and the positions you need to be in take tons of practice. The timing of when to transition between positions also needs to be respected, otherwise you get “close” (but “close” is still a no-rep!)
In classes we do our best with the time allotted to gloss over the positions and the skills. If you are paying attention and varying your practice (strength vs skill vs timing) in classes you should be increasingly closer to the end goal. The last variable is desire: how bad do you want it? This dictates your practice and hopefully the quality of that practice.
It takes tremendous strength and power to accomplish this and we love celebrating the first rep.
Robyn has been working hard on developing a solid foundation of strict pullups and strict dips, both with their fullest range of motion. She’s also been working on being more powerful with her kip (for torso elevation) and her timing of shooting the knuckles, elbows, and chest over the bar.
Congrats Robyn!
CrossFit WOD for Wednesday 10/16
5 rounds for time:
200m kb/db farmer’s carry, 2×24/16/8kg or 2×50/35/20lbs
10m kb/db lunge, 2×24/16/8kg or 2×50/35/20lbs
10 kb/db burpees
Post time to whiteboard!
READ: Howard Cohen American Masters Weightlifting Championship 2019 – Hosted by Fortis Sports USA
REGISTER: Carl Paoli’s Last-Ever Muscle-Up Master Class presented by Foundation CrossFit – Freestyle Connection
WATCH: Travis Mayer does 20.1 for the 3.5th time! – Training Think Tank
From the beginning of CrossFit in every iteration of an affiliate gym there was always a place where daily results were logged. CrossFit.com had/still has the comment section. Some gyms had chalk boards, some used paper journals. Most use whiteboards. Nowadays many affiliates use computer kiosks with software systems*. We stay “old school” at FCF and do our best with the 8 or so whiteboards in our space.
As Ben Bergeron has said
In an era of high-tech everything, we’re often asked why we haven’t upgraded our old-fashioned system for something sleeker. The answer is simple—there is no technology or software that can match the community-building power of the whiteboard. It’s the first place we go when we arrive each day, and the last place we visit before leaving. We learn there, laugh there, and bond there. There’s never a line to get there, and nothing to click through or navigate.
… Together, they tell the ever-changing story of us—our successes, challenges, breakthroughs, hard-won lessons, and all the emotion in between.
This is why it’s important to get your results up on our whiteboards. Not only does it keep you accountable to do the same amount of hard work everyone else is putting in, but the results dictate the future programming. As a group, if we aren’t great at testing thrusters, guess what we start working on? If we hear tons of complaining when it comes to running performance what do you think we’ll start seeing more of? All the same, when people enjoy the frequency of some back squats, I’ll keep it going weekly until I feel like we need to move on.
The programming isn’t always out to only attack weakness- we still prescribe to the roots of the CrossFit methodology: constantly varied functional movements executed at a relatively-high intensity. This means you’ll come across movements you love, movements you loathe, and movements you’ve never tried before.
At FCF we to have a more intelligent approach, making sure we’re varying it up enough to keep you stimulated.
Keep your progress going- proudly put up your results at the gym!
CrossFit WOD for Tuesday 10/15
every minute on the minute for 10:00
– 3 hang clean + 3 jerks (novice/intermediate)
– 3 hang clean thruster (intermediate/advanced)
then
3 rounds for time:
90 double unders
40 dumbbell hang clean & jerks, 50/35/20lbs
Switch hands every 5 reps for the dbjc&j. Post time to whiteboard!
READ: My Top 5 Breathing Exercises for Stress Relief – Chris Kresser
REGISTER: Carl Paoli’s MUSCLE-UP MASTER CLASS at Foundation CrossFit – Freestyle Connection
WATCH: How the Two-Hour Marathon Limit Was Broken – WIRED
A couple of clarifications about the next FOUR Fridays:
– The evenings won’t be run like a traditional class, but as a member you should still come in to do your workout: we’ll have warmups and skill prep written on a whiteboard for you to follow!
– You don’t have to be registered to throw down during FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS.
– You don’t have to have completed the Online Judges Course to judge anyone.
– If you are retesting you are responsible for providing your own judge.
– If you really care about improving your performance record your workouts so you can analyze it (like in the video below)
– The three raffles for Friday Night Lights are for everyone who is present. There are many ways to earn tickets.
Leaderboards as of Sunday evening
– FCF Ladies
– FCF Gents
CrossFit WOD for Monday 10/14
AMRAP in 10:00 of
200m run
max unbroken pullups
then take 10:00 to establish a front squat 1RM
Post results to whiteboard!
READ: “Goodnight Moon,” Almost 75 Years Later – LA Review of Books
WATCH: How to Video Reveiw to Improve Your Repeat – Training Think Tank
CrossFit WOD for Saturday 10/12
TEAM CINDY
You Go, I Go AMRAP in 40:00:
10 pullups
20 pushups
30 squats
or
TEAM MARY
You Go, I Go AMRAP in 40:00
10 hspu
20 single leg squats
30 pullups
Athletes will alternate lines of each workout: Athlete A does 10 pullups, Athlete B does 20 pushups, Athlete A does 30 squats, Athlete B does 10 pullups, Athlete A does 20 pushups, etc. Continue until time is complete! Post score to whiteboard.
CrossFit WOD for Sunday 10/13
every 3:00 for 24:00
200m run
250/200m row
35 double unders
then
establish a 1RM front squat
Post squat to whiteboard!
WATCH: Annie Thorisdottir’s 20.1
WATCH THIS TOO : Recovery 20.1 – The Active Life
The 2020 season has begun!
CrossFit WOD for Friday 10/11
CGO 20.1
10 rounds for time:
8 ground-to-overhead, 43/29/20kg
10 bar-facing burpees
Post time to games.crossfit.com and whiteboard!
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS 20.1
READ: CGO 20.1 Workout Description and Strategies – Morning Chalk Up
LISTEN: 20.1 Strategy Podcast – MisFit Athletics
WATCH: CrossFit Games Open 20.1 First Thoughts – Training Think Tank
Today is the beginning of the 2020 CrossFit Games Open! The workout will be released tonight at 5pm PST on games.crossfit.com.
This is significant because not only is it our SECOND CrossFit Games Open this year, but we won’t have another until October 2020.
Register if you want to potentially win some prizes and throw down with your swole mates at FCF’s FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, but you can also do that without registering.
If you plan to participate, please PARTICIPATE! Go all five weeks and let’s set an example of what your fitness really is.
CrossFit WOD for Thursday 10/10
establish a 1RM shoulder-to-overhead, bench press, and deadlift
Post loads to whiteboard.
READ: Why Everyone Should Enter the CrossFit Open – BOXROX
WATCH: Getting the Most Out of the CrossFit Open – Training Think Tank
REGISTER: Muscle-Up Master Class with Carl Paoli – Freestyle Connection
CrossFit WOD for Wednesday 10/9
10 rounds for time:
25 double unders
15 wall ball, 20/14/8lbs to 10/9′
5 bar muscle-ups
Post time to whiteboard!
READ: Meet the Seniors Who Do CrossFit – Elemental
WATCH: Med Ball Progression – CrossFit
