Have you ever tested your fitness in competition?
back squat 5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1, then
Start with an empty bar and press every minute on the minute, immediately adding 1-5kg after each successful lift.
Post loads to whiteboard!
READ: Top 8 Things I Learned From My First Weightlifting Competition – Nick Hetzler
WATCH: Are Your Shoulders Limiting Your Squatting Power?
Paul demonstrates a vertical dip with the barbell
Staying rooted in the entirety of the foot during the dip phase of a jerk is important in generating the power necessary to elevate the barbell!
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CrossFit WOD for Thursday 7/19
5 rounds for max load:
5 power cleans
5 front squats
5 push jerks
Rest 3:00 to 5:00 between sets.
Post heaviest successful load to whiteboard!
HIIT WOD
5 rounds
1 minute intervals
20 jumping jacks
*every 5 jumping jacks, 1 burpee
-then-
5 rounds
1 minute intervals
20 Ball slams
*every 5 ball slams, 1 burpee
-then-
5 rounds
1 minute intervals
20 Sit ups
*every 5 situps, 1 push up
-then-
5 rounds
1 minute intervals
20 Air Squats
*every 5 air squats, 1 broad jump
Endurance WOD – Do this on your own!
TEMPO: 5 rounds of a 5:00 run, 1:00 walk
Start at a pace where you can only get faster, but the intensity and effort stay consistent during the run. Walk to bring your heart rate down and practice a drill to sharpen your next run.
– OR –
TIME: Run continuously for 30:00. Record distance completed.
We’re open for classes today! 9am/10am/11am CrossFit and 12pm Olympic Weightlifting
This week we’ll see a lot of multiple-layer workouts with 1:1 work rest ratios: front squats, sprint chippers, run intervals, hang power snatches, a row/pushup/push press sprint followed by a situp/wall ball couplet, a repeat of a raw CinDT, a farewell workout of rowing and and Armor Building, and my birthday back squats/EMOM lifts!
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CrossFit WOD for Monday 9/4
3 rounds for time:
2 rounds of “CINDY” (5 pullups, 10 pushups, 15 squats)
1 round of “DT” (12 deadlifts, 9 hang power cleans, 6 push jerks)
Post time to whiteboard / comments!
Deadline to enter your scores to games.crossfit.com is tonight at 5pm! Do it now if you haven’t. Check again to make sure your score has been validated!
17.1 squad says ENTER YOUR SCORE!
11:59pm is the deadline to send in your Judges Course certificate PDF to info@ to earn your JUDGEMENT points for your FCF Intramural Team!
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CrossFit WOD for Monday 2/27
bench press 4x8x75%, then
“RANDI”
27-21-15-9 reps for time:
hang squat snatch
toes-to-bar
Olympic Weightlifting WOD
lifts: back squats, snatch + overhead squats, snatch push presses
accessories: kettlebell split squat, kettlebell power swing, kettlebell Chinese row
Kettlebell WOD
Goal: work on swing mechanics
Ground force
Swing drills
Swing/Press ladder
The CrossFit Games Open (and the FCF Intramural Open. Learn about it here!) start this weekend! The first workout will be released and as always Dave Castro is posting hints to instagram:
What does this mean? Could it be a classic workout? Something with deadlifts? INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW!
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CrossFit WOD for Tuesday 2/21
in 25 minutes:
– establish a 1RM press then
– establish a 1RM push press then
– push press 3x8x60 with 2:00 rests
then
3 rounds for time:
10 slam ball, 30/20#
10 burpees
Compare to 1/31/2017. Post maxes and time to whiteboard!
HellaFit WOD
TABATA THIS+THAT
1. OH hold
2. goblet squats
3. pushups
4. pull-ups/ring rows
5. OH lunges
6. burpees
1 minute of midline work after each tabata.
