Monthly Archives: December 2007


Deadlift 1RM Records

Enlarge imageWarming up with Dan, Mark and Ryan (muscled-up to do his ring dips!). Yeah, your workout is our warm-up.Enlarge imageThese weights are kilograms. There are several athletes doing at least 1 rep (i.e. 1RM) of 2 x body weight (BW) Focus: Strength Warm-up: Medicine ball warm-up3 rounds of:1 min. […]


Interval Helen

Enlarge image Focus: Cardio/Interval Warm-up:Run 200 M20 x squatsRun 200 M20 x d-ball squatsRun 200 M20 x lungesRun 400 M with ball20 x ball slamsRun 400 M with ball20 x walking wall balls Skill/Specific Warm-Up: Jump Rope4 rounds of 1 min. on/ 1 min. off WOD: Interval Helen3 rounds: Run […]


5 x 5

Focus: Interval Warm-up: Med Ball Warm-up2 rounds of 15 x Wall Ball15 x Ball Slam Skill/Specific Warm-Up: Medicine Ball Clean WOD: 5 x 5Five rounds of:5 x Dumbbell deadlifts5 x Dumbbell hang cleans5 x Dumbbell push presses5 x Dumbbell squats Increase the load each round. Rest as necessary between rounds. […]


Heavy Push Jerks

Enlarge imageSince Mike was solo, he wanted to work on his squats. This is a before and after. The following video shows his last set of front squats. [7.9 MB AVI]Enlarge imageDan, Sylvi, Matt and Janice in various stages of Burpee Bliss.Enlarge imageJanice and Matt deadlifting. Focus: Strength Warm-up:2 rounds […]


New Records on Back Squats!

Focus: Strength Warm-up:400 M Run/Row Skill/Specific Warm-Up: 3 x The Beast with dowel [description and demo]4 x The Beast with bar5 x The Beast with bar and weight WOD: Back Squats2 x 5 Warm-up5 x 5 Increasing weight each round if possible Everyone was very close to their previous 1 […]


Barb

Focus: Cardio Warm-up:Run 400 M10 each: knee huggers, squats, lunges, side lunges, leg swingsRun 400 M10 each: arm swings, overhead squats, sit-ups, good morningsRun 400 M Skill/Specific Warm-Up – Max Push-up and Dips 3 x 5 (jumping) pull-ups then go for maximum pull-ups3 x 5 (jumping) dips then go for […]


Two Weeks In A Row With A Shoulder Brutality WOD

Focus: Interval Warm-up:Medicine ball throwsMed Ball Big Wheel [WMV]3 x 12 Wall ball Skill/Specific Warm-Up – Jump Rope:Work towards Double Unders and/or High steps WOD – 5 Rounds with 2 minutes rest between rounds:5 x Shoulder Press5 x Push Press5 x Push Jerk/Split Jerk This was pretty brutal. Sorry no […]


Deadliftorama

Enlarge imageMoe, Katie and DC doing the farmers walk.Enlarge imageDecember will be a month of focusing on building strength mostly with deadlifting but also with squats and all the pressing movements. Focus: Interval Warm-up: Jumping CrossFit2 rounds, 10 reps per round500 M RowJumping pull-upsJumping dipsSit-upsGood MorningsOverhead SquatsSamson Lunges Skill/Specific Warm-Up: […]