Today’s WOD: Shoulder Press 3-3-3-3-3 then Tabata Squats and Sit-Ups I don’t think any of you are screwups (except for Jake, check out those new glasses! D&G! What?!?!), I just think demotivational posters are funny. What I do believe in is consistency, both in your workouts and in your nutrition.
WOD 11/3/09
Today’s WOD: 5 Rounds: 25 Push-Ups 25 Deadlifts (185#/135#) Physical and mental health are closely related. Pretty interesting stuff.
WOD 11/2/09
This week’s skill: Turkish Get Up. This is a movement that we typically do with a kettle bell, but if you want to do it with more weight, use a barbell! Today’s WOD: Row 5K Yeah. Do this. The one-handed hand stand isn’t exactly what I’d call a “functional” movement (unless you are a waiter?), but it sure does look …
WOD 10/30/09
Today’s WOD: PR Day Pick a workout that you can do in costume. Not wearing a costume today? Then I’m probably not talking to you at the gym. Dutch Lowy on “cheating”. Dutch is an awesome athlete that trains out of CrossFit ATM. He’s got some great ideas about “cheating” with respect to health that everyone should read. He does …
WOD 10/29/09
Today’s WOD: Back Squat 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 then 10x Front Levers Lounging hard. I’m all about this movement. Great range of motion from Nikki.
WOD 10/28/09
Today’s WOD: Hang Power Clean 5-4-3-2-1 between sets do 3 skin the cats then Max rope climbs in 5 minutes It’s supposed to be pretty warm this afternoon/evening, but consider wearing some pants and/or long sleeve shirts for the rope climbs. I would say shirts aren’t crucial, but pants will help to protect your legs on all the descents you …
Fried-Day Fun Day Part Deux
I hope everyone is planning on dressing up for the Friday workouts. If you’re not, you’re lame and I don’t like you. Just kidding. But seriously, how often do you get to act a fool in a ridiculous outfit? Don’t just people watch, be a costume-dresser-upper. In Jake’s last e-mail, he talked about hosting a Halloween party somewhere other than …
WOD 10/27/09
Today’s WOD: Deadlift 3-3-3-3-3 then AMRAP 10: 10 Knees to Elbows 15 Mountain Climbers (4 count)
WOD 10/26/09
A lot of people have been eyeballing the rope that we’ve got hanging in the gym. Don’t lie. I’ve seen you. Skill o’ the week: rope climbs. Today’s WOD: AMRAP 20 5 Ring Dips 10 KB Swings 15 Air Squats James working into a nice one handed hand stand. Kind of awesome looking. Don’t forget about the impending Halloween celebration …
WOD 10/23/09
Today’s WOD: 5 Rounds: 2 Muscle Ups 30 Wall Balls 6 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (135#/95#) It seems that people were pretty into the Paleokits, so we’re going to continue ordering and providing them to everyone who wants them as long as interest is maintained. I’m going to order up another batch today, so if people want to try them …