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Chuck Norris doesn’t deadift. He calls Mark.
Mark and his 515 lb. PR yesterday during the CrossFit Total.
Schedule for New Year’s Weekend:
Do Your Mobility. No Excuses.
5 Rounds for time:
12 Power Cleans (115#/75#)
27 Double-Unders
100m Run w/Bumper Plate (45#/25#)
Results
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Happy Belated Birthday Greg:
Another good birthday WOD today, this time for Greg. He got his favorites, only the load went heavier. No place to catch your breath.
Schedule for New Year’s Weekend:
Notes:
Chris Spealler: “Passion”
AMRAP: As Many Rounds As Possible in 20 Minutes:
5 Handstand Push-ups
10 Knees-to-Elbows
15 Steps, Walking Lunges (Knee gently touches ground)
Results
Tonight was Coach Sean’s first two classes. High fives all around! Even the couple kids at 6pm got so into giving him (and everyone else) a high five they pretty much turned the AMRAP into 5 HSPU, 10 K2E, and 15 High Five Walking Lunges. Sean is CF Level 1 Certified and USAW Level 1 Sport Performance Certified and has a great eye for seeing and correcting faults. We think he will be a great coach to add to SnoRidge. We are excited that he agreed to coach the Wed. 6 and 7pm classes every week.
Sean HSPU and high fiving:
If you are wondering “What about Coach Moe?” don’t worry. Moe will be covering classes here and there and is hard at work planning our CF Teens Class that will launch late January/early February for a limited number of teens (12-16). Stay tuned and when we are ready to share details you will know it here.
Notes:
Tonight was the 7pm MobiWod with Coach Rona. A couple turned out and reaped the benefits. We want to see more of you turn out regularly.
Don’t rubber-neck, or do your pull-ups like a chicken. When we say “chin over bar” we mean pull yourself over the bar. Don’t launch into a neck spasm and try to throw your neck and become Plastic Man to get the rep to count. If you can’t pull over the bar, work your pull-ups with a band, focus on them through skill work and in warm-ups and get stronger.
Mobility WOD:
“You Can Minimize Neck Movements Under Load, Even the Butterfly Kip“
3 Rounds for time:
400m Run
21 Kettlebell Swings (53#/35#)
12 Pull-ups
or “Heavy”:
3 Rounds for time:
400m Run
21 Kettlebell Swings (70#/53#)
12 Chest-to Bar Pull-ups
Results
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Even “Mini-Helen”:
Pick your path today. Helen, Heavy Helen or “mini” (that choice was reserved for only one of our clients).
8 weeks until the 2012 CF Games Open. What are you doing to get ready?
Pink vs. Pink. Either way Matt is smiling:
“Brand Development” with Greg Glassman – video [wmv] [mov]
Watch this MobilityWOD below and then grab a barbell in lieu of a foam roller next time you come in. Jeremy had us all rolling ourselves into our personal pain caves last week and I gotta say I am a fan of this twisted self torture.
Too many insulin spiked egg nogs and Christmas cookies?
Alright people for those who are wanting to clean up their nutrition after the cookie filled Holidays then what better way to start off 2012 than with a 2 hr. discussion about the benefits of eating cleaner?
From King CrossFit:
“King CrossFit will be hosting a Nutrition Discussion on January 2, 2012 at 6:00pm with Todd Widman, who is a CrossFit Headquarters Certification Staff Trainer. He will focus on a very practical discussion of the application of a clean diet (Paleo and Zone) and the role proper nutrition plays in performance, recovery, CrossFit, and life. This benefits anyone who cares about what they should eat and how it can help your performance as an athlete.
This is an open event anyone may attend, but please RSVP.”
We highly recommend going. He’s not only a friend; Todd is a top CFHQ Trainer who talks nutrition in a very practical and knowledgable manner that will help you to easily implement it. Todd Widman has come to SnoRidge and hosted this talk before for one of our nutrition challenges and several of you have also gone to hear him at Imperial CF, CF Belltown and Rainier CF.
Starting the 2nd week of January we will be kicking off a 30 Day Nutrition Challenge. Details TBD but it will involve you being challenged to eat better, with the goal of seeing how changing simple things can lead to life changing results.
Like the song the “12 Days of Christmas”, complete each exercise in ascending order then work back down, adding one exercise per round.
Ex. On the 1st day of Christmas, my coaches gave to me, one Sumo Deadlift High Pull; on the 2nd day of Christmas my coaches gave to me, 2 Thrusters and 1 SDHP; on the 3rd day of Christmas, my coaches gave to me, 3 Push Press, 2 Thrusters, and 1 SDHP; etc.
For Time:
1 Sumo Deadlift High Pull (75#/55#)
2 Thrusters (75#/55#)
3 Push Press (75#/55#)
4 Power Cleans (75#/55#)
5 Deadlifts (75#/55#)
6 Kettlebell Swings (53#/35#)
7 Pull-ups
8 Knees-to-Elbows
9 Box Jumps (24″/20″)
10 Double Unders
11 Overhead Walking Lunge Steps (45#/25# Plate)
12 Burpees
Results
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Big turnout for the Christmas Eve WODapalooza today! Almost all of you managed to fall into the rhythm of the 12 WOD’s of Christmas. The first five days of exercises were barbell movements that are meant to be a “barbell complex” where the sequence of movements progress together. It pushes you to be more efficient and “link” them so that after you complete the Deadlifts you transition to the Power Cleans then the Push Presses, Thrusters, and Sumo Deadlift High-Pull without putting the barbell down. This workout was a gasser that got tough in those middle rounds.
The other way to stay on track was simply to sing the song to yourself as you worked out. Or in Sean’s case just have Jeremy sing a dirty version for you:
We hope you all had a safe Christmas Eve and spent it relaxing with your loved ones!
For time:
50 Sit-ups
50 Double-Unders
50 Sit-ups
Walking Lunge 50 Steps
50 Sit-ups
50 Burpees
50 Sit-ups
Results
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We don’t do abs.
Tomorrow is the 12 WOD’s of Christmas at SRCF! The 0930 class is FULL and if you didn’t sign up expect to wait. The 1045 class is also full but we will run a second wave as needed.
No post tonight, we are wrapping presents and finishing Christmas cards for time!
3 Rounds for time:
Row 500m
20 Pull-ups
Run 400m
Results
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Wall climbs and thrusters likely took their toll on the shoulders and overhead pressing so today was time for some work on pulling and cardiorespiratory endurance.
Tomorrow for Friday 12/23 we will only have 0830/0930/1130 classes, no PM Classes!
Christmas Schedule:
“Defining CrossFit” with Greg Glassman – video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]
CrossFit Games Marathon on ESPN2, New Year’s Day starting at 1:00pm ET – video [wmv] [mov]
Strength WOD:
1/1/1/1/1/1/1
Thruster
* Goal: Fail one rep
Checkout WOD:
As Many Rounds As Possible in 12 Minutes:
12 Burpee Box Jumps (24″/20″)
10 Thrusters (65#/45#)
Results
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Happy birthday to Teri with a little thruster-mania. She loves pretty much every exercise and even suggested the burpee box jumps which almost brought a tear to my eye. Lots of PR bell ringing today on the Thruster and even power cleans for some. As Teri says “Same or better”!
Christmas Schedule:
Notes:
4 days until Christmas! “Top 50 Christmas Toys of the Past Century” by Diego Martinez-Moncada, Daily Infographic.
